1. Which Finnish heavy metal band won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest? Lordi
  2. What was the surname of the Danish scientist who developed a staining technique to differentiate bacteria? Hans Christian Gram
  3. Which Asian country was formerly called Formosa? Taiwan
  4. Who is the only U. K. footballer player to win the World Cup Golden Boot? Gary Lineker (1986)
  5. Goethe, Marlowe and Thomas Mann wrote about which character of German folklore? Faust or Faustus
  6. ‘Die Zauberflote’ is the German name for which Mozart opera? The Magic Flute
  7. What term do firemen use to describe a rapid re-introduction of fresh oxygen into an enclosed space? Backdraft
  8. In architecture, what name is given to a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to take water away from a building? Gargoyle
  9. Which planet in our solar system has the lowest density? Saturn
  10. Which actor has appeared in most Bond films? Desmond Llewellyn (seventeen times)
  11. Who wrote the science fiction novel ‘The Day of the Triffids’? John Wyndham
  12. What is the only country on mainland Europe to operate in the same time zone as the U. K.? Portugal
  13. Which adjective usually associated with trees can be used to describe the shedding of teeth or antlers at the end of a period of growth? Deciduous
  14. The musical piece ‘Le Quattro Stagioni’ translates as what in English? The Four Seasons
  15. Name any two of the seven breed groups used by Crufts in the U. K. Toys, gundogs, utilities, hounds, working, pastoral and terriers
  16. Which Biblical character killed one thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass? Samson
  17. Who played Morpheus in the Matrix series of films? Laurence Fishburne
  18. What name is given to a wine bottle that can hold twenty standard bottles? Nebuchadnezzar
  19. In which Polish city port did Lech Walesa organise strikes in 1970? Gdansk
  20. The Garda are the police force of which country? Republic of Ireland
  21. Which militant Islamic group’s name translates as ‘Party of Allah’ or ‘Party of God’? Hezbollah
  22. Who was appointed U. S. Vice President in 2009? Joe Biden
  23. What is the largest county of England by area? North Yorkshire
  24. Which word comes from the Latin ‘for all’ and indicates several works in one volume? Omnibus
  25. Which comic book superhero lived with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May? Spider-Man
  26. The fans of which American football team are nicknamed ‘cheeseheads’? Green Bay Packers
  27. Which computer language was designed to be simple, egalitarian and self explanatory? BASIC
  28. What word can be a cheap type of paint and a cover up? Whitewash
  29. Name the tropical headgear used mainly by Europeans to shade the wearer’s head and face from the sun? Pith helmet
  30. Who are the bitter rivals of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods? The Crips
  31. Who was the Greek goddess of retribution? Nemesis
  32. Which musician, producer and Bowie collaborator composed the theme for MS Windows 95? Brian Eno
  33. Which model published the novels ‘Angel’, ‘Angel Uncovered’, ‘Crystal’ and ‘Sapphire’? Jordan
  34. Which brand of lozenge originally used ether, liquorice and chloroform as ingredients? Victory V
  35. The name of which sexually transmitted disease translates from the Greek as ‘cloak’? Chlamydia
  36. Who did Ashton Kutcher replace in the TV series ‘Twoand a Half Men’? Charlie Sheen
  37. In 2012 what changed colour in the home town of each British Olympic gold medal winner? A post box(painted gold)
  38. According to legend, who was peeping Tom looking at? Lady Godiva
  39. The home grounds of Turkish football teams Galatasaray and Fenerbahce are separated by which river? Bosporus (Bosporus is a strait, not a river)
  40. Which TV comedy’s running gag was the phrase ‘language Timothy’? Sorry!