Kate Middleton’s family run a mail-order company. What is it called?
Party Pieces
What won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle in 1980?
Rubix cube
Quentin Blake is best-known for illustrating children's books by which author?
Roald Dahl
How many days were the Chilean miners trapped underground before being rescued?
69
The Spanish word siesta has a Latin root. What does it literally mean?
The sixth hour (counting from dawn, therefore noon.)
Apart from the letter X, what other letter scores 8 in scrabble?
J
What is the pseudonym of the world famous graffiti artist from Bristol, who makes satirical street art and sells his art for huge sums of money?
Banksy
What part of the body is the pinna?
Outer part of the ear
In which year did the Churchill dog ads first appear? (Give a year out either way)
1996
What is the other name, based on a legendary folk hero, for the Doncaster/Sheffield Airport?
Robin Hood Airport
Although used as a nickname for US soldiers, what does GI actually stand for?
Government Issue
What had its maiden journey from Gare de l'Est in Paris on October 4th, 1883?
Orient Express
Which primary school did Andy Murray attend?
Dunblane PS
How is 590 displayed in Roman Numerals?
DXC
A flag with red, yellow and green horizontal stripes and a black star in the centre belongs to which African country?
Ghana/Republic of Ghana
What was the codename for a project conducted during World War II to develop the first atomic bombs for wartime use?
The Manhattan Project
What Japanese art form literally means “plantings in tray?”
Bonsai
What is the name of an imaginary pass in the Himalayas, an earthly paradise, described in James Hilton’s Lost Horizon 1933? (Clue: an American pop girl group of the 1960s pluralised this word as their name)
Shangri-la
Who was captain of the ill-fated RMS Titanic which sank in 1912?
Captain Edward John Smith
In what year did Margaret Thatcher resign? (Year must be exact)
1990
