Which of these explorers was the first to claim he reached the North Pole?
Robert Peary
Frederick Cook
Matthew Henson
Wally Herbert

In what year was the Great Fire of London?

1566
1626
1666
1686

What is the capital of Uruguay?

Asuncion
Montevideo
Rivera
Salto

Which is the largest Lake in New Zealand?

Lake Taupo
Lake Te Anau
Lake Wakatipu
Lake Ellesmere

Who invented the windshield Wiper?

Mary Anderson
Bette Nesmith Graham
Harry Jennings
Edwin Ruud

In Norse Mythology who guards the rainbow bridge ‘ Bifrost’?

Brono
Heindall
Godi
Andvari

Which element has the atomic number 45?

Cobalt
Palladium
Scandium
Rhodium

Which if these is not an amino acid?

Thyrogine
Glutamine
Isoleucine
Valine

Which tree has the Latin name ‘Aesculus Hippocastanum’?

Dwarf Buckeye
Sweet Chestnut
Horse Chestnut
Texas Buckeye

Which if these is Ohm’s Law?

P=VI
Q=It
E=VIt
V=IR

Which of these famous people died in 1882?

George Eliot
Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte
Albert Franz Doppler
Charles Robert Darwin

Where was the artist Paul Jackson Pollock born?

Cody, Wyoming
Chico, California
Springs, New York
Cave Creek, Arizona

What is the usual name of the Symphony in E flat major (Op 55) by Ludwig van Beethoven

Choral
Pastoral
Eroica
Little Symphony

Who wrote the book ‘Nation’?

Terry Pratchett
Dick Francis
Andy McNab
Barbara Vine

Who was the first person to seen on an ‘electronic’ televsion?

Philo T Farnsworth
Pem Farnsworth
John Taynton
John Logie Baird

In what year was the first film released on DVD?

1994
1995
1996
1997

Who has an alubum in the charts entitled ; Only by the Night’?

Oasis
Duffy
Metallica
Kings Of Leon

Which foodstuff contains the chemical ‘Allicin’?

Garlic
Chocolate
Tomatoes
Broccolli

Who won the women’s World Iron Championship in 2007?

Chrissie Wellington
Samantha McGlone
Paula Newby-Fraser
Amanda Stevens

Which Country won the Cricket World Cup in 1979?

Australia
England
Pakistan
West Indies