What group of birds is known by the collective noun Venue?
Crows Ravens Vultures Owls
Vultures
Don McLean dedicated a song to Vincent van Gogh based on which of his paintings?
Starry Starry Night Cafe Terrace at Night The Bedroom Sunflowers
Starry Starry Night
What is the capital city of Morocco?
Casablanca Rabat Marrakech Tangier
Rabat
Which legendary lead vocalist was born Farrokh Bulsara?
David Bowie Mick Jagger Freddie Mercury Elton John
Freddie Mercury
Which English Premier League footballer is the highest scoring midfielder of all time?
Frank Lampard Steven Gerrard David Beckham Paul Scholes
Frank Lampard
An acute angle is defined by having less than how many degrees?
45 degrees 120 degrees 180 degrees 90 degrees
90 degrees
What nationality was the famous explorer Roald Amundsen?
Norwegian Finnish Danish Swedish
Norwegian
Which James Arthur song includes the lyrics, 'Then you smiled over your shoulder, for a minute I was stone cold sober'?
Say You Won't Let Go Naked Impossible Recovery
Say You Won't Let Go
What aircraft was Chuck Yeager flying when he became the first person to break the sound barrier?
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Bell X-1 North American P-51 Mustang Douglas D-558
Bell X-1
What is generally considered the average human body temperature?
35 degrees Celsius (95 F) 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 F) 32 degrees Celsius (90 F) 39 degrees Celsius (102 F)
37 degrees Celsius (98.6 F)
What are the secondary colours?
Pink, brown and grey Black, white and gold Red, yellow and blue Green, orange and purple
Green, orange and purple
What steam locomotive achieved a world record speed of 100 miles per hr (160.9km) in 1934?
The Royal Scot Rocket Mallard The Flying Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman
Which American gangster was known by the nickname Scarface?
Bugsy Siegel Al Capone Lucky Luciano John Dillinger
Al Capone
Which two European countries have coastlines on the Bay of Biscay?
France and Italy Spain and France Portugal and France Spain and Portugal
Spain and France
What name is given to the 40 day period of prayer and fasting that occurs before Easter?
Advent Lent Epiphany Pentecost
Lent
Who provided the voice of Genie in the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin?
Robin Wright Will Smith Eddie Murphy Robin Williams
Robin Williams
What is the largest type of elephant in the world?
Indian Elephant Sumatran Elephant African Elephant Asian Elephant
African Elephant
Which famous writer was first to use the proverb 'The course of love never did run smooth'?
William Shakespeare Jane Austen Geoffrey Chaucer Charles Dickens
William Shakespeare
What female name, beginning with letter L, is accepted as being the name of the first homo sapien remains which were discovered in Ethiopia?
Lola Lucy Lily Laura
Lucy
Tom Fletcher is a lead vocalist of which English band?
Busted McBusted The Vamps Mcfly
Mcfly