1) ‘The Slave of Duty’ is an alternative title to which Gilbert and Sullivan opera?
Pirates of Penzance.
2) Jerry and Mike are the first names of what famous pairing of 1950s hit songwriters?
Leiber and Stoller. (Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Stand By Me, I Who Have Nothing.
3) How many new states were created when the USSR collapsed in 1991 (Within 2)
15 Georgia, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kygystan, Azerbaijan, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
4) Love, caddy and apostle are all types of what?
Spoon.
5) In the film Casablanca, how many times does Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, say the phrase ‘Here’s looking at you kid’?
Four times
6) The village of Cheddar is in which English county?
Somerset.
7) Which airline postponed adverts claiming to ‘…go the extra mile to make you feel special…’ after a photo of (allegedly) a pilot and crew member having sex in an aircraft cockpit became public in Aug 2011?
Cathay Pacific.
8) At $12.5bn, what phone corporation became Google’s biggest acquisition in Aug 2011?
Motorola (Motorola Mobility)
9) What is the fruit of the tree technically known as Phoenix Dactylifera?
Dates
10) Flipkart was founded and became a major online retailer, notably of books, in which country?
India
11) The musical “Cats” is based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by which Author?
T S Eliot.
12) What metal does not dissolve in nitric acid. (giving us the common phrase ‘Acid Test’)
Gold.