1. What AZ is the lowest temperature that could possibly exist?

2. In 2012, a dog called Pudsey won which TV talent show with his owner Ashleigh Butler?

3. Who captained Jules Vernes submarine the Nautilus

4. What is the American equivalent of the Financial Times Index?

5. Nationalities: If Egyptians come from Egypt and Cypriots come from Cyprus, how are United Arab Emirates nationals better known?

6. Which loyal highlander helped Prince Charles Edward Stuart to escape to France after the defeat at Culloden?

7. In the university boat races, what is the name of Cambridge?s reserve crew?

8. What is the southernmost state in the US?

9. Which best selling sci fi author was born in Petrovichi, USSR in 1922?

10. The Sunda Strait is the strait between which two Indonesian islands? (1 point per correct answer)

11. Which warrior race are experts in the use of a nasty looking curved blade named 'Bat'leth'?

12. Which e-tailer made the fortunes of Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane-Fox?

13. Who presented the first ever edition of Mastermind?

14. "Samhain", literally means "end of summer" and is a Gaelic language word. What is it's direct English equivalent?

15. Which actor said ?Italy is full of actors and its the bad ones who go onto the stage??

16. Which PE makes Welsh Rarebit into Buck Rarebit?

17. 'Q' in James Bond films. What does 'Q' stand for?

18. What do Paddy McCready, Elizabeth of Glamis and Dorothy Perkins have in common?

19. With which sport would you associate David Broome?

20. What do we call the spice known as Haldi in India?

21. Which Melody was the best selling song in the UK in both 1990 and 1995?

22. Who is the mother of actress Joely Richardson?

23. Canberra's central lake is named after the American architect who, with his wife, designed the city. Who was he?

24. Gift question: What Musical instrument is named after the Greek for "wooden sound"?

25. What YC should you cut your coat according to?

26. Which two Italians have been awarded the Golden Glove at the FIFA World Cup?

ANSWERS

1. Absolute Zero

2. Britain's Got Talent

3. Captain Nemo

4. Dow Jones Index

5. Emiratis.

6. Flora Macdonald

7. Goldie

8. Hawaii

9. Isaac Asimov

10. Java, Sumatra

11. Klingons

12. Lastminute.com

13. Magnus Magnusson

14. November

15. Orson Welles

16. Poached Egg

17. Quartermaster

18. Roses

19. Show Jumping

20. Turmeric

21. Unchained Melody (1990 re release from The Righteous Brothers, 1995 version from Robson and Jerome)

22. Vanessa Redgrave

23. Walter Burley Griffin

24. Xylophone

25. Your Cloth

26. Zoff and Buffon