| What was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands? It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795, and ended on June 5, 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland. | Batavian Republic |
| Namur is a French-speaking province of what country? | Belgium |
| What is the westernmost of the French-speaking provinces of Belgium? | Hainaut |
| Which Greek island is called Negroponte in Italian? | Euboea |
| Which Italian republic had exactly the same flag as England’s present flag? | Genoa |
| Which Italian republic controlled the Crimean coast for 200 years from 1266? | Genoa |
| Which 1718-1720 war saw the defeat of Spain by an alliance of Britain, France, Austria and the Dutch Republic? | War of the Quadruple Alliance |
| Which kingdom on the Italian mainland historically controlled Sardinia? | Piedmont |
| Which empire covering the Caucasus and Southern Russia from 448 to 1048 converted to Judaism? | Khazars |
| Who was the first ghost to visit Ebenezer Scrooge? | Jacob Marley |
| Agnes Fleming is the mother of which Dickens character? | Oliver Twist |
| What is the name of Dumbledore’s pet phoenix? | Fawkes |
| What is the name of Hermione’s pet cat? | Crookshanks |
| What is Harry’s favourite drink in the Three Broomsticks Inn? | Butterbeer |
| Who was revealed as the Half Blood Prince? | Severus Snape |
| Which play ended with Benedick marrying Beatrice? | Much Ado About Nothing |
| The Stephen King short story The Body was later adapted into which film? | Stand By Me |
| Under what name did Stephen King write The Running Man? | Richard Bachman |
| Which fictional detective owned a pet bloodhound called Pedro? | Sexton Blake |
| What is the first name of Miss Marple? | Jane |
| What Benjamin Disraeli novel has the subtitle ‘The New Crusade’? | Tancred |
| Which Spanish kingdom controlled at its height in 1443 Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, southern Italy and Attica? | Aragon |
| In the early c13, the Latin Empire was centred on which city? | Constantinople |
| What Turkish soldiers of slave origin fought in the Levant in the mediaval era and defeated the Catholic Kingdom of Jerusalem? | Mamelukes |
| Which people’s name for their province/empire/country is Bod in their native language? | Tibet |
| The Seljuk empire was eventually conquered by which civilisation? | Mongols |
| Found in many British lakes, the gwyniad is a member of what fish family? | Salmon |
| Also called the artichoke thistle, what is a thistle-like plant in the aster family? It is the naturally occurring form of the same species as the globe artichoke. | Cardoon |
| Which Harold Pinter play tells its story in reverse chronological order? | Betrayal |
| What verb means to turn a ship on its side for cleaning? | Careen |
| Who founded the Mauryan empire in India? | Chandragupta Maurya |
| Which (supposedly) non-lethal weapon was named by the inventor after his childhood hero ‘Tom Swift’? | TASER |
| The largest capacity stadium in the NFL is the FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Which team play there ? | Washington Redskins |