1. For his/her red-sole footwear, which designer is famous?
1
2. How many stars are on China's national flag?
6
3. Which spice comes from the Zingiber Officinale plant rhizome (root-stalk)?
11
4. During which month, in Italy, is Republic Day?
14
5. The autobiographical poem 'The Story of Suicide Sal' was written by a female outlaw in the 1930s?
18
6. Who was the 1973-1977 US Secretary of State?
21
7. Which English city is the Edgbaston Test Cricket Ground?
28
8. What is the method of dyeing fabric in which the parts not to be dyed are covered with removeable wax?
32
9. Who was the first female film director to win a best film Oscar?
36
10. What is the only country which extends from the Equator to one of the Tropic lines of latitude?
39
11. The inactive volcano, Mauna Kea (meaning 'white mountain' in the local native language), is in which US state?
42
12. Jenny Shipley was the first female prime minister of which country?
46
13. The mineral and ore pitchblende is rich in what radioactive element, after which it is now named?
52
14. Bianca is the younger sister of Katherina in which Shakespeare comedy play?
53
15. On which item of dress would a cockade normally be worn?
58
16. Natives of which English city are known as Loiners: Lincoln; Leeds; London; or Lancaster?
62
17. A kittel, or kitl, is what, traditionally worn by male Jews: Beard; Bracelet; Burial shroud; or Puzzled expression?
65
18. Which comedy duo starred in the 1967 film 'Bedazzled'?
- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
70
19. A dageurreotype was an early type of what?
76
20. In what year was England ruled (technically by kings called Edward, Harold, Edgar and William, in that order?
79
