What do the initials RNLI represent?
Royal National Lifeboat Institution

 

In which American TV drama did Idris Elba rise to fame as Russell 'Stringer' Bell?
The Wire

 

What was the first name of the renowned polar explorer Shackleton who was a member of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition?
Ernest

 

What is the nationality of Pep Guardiola, the Manchester City Head Coach?
Spanish

 

 

By what name are Sheffield United F.C. also referred to as?
The Blades

 

If you were watching the Anaheim Ducks, what sport would you be watching?
Ice Hockey

 

Javed Miandad represented which nation at cricket?
Pakistan

 

In the game of darts by what nickname is Bobby George known?
Bobby Dazzler

 

 

Bilbao is a major city in which region of Spain?
Basque Country

 

The Great Barrier Reef is located in which Sea?
The Coral Sea

 

What is the state capital of Florida?
Tallahassee

 

South American capital which means 'The Peace' when translated from the original Spanish?
La Paz

 

What is the regional capital of Tuscany in Italy?
Florence

 

 

All are famous books, but can you name the authors from just the initials

LA Confidential - JE
James Ellroy

 

The Day of the Jackal - FF
Frederick Forsyth

 

The Third Man - GG
Graham Greene

 

Strangers on a Train - PH
Patricia Highsmith

 

The Constant Gardener - JlC
John le Carre

 

Get Shorty - EL
Elmore Leonard

 

 

The Three Gorges Dam, as of 2016, the largest hydro-electric power station in the world stands on which river?
Yangtze

 

What is the Middle Eastern capital whose name means "Abode of Islam" in Urdu.
Islamabad

 

Who resurrected the modern Olympics in 1896?
Pierre de Coubertin

 

Alfred Nobel, the benefactor behind the Nobel Prize awards, was born in which country?
Sweden