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

 

 

John Bercow has come under fire from some quarters and been praised by others because of his stance on Donald Trump - what position does Bercow hold?
Speaker of the House of Commons

 

Which sport has been granted £16.9 million in a bid to lure more women back into sport?
Netball

 

Which pop star leapt off the stadium roof in their performance at the 51st SuperBowl final?
Lady Gaga

 

In which year did Ke$ha have a hit with 'Die Young'?

a) 2012 b) 2014 c) 2016

a) 2012

 

'Let It Happen', 'The Less I Know the Better' and 'Elephant' are songs from which psychedelic group fronted by Kevin Parker?

a) Temples b) Real Estate c) Tame Impala

c) Tame Impala

 

Rapper Macklemore teamed up with which producer for the hit single Thrift Shop released in 2012?

a) Kevin Donovan b) Ryan Lewis c) Karl Henry