To what class of mollusc do slugs, snails, cowries and whelks belong?
12 Which US poet wrote the Leaves of Grass collection?
13 What type of rock is marble?
14 The Kuga is a make of car by which manufacturer?
15 Which river flows through Melbourne?
16 From which country does mariachi music originate?
17 Which actor starred as Dr Chris Kelvin in the 2002 film Solaris?
18 What mixture of opium and alcohol was commonly prescribed for ailments during Victorian times?
19 Who released the 1980 album Double Fantasy?
20 Which Irish county north of Kilkenny was formerly known as Queen’s?
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1 How is the fruit Rubus idaeus more commonly known?
2 What term is given to a mixture of root vegetables used as a base for stew or sauce?
3 What is a chanterelle?
4 Asparagus is a member of which plant family?
5 What is a jus?
6 Jarlsberg cheese comes from which country?
7 Which cocktail is made from gin, Cointreau® and lemon juice?
8 Prunes are wrapped with what to make devils on horseback?
9 What is a mangelwurzel?
10 What is the name of the Cornish pie where fish heads show through the pastry crust?
11 The red wine Barolo is from which country?
12 Anjou and Bartlett are types of which fruit?
13 Used in Indian cooking, what is a brinjal called in the UK?
14 If an aperitif is something that precedes a meal, what term is given to something that follows it?
15 The botanical name for which spice is Zingiber officinale?
16 What fruit is a hybrid of a tangerine and a grapefruit?
17 Which type of beer takes its name from the German word for “store”?
18 How is the garbanzo bean better known?
19 Which English cheese is coated with nettles?
20 Orange pekoe is a variety of which drink?
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1 Who played the title role in the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk?
2 What is the substance in wheat that makes dough elastic?
3 What is the capital city of Belarus?
4 Which author wrote Five Children and It (1902)?
5 Who directed the classic 1927 film Metropolis?
6 Which fine-quality coffee is named after a port in Yemen?
7 Who was the mythological father of Heracles?
8 Libreville is the capital city of which African nation?
9 The 1973 film and recent TV series Westworld are based on a novel by which writer?
10 Stratfield Saye is the stately home of which duke?
11 What prefix indicates 10-6?
12 Who was Formula 1 World Champion in 1975, 1977 and 1984?
13 What were the first names of the two “Princes in the Tower”?
14 Which call is worth more than spades in bridge?
15 What type of creature is a flying fox?
16 Which river runs through Knaresborough?
17 What was the title of Matt Cardle’s 2010 chart-topping single?
18 What was the name of the caravel on which Columbus sailed back to Spain in 1492?
19 Whom did Jamie Murray partner to win the 2017 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title?
20 “Tar Heel” is the nickname of which US state?
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1 Watling Street is an example of what type of thoroughfare?
2 Which London street was the home of poet Elizabeth Barrett?
3 Which WWI French general gave his name to a Parisian avenue leading from the Arc de Triomphe?
4 Between which two US states did Route 66 run?
5 In which city is the shopping destination of Grafton Street?
6 The Via Dolorosa is in which city?
7 What is the name of the zigzag road in San Francisco which features eight hairpin bends?
8 Who designed The Circus in Bath?
9 In which English city are there alleyways known as the Lanes?
10 The famous Abbey Road pedestrian crossing is close to the junction with which other thoroughfare?
11 Which Roman street begins at the bottom of the Spanish Steps?
12 On which London thoroughfare is the Apollo theatre?
13 Who was “walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale” in a 1991 song?