A cat breed with either no tail or short tail originating from the Isle of Man |Manx
*** 2 Born in 1982, considered the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time, five time world champion, twice olympic champion and world record holder |Yelena Isinbayeva
*** 2 A Mesoamerican deity whose name comes from the Aztec language meaning "feathered-serpent" |Quetzalcoatl
Premier international team event in men's tennis |Davis cup
An annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Bringing together young technologists worldwide to resolve some of the world's toughest challenges |Imagine cup
Acronyms, WADA |World Anti Doping Agency
The goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in the Roman pantheon, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche |Fortuna
Female minor nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform, generally beautiful and love to sing and dance |Nymph
*** 2 Mars - Largest known canyon system in solar system, more than 4000 km long, 200 km wide and up to 7 km deep |Valles Marineris
Type of dog originally used to pull sleds in northern regions, known for their fast, hard pulling style |Husky
A 1600 km land bridge which joined Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times during the ice ages, crossed by early humans to reach the new world |Beringia
Supercontinent existing during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, from ancient Greek pan "entire", gaia "Earth" |Pangaea
*** 2 German geophysicist and meteorologist, noted for the theory of continental drift proposed in 1912 |Alfred Wegener
Expression meaning "concerning law", as contrasted with de facto, meaning "concerning fact" |de jure
Island nation consisting of 10 islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 570 km off the coast of western Africa, it gained its independence from Portugal in 1975 |cape Verde
Privateers authorised to conduct raids on shipping of a nation at war with France, on behalf of the French crown |Corsair
Which word can be, a snake, a programming language, a .357 Magnum caliber revolver or a type of air to air missile |Python
*** 3 Canadian composer notable for composing over 80 film scores, most notably The Lord of the Rings triology, The Aviator, The Departed, winning 3 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes and 4 Grammy Awards |Howard Shore
*** 4 Latin for "Hammer of the Witches" written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer describes three elements necessary for witchcraft: Evil-intentioned witch, Help of the Devil, Permission of God |Malleus maleficarum
Tennis - Australian ________ ______ beat Serena Williams to win her first U.S Open title in 2011 |Samantha Stosur
Australian winner of 2011 Tour de France |Cadel Evans
Self referencing - Repeat this question |Repeat this question
*** 2 Self referencing - What is the answer to this question? |What
Self referencing - The answer to this question is either Finland or Hippopotamus |Hippopotamus
Self referencing - The answer to this question is either Finland or Hippopotamus |Finland
*** 2 Self referencing - Write out all the words in this question which start with the letter w |write words which with
Self referencing - What is the penultimate word in this question? |this
Self referencing - How many words make up this question? |9
I'm hungry! - What are Kjøttkaker? |Norwegian meatballs
I'm hungry! - What is sauerkraut made of? |Cabbage
I'm hungry! - Which fish is most commonly used for fish and chips? |Cod
I'm hungry! - Hazikolbasz is a type of sausage from where? |Hungary
*** 2 I'm hungry! - Spanish sausage spiced with paprika and smoked? |Chorizo
*** 2 I'm hungry! - National dish of Indonesia literally meaning fried rice |Nasi goreng
I'm hungry! - Spicey Korean dish of fermented cabbage |Kimchi
*** 2 I'm hungry! - Pho is a noodle soup from which country? |Vietnam
I'm hungry! - Oven baked batter of milk, flour and eggs served as part of a Sunday roast |Yorkshire pudding
I'm hungry! - Although not the original etymology in modern Finnish this dish literally means fishcock |Kalakukko
Former states - A union of Norway, Sweden and Denmark dissolved in 1523 |Kalmar Union
*** 2 Former states - One of the many German states, its name lives on in the monarchy of UK and the final Tsar of Bulgaria |Saxe-coburg and Gotha
Former states - Conquered by the Kingdom of Sardinia leading to Italian unification in 1861 which state controlled all of southern Italy |Two Sicilies
*** 3 Former states - Once one of the largest countries in Europe this state was finally carved up between Austria, Russia and Prussia in 1795 |Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Llamas - What is the name for a baby llama? |Cria
Llamas - What is the Latin name for true llamas? |Lama glama
*** 2 Llamas - Furry and cute, which member of the lamini tribe is known for its wool? |Alpaca
Llamas - Closely related to true llamas, there are around half a million of which wild species roaming the Andes |Guanaco
Llamas - Closely related to alpacas, the vicuña is the national animal of which country? |Peru
Llamas - Under the rule of the _____ it was illegal to kill a vicuña |Incas
Llamas - The African/Asian cousins of llamas are which kind of animal? |Camel
Quotes - Translate into English, "Gott ist tot", Friedrich Nietzsche |God is dead
Lakes - The biggest lake in the world? |Caspian sea
*** 3 Lakes - At 660 km long, which is the longest lake in the world? |Lake Tanganyika
Lakes - On the surface of which extraterrestrial object are there lakes of ethane and methane? |Titan
Lakes - The surface Jupiter’s moon, Io, has lakes filled with ______ |Sulphur
Biochemists - Which British pair are credited with the discovery of the structure of DNA? |Francis Crick and James Watson
Biochemists - Hans Adolf ____ is credited with the discovery of which metabolic pathway central to aerobic respiration also known as the citric acid cycle? |Krebs cycle
Biochemists - Together with Maud Menten, Leonor _______ developed a theory of enzyme kinetics bearing both their names |Michaelis
Biochemists - Born in 1822 who is credited with among other advances the germ theory of disease, creating the first vaccine for rabies and inventing a method to kill bacteria in milk? |Louis Pasteur
*** 2 Biochemists - Max Perutz won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for solving the structure of which protein found in the blood? |Haemoglobin