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and here are the excellent answers.
1. Authors Isaac Asimov, Robert A Heinlein, and Arthur C Clarke are famous for what genre? Science Fiction (or SF)
2. According to the iconic 1958 song, popularized futuristically again in 1985, 'Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans, Way back up in the woods among the (What sort of trees?) ? Evergreens (from Chuck Berry's Johnny B Goode, which featured in the film Back to the Future)
3. What does the "dino" in dinosaur mean? Terrible (saurus = lizard)
4. What is added to coffee to make "Mocha"? Chocolate
5. What African nation is known in parts of Asia by the local names of two of its famous cities Marrakech and Fes? Morocco
6. What is a pullover, a New US state, a UK channel island and knitted fabric first produced there? Jersey
7. What once world-leading social networking website was bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for $580m in 2005, and sold to Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake for $35m in 2011? Myspace
8. Which country occupying 47% of South America has states including Amazonas, Sao Paulo, Bahia and Para? Brazil
9. What did Swedish amateur jockey Helena Stahl do to her horse after it was put down due to injury in 2015? Ate it
10. What element is formed once the radioactive decay of naturally occurring Uranium eventually concludes? Lead
11. Paper thickness is generally measured/shown as GSM (e.g., 80, 90, etc), standing for what? Grams per Square Metre
12. Referring to an geographic feature, what is the only common word in the English language to begin with the letters FJ? Fjord (a steep sided coastal inlet formed by glacial erosion, found especially in Alaska, New Zealand, Chile, and Norway - the word 'fjord' is Norse, from Norway)
13. Systolic and Diastolic refer to the measurement of what? Blood pressure (Systolic is pressure while heart is beating; Diastolic is heart resting between beats)
14. Paramount and CBS Studios went to court in 2016 to enforce rights over what fictional language when the fan-funded Axanar company sought to produce a prequel to a popular 1966-founded franchise set originally in the 23rd century? Klingon (or Klingonese, of Star Trek)
15. Which wine is typically made from black grapes using the 'skin contact method'? Rosé (the pink colour is achieved via the 'skin contact method' - by which the skins remain with the juice after crushing for a short period of 1-3 days - the method of blending red and white wine is rare)
16. What does the web 'error' code 404 mean? Not found (typically when a webpage is not available for some reason, or a faulty address has been entered)
17. What famous sports car named is after Argentina's hot dusty North wind? Zonda
18. What is a ship or plane's side-to-side turning movement called? Yaw
19. What metal has the lowest boiling point? Mercury (356.73C)
20. What regal name is capital of Seychelles, and British Columbia (Canada), and is an Australian state? Victoria
21. What area unit is an American football field, equal to 4840 sq yds, originally that a farmer and ox could plough in a day? Acre
22. What is Horology? The study of time.
23. What is the ancient unit of weight equating roughly to 0.065 gms or 65 milligrams? Grain (based originally on the weight of a grain of barley - grains are still used to measure bullets, arrows, dentistry gold foil and occasionally medicinal prescriptions)
24. Which organization launched the Mates condom brand in 1987? Virgin
25. Name the inventor/first trapeze artist (Paris 1859) who also originated the eponymously named clothing? Jules Leotard
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