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NoQuestions Quiz 1 Answers

1Carl and the Passions changed band name to whatBeach Boys

2How many rings on the Olympic flagFive

3What colour is vermilion a shade ofRed

4King Zog ruled which countryAlbania

5What colour is Spock's bloodGreen

6Where in your body is your patellaKnee ( it's the kneecap )

7Where can you find London bridge todayUSA ( Arizona )

8What spirit is mixed with ginger beer in a Moscow muleVodka

9Who was the first man in spaceYuri Gagarin

10What would you do with a YashmakWear it - it's an Arab veil

11Who betrayed Jesus to the RomansJudas Escariot

12Which animal lays eggsDuck billed platypus

13On television what was FlipperDolphin

14Who's band was The QuarrymenJohn Lenon

15Which was the most successful Grand National horseRed Rum

16Who starred as the Six Million Dollar ManLee Majors

17In the song Waltzing Matilda - What is a JumbuckSheep

18Who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy in the EagleMekon

19What is Dick Grayson better known asRobin (Batman and Robin)

20What was given on the fourth day of ChristmasCalling birds

21What was Skippy ( on TV )The bush kangaroo

22What does a funambulist doTightrope walker

23What is the name of Dennis the Menace's dogGnasher

24What are bactrians and dromedariesCamels (one hump or two)

25Who played The FugitiveDavid Jason

26Who was the King of SwingBenny Goodman

27Who was the first man to fly across the channelLouis Bleriot

28Who starred as Rocky BalboaSylvester Stallone

29In which war was the charge of the Light BrigadeCrimean

30Who invented the televisionJohn Logie Baird

31Who would use a mashie niblickGolfer

32In the song who killed Cock RobinSparrow

33What do deciduous trees doLose their leaves in winter

34In golf what name is given to the No 3 wood Spoon

35If you has caries who would you consultDentist - its tooth decay

36What other name is Mellor's famously known byLady Chatterlys Lover

37What did Jack Horner pull from his piePlum

38How many feet in a fathomSix

39which film had song Springtime for HitlerThe Producers

40Name the legless fighter pilot of ww2Douglas Bader

41What was the name of inn in Treasure IslandAdmiral Benbow

42What was Erich Weiss better known asHarry Houdini

43Who sailed in the Nina - Pinta and Santa MariaChristopher Columbus

44Which leader died in St HelenaNapoleon Bonaparte

45Who wrote Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell

46What does ring a ring a roses refer toThe Black Death

47Whose nose grew when he told a liePinocchio

48Who has won the most OscarsWalt Disney

49What would a Scotsman do with a spurtleEat porridge (it's a spoon)

50Which award has the words for valour on itVictoria Cross

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51If you had pogonophobia what would you be afraid ofBeards

52Who would take silk as part of their jobBarrister

53Who won an Oscar for the African QueenBogart

54Who sang the theme song in 9 to 5Dolly Parton

55What in business terms is the IMFInternational Monetary Fund

56Ringo Star narrates which children's TV seriesThomas the tank engine

57Which country grows the most fruitChina

58Which company is owned by Bill GatesMicrosoft

59What would you do with a maris piperEat it - it's a potato

60In Casablanca what is the name of the nightclubRick's

61What was the first James Bond bookCasino Royal

62What kind of animal is a lurcherDog

63What is the currency of AustriaSchilling

64What is the Islamic equal to the red crossRed Crescent

65In fable who sold a cow for five beansJack ( and grew a beanstalk )

66How did Alfred Nobel make his moneyHe invented Dynamite

67Who was the first man to run a sub four minute mileRoger Bannister

68What are MunroesMountains in Scotland

69Which car company makes the CelicaToyota

70Air Lingus is the national airline of which countryRepublic of Ireland or Eire

71Who discovered radiumThe Curies

72What does an alopecia sufferer lackHair

73Who painted The HaywainJohn Constable

74Triskadeccaphobia is the fear of whatNumber 13

75What is a baby rabbit calledKit or Kitten

76Which country had The Dauphin as a rulerFrance

77Who did Michael Caine play in the Ipcress File (both names)Harry Palmer

78Who won Euro song contest Save All Your Kisses For MeBrotherhood of Man

79Which country had the guns of Naverone installedTurkey

80Ictheologists study whatFish

81What is a Winston ChurchillCigar

82Who or what lives in a formicariumAnts

83What type of acid is used in car batteriesSulphuric

84It's a flock of sheep what's a group of owls calledParliament

85What animal would you find in a formHare

86Who in books and films was the man of bronzeDoc Savage

87Who was Stan Laurels partnerOliver Hardy

88What kind of food is Cullan SkinkFish

89What is classified by the A B O systemBlood Groups

90What plant does the Colorado beetle attackPotato

91Where did the Pied Piper playHamlin

92To where in France do the sick make pilgrimagesLourdes

93In which city was the famous black holeCalcutta

94Christopher Cockerel invented whatHovercraft

95Ray Bolger played who in The Wizard of OzScarecrow

96Sabotage is French - What did the saboteurs useShoes - sabot means shoe

97Which part of the human body contains the most goldToenails

98If you had rubella what would you have caughtGerman Measles

99Mohs scale hardest substance is diamond - what's the softestTalc

100La Giaconda is better known as whatMona Lisa

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1Who wrote the Opera Madam ButterflyPuccini

2What links - Goa - Kerula - Assam - BiharIndia

3Eric Arthur Blaire was the real name of which authorGeorge Orwell

4Names - Baker Cook obvious what did Cordwainer doShoemaker

5Which country do Sinologists studyChina

6Rudy Stevens became famous under which nameBarbara Stanwyck

7Which non alcoholic cordial is made from pomegranatesGrenadine

8What is Orchesis - either professional or amateurArt of Dancing

9Taken literally what should you see in a HippodromeHorses

10Who wrote the Man in the Iron MaskAlexander Dumas

11Which 1993 Disney film starred Bet Middler as a witchHocus Pocus

12Who piloted the first flight across the English channelLouis Bleriot

13What was the first James Bond filmDr No

14What 1991 film won best film, actor, actress, director OscarsSilence of the Lambs

15What was the capital of EthiopiaAddis Ababa

16Aescapalious emblem staff snake Greek Roman god of whatMedicine

17Giacomo Agostini - 122 Grand Prix 15 world titles what sportMotorcycle Racing

18What is the largest state in the USAAlaska

19Led Deighton trilogy Game Set Match What 3 Capitals Berlin MexicoLondon

20Alan Stuart Konigsberg famous as whoWoody Allen

21Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977Amnesty International

22Whose autobiography was The long walk to FreedomNelson Mandela

23What was discovered in 1922 by Howard CarterTutankamen tomb

24Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930Pluto

25Who won the women's heptathlon at Seoul in 1988Jackie Joyner-Kersey

26Who wrote Northanger AbbeyJayne Austin

27Who ran through the streets naked crying EurekaArchimedes

28Who composed the Brandeberg concertos full namesJohan Sebastian Bach

29Who won the World Series in 1987Minnesota twins

30What is the correct term of address to the PopeYour Holiness

31In which city was Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847Edinburgh

32Who composed the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The NutcrackerTchaikovsky

33AG Bell opened school in Boston in 1872 for Teachers of whatThe Deaf

34Benjamin Kubelsky 1894 fame as what comedianJack Benny

35In the Old Testament what book comes between Obadiah - MicahJonah

36Robin Williams dressed in drag for which 1993 filmMrs Doubtfire

37Which chess piece could be a member of the churchBishop

38Which German word means lightning war used in WW2Blitzkrieg

39Broccoli belongs to what family of plantsCabbage

40Who designed the first Iron ship the Great Britain in 1845I. Kingdom Brunel

41Whose boat Bluebird was recently raised from Coniston waterDonald Campbell

42in 1951 which (of two) car companies introduced power steeringBuick - Chrysler

43Who wrote Catch 22 (both names)Joseph Heller

44Which country set up the world's first chemistry lab in 1650Netherlands

45What links the names Botvinik, Tal, Karpov, FischerChess World Champs

46What is the national flower of JapanChrysanthemum

47Bombardier Billy Wells was seen on many Rank films - whyHit Gong

48Where in France do claret wines come fromBordeaux

49What did mathematician John Napier invent in 1614Logarithms

50What was the world's first high level programming language 1957 IBM FORTRAN

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51Consumption was the former name of which diseaseTuberculosis

52Which American state is nicknamed The Diamond StateDelaware

53What are the Sirocco, Mistral and ChinookWinds

54Who wrote about Willie Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryRoald Dahl

55Who, at USA customs declared, nothing but my geniusOscar Wilde

56Issur Danielovitch became famous a whoKirk Douglas

57Who sailed in the Golden HindSir Francis Drake

58 What was the name of the plantation in Gone with the WindTara

59Who won the 1988 SuperbowlWashington Redskins

60Which group believes in The Great Architect of the UniverseFreemasons

61Robert Alan Zimmerman real name of whoBob Dylan

62Processed Galena produces which metalLead

63Who wrote Gulliver's Travels (both names)Jonathon Swift

64What is a Ha HaSunken Fence

65In Japan what is SeppukuHari Kari - suicide

66Who discovered blood circulation William Harvey

67The dunnock is another name for which common birdHedge Sparrow

68If someone said they were from Hellas - which countryGreece

69Who was the son of Zeus and Maia - Gods MessengerHermes

70Roy Scherer jr became famous as whoRock Hudson

71Who wrote Brave New World (full name)Aldus Huxley

72What links Calabria, Liguria, Puglia and VenetoRegions of Italy

73Which city in Rajasthan has riding breeches named after itJodhpur

74Portugal has had six Kings with what first nameJohn

75What martial arts name means gentle wayJudo

76Jean Claude Killy famous in which sportSkiing

77Kimberlite contains what precious itemDiamonds

78Who directed Dr Strangelove - 2001 - The Shining (full name)Stanley Kubrick

79Rene Lalique - Art Nouveau designer worked what materialGlass

80Who created the children's land of Narnia and Lion Witch WardrobeClive Staples Lewis

81What animal lives in a dreySquirrel

82Why is Louise Brown - born 1978 famousFirst test tube baby

83The title of whose book translates as my struggleAdolf Hitler

84Anna Mary Robinson - famous American painter - what nameGrandma Moses

85In which country would you find the Negev desertIsrael

86Which character has been played by the most actorsSherlock Holmes

87In Greek mythology a Hamadryads spirit guarded whatTrees

88Jocasta was the wife of Laius and the mother of whoOedipus

89Who wrote The Rights of Man - and The Age of ReasonThomas Paine

90What is the capital of SicilyPalermo

91What was invented by Dr Edward Land in 1947Polaroid

92Syd Barett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason - GroupPink Floyd

93Carlo Collodi created which famous children's characterPinocchio

94What is mainly extracted from pitchblendeUranium

95Which connects Delft, Sevres, Wedgwood, ChelseaPorcelain

96Which country introduced the worlds first diesel loco in 1912Germany

97in 1656 Christian Huygens invented what type of timekeeperPendulum clock

98Duvali, Dushira and Holi are religious days in which religionHindu

99In what industry did John Davidson Rockefeller get richOil

100The Mau Mau were terrorists in which country late 50s early 60sKenya

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NoQuestions Quiz 3Answers

1What movie cast included James Garner, Richard Attenbourough, The Great Escape

Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson, Angus McPhee among many others

2If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrongNosebleed

3In which book would you find the manservant Pas PartoutAround the world in

80 days

4What animals name translates as water horseHippopotamus

5In Greek mythology who killed the GorgonPerseus

6Which two metals are alloyed to make pewterTin and Lead

7In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first whatKodak 1 - hand held

roll film cam

8What links - Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and DecartesPhilosophers

9In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first whatBarometer

10Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16 - also 4 year bluePablo Picasso

11Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settlePitcairn Islands

12What is the longest river in ItalyPo

13What does a polyandric women have more than one ofHusband

14What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and AngolaColonies of Portugal

15What is the American equivalent of the Irish PoteenMoonshine

16Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles son PyrrhusPriam

17In 1911 the archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered what lost cityMachu Picchu

18Who won the Superbowl in 1989San Francisco 49 ers

19Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby DickHerman Melville

20Which highwayman rode the horse Black BessDick Turpin

21Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic superheroThe Flash

22In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first timeMercedes

23Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian stateQueensland

24In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battleRagnarok

25In 1890 the first electric what opened in LondonUnderground railway

26Who wrote the children's novel Swallows and AmazonsArthur Ransom

27Oil seed rape belongs to which plant familyMustard

28Which Norwegian politicians name became a word for traitorVidkun Quisling

29What is the capitol of MoroccoRabat

30What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons navySquare Thus Square

meal

31What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and Bhodi dayBuddhist

32Linus Torwalds invented and wrote whatLinux computer

operating system

33The bander macaque has which commoner nameRhesus Monkey

34Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called whatRhodesia

35What is the staple food of one third of the worlds populationRice

36Paul Robeson the singer of old man river had what professionLawyer

37Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810Stethoscope

38Jagger, Richards, Wyman, Jones, Watts, Stewart - which bandThe Rolling Stones

39What digit does not exist in Roman NumeralsZero

40Who was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names)Erwin Rommel

41What aid to archaeologists from 197 bc was found in Egypt 1799Rosetta Stone

42Which annual sporting event between 2 teams started in 1829The University Boat

Race

43Who was the jeweller to the Russian Court famous Easter eggsFaberge

44What type of food is TaramasalataCured /smoked cod

roe

45What links Samuel Delaney, Fredrick Pohl, Harlan EllisonScience Fiction

46Randolph Crane became famous as which cowboy actorRandolph Scott

47Ageusia is the loss of which senseTaste

48Which Irish political parties name translates as we ourselvesSein Fein

49Henry Ford used assembly line in 1908 but someone before 1901Ransome Olds

50Who performed the first heart transplant in South AfricaChristian Barnard

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51What is the common name for the star SiriusDog Star

52What calculating aid was invented by William Oughtred in 1662Slide Rule

53Which Athenian philosopher wrote nothing - immortalised by PlatoSocrates

54Who designed the WW 1 plane Camel and co designed HurricaneThomas Octave

Murdoch Sopwith

55Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were born in which US stateSouth Dakota

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