Quiz 4 - freequiz4000

1 DEADFALL CHAINSAW (anagram of a well-known film) - A Fish Called Wanda
2 What colour is between orange and green in a rainbow - Yellow
3 What was the name of the biopic about American DJ Alan Freed who was wrongly credited with inventing the phrase rock and roll - American Hot Wax
4 If a menu offered 'Irish coffee' as a liqueur coffee with whisky, what would you expect to find added to the 'Italian coffee'- Amaretto
5 What was the first UK number one for Ray Stevens - The Streak
6 What is a female porcupine called - Sow
7 Which show jumper rode Doublet - Princess Anne
8 Which American aircraft manufacturer made the Starlifter transport - Lockheed
9 How would you address an Archbishop - Your Grace
10 Which country had a civil war in 1994 involving the Hutu and Tutsi peoples - Rwanda
11 Which British motor manufacturer used to make the Atlantic - Austin
12 Who was Graeme Edge the drummer for in the seventies - Moody Blues
13 Whose postal address was, 10 Acre Field, Scatterbrook Farm - Worzel Gummidge
14 What fruity expression refers traditionally to a small nation state which is politically unstable due to dependence on a single commodity controlled by external finances - Banana Republic
15 In which film did Barbra Streisand sing Second Hand Rose - Funny Girl
16 What is the correct musical term that means plucking the strings - Pizzicato
17 What sport is the Arthur Dunn Trophy played for - Woman's Soccer
18 Faro airport is in which country - Portugal
19 Why did the USA government open Lincoln's coffin in 1887 and 1901 - Check that the body was still there
20 In days gone by what would your job have been if your surname was Dawber - Builder of clay and straw walls
21 In which 1957 Ealing comedy did Alex Guinness play the part of a seasick sailor who takes charge of a pier - Barnacle Bill
22 Which country was French explorer Samuel De Champlain most concerned with - Canada
23 Apart from Wales, what is the only European country to have a dragon on its flag - Malta
24 What is the state capital of Maryland - Annapolis
25 Which Epsom Derby winner in the nineties was named after a character in a book by Damon Runyon - Benny The Dip
26 What type of creatures have varieties called Lesser Horseshoe and Greater Horseshoe - Bats
27 What type of fruit is a King of the Pippins - Apple
28 Whose catch phrase was “I hate you Butler” - Inspector Blake
29 Which term originally referred to the young upper-middle-class living in West London - Sloane Ranger
30 What was the gift that George V gave every year to local school children at Sandringham - Bibles
31 Who wrote Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
32 How many IRA hunger strikers died in the early eighties before the protest ended - Ten
33 If you suffer from hedonomania what are you obsessed by - Pleasure
34 In the James Bond films what was the name of Goldfinger's manservant and bodyguard - Oddjob
35 What is the more common name of the sport hare and hounds - Paperchase
36 What is the name of the steam railway that runs from Sheringham to Holt - The Poppy Line
37 What is the Swedish name for Finland - Finland
38 What was the name of the chemical plant responsible for the Bhopal disaster - Union Carbide
39 What weapon was used to assassinate Leon Trotsky - Ice pick
40 In which European country would you find the town of Bad Egg - Switzerland
41 What do Americans usually call one cent coins - Pennies
42 How high is the highest board in competition diving - Ten metres
43 Which actress won the Miss Italy contest in 1946 - Gina Lollobrigida
44 In which mainly girl's comic did Scamp appear in the fifties and sixties - School Friend
45 Which pop star died before he could be tried for murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen - Sid Vicious
46 By what term is the explosive strip in a Christmas cracker known - A snap
47 Avgas is an abbreviation of what two words - Aviation Gasoline
48 Who played the part of Ron Kovic in the film Born On the 4th of July - Tom Cruise
49 The roller coaster ride called Rita is located at which English theme park - Alton Towers
50 Which seventies pop group had their own show called Shang a Lang - Bay City Rollers
51 In golf what do the Americans call an albatross - Double eagle
52 When is it legal for a motorist not to wear a seatbelt while driving his or her car - When reversing
53 Who was hanged for the A6 murder - James Hanratty
54 What creature is the emblem of the Rainforest Alliance - Frog
55 Who took over the Conservative Party leadership from William Hague - Ian Duncan Smith
56 If a volcano is neither active nor extinct what is it - Dormant
57 Who was the American commander in chief during the American War of Independence - George Washington
58 How many different scores can you be awarded for potting the black ball in snooker - Eight (any score from nought to seven)
59 Who pioneered the airship - Count Von Zeppelin
60 If you ordered crevettes grises from a French restaurant menu what would you be served with - Shrimps
61 How much was bird food in Disney's Mary Poppins - Twopence a bag
62 What's the difference between a venom and a poison by biting or stinging - Venom is injected
63 What is the next prime number after 37 - Forty one
64 What is an agreement between the Roman Catholic Church and a state known as - A concordat
65 Who was the Roman goddess of peace - Pax
66 At the age of 17 which film company, did Joan Collins sign to - J. Arthur Rank Film Company
67 What is the plant solidago better known as - Golden rod
68 What is the national bird of the Philippines - Philippine eagle
69 What word can go before beetle, bell and board - Diving
70 In place names such as Maldon what does don mean - Hill
71 What did Stewart Copeland of the Police's father do for a living - CIA agent
72 Which highly prized Japanese beef takes its name from a Japanese port - Kobe
73 Which American female film star's autobiography was called Out on a Limb - Shirley Maclaine
74 Which boxer said, "My toughest fight was with my first wife" - Mohammed Ali
75 In which science fiction film who or what said "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" - HAL in '2001 A Space Oyssey'
76 A lemon sole is not a sole at all it is a relative of which fish - Plaice
77 Fiona May is a long jumper born in the UK but won a gold medal at the World Championships for which country - Italy
78 Nicaragua is the only Central American country that does not have football as its favourite sport, what is its favourite sport - Baseball
79 Which river separates New York City from New Jersey - The Hudson River
80 Ancient Egyptians paid their workers in part cash. Today we associate the word 'cash' to mean money but what was cash in ancient Egypt - Beer
81 In which county is Charterhouse public school - Surrey
82 What would a conchologist collect - Shells
83 Very specifically what does an ocularist manufacture - Artificial eyes
84 He is a judge in England what is he in Scotland - Sheriff
85 What 8-pointed symbol is identified with an order of Christian warriors and is also a national symbol of a Mediterranean island nation - The Maltese cross
86 Where in France was the first transatlantic radiotelephone message received - Eiffel Tower
87 Which royal rank comes between a Duke and an Earl - Marquess
88 Who shot Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner in 1881 - Pat Garrett
89 What was the name of Michael Jackson's second wife - Debbie Rowe
90 In which country did the dish, beef stroganoff originate - Russia
91 What colour jersey does the leader in the points competition (best sprinter) at the Vuelta a España bicycle race wear - Blue with yellow fish
92 What is the unusual collective nound for Ocelots - Awfulot
93 What does taking the king's shilling mean - Enlisting in the armed forces
94 Which well-known English stove company has been sold to a USA firm for £129 million - Aga
95 Who was the founder of the Raleigh Bicycle Company (surname will do) - Frank Bowden
96 What are the names of actor Lloyd Bridges' two sons - Jeff and Beau
97 Which British film director directed the 1955 film The Trouble With Harry - Alfred Hitchcock
98 What colour shirts do the British Lions Rugby Union team usually wear - Red
99 Which country's international car registration letters are CL - Sri Lanka
100 An American would call it a popsicle what would we call it - Ice lolly