Jim and Bill fq4000Quiz 19 - freequiz4000

1 ATHLETIC HARPOONS (Food) - Lancashire Hotpot
2 Which town stands at the mouth of the Great Ouse - Kings Lynn
3 What is sold by a costermonger - Fruit and vegetables (he is a barrow boy)
4 Which female entertainer sadly now deceased used the catch phrase "Don't do that George" - Joyce Grenfell
5 Where is Australia's Oval - Melbourne
6 Slaked lime is calcium oxide that has been chemically combined with which liquid - Water
7 Who wrote the novel 'The Brothers Karamazov' - Fyodor Dostoevsky
8 In which country was the first permanent bungee jumping site situated - New Zealand
9 Maria Fredriksson and Per Gessle were which duo - Roxette
10 Humphrey Bogart named his production company Santana after what - His boat
11 What was the name of the chef in Fawlty Towers - Terry
12 Acorn and goose are both types of which marine creature - Barnacles
13 Which British motor cycle manufacturer made the Interceptor - Royal Enfield
14 What did the term splice the main-brace mean in the Royal Navy - Extra tot of rum all round
15 Which Wild West figure is described on his New Mexico tombstone as "The Boy Bandit King" - Billy the Kid
16 From which children's programme was the line 'as if by magic the shopkeeper appeared' used regularly - Mr Benn
17 Who was the first US president to be photographed at his inauguration - Abraham Lincoln
18 If you ordered vark with you meal in an Indian restaurant what would you get - Silver leaf
19 What does EPNS stand for - Electro plated nickel silver
20 Who was the consort of William 1V - Adelaide
21 The coat of arms of which country depicts two soldiers disguised as monks carrying swords - Monaco
22 What nationality has Martina Hingis taken - Swiss
23 What type of creature is an abalone - Marine snail
24 One And All is the motto of which English county - Cornwall
25 Before teaming up with Dec, Ant McPartlin was a presenter on which children's TV show - Why Don't You
26 Who did Robbie Williams duet with on the 2000 hit Kids - Kylie Minogue
27 Which soul singer married Whitney Houston in 1992 - Bobby Brown
28 Who was the last Australian before Mark Webber to win the Monaco Grand Prix - Jack Brabham
29 Who was a European show-jumping champion on the horse Mister Softee - avid Broome
30 Of which English monarch was Rahere the Court Jester - Henry 11
31 In what month is the full moon nicknamed the Egg Moon - April
32 What was Whitney Houston's previous career before she became a singer - Fashion model
33 Who was captured in the third last row of the Texas Theatre - Lee Harvey Oswald
34 Which city was home to The Animals - Newcastle upon Tyne
35 What was the profession of Jack Russell, the dog breeder - Parson
36 What is the name of the cricket team founded in 1950 by a small group of actors and their friends to raise money for charity - Lord's Taverners
37 Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1984 - Los Angeles
38 Ladeco is the national airline of which country - Chile
39 The Gorce National park is in which European country - Poland
40 How many old pennies were there in half a guinea - One hundred and twenty six
41 What does the Dorcas Society provide - Clothes for the poor
42 Which Royal House ruled Scotland before The House of Stuart - House of Bruce
43 What was the nickname of Mary T Meagher, the US swimmer who dominated the butterfly events at her peak, setting world records which lasted 18 years - Madame Butterfly
44 Nothing to do with snakes what is an adders tongue - A small British fern
45 Who wrote the instrumental 'A Swingin' Safari' and led the orchestra which played the original hit version - Bert Kaempfert
46 Game On, Babes in the Wood and Pie in the Sky, which actress was in all of them - Samantha Janus
47 What was the name of the supreme policy making authority in the Soviet Union that was abolished in 1991 - Politburo
48 Which sportsman was married to Elin Nordegren - Tiger Woods
49 What is the date of the Queen's actual birthday - April 21st
50 What colour is vandyke - Dark brown
51 What is the acid called that is found in unripe apples - Malic acid
52 In which Bond film did 004 die - The Living Daylights
53 In which American city is the largest circulation of Sunday newspapers - Los Angeles
54 In which battle did Henry V beat the much larger French army in 1415 - Agincourt
55 How many dimes are there in an American dollar - Ten
56 Where did the Sailing events take place in the London 2012 Olympics - Weymouth & Portland harbour
57 What is a male anteater known as - Boar
58 Which former Spice Girl released a single in 2001 called Lullaby - Mel B
59 In which TV science fiction series did the character Susan Ivanova appear - Babylon 5
60 What is a mosquitoes main source of food - Nectar from flowers
61 Mike Brearley captained England in thirty one test matches, how many did they lose - Four
62 Which country first built the ships known as Men O' War - England
63 What war claimed the life of Major Marie Rossi Cayton the "first female American combat commander to fly into battle" - First Gulf War
64 Ushkan is an island in which Russian lake - Lake Baikal
65 Which port did the Spanish Armada sail from (1588) - Lisbon
66 In heraldry what colour is sable - Black
67 Ian Fleming's house was called Goldeneye - which country - Jamaica
68 In dentistry, what are "angle irons" and 'rolex' - Braces
69 What is the name of the vehicle which cleans the surface of the ice for sporting events etc. - Zamboni
70 Who rode the 100 to 1 outsider Foinavon to victory in the 1967 Grand National - John Buckingham
71 Who was the singer on Hawkwind's Silver Machine - Lemmy (Ian Kilminster)
72 What were Darth Vader's soldiers called - Stormtroopers
73 What is fortified wine fortified with - Alcohol
74 How many segments make-up a Terry´s Chocolate Orange - Twenty
75 In the UK they are known as butter beans what are they called in the USA - Lima beans
76 What did Pavlov cause his dogs to do every time he rang a bell - Salivate
77 Which army was headed by General John Gowans - The Salvation Army
78 Who won the Booker prize for the novel The Old Devils (also made into a TV series) - Kingsley Amis
79 Who has won the Brit Award for best female singer the most times up to 2013 - Annie Lennox (6)
80 From which kind of organism is the indicator litmus extracted - Lichen
81 What colour jersey is worn by the best-placed rider under 26 years of age in the Tour de France - White
82 Who was the first snooker player to win the World Amateur and Professional titles - Ken Doherty
83 What type of transport were the R 101 and the Hindenberg - Airships
84 What was the currency of Cyprus before the Euro - Cyprus pound
85 What is the rarest colour for a diamond - Blood red
86 Science fiction author and founder of Scientology L Ron Hubbard what did the L stand for - Lafayette
87 Who was the second man on the moon - Buzz Aldrin
88 What does the abbreviation ACAS stand for - Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
89 Whose autobiography was titled 'White cap and bails' - Dickie Bird
90 In what way does sweet company Trebor commemorate the founder's son - Trebor is Robert backwards
91 In which British comic did Lord Snooty and his Gang appear - The Beano
92 In the sixties Batman TV series which well-known actor played the part of The Bookworm - Roddy McDowell
93 In which American city would you find Willis Tower - Chicago
94 When Herbert Asquith became Prime minister which constituency was he serving - East Fife
95 In which city can you visit the Rubens House museum - Antwerp
96 In which sport would you use the Telemark position - Ski-Jumping
97 What is the more common name for the torch lily - Red hot poker (accept Kniphofia)
98 Who was Elvis Presley's last manager - Colonel Tom Parker
99 Which castle is on a Royal Bank of Scotland one pound note - Edinburgh
100 From which country does the food brand Haribo originate - Germany

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