Quiz 37 - freequiz4000

1 A RETARD COTTONMOUTH (anagram of somewhere in London) - Tottenham Court Road
2 Whose catch phrase is eat my shorts - Bart Simpson
3 Which actress gasped and sobbed her way through her Best Actress acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards - Kate Winslet
4 Which ventriloquist had a dummy called Cuddles the Monkey - Keith Harris
5 Which group had a hit with Can Your Pussy Do The Dog - The Cramps
6 Which was the first Scottish club to float shares on the Stock Exchange - Hibernian
7 Of what ancient empire was Persepolis the ceremonial centre - The Persian Empire
8 On which ship was Richard Parker leader of the Nore mutiny in 1797 hanged - HMS Sandwich
9 In human anatomy in which part of the body is the buccinator muscle - Cheek
10 Who did Paddy Ashdown replace as leader of a British political party - David Steele
11 Name one of the writers who wrote the seventies TV sitcom Thick As Thieves - Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
12 What is measured by a photometer - Light intensity
13 What is the highest mountain in Argentina called - Aconcagua
14 How many players are there in a rounders team - Nine
15 How many American states have names that begin with a compass point - Five
16 In March 1981 Southampton fielded four former England captains can you name them - Keegan, Ball, Watson and Channon
17 From which film did The Harry Lime Theme come - The Third Man
18 Whose was the baby's voice in Look Who's Talking - Bruce Willis
19 On which radio programme did the dreaded batter pudding hurler of Bexhill on sea appear - The Goon Show
20 What are Madonnas, Madisons, Prince Alberts and Christinas - The names of body piercings
21 If you eat it, you will die. It is greater than God, yet more evil than the Devil. The rich need it. The poor have it. What is it - Nothing
22 The 18th century English nobleman John Montagu, who was so fond of gambling that he played even while eating, was the earl of what town in Kent - Sandwich
23 Who was the lead singer with Baby Shambles - Pete Docherty
24 From which tree do we get cobnuts - Hazel
25 What country did Merlene Ottey represent when competing in her seventh Olympic gamers aged 44 - Slovenia
26 Which central American country was blockaded by the USA in 1983 - Nicaragua
27 In which country was Sonia Gandhi the widow of Rajiv born - Italy
28 On the London underground map what colour is the Circle Line - Yellow
29 How many candles does a menorah have - Nine
30 Who wrote Elmer Gantry - Sinclair Lewis
31 What does the 'Q' stand for in the name of the cotton buds Q-Tips - Quality
32 In snooker how many times in a row can the yellow ball be potted legally - Three
33 If a leaf is obcordate, what shape is it - Heart-shaped
34 What is a flourish of trumpets called - Fanfare
35 For what culinary purpose is a tammy cloth used - Straining sauces
36 What is the collective noun for Witches - Coven
37 How many games make up a match in squash - Five
38 What US city is named after a vice president of the mid 1840s - Dallas
39 Finish off this well-known proverb, If speech is silver - Silence is golden
40 On which marking would you see the letters TF, F, T, S, W, and WNA - Plimsoll line
41 Pica is a strange disease whose sufferers do what - Eat inanimate objects
42 The Tigre people are an ethnic race that live in which country - Ethiopia
43 Which president is on the American 50 cent (half dollar) coin - JF Kennedy
44 What is the name of Northampton RUFC's home ground - Franklyn Gardens
45 Who was the Norse goddess of the Moon - Mani
46 What is the home country of singer Avril Lavigne - Canada
47 Comedian Steve Coogan provided the voice for which animal in the 1996 film 'Wind In The Willows' - Mole
48 What is the local pub in Coronation Street - The Rovers Return
49 In the Owl and the Pussycat they took some honey and plenty of money, wrapped in a what - Five pound note
50 In Australian slang what is a dunny - Outside toilet
51 A square dance is traditionally for how many dancers - Eight
52 Which super hero brought justice to the streets of Mega City One - Judge Dredd
53 Sam and Al were characters in which time travelling TV series - Quantum Leap
54 Which musical event was first held in 1956 at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland - Eurovision Song Contest
55 You have all heard of PSV Eindhoven but what does PSV stand for - Phillips Sports Verein
56 Incheon International Airport serves which Asian city - Seoul
57 What caused the Challenger space shuttle to explode 73 seconds after take-off on January 28th 1986 - An O ring seal in the right solid rocket booster failed
58 Which judge sounds as if he should look after the baps - Master of the Rolls
59 Which form of death penalty was abolished by Francois Mitterrand - Guillotine
60 Lord Byron, R B Sheridan, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Palmerston and Sir Winston Churchill all attended which public school - Harrow
61 What did the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers become - The Co-operative Society
62 What is a block of compressed coal dust used as fuel called - Briquette
63 What is a pulley called on board a ship - Block
64 What sportsman would use a silver wilkinson - Angler it is a salmon fly
65 Why was Frankie Lymon's career temporarily halted in 1959 - His voice broke
66 What is the name of the nut that comes in two varieties English and Persian - Walnut
67 Which American actor starred in 'White Lightning' and 'Gator' - Burt Reynolds
68 In which children's comic which began in the fifties did a cat called Julius Cheeser appear - The Topper
69 We'll have a gay old time is the last line of which TV show's theme - Flintstones
70 11, Mafeking Parade is the address of the two main characters in which British sitcom series - Bottom
71 Bright, Burley, and Oriental are leaves used for what - Cigarettes
72 More than 50% of all men on Corfu have what five lettered first name. - Spiro
73 Who was Bungle and George's friend in 'Rainbow' - Zippy
74 On which island was Freddy Mercury born - Zanzibar
75 From which film does the song Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head come - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
76 The country residence of the American presidents is Camp David in which mountain range is it situated - Appalachians
77 What German town did the Romans call Bona - Bonn
78 Who ruled Rome when Christ was born - Caesar Augustus
79 Which part of the body is affected by emphysema - Lungs
80 What is the shortest intercontinental flight - Gibraltar to Tangiers
81 Which politician said Northerners die of ignorance and crisps - Edwina Currie
82 Who was the world's first woman prime minister - Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka
83 At what sport would you compete for the Fuller Cup - Rugby fives
84 Who played Neil Burnside in the seventies spy drama series The Sandbaggers - Roy Marsden
85 Which Jackson wrote the Jackson 5 hit doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
86 Which newspaper owner's name became an exclamation of surprise or disbelief - Gordon Bennett
87 In which Australian soap did an earthquake hit a caravan park - Home and Away
88 Who is or was the lead singer with Linkin Park - Chester Bennington
89 What is a grinning tun - Seashell
90 What sport is played by the Victoria Bushrangers - Cricket
91 What is the capital of the American Virgin Islands - Charlotte Amalie
92 Which TV advert in 2010 used the 'These Boots were made for Walking' by Nancy Sinatra - Littlewoods
93 Which river flows past Canterbury to Pegwell Bay - Stour
94 What is or was Britain's tallest lighthouse - Bishop's Rock
95 Who was the secretary of state for Industry in Harold Wilson's 1974 government - Anthony Wedgewood Benn
96 What does HB mean on a pencil - Hard Black
97 Who was the first Englishman to make a powered flight - Alliot Verdon Roe
98 Who was the first Canadian to win the world snooker title - Cliff Thorburn
99 What were Samoyed dogs originally bred for - Herding reindeer
100 In 2003 who won a Glasgow Herald competition to find the most Scottish person in the world - Wee Jimmy Krankie