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Quiz 15 - freequiz4000

1 AVENGE WAR HORSE (anagram of a former footballer) - Owen Hargreaves
2 What does the cockney rhyming slang fine and dandy mean - Brandy
3 In computing, what is the device which is plugged into a computer which serves as an adapter or to enable the use of certain software - Dongle
4 A malophile loves which fruit - Apples
5 What is the most common surname in Sweden - Johansson
6 Actress Maria Schneider who died in 2011 age 58 was famous for her role in what iconic sexually explicit film - Last Tango in Paris (1972)
7 What was the simple name of the first theatre built in London (by James Burbage in 1576) - The Theatre
8 Buck's Fizz, champagne, orange juice and to make a proper one, what must be added - Five drops of grenadine
9 In which musical do the songs Light Romance and My Child feature - Blood Brothers
10 What is a hare's home called - Form
11 What nationality is former ice hockey player Wayne Gretsky - Canadian
12 Which airport has the code DFW - Dallas / Fort Worth
13 Name the Qatar capital and significant host city for World Trade Organization talks in the early 2000s - Doha
14 What famous author coined the term "Toys R Us Kids" during his job as an advertising executive - James Patterson
15 Whose bow legs inspired a furniture style - Queen Anne
16 Which wood is plywood mostly made from - Birch
17 What would be happening if you suffered from canitis - Greying hair
18 What part of the body does Silicosis affect - Lungs
19 Who was the first female winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award - Anita Lonsborough
20 Which part of their body do butterflies taste with - Feet
21 Who released the 2015 hit Fester Skank - Lethal Bizzle (ft. Diztortion)
22 What is added to pasta to make green pasta - Spinach
23 Who wrote the Above Suspicion series of crime dramas - Lynda la Plante
24 What did the American TV show Who's The Boss become in the UK - The Upper Hand
25 In which subject does Carol Vorderman have a university degree - Engineering
26 In which of Oscar Wilde's plays do Algernon, Miss Prism and Aunt Augusta appear - The Importance of Being Earnest
27 After who was Mickey Mouse named - Mickey Rooney
28 Bullseye is the enemy of which comic book super-hero - Daredevil
29 The vallenato is dance that originated in which South American country - Colombia
30 All Creatures Grunt and Smell and All Humans Tall and Small appeared in which British comic that ran for forty years - Buster
31 What is the only number that cannot be represented in Roman numerals - Zero
32 What was the Apple watch launched Apr 2015 called - Apple Watch
33 From which film is this quote take: Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again - Rebecca
34 Most of which language was created by a one armed man - American sign language ( ASL )
35 Which disc jockey used to say all right, right, stay bright‚ - Alan 'Fluff' Freeman
36 In the world of radio what does AM stand for - Amplitude Modulation
37 Who was the first big rock band to appear on The Simpsons as themselves - Aerosmith
38 Which super group started life calling themselves The Engaged Couples - ABBA
39 Who was the original lead singer with Van Halen - David Lee Roth
40 What does the musical term calcando mean - Hurrying
41 If dogs bark what do magpies and jays do - Chatter
42 In archery what are the feathers on the arrows called - Fletching
43 How long in yards is the annual Olney pancake race - Four hundred and twenty five yards
44 Who was the prominent gay rights campaigner who was assassinated along with the mayor of San Francisco by a former city councillor in 1978 - Harvey Milk
45 Which Canadian province incorporates the cross of Saint Andrew on its flag - Nova Scotia
46 Pembroke, Pedestal, and Sutherland are all styles of which piece of furniture - Tables
47 On which island is Beaumaris Castle - Anglesey
48 What is the bluebird the international sign of - Happiness
49 In the nineteenth century what were Piccadilly weepers - Droopy whiskers
50 Which car manufacturer made the Derby - Volkswagen
51 Which book by Herman Melville was originally going to be called The Whale - Moby Dick
52 Which organization was founded in Kruger's Bar, Dunquin, in 1971 - Campaign for Real Ale
53 Who was the first man to walk in space without a safety line - Bruce McCandless
54 What is the word that means a period of ten years - Decade
55 Which group had a number one album in 1998 with Quench - Beautiful South
56 What does the O as in O'Driscoll at the beginning of Irish surnames mean - Grandson of
57 What is a triangle called that has three equal sides and three equal angles - Equilateral triangle
58 Bray Studios, near Windsor in Berkshire, was home to which famous brand of films - Hammer Horror
59 In the Bible what miracle did Jesus perform at Siloam - Cured a blind man
60 Which former Friends actor played opposite Bruce Willis in The Whole Nine Yards - Matthew Perry
61 Which music hall star sang that she was one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit - Marie Lloyd
62 What was Carry On star Sid James profession before he became an actor - Hairdresser
63 Duplo is the younger version of which famous toy - Lego
64 Ashes to Ashes was a spin off from which Cop Show - Life On Mars
65 The rock band Metallica were famously involved in a legal wrangle with which online music sharing site - Napster
66 What is another name for the long finned tunny - Albacore
67 What was unusual about Scott Welland's Detroit marathon run of 4 hours 7 minutes and 54 seconds - Ran backwards
68 Raleigh bicycles were originally made in which country - England
69 What was the name of the world's first nuclear-powered Aircraft carrier - The Enterprise
70 What is the largest city in Maryland - Baltimore
71 Which country´s name means land of silver - Argentina
72 How do members of the Walibri tribe in central Australia greet each other - By shaking penises
73 In heraldry what is a 'pale' - Broad vertical line down the centre of a shield
74 How many chains are there in a mile - Eighty
75 Cholestectomy is the removal of which part of the body - Gall bladder
76 What is the first name of politician George Osborne's wife - Frances
77 What type of sport is Sambo - Wrestling
78 In US Emergency rooms, what toy is often found in patients rectums - Barbie dolls
79 Charles 11, also known as Charles the Mad, reigned in Spain from 1665 until 1700 and was the last Spanish monarch of which dynasty - Hapsburg
80 What is an eightieth wedding anniversary known as Oak
81 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common - All invented by women
82 Who played Begbie in the film Trainspotting - Robert Carlyle
83 What fruit has varieties called Ulster, Palinka and Florence - Cherries
84 What does the musical term allegro mean - Briskly
85 What's a water moccasin often called, due to the white inside its mouth - Cottonmouth
86 What colour is oyster a shade of - Pink
87 What is the language derived from Dutch and used in South Africa - Afrikaans
88 How many sides has a trapezium - Four
89 Which golfer said, grey hair is great. 'Ask anyone who's bald - Lee Trevino
90 When Britain adopted the Gregorian Calendar how many days were lost - Eleven
91 What game does James Bond play with Kamal Khan in Octopussy - Backgammon
92 In which TV programme is the catchphrase 'Our survey says' used - Family Fortunes
93 The Bolshoi Ballet is based in which Russian city - Moscow
94 For which film did Colin Welland announce that, The British are coming, at the 54th Academy Awards ceremony - Chariots of Fire
95 Which comic character is both a princess and a prince - Wonder Woman as Diana Prince
96 For which publication did Jeffrey Bernard write his Low Life column - The Spectator
97 In the Harry Potter films who played Voldemort - Christian Coulson/Ralph Fienns
98 Who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2014 - Jim Davidson
99 Cascade, Mills Mess, Backcross and Tramline Pass are all terms used in which entertainment - Juggling
100 They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God was a famous tag line from which film - The Blues Brothers (1980)

 

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