Quiz 23 - freequiz4000

1 NEVER RISK A SNOG, SON (sporting anagram) - Sven-Goran Eriksson
2 What is the ninth event in the decathlon - Javelin
3 Issac and Willian Fuld invented and patented what in 1892 which has given some people pleasure and terrified others - Oiuja Board
4 Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo that was established in 1925 as Africa's first national park, was created mainly to protect what animal - Gorilla
5 In the sixties Batman TV series who played a villain called The Joker - Cesar Romero
6 What would an American call the first floor - Second floor
7 Which statesman, born at Schonhausen in Brandenburg in 1815, became the first Chancellor of the German Empire - Bismarck
8 Don Lockwood was a character in which musical film - Singing in the Rain
9 According to Tolkien what is the favourite food of Hobbitts - Mushrooms
10 Bogyphobia is the fear of what - Demons and goblins etc
11 Whose fictional TV assistant is Geoffrey Shorecross - Hetty Wainthropp
12 In distilling what is known as the angel's share - Amount lost by evaporation through the casks while maturing (about 2%)
13 In which country is the coastal state of Tabasco - Mexico
14 Which British group were banned from performing in the US for four years in the 1960's - The Kinks
15 By what name did Walker Smith become famous in sporting circles - Sugar Ray Robinson
16 Which group had a top ten hit in 1964 with 5-4-3-2-1- - Manfred Mann
17 By what name was Fiji previously known - The Cannibal Isles
18 Whose face is on an American five dollar bill - Abraham Lincoln
19 Who wrote the TV sitcoms Men Behaving Badly and Frank Stubbs Promotes - Simon Nye
20 What is Dennis the Menace's surname - Mitchell
21 What type of car was General Lee as used in The Dukes of Hazzard - Dodge Charger
22 Which classic French sauce is named after a courtier of Louis X1V - Bechamel
23 In which board game would you find 'Jake the Jailbird' - Monopoly... the name of the character behind bars on the board
24 Who was the first trapeze artist to perform without a net - Jules Leotard
25 Mebos is a South African dried preserve based on which fruit - Apricot
26 How many major symphonies did Mahler write - Nine
27 What was Morecambe and Wise's signature tune - Bring Me Sunshine
28 How many leaves is a lucky clover supposed to have - Four
29 BART is the name of which American city's rail transport system - San Francisco (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
30 Who created Sergeant Bilko - Nat Hiken
31 Which country's car international index mark is RWA - Rwanda
32 Which presidential hopeful withdrew from his election campaign after reports of events on the yacht Monkey Business - Gary Hart
33 Medieval map collections were often bound together with a picture of which Greek God on the frontispiece - Atlas
34 A rhombus is a geometrical figure, how many sides does it have - Four
35 What is the acid that causes nettles to sting - Formic acid
36 Kit Walker, or Sir Christopher Standish is the alter-ego of which super hero - The Phantom
37 Gerald Thomas directed what series of films - Carry On
38 What is the nickname of the gay cook in Porridge played by Christopher Biggins - Lukewarm
39 What did Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson wear to her Cancun wedding - Bikini
40 Complete the proverb, there's no fool like - An old fool
41 Which Mediterranean island has coasts on three seas The Mediterranean, Ionian, and Tyrrhenian - Sicily
42 'Don't Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall and Roll With It', were all tracks on which album by Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory
43 Which type of fish has edible wings - Skate
44 Who would win the Vardon Trophy - Golfer who heads the European money winners list
45 In what year was the Ford Corsair first made - Nineteen sixty four
46 What would an American call a see-saw - Teeter totter (pronounced 'teeder todder! for some strage reason)
47 What colour is the star on the Moroccan flag - Green
48 Who wrote the 1973 novel Fear of Flying - Erica Jong
49 According to the title of a classic 1947 film there was a miracle on which street - Thirty fourth
50 What was King Herod's surname - Agrippa
51 From which plant do we get the spice saffron - Crocus
52 Who was the first woman presenter of the National Lottery programme - Anthea Turner
53 All I Ask Of You comes from which musical - Phantom of the Opera
54 In which country was Eddie Van Halen born - Holland
55 What are young dragonflies called - Nymphs
56 Which modern game was called tables in medieval times - Backgammon
57 Who was the first golfer to officially earn over $1 million a year - Curtis Strange
58 After whom is the Newmarket Rowley Mile named - Charles 11
59 In which year was the MOT test introduced in England - Nineteen sixty (Sept 12)
60 What is the collective noun for E-Mails - Annoyance
61 What is the capital of Mali - Bamako
62 Which historian was duped by the 1983 Hitler diaries - Hugh Trevor-Roper
63 What was the name of the only dynamite gun cruiser in the history of the US Navy - USS Vesuvius
64 How did Average White Band drummer Robbie Macintosh die - Heroin overdose
65 Which musical instrument is sometimes called the Clown of the Orchestra - Bassoon
66 What is the meat used in the Maltese dish Fennec - Rabbit
67 What did Muntadhar al Zeidi do to George W Bush in December 2008 - Threw his shoes at him
68 What is the connection between the Bishop of Urgel and the President of France - They are the Heads of State in Andorra
69 Which film won the BAFTA for best film in 1980 - The Elephant Man
70 Which TV family lived at 714 Delaware Street - The Connors (Roseanne)
71 In comics what was the name of Dan Dare's batman - Digby
72 In the musical work Peter And The Wolf which part of the orchestra represents the grandson - String quartet
73 In the 1991 film Backdraft what was Kurt Russell's job - Firefighter
74 According to the children's song when is the teddy bears picnic - Today
75 What was Blind Date called in America - The Dating Game
76 Which TV detective drives a car with the registration number 248 RPA - Morse
77 Which small shark is sold in fish shops as rock salmon or rock eel - Dogfish
78 What is a seventieth wedding anniversary known as - Platinum
79 Australian Flatback, Olive Ridley, Kemps Ridley, Gree, and Loggerhead are all types of which sea creature - Turtles
80 Which Motown group were originally called The Matadors - The Miracles
81 From which country does the Kikuyu tribe come - Kenya
82 Who released an album titled 12 Deadly Cyns and Then Some - Cyndi Lauper
83 According to an article in Country Life magazine which breed of terrier is thought to be close to extinction - Sealyham
84 Who was the first man to clear twenty nine feet in the long jump - Bob Beamon
85 Where in London is the Battle of Britain Museum - Hendon
86 What was the first British hatchback car - Austin A40
87 What is the setting agent used in jelly - Gelatin
88 When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated what play had he been watching - Our American Cousin
89 Which European city is divided by canals into about 90 islands which are joined by about 400 bridges - Amsterdam
90 Who wrote Blowing in the Wind - Bob Dylan
91 Which island joined Tanganyika to become Tanzania - Zanzibar
92 What are Irish fadge cakes made from - Potato
93 Which late British actor and game show host was the voice of space navigator Brad Newman in the 1966 film Thunderbirds Are Go - Bob Monkhouse
94 Who created the cartoon characters The Flintstones - William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
95 What nuts are used in making satay sauce - Peanuts
96 What was Men Without Hats only chart entry (1983) - Safety Dance
97 Whitings are members of which fish family - Cod
98 Which defender joined Liverpool from Dundee United in 1961 - Ron Yeats
99 Which motor manufacturer made the commercial vehicle the Cob - Commer
100 Which plants have flowers but no proper leaves - Cacti