Quiz 29 - freequiz4000

1 NOT A SNOBS TEA (anagram the clue is in the anagram) - Beans on Toast
2 Kia-Ora is a brand name for a soft drink but what in Maori does Kia-Ora mean - Good health, good luck etc.
3 What is the collective noun for Hens - Brood
4 In which Yorkshire village is The Last of The Summer Wine filmed - Holmfirth
5 What was the everyday job of most of the sixties group the Honeycombs - Hairdressers
6 Under what name did Tynian O’Mahoney achieve fame - Dave Allen
7 Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of what - The number thirteen
8 What is the upper cc limit for speedway motor cycles - Five hundred cc
9 In 2012 who offered $5m to charity in return for Barack Obama's college and passport application records - Donald Trump
10 What is the name of the popular square sausage sold in Scotland - Lorne sausage
11 Which British motorcycle company manufactured the 50 cc NSU Quickly - Vincent
12 Name the fictitious animal that supposedly looks like a rabbit with deer's horns on its head - Jackalope
13 If dogs bark what do apes do - Gibber
14 From which language is the word nostalgia derived - Greek
15 Lefebvfre is a French surname what is the equivalent in English - Smith
16 The long running comic Buster merged with how many other comics of its era - Twelve
17 Who created the female detective Jane Tennison - Lynda La Plante
18 In the sixties Batman TV series which American singer played Pussycat - Leslie Gore
19 What does the musical instrument piccolo mean in Italian - Small
20 From which song do these lyrics come: No more pencils, no more books, - School's Out
21 What sporting pastime that can be played by all was invented by Garnet Carter of Chattanooga in 1926 - Miniature Golf
22 What is the main ingredient of Scottish woodcock - Anchovies
23 Which firm introduced the Wankel rotary engine - NSU
24 What is a male hedgehog called - Boar
25 Who composed the musical comedy, Stop, Look And Listen - Irving Berlin
26 George Clooney, Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer have all played which fictional character on film - Batman
27 What do Felicity Kendall, Maureen Lipman, Sue Lawley and Cardinal Hume have in common - All have had roses named after them
28 Which Briton won three Gold Olympic medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics - Chris Hoy
29 In aviation what colour is the black box flight recorder - Orange
30 Which Hindu goddess is depicted with a black face smeared with, blood bared teeth and a protruding tongue wearing a garland of skulls and a girdle of severed hands - Kali
31 What do young stag beetles eat - Dead wood
32 In place names such as Gosport what does port mean - Market town
33 Cadiz, Granada and Seville are in which area of Spain - Andalusia
34 How many known baths did Louis XIV take in his lifetime - Three
35 Sir Robert Boothby had a long running affair with which prime minister's wife - Harold MacMillan
36 Benjamin Briggs was the captain of which mystery ship - Mary Celeste
37 American states all have their own state bird what is the state bird of Alabama - Yellowhammer
38 Which chemists invented Worcester Sauce back in 1823 - Lea and Perrins
39 Which was the first city in the Southern hemisphere to host the Olympic games - Melbourne
40 Who first released Betty Lou got a New Pair of Shoes - Bobby Freeman
41 Which actress was the first murder victim in the film Scream - Drew Barrymore
42 What was bank robber Willie Sutton's answer when the judge asked him why he robbed banks - Because that's where the money is
43 How was actor singer Ricky Nelson killed - Aeroplane crash
44 The first university boat race ran from Eton to where - Westminster
45 What type of meat dish is sometimes called Savoury Ducks - Faggots
46 Which British aircraft company manufactured the Scimitar jet fighter - Supermarine
47 Which famous logo is the company's name written in blue, inside a yellow oval which in turn sits inside a blue rectangle - IKEA
48 In which city are the headquarters of the Arab League - Cairo
49 Which French river flows into the sea at St. Nazaire and is famous for its chateaux - Loire
50 Which group once recorded a song under the name 'Adolf's Dog' for an Iggy Pop tribute album - Blondie
51 Who did Terry Griffiths beat to win the Snooker World Championship in 1979 - Dennis Taylor
52 Where and why was the Saint Leger run in 1989 and for a bonus point 2006 - Ayr Due to subsidence. (Moved to York in 2006 due to redevelopment)
53 Which English author born in 1840 is most famous for writing Tess of the Durbervilles and Far from The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
54 Who is the well-known husband of Spanish lawyer Miriam González Durántez - Nick Clegg (Nicholas William Peter Clegg)
55 Vanuatua is an island group in which ocean - Pacific
56 What was the sequel to 'Happy Ever After' starring June Whitfield and Terry Scott - Terry and June
57 Which town was home to the band Maximo Park - Newcastle
58 What shape is a stop sign - Octagonal
59 What animal was the Russian borzoi dog bred for hunting - Wolves
60 What in 1810 was the penalty for impersonating a Chelsea Pensioner - Hanging
61 What substance is stored in adipose tissue - Fat
62 What did the CS in CS Lewis's name stand for - Clive Staples
63 Which is the only country in mainland Europe to be in the same time zone as the UK - Portugal
64 Who is nicknamed the Crafty Cockney - Eric Bristowe
65 What vehicle was Nico out of the Velvet Underground using when she died - Bicycle
66 Who is classed as the first white jazz musician - Bix Beiderbecke
67 What was ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's doll called - Charlie McCarthy
68 What is the name of the Russian national airline - Aeroflot
69 What is the name of Andy McNab's 1993 book about an SAS patrol behind enemy lines in Iraq - Bravo Two Zero
70 What is the main seaport of Syria - Latakia
71 Which gland secretes the corticosteroids - Adrenal
72 In Norse mythology who was the wife of Balder and possessor of a magic ring - Nanna
73 Where did the music group Limp Bizkit take their name from - Fred Durst's dog, Biscuit who has a limp
74 What was the name of the fictional town that the nineties police drama Cops was set - Stanton
75 For which sporting activities has Ruislip in west London become well known - Water sports
76 During World War Two in England what was a Moaning Minnie - Air raid warning siren
77 What would a sailor call joining two pieces of rope together - Bend, not a knot
78 What is known as The Lighthouse of the Mediterranean - Stromboli the volcano
79 From which song are the following lyrics taken: Eight to ten years after coming home almost eight hundred thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam war - 19 Paul Hardcastle
80 What is the subject matter in the magazine Domus - Architecture and Design
81 How long is a trimester Three months
82 What was the only tennis grand slam title that Virginia Wade didn't win during her career - French Open
83 Which bandleader's signature tune was Say it with Music - Jack Payne
84 How many wheels does the carriage known as a Tilbury have - Two
85 Where is the only place in England that you will find the butterfly called the Glanville Fritillary in its natural habitat - Isle of Wight
86 How many VC's were awarded in the Falkland's war - Two
87 Which coin replaced the guinea in 1817 - Sovereign
88 What so-called "war" spawned the slogans "Better Dead Than RED" and "Better Red Than Dead" in the 1950's - Cold War
89 In which country was Hitler born - Austria
90 In which city will you find the Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City
91 What name is given to an area on the outskirts of a city which is designated for industrial use - Brown belt
92 In what year did the Wright Bros make their first powered flight - 1903
93 Americans would call it a sailplane what would we call it - Glider
94 How many strokes at the start and the turn are competitive breast strokers allowed to take while under water - One
95 Who stomped off a 1995 Lollapalooza stage after a fan of her late husband threw a shotgun shell at her feet - Courtney Love
96 What is the name given to a sandwich of two layers of filling sandwiched between three slices of bread - Club sandwich
97 If dogs are canine what are bluebirds - Turdine
98 If you are suffering from Tinea Pedis what is wrong with you - Athlete's foot
99 Which Canadian province is between British Columbia and Saskatchewan - Alberta
100 What is the currency of Morocco - Dirham