Quiz 32 - freequiz4000
1. LIVE SKIN COUCH (anagram of a children’s TV programme) - Chucklevision
2. What is the collective noun for Chinchillas - Colony
3. The Fraser river is in which Canadian state - British Columbia
4. Who was the first actor to refuse an Oscar - George C Scott
5. Which mammal sleeps with one eye open = Dolphin
6. In which American state are the inhabitants nicknamed weasels - South Carolina
7. Which spice comes in hands - Ginger
8. In June 1988, which British jockey was stripped of his O.B.E. after he was jailed for three years tax evasion - Lester Piggott (he served one year)
9. What kind of schools is Robert Raikes given the credit for founding - Sunday Schools
10. Which age followed the Bronze Age - Iron Age
11. Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
12. Which greyish white element is also called Wolfram - Tungsten
13. In September 2004, how were Buckingham Palace intruders dressed - As Batman
14. What is known as the universal solvent - Water
15. Whose only UK hit was Supergirl in 1966 - Graham Bonney
16. What is the situation in chess when one player can make no legal move - Stalemate
17. Pencak Silat is a martial art from which country - Indonesia
18. In which country did Tarot cards originate - Italy
19. The Three Crowns is the national ice hockey team which country - Sweden
20. By what name did Thomas August Darnell Browder become famous - Kid Creole
21. In which country is the Eiger mountain - Switzerland
22. Who was the female star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Katherine Ross
23. If cats are feline which creatures are vulpine - Foxes
24. Which motor manufacturer made the commercial vehicle the Spacevan - Commer
25. What nationality is former F1 Grand Prix driver Dan Gurney - American
26. How should you address a privy councillor - Right Honourable
27. Which Dallas street was President Kennedy's car travelling when he was killed - Elm Street
28. How many men did Dennis Nielsen admit to killing between 1978 and 1983 - Fifteen
29. In the Channel Islands what is a dempster - Magistrate
30. What is the official British bird - The robin
31. What nationality were the pop group Kraftwerk - German
32. Which world leader was known as "Boney" - Napoleon Bonaparte
33. In rugby union, if touch is kicked from a penalty, who gets the throw-in, the kicker's team or the opposition - Kicker's team
34. What are five cards in sequence called in poker - Straight
35. Which country's car international index mark is IL - Israel
36. What is a male zebra called - Stallion
37. In what year was Cadburys Dairy Milk first sold in the UK - 1905
38. Who was the village gossip in Camberwick Green - Mrs Honeyman
39. What kind of books is a Nebula Award given for - Science Fiction
40. If you were a member of the Tope Club what sport would you be involved in - Angling
41. In heraldry what colour is azure - Blue
42. By what nickname was Robert Franklin Stroud known - Birdman of Alcatraz
43. What metal is used to make fountain pen nibs - Osmium
44. Who sang the theme to the TV series The Love Boat - Jack Jones
45. What is the logo of Amnesty International - Lighted candle surrounded by barbed wire
46. Who owned Flatford Mill when John Constable painted it - His father
47. In which country's version of Monopoly does Mayfair become Paradeplatz - Switzerland
48. From which country does the airline Braathens SAFE come - Norway
49. Which state was Bill Clinton governor of before he became President of the USA - Arkansas
50. What type of food is pecorino - Cheese
51. Who was the first British driver to win seven F1 Grand Prix in a season - Jim Clarke
52. Where would you find a pintle - On a hinge (it's the pin that forms the pivot)
53. What was the name of the ship that took Captain Cook to Australia - Endeavour
54. Who was the first film star to earn over one million dollars in a year - Fatty Arbuckle
55. What was the largest of the dinosaurs - Diplodocus (longest tail)
56. What is the main spirit in a Pimms Number 5 - Rye whiskey
57. What is the state capital of Kentucky - Frankfort
58. On which American golf course are all the holes named after trees - Augusta
59. What is the name of the New York Stock Exchange index - Dow Jones
60. Which Royal house followed the House of York - Tudor
61. Who wrote the best seller Shogun - James Clavell
62. Which former prime minister is Harriet Harman related to - Neville Chamberlain
63. What jobs did Mike 'Fluff' Cowan, Jim 'Bones' Mackay and Fanny Sunesson all do - Golf caddies
64. Which city had the first motor bus service in England - Bradford
65. In American currency how many cents are there in a quarter - Twenty five
66. Who was British Prime Minister in 1994 - John Major
67. Which fashion house make the perfume called Charlie - Revlon
68. What colour are most natural sponges - Yellow
69. What is the USA's military's newspaper called - Stars and Stripes
70. Which European boxer won 3 Olympic gold medals at three different weights - Laszlo Papp
71. How many of the lakes in the Lake District are actually called lakes - One, It is Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others are meres, waters and tarns
72. Who was the first woman to receive the Order of Merit (1907) - Florence Nightingale
73. From which tree do we obtain turpentine - Pine
74. Plane Crash is an island in which US state - Arizona
75. In the 2012 London Olympics Who won the gold medal for the men's 5000 metres - Mo Farah
76. The sound of which bells reputedly brought Dick Whittington back to London - Bow bells
77. What did Ancel Keys develop for American soldiers - K rations
78. Who was the actress sister of Olivia de Havilland - Joan Fontaine
79. Pilchards and sardines are members of which fish family - Herrings
80. Which Scottish soup is made from smoked haddock, potatoes and onions - Cullen Skink
81. In the US civil war what were greybacks - Body lice
82. What aviation first, was achieved by an aircraft travelling between Hendon and Windsor - Air mail
83. Who was the first man to win each of golf’s four grand slam tournaments at least three times - Jack Nicklaus
84. Building contractor John Rawlings was responsible for which 20th century invention which we have all used - Rawlplugs
85. What is a very pistol used for - Firing flares
86. Which actress appeared naked and pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair - Demi Moore
87. What are the larvae of carpet beetles called - Wooly bears
88. In the USA, what sport do the Phoenix Coyotes play - Ice hockey
89. Which unit of sound is one tenth of a bel - Decibel
90. What was Buffalo Bill's middle name - Frederick
91. What happened to Cameroon soccer player Marc Vivien Foe during the Confederations Cup in 2003 - He collapsed and died on the pitch
92. What is Britain's rarest wild flower - Lady's Slipper Orchid
93. What is the name of the man who became infamous as the Unabomber - Ted Kaczynski
94. Who was the sheriff in Four Feather Falls - Tex Tucker
95. What number did motorcycle racer Barry Sheen usually have on his bike - Seven
96. Who was Speaker of the House of Commons immediately prior to Betty Boothroyd - Bernard Weatherall
97. What was Sulphur Mustard commonly called when used as a weapon of war - Mustard gas
98. What did President John F. Kennedy commission Pierre Salinger to do on the eve of signing the Cuban trade embargo - Buy and stockpile 1,500 Havana cigars
99. In which country is the Chrysler Regal made - Australia
100. What are the rings of Saturn mainly made from - Ice