Quiz 39 - freequiz4000

1 THROW BEN FAR (anagram of a book and a TV series) - Father Brown
2 In computer terminology what is bit short for - Binary digit
3 Bud Flanagan sang the song, the Coldstream Guards played the music, of which programme was this the theme tune - Dads Army
4 In the USA what sport do the Cleveland Indians play - Baseball
5 Which is the oldest city of Germany, having been founded in 38BC by the Romans - Cologne
6 What is the name of the local pub In the TV series All Creatures Great and Small - The Drover's Arms
7 What is the assembly of cardinals called who meet to choose a new Pope - The Papal Conclave (from The Sacred College of Cardinals)
8 Complete the proverb life is short yet - Sweet
9 Where was Bob Dylan born - Duluth, Minnesota
10 It was prophesised that Chalus the Greek would die on a certain day, what was the result - He dies of laughing because he was not dead
11 How many Olympic medals did Mark Spitz win (including gold, silver and bronze) - Eleven
12 Who was UN Secretary General during the Suez crisis - Dag Hammarskjold
13 In humans, the atlas and axis bones are found in which part of the body - Neck
14 What is petit point - Embroidery stitch
15 Which of the Scilly Isles is known for its beautiful sub tropical gardens - Tresco
16 In which country was the Morris Nomad built - Australia
17 What is the meaning of the postal abbreviation CP - Carriage Paid
18 The name of which 19th century Swiss hotel owner became a synonym for luxury, elegance, style and 'taste' - Ritz
19 Who wrote the TV sitcom One Foot In The Grave - David Renwick
20 Which fencing sword was originally known as a colichemarde - Epee
21 In sailing what is a sheet - Rope
22 What musical instrument is associated with Fats Waller - Piano
23 What drink is sometimes nicknamed Nelson's Blood - Rum
24 Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf appear in which 1999 film that starred Brad Pitt - Fight Club
25 Which song begins with "Well giddy up giddy up and get away" - Rockin All Over The World
26 Who combined with Glen Campbell for a 1969 cover of the Everly Brothers 'All I Have to do is Dream' - Bobby Gentry
27 Which aquatic sporting event begins with a 21 gun salute - Cowes week
28 According to a survey 14% of Americans could not identify which country on a map - The USA
29 How many rods poles or perches are there in a chain - Four
30 The reform charity Transform reported in 2009 that the legalisation of what would save UK taxpayers between £4.6 and £13.9bn per year - Drugs
31 British monarch Henry V111 was born in which royal palace - Greenwich Palace (Palace of Placentia)
32 Hans Steininger had the world longest what and it killed him - Beard - tripped over it an fell downstairs
33 What is the lowest title handed down from father to son - Baronet
34 Which British aircraft manufacturer made the Lancaster bomber - Avro
35 What does N.A.L.G.O. stand for - National Association of Local Government Officers
36 Annapolis and Minneapolis contain the suffix "polis", which in Greek means what - City
37 What does the cockney rhyming slang iron tank mean - Bank
38 What company invented ABS brakes for cars - Bosch
39 What type of weapon used in World War Two were designated Upkeep and Highball - Bouncing bombs
40 Which Irish politician in the sixties said what we need is another Cromwell - Ian Paisley
41 Who was the whispering snooker commentator - Ted Lowe
42 Who wrote Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams
43 In which film is the tag line This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future - The Graduate
44 Who wrote the James Bond books after Ian Fleming and before Sebastian Faulks - John Gardner
45 What happens to an actor if he corpses - He accidentally breaks into laughter
46 What is considered the "king of herbs" by many cookery authors - Basil
47 Maria Mendiola and Mayte Mateos were which chart toppers in 1977 - Baccara
48 Which record company turned down The Beatles but signed up The Rolling Stones - Decca
49 Which flat race is run at Newmarket and gets its name from the future Alexander 11 of Russia, who attended the inaugural race in 1839 - The Cesarewitch
50 Which famous artist was married to Maria Bicknell - John Constable
51 What was the German pistol that was named after the man who developed it in 1902 - Luger
52 What part of Cyrano de Bergerac's body was longer than most men's - Nose
53 Which charity began as a newspaper appeal called The Forgotten Prisoners - Amnesty International
54 Who was the main opponent to Stalin as Lenin's successor - Leon Trotsky
55 What would an American call a cream cracker - Soda cracker
56 First defence, in home and second attack are positions in what sport - Lacrosse
57 How many notes are there in an octave - Eight
58 Which American rock' n' roller was killed in England in a car crash in 1960 on Easter Sunday and had a posthumous number one - Eddie Cochran
59 ATCO used to make small machinery lawnmowers etc but what did ATCO stand for - Atlas Chain Company
60 For which 1942 film did James Cagney win his one and only Best Actor Oscar - Yankee Doodle Dandy
61 The Green Green Grass was a spin off from which British TV series - Only Fools and Horses
62 Which group had a top ten hit in 1978 with Rasputin - Boney M
63 If you saw AP in a racing form guide what does it stand for - Always prominent
64 What was the surname of the Liverpool family who in 1983 had sextuplets - Walton
65 Which poem by Tennyson contains the lines, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do or die - Charge of the Light Brigade
66 If you have performed an osculation what have you been doing - Kissing
67 After which British actress did Judge Roy Bean call his western saloon where he dispensed his own form of justice - Lilly Langtry he called it The Jersey Lily
68 Which capital city is served by Haneda Airport - Tokyo
69 What type of animal is a Bouvier - Dog
70 What was the slogan promoted by Nancy Reagan as part of the American government's war on drugs - Just Say No
71 Which children's author's house, Hill Top is kept as a museum today - Beatrix Potter
72 Linda Evans of Dynasty fame made her acting debut in which TV western - The Big Valley
73 In which African country is the Kikuyu game reserve - Kenya
74 What camera made a comeback in 2010 three years after the last one was made - Polaroid
75 In chemistry how many rare earths are there - Fifteen
76 Which American car company made the Yukon - GMC
77 Where would littoral creatures live - Seashore
78 What is the state capital of Virginia -  Richmond
79 What colour is the cross on the logo of car manufacturer Alfa Romeo - Red
80 What acid was sometimes known as spirits of salt - Hydrochloric
81 Who was the first person to complete 'The Adventurer's Grand Slam', of climbing the highest peak on each continent - David Hempleman-Adams
82 On what is the game of Spaceball played - Trampoline
83 Who is credited with writing the English lyrics to the song My Way - Paul Anka
84 Who was the first presenter of the TV game show You Bet - Bruce Forsyth
85 Which cartoon character drives a car licensed 6YZ643 - Fred Flintstone
86 During World War Two what was Woolton Pie made from - Vegetables
87 Which American jazz singer was called the First Lady of Song - Ella Fitzgerald
88 Whose only hit was the chart topping The First Time in 1988 - Robin Beck
89 Which popular racehorse won the King George V1 Chase four times during the 1980s - Desert Orchid
90 Who wrote the book National Velvet - Enid Bagnold
91 What are the lines on a map called which join places with the same temperature - Isotherms
92 In the 1996 production of Tommy who played Tommy's mother - Kim Wilde
93 Which country do Fray Bentos’ products come from - Uruguay
94 Which rock group took their name from a gang in the Woody Guthrie book Bound For Glory - Boomtown Rats
95 Which former Welsh rugby international full back once won junior Wimbledon - JPR Williams
96 Whose death mask including warts can be seen at Warwick Castle - Oliver Cromwell
97 What was the nickname of the Mexican revolutionary Francisco Villa who was assassinated in 1923 - Pancho
98 What is the name of the dog that is the Budweiser Beer Mascot - Spuds MacKenzie
99 Which British motor manufacturer used to make the Isis - Morris
100 An indri is native to which island - Madagascar