Quiz 5 - freequiz4000

1 A PINTA FRENCH ALE (anagram of an animal) - African elephant
2 In lonely hearts adverts what does SOH stand for - Sense of humour
3 Which position did Robert Kennedy hold from 1961 till 1964 - Attorney General
4 Where was actor Leonardo DiCaprio born - Hollywood
5 In an American restaurant what are home fries - Potatoes cooked in bacon fat
6 The following are the first words to which US TV theme song 'Hello world hear the song we're singin' - The Partridge Family
7 What type of bird is a blackcock - Grouse
8 Of what is Brontophobia the fear of - Thunder and lightning
9 Complete the proverb "A smooth sea never made".... - A skilled mariner.
10 Which Isle of Man resort hosts the annual World Tin Bath Championship - Castletown
11 Which British motor cycle manufacturer made the Lightning - BSA
12 Goose Flats was the original name of which US city beloved by Hollywood film makers - Tombstone Arizona
13 What is the capital of Canada's Yukon Territory - Whitehorse
14 Which company issued a credit card called a Goldfish card - British Gas
15 What type of fabric is Seersucker - Cotton
16 What was the world's highest mountain before Everest was discovered - Everest
17 Which tennis grand slam event did Sue Barker win - French Open
18 The infectious disease roup affects which creatures - Poultry
19 According to BBC Radio Times critics, what was the best TV show of 2014 - Happy Valley, police drama
20 When William Pitt the elder was made an earl, he became Earl of where - Chatham
21 What is the name of the preserved steam railway that runs from Alresford to Medstead - Watercress Line (Mid Hants Railway)
22 Who was the first Englishman to win a Nobel Prize for literature - Rudyard Kipling
23 On whose grave in Arlington cemetery does an eternal flame burn - JF Kennedy
24 Edwin Hill the brother of Sir Rowland of penny post fame invented a machine for making what - Envelopes
25 Which sport was author Bill Bryson talking about when he said "It is the only sport in which spectators burn as many calories as players -- more if they are moderately restless - Cricket
26 On which river is the English town of Berwick - Tweed
27 What is the meaning of the fist name Ruth - Friendship
28 What is the title given to the lead ballerina in a ballet company - Prima Ballerina
29 Who wrote the song You Are The Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
30 Why was the cloned sheep Dolly called Dolly - After Dolly Parton (they used a mammary gland cell)
31 Who did Leighton Rees beat in the first Darts World Championship back in 1978 - John Lowe
32 What colour is the snake on the logo of car manufacturer Alfa Romeo - Green
33 What war saw GI's being told over the radio: "Bart Simpson is making love to your wife" - The Persian Gulf War
34 Sparta was an ancient city state in which modern country would it be - Greece
35 What is the national bird of The Bahamas - Flamingo
36 In which Hampshire village is Lord Montague's motor museum - Beaulieu
37 What disease used to be known as infantile paralysis - Poliomyelitis
38 What is palaeontology the study of - Fossils
39 What can be either Bracket, Carriage or Mystery - Clocks
40 The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. By what name are they better known - The Tony Awards
41 Which famous concert venue is located at 881, Seventh Avenue, New York - Carnegie Hall
42 Who were given the two best London Live Aid seats free and walked out after two acts - Prince and Princess of Wales
43 Which country won football's World Cup in 1986 - Argentina
44 What is the name of the US President's residence at Camp David - Aspen Lodge
45 Encamp, Canillo and Ordino are three of the seven parishes into which European country is divided - Andorra
46 Who replaced Erich Honecker as GDR head of state - Egon Krenz
47 In what year was the Challenger space shuttle disaster - Nineteen eighty six
48 On an Ordnance Survey Map what does NTL stand for - Normal Tide Limit
49 What nationality is Mohammed al Fayad - Egyptian
50 A haloed pin man is the symbol of which fictional character - The Saint
51 More than 5000 ancient coins were found in 2014 by a metal detector in which English county - Buckinghamshire
52 What role was actor Elmo Lincoln playing when he stabbed his co-star to death while filming a 1918 film - Tarzan, he killed a lion
53 Where is there a barber showing photographs of every head he's had the pleasure to know - Penny Lane
54 On which racing circuit is Kate's Cottage and Ginger Hall - Isle of Man TT
55 What was the name of President Jimmy Carter's younger brother who often embarrassed the president - Billy Carter
56 Which tiny European nation claims itself to be the oldest recorded sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world (301ad) - San Marino
57 Which famous sculptor's only equestrian work 'General Lynch' was destroyed during a revolution in Chile - Auguste Rodin
58 Longleat is the stately home of which family - The Thynne family
59 What is the only element that begins with the letter K - Krypton
60 Which word can mean any form of transport and the legal term for the transfer of property by way of deed - Conveyance
61 According to Arthurian legend by what other name was Elaine of Astolat better known - The Lady of Shalott
62 Who was the Bob in Bob's your uncle - The Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury
63 What name did Jaques Cousteau give to his boat and his Catalina amphibian - Calypso
64 Which footballer was chosen to publicise the dangers of landmines after the death of the Princess of Wales - David Ginola
65 In February 2007, a 7ft 4ins statue of whom was unveiled in the House of Commons - Margaret Thatcher
66 Who was the first man to win two Olympic golds in the marathon - Abebe Bikela
67 Who were the first men to appear on the first two adhesive stamps issued by the USA - George Washington and Benjamin Franklin
68 In racing slang what odds are known as bottle - 2 to1
69 What was Bennie Hill's job before he became a comedian - Milkman
70 What was Jimi Hendrix first album called - Are You Experienced
71 What is John in Russian - Ivan
72 What do the French call their nuclear strike force - Force de Frappe
73 What is rogue's yarn - Coloured rope used in HM dockyards
74 With what is the Crocus Trust concerned - Bowel cancer
75 In which English county is Saint Michael's Mount - Cornwall
76 American states have a designated state fruit what is the state fruit of Rhode Island - Apple
77 Music hall artist Ella Shields is particularly well known for singing which song - Burlington Bertie
78 Which group had top twenty hits in the eighties with Rock n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution and Let's Get it Up - AC/DC
79 What is the name given to the man at the back of a two man bobsleigh - Brakeman
80 Of which European country was Suriname once a colony - Netherlands
81 What is the process of coating metal with a protective layer by - electrolysis called Anodising
82 Which woman and her tribal army put London to the torch in 60 AD - Boudicca
83 A crith is a unit of mass used for measuring what - Gases
84 Which two British ships were lost on Argentina's national day during the battle of the Falklands - Atlantic Conveyor and HMS Coventry
85 Which animal sanctuary was founded by Mary Tealby - Battersea Dog's Home
86 Which sport is played by the Edmonton Oilers - Ice hockey
87 How did Peter Parker become Spiderman - Bitten by a radioactive spider
88 Where did Bob Dylan first play in public - Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village
89 What happened to Solomon Grundy on the Friday - He died
90 Who was the father of British King James 11 - Charles 1
91 What was the name of France's first space satellite, launched in 1965 - Asterix
92 An old pre-war popular children's playground chant was 'Hark the Herald Angels sing, Mrs Simpson's pinched our.. ' what - King
93 What was Wendy's surname in Peter Pan - Darling
94 Who first called the English a nation of shopkeepers - Napoleon Bonaparte
95 What number on the Beaufort Scale describes the wind as gentle breeze - Three
96 In citizens band (CB) slang, what's a bear bite - Speeding ticket
97 Who said in a 1988 interview from a foreign capital, that he missed little in (his native country) except some friends, Colman's Mustard and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce - Kim Philby
98 Captain Larry Dart was the hero of which children's TV series of the sixties - Space Patrol
99 Which extremist Palestinian terror group was formed in 1971 - Black September
100 What name is given to a full length mirror on a swivel - Cheval mirror