FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 30
2
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What was innovative about Co-op winter warmer ale
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Labelled in Braille
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3
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In the UK they are butter beans what in the USA
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Lima Beans
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4
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Who said I have had a talent for irritating women
since I was 14
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Marilyn Munroe
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5
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Peter Sellers played Clouseau but who dropped the
role
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Peter Ustinov
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6
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Parorexia is the desire for what
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Strange Foods
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7
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What job links Kris Kristoffensen and Gene
Roddenbery
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Both worked as pilots
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8
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Legend says tortellini was created to honour what
part of Venus
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Her belly button
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9
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Who invented the dumb waiter
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Thomas Jefferson
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10
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What was the top grossing film of the 60s
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The Sound of Music
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11
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In 2000 what word was written on Sydney bridge in
fireworks
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Eternity
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12
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STDs are the most costly health problem in the
USA what's 2nd
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Dog Bites
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13
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Scarlet O'Hara had what original first name
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Patsy
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14
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Who wrote the post nuclear war novel On the Beach
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Neville Schute
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15
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In ancient Rome what could be candida, picta,
pulla or virilis
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Types of Toga styles
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16
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Name the one person who has won a Nobel and an
Oscar
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G B Shaw Lit 1925
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Pygmalion 1938
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17
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First used in Salt Lake 1980s what was a jarvik
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Artificial heart
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18
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Excluding the what word appears most in Bond film
titles
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Never
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19
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Which character did not appear in the cartoon
Star Trek
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Chekov
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20
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What is a casaba
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A Melon
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21
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A screwdriver becomes a fuzzy screw when you add
what
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Peach Schnapps
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22
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Hungarian doctor Karolyn Maria Beekert coined
what word 1869
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Homosexual
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23
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Pine, Beach, Stone, Sable or American types of
what creature
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Martins
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24
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Name Roman soldier who is supposed to have
stabbed Jesus
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Longinius
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25
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What can be a font, architectural style or novel
type
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Gothic
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26
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What is Colombo's first name
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Phillip
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27
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Boothby blonde, China long, straight 8 varieties
of what
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Cucumber
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28
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Santiago is the capitol of Chile what does it
mean
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Saint Iago - or Saint
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James
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29
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The ancient Egyptians worshiped a sky Goddess
name her
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Nut
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30
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Aprosexia is the abnormal inability to do what
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Concentrate
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31
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Peter George wrote Two Hours to Doom filmed as
what
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Dr Strangelove
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32
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Hugh Hefner and Katherine Hepburn both had
degrees in what
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Psychology
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33
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What is a hen of the woods
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A mushroom
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34
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Which film of the 70s received the most Oscars
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Cabaret 1972
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35
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In Hindu mythology Meru is equal to what Greek
site
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Olympus
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36
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357 UK roads are specially marked to protect what
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Toads during mating
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|
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season
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37
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In China its 19 grams but in Denmark 42 grams
average what
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Weight of mans
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|
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testicles
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38
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Name the smurf spin off characters that live
underwater
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Snorks
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39
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One quarter of people who lose sense of small
also lose what
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Desire for sex
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40
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Which vegetable has the highest sugar content
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Onion
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41
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Quarter oz whiskey half ounce sloe gin makes a
black what
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Hawk
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42
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Which tough guy actor was once a drop hammer
operator
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Robert Mitchum
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43
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Which group govern in a plutocracy
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The most wealthy
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44
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In western palmistry the index finger is linked
to which planet
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Jupiter
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45
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The Central Perk Café appears in which TV series
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Friends
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46
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What does sputnik literally mean
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Fellow Traveller
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47
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The Volga is Europe longest river what is the
second longest
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Danube
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48
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An archangel cat has what colour coat
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Blue
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49
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What instrument did Glen Miller play
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Trombone
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50
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Debby Boone sang the No 1 song of the 70s name it
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You light up my life
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No Questions Quiz 81 Answers
51 In Ecuador if you were served tronquito what have you eaten Bull penis soup
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52
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From Here to Eternity gets its name from a poem
by who
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Tennyson
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53
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Where would you find a coffin joint
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Horses foot
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54
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What phenomenon do cereologists study
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Crop circles
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55
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In 1995 what was the most common name given to
girls in USA
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Ashley
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56
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And again in 1995 what was the one given to boys
in USA
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Michael
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57
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Which Shakespeare play ends in marriage of
Benedict Beatrice
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Much ado About
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Nothing
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58
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Lord Lovat was the last in England to do what
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Be judicially
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beheaded
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59
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Name the cowardly member of Dick Dastardly's
squadron
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Zilly
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60
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What is the correct topping for a pastitsio
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Béchamel sauce
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61
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Mojo is a Filipino what
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Alcoholic fruit punch
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62
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In 1940s California it was illegal to serve
alcohol to who
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Homosexuals
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63
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Name actor fired as no star quality because of
big Adams apple
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Clint Eastwood
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64
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What was Buddy Hollies current single when he
died
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It doesn't matter any
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more
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65
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Who wrote April is the cruellest month in poem
The Wasteland
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T S Elliot
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66
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What is 40 in Roman numerals
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XL
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67
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What is a shubunkin
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A goldfish
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68
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What was the first company formed to manufacture
motor cars
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Daimler
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69
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Which brother sister won Wimbledon mixed doubles
in 1980
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John Tracy Austin
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70
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Alicante, Money-maker and Ailsa Craig varieties
of what
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Tomatoes
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71
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Be prepared is the boy scout motto what's the
girl guides motto
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Be prepared
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72
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Again in Ecuador if you were served cuy what have
you eaten
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Guinea pig
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73
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In military terms what is a SLR
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Self Loading Rifle
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74
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London and which UK city are joined by the Grand
Union canal
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Birmingham
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75
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Who wrote the children's story The Old man of
Lochnagar
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Prince Charles
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76
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What are the devils bones
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Dice
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77
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Name Tina Turners solo comeback album of 1984
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Private Dancer
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78
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What was the first nationally released film with
a PG 13 rating
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Red Dawn
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79
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On a poll 50% men said sex in bed favourite 20%
fem what fem
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Reading 23%
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80
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What is the main ingredient of a booyah
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Chicken
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81
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What does the VO on a bottle of Seagrams stand
for
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Very Old
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82
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What actor was once fruit picker iceman truck
driver propman
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John Wayne
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83
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USA supreme court 1962 said who cant be
imprisoned - illegal
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Drug Addicts
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84
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How did Scrooge McDuck earn his first dime
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Shining shoes
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85
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What is the currency of Turkey
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Lira
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86
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The word planet comes from Greek what's it
literally mean
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Wanderers
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87
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Sailors round the horn - off which country are
they doing it
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Chile
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88
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American comes from USA what someone from Monaco called
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Monagasque
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89
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On an ordinance survey map what does a H in
circle represent
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Hospital
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90
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Which fashion designer said - A woman is as old
as her knee
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Mary Quant
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91
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A professional boxer is limited to 36 feet - feet
of what
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Bandages on hands
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92
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On the Beaufort scale 8 represents what
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A Gale
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93
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What is the capitol of Belarus
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Minsk
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94
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Soyuz was a soviet spacecraft but what's it
literally mean
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Union
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95
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Which American author wrote The turn of the Screw
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Henry James
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96
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Who sang about Angel in a Centrefold
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J Geils Band
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97
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Who first starred in the film The Boy in the
Plastic Bubble
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John Travolta
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98
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Surveyed 70% of US females said they preferred
this to sex what
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Chocolate
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99
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Which English speaking country consumes most
table wine per
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Australia
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100
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What are garbanzo beans also known as
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Chick peas
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No Questions Quiz 82 Answers
1 The
Undiscovered Country a Star Trek title taken from where Shakespeare's Hamlet
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2
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David Cornwell is better known as which author
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John Le Carr
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3
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Puccini's Turendot is set in which country
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China
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4
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If you have a viral infection of the parotid
glands what is it
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Mumps
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5
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Ophidiophobia is the fear of what
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Snakes
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6
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Collective nouns - A glint of what
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Goldfish
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7
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Pal Hewson became more famous as who
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Bono - singer in U2
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8
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Which island is also known as the apple isle
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Tasmania
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9
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Who was nicknamed The Great Communicator
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Ronald Regan
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10
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Tiramisu is a coffee desert but what does it
literally mean
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Pick me up
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11
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In what game would you nurdle scrunge or
carnovsky
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Tiddlywinks
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12
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Where would you find racettes
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Lines on wrist in
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palmistry
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13
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Why did Disney recall his first celluloid Donald
Duck toys
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They exploded into
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|
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flames
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14
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Which South American country does not border the
Pacific
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Belize
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15
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What is the largest moon in our solar system
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Ganymede of Jupiter
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16
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What is the characteristic of an aphyllus plant
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No leaves
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17
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Plantalgia is pain where
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Soles of feet
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18
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In which film did we meet Baron Numpsi as the
villain
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Eddie Murphy's The
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|
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Golden Child
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19
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What religion was Adolf Hitler
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Roman Catholic
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20
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Poison oak and ivy belong to which general family
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Cashew
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21
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Bognor Java gets is on average 322 days annually
what
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Lightning strikes
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22
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Epiphany Christian feast 6th Jan translates from
Greek as what
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Manifestation
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23
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Progress through Pain was whose motto
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Arnold Swartzenager
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24
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Which American city is nicknamed The Birthplace
of Aviation
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Dayton Ohio
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25
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Mastigophobia is the fear of what
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Flogging
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26
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A woman has Hisdoy syndrome what has she got
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A Moustache
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27
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Who had a hit in the UK singing about the Streets
of London
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Ralph McTell
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28
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What does CMOS stand for in a computer
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Complimentary metal
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|
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Oxide semi-conductor
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29
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Prova from provolone means what
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Ball shaped
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30
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Saint Augustine first argued for what
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Missionary position
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|
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only in sex
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31
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What original story begins Aladdin was a little
Chinese boy
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1001 Arabian Nights
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32
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In the Vietnam war what was the signal US to
evacuate Saigon
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Bing Crosby White
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|
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Xmas on Radio
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33
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Games Slater invented what
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Fibreglass
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34
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The group Simply Red were named after what
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Man Utd football club
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35
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Virginia Patterson Hensley became more famous as
who
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Patsy Cline
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36
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Which worlds city is known as The Golden City
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Prague Czech
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37
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The earliest paper written in Latin is a woman's
writing what is it
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Invitation to a party
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38
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Every year there's a ton of it for every person
in the world - what
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Cement poured
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39
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Thomas Jefferson's home has a hidden what?
illegal in his time
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Billiard Table in
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|
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Virginia
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40
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Which country contains every type of climate in
the world
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New Zealand
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41
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All soldiers of every country do it - do what
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Salute with right hand
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42
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The Soviet Sukhoi-34 fighter was the worlds first
with what
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A Toilet in it
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43
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The are six sides on a standard one - a standard
what
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Pencil
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44
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Westminster Abbey is dedicated to who
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Saint Peter
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45
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Hokusai and Hiroshige were famous Japanese what
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Artists
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46
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Reverend Marcus Morris founded which UK comic in
the 50s
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Eagle
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47
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Where would you find Queen Maud Land
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Antarctica
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48
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Who played the doctor in the rock opera Tommy
|
Jack Nicholson
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49
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King George III is remembered in which children's
nursery rhyme
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The Grand old Duke
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|
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of York
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50
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Lygophobia is the fear of what
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Darkness
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No
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Questions
Quiz 82
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Answers
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51
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In what country was the paperclip invented
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Norway
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52
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What is the flavour of a piri-piri sauce
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Curry
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53
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Which organisation has been selling racehorses
since 1176
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Tattersalls
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54
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Which early rock singer was nicknamed killer
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Jerry Lee Lewis
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55
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Names from jobs - Baker Cook obvious what did a
Mercer do
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Textile dealer
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56
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What title has the wife of an earl
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Countess
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57
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La Celestina was the first one in Spain the first
what
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Theatre play
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58
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According to Guinness book what's measured in
Milli-Helens
|
Beauty from Helen of
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|
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Troy
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59
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What word originally meant a dark cosmetic eye
powder
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Alcohol from Al
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|
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Kuhul antimony
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60
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In ancient Sparta what was the penalty for
bachelorhood
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Can't watch women's
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|
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gymnastics
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61
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In Disney's Jungle book name four vultures
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John Paul George
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|
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Ringo
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62
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1994 Christies sold what piece of Elvis
memorabilia for $41400
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Amex credit card
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63
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What is the highest waterfall in the Alps
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The Richenbach Falls
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64
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Woodpusher, fish and patzer derogatory words for
a bad what
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Chess player
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65
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Which US state drinks the least beer per capita
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Utah
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66
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Collective nouns - A wiggle of what
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Tadpoles
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67
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Farok Pluto Bulsara became more famous as who
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Freddie Mercury
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68
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Which actor made his debut in the 1958 film Cry
Baby Killer
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Jack Nicholson
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69
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A computer does a POST what is a post
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Power on self test
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70
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What French word means liquor is half frozen
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Frappe
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71
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In Spain what is manchego
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Sheep's cheese
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72
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Who was known as the Queen of Folk Music
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Joan Baez
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73
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Collective nouns - A shiver of what
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Sharks
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74
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Linda Hunt won an Oscar Year of Living
Dangerously what 1st
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First Oscar playing
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|
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opposite sex
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75
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Norwegian Sigerson, Spy Altamont, Sea Captain
Basil all who
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Sherlock Holmes
|
|
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disguises
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76
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Where is the only digital rolex watch in the
world
|
Wimbledon centre
|
|
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court
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77
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In Kiplings How the Leopard got its Spots name
the Leopard
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Best Beloved
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78
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What do the Chinese regard as the highest form of
visual art
|
Calligraphy
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79
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Vestiophobia is the fear of what
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Clothing
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80
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In the UK marmite is a spread but what is a
marmite in France
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Tall straight cook pot
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81
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Name Donald Ducks father
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Quackemore
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82
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The film Cleopatra was banned in Egypt in 1963
why
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Liz Taylor Jewish
|
|
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convert
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83
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What would an antipyrhettic drug be used for
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Reduce temperature
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84
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In music who decided that an octave should have
eight notes
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Pythagoras
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85
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What is the Latin word for to roll
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Volvo
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86
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Which garment traditionally contains eight
sections of material
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Kimono
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87
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What international airport is identified by the
letters CCU
|
Calcutta
|
88
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Which part of the body will expand three times
when excited
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Iris
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89
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In computing what is the smallest movement of a
mouse called
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Mickey
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90
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What item would you see on the flag of Malta
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George Cross
|
91
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Sameer Bhatia from Bangalore began what service
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Hotmail
|
92
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Who was known as the Father of Science Fiction
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Jules Verne
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93
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Winnie the Pooh lived where
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Hundred Acre Wood
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94
|
Sufferers from lambdacism cannot do what
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Pronounce letter R
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95
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Pierce Brosnens contract stops him doing what in
any other film
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Wearing a Tuxedo
|
96
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Spielberg named the shark in Jaws Bruce why
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After his Lawyer
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97
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Barajas is the main airport - where
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Madrid
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98
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Sterlet is the rarest most expensive what
|
Caviar - tiny eggs
|
99
|
Robert Langford Modini became more famous as who
|
Robert Stack
|
100
|
Collective nouns - A congress
or flange of what
|
Baboons
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 83
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Answers
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1
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Anthony Pratt invented what in the 1940s
|
Cluedo
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2
The Stirling prize is awarded annually for which field of design
3Parcheesi is the national game of which country
4What shape is a saggitated leaf
5What is the Oscar statuette holding Sword
6Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle better
known as what
7Who would get an award known as the purple cross
8
What sport was described as "Chess with muscles"
9
The Bahunia a five petal wild orchid is the symbol of where
101858 Queen Victoria sent the first transatlantic
telegram to who
11
If you have a Barr test what was tested
12
We've used Xerox but from Greek what does it literally mean
13
How was Boris Karloff listed in the credits 1931 Frankenstein
14
Who is the father of the Russian alphabet
15
What did the ancient Greeks call the fear of woods and forests
16
Whose family name is Zimprsquzzntwlfb
17
Where did the group 10cc get their name
18
Who said "All I can say is that I'm not a Marxist"
19
Who is buried in a chapel near lake Stroganoff in Romania
20
What area gets its name from the Greek word for bear
21
The head of which organisation is known as The Black Pope
22
What sport still requires competitors to wear formal clothing
23
The name Hilary comes from Latin meaning what
24
Katy Mirza was the first Indian woman to do what
25
Richard Attenbourough and wife were the first leads in what play
26
The Rhine rises in which country
27
In English packs it's the Jack or Knave what in French packs
28
Which cartoon character was originally called egghead
29
What is measured in Darwin's
30
Sacred carvings is the literal translation of what word
31
Lake Tiberius is better known by what name
32
What is a curragh
33
Pax was the Roman god of peace who's the Greek equivalent
34
Who was the last prisoner in the Tower of London
35
Joseph Gayette invented it in 1857 to prevent piles - what
36
Whose epitaph reads Lived a philosopher died a Christian
37
Who was the first newspaper owner to give staff a paid holiday
38
Ronald MacDonald is worldwide except Japan what's he there
39
Where can you see Ada Byron
40
What is the most tattooed product in the world
41
Which Somerset Maughn novel is considered autobiographical
42
The Sureto are the secret service of which country
43
Who created the character Parker Pyne
44
Archimedes lived in which city
45
Who is the first person a newly elected Pope meets
46
Who's only person have Dewey Decimal class named after him
47
Taliban women required by law to wear what on left arms
48
Which country is named after its highest point
49
What would you do at a table in Greece
50
Felix Hoffman discovered the worlds first synthetic drug 1897?
No
Questions Quiz 83
51 Where do the natives speak tagalog
Architecture
India
Arrow shaped
YAHOO
Animal bravery by
RSPCA
Fencing Hong Kong President James Buchanan
Your Sex - in athletics Dry
As ?
Saint Cyril
Panic from god Pan Mr Spock in Star Trek Average
sperm in ejaculation
Karl Marx Count Dracula Arctic because great bear
over it
The Jesuits Snooker or Billiards Cheerfulness
Feature in Playboy The Mousetrap Switzerland Valet
Elmer J Fudd
Rate of evolutionary
change
Hieroglyphics
Sea of Galilee
Boat
Irene
Rudolf Hess
Toilet Paper
Casanova
Joseph Pulitzer
Donald MacDonald
Woman on Microsoft
watermark
Harley Davidson Of Human Bondage France
Agatha Christie Syracuse
His tailor to measure him
William Shakespeare Tattoo of husbands name
Kenya
Banking it’s a bank Aspirin
Answers
Philippines
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52
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Which composer was nickname the Red Priest
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Vivaldi
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53
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Wolves, Curlews, Bulls and Ravens the first
groups of what
|
Boy Scouts
|
54
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Which instrument does a cymbalist play
|
Piano
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55
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What is made by the crush tear curl process
|
Tea
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56
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Bovine is cow like but what does hircine refer to
|
Goat
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57
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A speed stick measure the speed of what
|
Cricket balls
|
58
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President Kennedy was shot in Dallas in what type
of car
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Lincoln
|
59
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In mythology what is the offspring of a God and
mortal called
|
Hero
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60
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Where would you find an intrados
|
Inside curve of arch
|
61
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The young are called widgets, females fifinellas
what are they
|
Gremlins
|
62
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Which part of a boar is called a wreath
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Its tail
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63
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Pooler Jones, Lazy Plate, Jayne Hill and
Buckthorn types of what
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Barbed Wire
|
64
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In Japan what is jigai
|
Female suicide
|
65
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Which company had slogan You don’t win silver you
lose gold
|
Nike - 1996 Olympics
|
66
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In what is the Shannon trophy competed for
|
World Chess Trophy
|
67
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Which island gets its name from the Portuguese
for bearded
|
Barbados
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68
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John Le Carr invented what common term used in
espionage
|
Mole
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69
|
Crystal City in Texas put up a statue to what
cartoon character
|
Popeye - they are
|
|
|
spinach growers
|
70
|
Which international companies logo is exactly 42
dots
|
Sony
|
71
|
The Sydney Olympic torch showed a boomerang and
what else
|
The Opera house
|
72
|
Greeks longest, Japans shortest and Saudi Arabia
none what?
|
National Anthem
|
73
|
"Broom" Bromden an Indian narrates
which famous book
|
One Flew over the
|
|
|
Cuckoos Nest
|
74
|
What was Butch Cassidy's original profession
|
Butcher hence Butch
|
75
|
Chinese call it little mouse, Danes Swedes
elephants trunk?
|
The @ sign
|
76
|
Whose business was ran from 2222 South Wabash
|
Al Capone
|
77
|
Which literary character takes his name from
Latin for nobody
|
Captain Nemo
|
78
|
Which companies first product was an electric
rice cooker
|
Sony It shocked fired
|
79
|
What was the Latin word for wheel - now a common
transport
|
Truck
|
80
|
Panchaguni is the Indian God of what art
|
Palmistry
|
81
|
What are Manhattan, Apollo, Hedwig, Cartman,
Guinness
|
Linux versions
|
82
|
Don Hoeffler coined what phrase in Electronic
News in 1971
|
Silicon Valley
|
83
|
What beverage named after the UK Prime Minister
of the 1830s
|
Earl Grey Tea
|
84
|
You have head of ebay.com what's ebay translate
to in Russian
|
Fuck off – imperative
|
|
|
of word fuck
|
85
|
Traditionally Lamborghini Miura and Diablo are
named for what
|
Fighting Bulls
|
86
|
Narton is a mixture of baking soda and salt what
was it used for
|
Mummification
|
87
|
All the Richard Hannay books got their titles
from where
|
Bunyon's The
|
|
|
Pilgrims Progress
|
88
|
Whose film debut was Jennings in Revenge of the
Creature 1955
|
Clint Eastwood
|
89
|
What are studied by hymenopterists
|
Bees
|
90
|
What gift is given on behalf Saudi Arabia King to
Mecca pilgrims
|
Small Bottle Extra
|
|
|
Virgin Olive Oil
|
91
|
What counties national drink is called aizag
pronounced I shag
|
Mongolian mares milk
|
92
|
Which cowboys middle names were Berry Stapp
|
Wyatt Earp
|
93
|
What did Sir Humphry Davy say was his best
discovery
|
His student Michael
|
|
|
Faraday
|
94
|
Which organisation began in a converted toilet in
central London
|
Lords cricket
|
95
|
What gets its name from the Greek meaning large
catapult
|
Howitzer
|
96
|
Where is the Isle of Pelicans
|
Alcatraz
|
97
|
Where would you find the titmus test
|
ICC cricket test for
|
|
|
bowling action
|
98
|
What is the Chinese word for wind
|
Feng - Shui is water
|
99
|
What or where was original deadline
|
USA Civil war prison
|
100
|
Where is Landino spoken
|
Spain by Spanish
|
|
|
Hebrew mix
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 84
|
Answers
|
1
|
What was the first doctor film made in 1954
|
Doctor in the House
|
Page 167
2
|
Information about what subject is recorded in
Wisden
|
Cricket
|
3
|
Gerald Gardner in the 50s founded which pagan
organisation
|
Wicker
|
4
|
On a UK ordinance survey map what is shown by a
blue star
|
Major shopping centre
|
5
|
In the middle of the land is the literal
translation of where
|
Mediterranean sea
|
6
|
Venus and Adonis was whose first published work
|
William Shakespeare
|
7
|
What is the highest French civil decoration
awarded
|
Legion de Honour
|
8
|
In the Archie comics what is Jughead's first name
|
Forsyth
|
9
|
Which meteorological phenomena means "a curl
of hair" in Latin
|
Cirrus - clouds
|
10
|
Which racing circuit is nicknamed the brickyard
|
Indianapolis
|
11
|
Who or what are Taikonauts
|
Chinese astronauts
|
12
|
The profits from the 1929 edition of Mein Kampf
went to where
|
International Red
|
|
|
Cross
|
13
|
Where would you find the original Mr Plod
|
Noddy books
|
14
|
Which companies logo is based on the legend of
cats nine lives
|
Ever Ready
|
15
|
Which PC game shares it name with a Bond film
character
|
Solitaire
|
16
|
What is the Welsh name for Wales
|
Cymru
|
17
|
What is a virgule
|
The / slash
|
18
|
Sumo cant be Olympic because it bans women - why
|
Menstrual cycle
|
|
|
offends Gods
|
19
|
In Greek what does Eunuch literally translate as
|
Bed Watcher
|
20
|
When Harrison Ford was The Fugitive who was the
lawman
|
Tommy Lee Jones
|
21
|
Where were the original loopholes
|
Castle walls – arrow
|
|
|
firing slits
|
22
|
Roman soldiers were given slaves - what were they
called
|
Addicts addicted
|
|
|
means enslaved
|
23
|
Which creatures name translates as the lizard in
Spanish
|
Alligator
|
24
|
West Side Story tells about the West side of what
or where
|
Fifth Avenue
|
25
|
What was the worlds first televised murder
|
Ruby killing Oswald
|
26
|
What company used to be called The Haloid Company
|
Xerox
|
27
|
The Chinese year cycle starts with 1st to ask
Buddha which
|
Rat
|
28
|
Character in a movie series named Sanskrit word
warrior what
|
Yoda from Yoddha
|
29
|
What is the default extension given to paintbrush
files
|
It's .bmp
|
30
|
In the UK today 16000 people die annually from
what
|
Illness caught in
|
|
|
hospital
|
31
|
In which TV program did Sergeant Bosco appear
|
A Team
|
32
|
In ancient Athens every third man worked with
what
|
Marble
|
33
|
Every day 2700 Americans find out what
|
They have gonorrhoea
|
34
|
Where would you find you columella - or what is
it
|
Space between
|
|
|
nostrils
|
35
|
What was used at Wimbledon for the first time in
1986
|
Yellow tennis balls
|
36
|
Which novel has the longest sentence in
literature 823 words
|
Les Miserables –
|
|
|
Victor Hugo
|
37
|
What is the most stolen item in US drugstores
|
Batteries cosmetics
|
38
|
Crab is the only named one in any Shakespeare
play - what
|
Dog - Two Gentlemen
|
|
|
of Verona
|
39
|
What was the first Olympic sport to include women
|
Tennis - Paris 1900
|
40
|
Which of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse rode
a red horse
|
Slaughter
|
41
|
Venus Observa is the technical term for what
|
Missionary position
|
42
|
Which male mammals have the highest rate of
homosexuality
|
Bats
|
43
|
Sex shop survey what's most popular flavour
eatable knickers
|
Cherry
|
44
|
And what is the least
|
Chocolate
|
45
|
Which country has no public toilets
|
Peru
|
46
|
Which cartoon character was originally pink and
called Orsen
|
Tweety Pie
|
47
|
What product changed its original name from the
soundabout
|
The walkman
|
48
|
There are more in Los Angeles than in all France
- what
|
Judges
|
49
|
Syngenesophobia is the fear of what
|
Your relatives
|
50
|
What fictional Englishman
belongs to the Ganymede club
|
Jeeves
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 84
|
Answers
|
51
|
From which modern country did the Franks come
|
Germany
|
Page 168
52
|
The origin of the word penis is Latin meaning what
|
Tail
|
53
|
And which animals penis is prehensile
|
Dolphins
|
54
|
On a UK ordinance survey map what is shown by a
red flag
|
Motor Racing Circuit
|
55
|
Who was the first rock star arrested on stage
|
Jim Morrison of the
|
|
|
Doors
|
56
|
Which authors personal publishing venture is
Philtrum Press
|
Steven King
|
57
|
Which animal sleeps on its back
|
Only man or women
|
58
|
What is the most ordered item in American
restaurants
|
French Fries
|
59
|
What does a gozzard have or own
|
Geese
|
60
|
Records show four Popes died doing what
|
Having Sex
|
61
|
In the Beatles White Album who was Martha my Dear
|
Paul McCartney's
|
|
|
Sheepdog
|
62
|
Myosotis Sylvestris is the Latin name of which
common plant
|
Forget me Not
|
63
|
Who owned a cat called Apollinaris
|
Mark Twain
|
64
|
Whose last words were "It's unbelievable"
|
Mata Hari
|
65
|
Who read the original writing on the wall
|
Daniel - in the Bible
|
66
|
N is the civil aircraft marking for which country
|
USA
|
67
|
Thaslophobia is the fear of what
|
Sitting Idle – doing
|
|
|
nothing
|
68
|
Beagles were a hunting dog bred to hunt what
|
Hares
|
69
|
Peggy is a diminutive for which girls name
|
Margaret
|
70
|
Boreas is the Greek God of what
|
North Wind
|
71
|
Where are the Canarie Islands situated
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
72
|
Where could you spend a Lempira
|
Honduras
|
73
|
What type of creature was an Archelon
|
A Turtle
|
74
|
Shu was an Egyptian God of what
|
The Air
|
75
|
In Japan what is a Kissaten
|
Coffee Shop
|
76
|
Which of the four Horsemen of Apocalypse is known
as Christ
|
War
|
77
|
In which religion are the holy writings called
the Adi Granth
|
Sikh
|
78
|
What is a dogrib
|
A Boat
|
79
|
The petawatt is the worlds largest what
|
Laser
|
80
|
Which writer invented the word drab
|
C S Lewis
|
81
|
In the body where would you find your diverticula
|
Large Intestine
|
82
|
EL is the international aircraft letters of which
country
|
Liberia
|
83
|
Which creature appears on the Samoan flag
|
Eagle
|
84
|
Who owns the Audi car company
|
Ford motor company
|
85
|
In the Bible what was the sixth plague of Egypt
|
Water into Blood
|
86
|
What is the scientific name for the gorilla
|
"Gorilla gorilla-
|
|
|
gorilla"
|
87
|
Name Steve McQueen's Karate teacher - later an
actor
|
Chuck Norris
|
88
|
On what common item would you find a keeper
|
Belt its loop that holds
|
|
|
end
|
89
|
Coprastastaphobia is the fear of what
|
Constipation
|
90
|
What is the most common plastic surgery done on
US men
|
Breast Reduction
|
91
|
Who owned a cat called Bismarck
|
Florence Nightingale
|
92
|
In the Batman comics what is the full real
identity of the Riddler
|
Edward Enigma E
|
|
|
Enigma
|
93
|
Where was the worlds first water clock invented
|
Peking
|
94
|
What religious leaders name means Sign of God
|
Ayatollah
|
95
|
In 1965 Gambia achieved independence from which
country
|
United Kingdom
|
96
|
On what common item would you find a harp
|
Lamp metal part
|
|
|
supporting shade
|
97
|
In Bali they observe noebi a day of what
|
Silence
|
98
|
The worlds first opened in Los Angles April 2nd
1902 - what
|
Motion picture theatre
|
99
|
Who was the first non head of state to appear on
a stamp
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
100
|
If the doctor gave you salversan he would be
treating your what
|
Syphilis
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 85
|
Answers
|
1
|
The yellow food colouring tartrazine comes from
what
|
Petrol - Gas in USA
|
Page 169
2
|
What does a kayser measure
|
Waves
|
3
|
In the body where would you find your villus
|
Small Intestine
|
4
|
The fennec is the smallest of its species - the
smallest what
|
Fox
|
5
|
What was the original meaning of the word harlot
|
Tramp
|
6
|
Ennisophobia is fear of what
|
Criticism
|
7
|
In the Bible Judah was in which province
|
Palestine
|
8
|
Name Canada's oldest incorporated city
|
Saint John
|
9
|
In which country is the Nokia company based
|
Finland
|
10
|
What is the common name for an integrated circuit
|
A Chip
|
11
|
What did John Montague invent
|
The sandwich – He
|
|
|
was 4th Earl
|
12
|
Goose Flats changed its name to what US city
|
Tombstone Arizona
|
13
|
From which country did the original vandals come
|
Germany
|
14
|
Gabbro is which type of rock
|
Igneous
|
15
|
What is the correct name for a baby mink
|
Kit or Kitten
|
16
|
Ontology is the study of what
|
Being
|
17
|
What is the state song of California
|
I love you California
|
18
|
The museum of what can be found at Pontedassio in
Italy
|
Spaghetti
|
19
|
Aruba is an island under which kingdom
|
Netherlands
|
20
|
Who is the Patron Saint of grocers
|
Saint Michael
|
21
|
Chysoprase is a shade of what primary colour
|
Red
|
22
|
The paraclete is another name for which Christian
religious item
|
The Holy Spirit
|
23
|
What is unique about the pistol star
|
Brightest in sky
|
24
|
Venation is used to describe what item
|
Leaves
|
25
|
In Braille which letter uses the least number of
raised dots
|
S
|
26
|
The state tree of Arizona is really a legume -
name it
|
Palo Alto
|
27
|
What are shaggy mane and pigs ear
|
Mushrooms or fungi
|
28
|
Who were UPS original customers
|
Department stores
|
29
|
Struthio Cameus is the Latin name of which
creature
|
The Ostrich
|
30
|
Hindu religion Batavia is an incarnation of
Vishnu in what form
|
A Fish
|
31
|
Country celebrates Aug 11 as independence day
from France
|
Chad
|
32
|
The first one was delivered in 1933 - the first
what
|
Singing Telegram
|
33
|
Beside the long winding river is the translation
of which US state
|
Connecticut
|
34
|
What type of creature was Pylorus Jack
|
A Dolphin – saved
|
|
|
sailors
|
35
|
The French call it creame anglaise what do we
call it
|
Custard
|
36
|
Tellus was the Greek god of what
|
Earth
|
37
|
Scotophobia is the fear of what
|
Being seen by others
|
38
|
According CIA what language is most common in
Afghanistan
|
Persian
|
39
|
What country did the USA defend in the Spanish
American war
|
Cuba
|
40
|
Which animal uses white ear spots as
identification marks
|
Tiger
|
41
|
Pak man was called Paka in Japan what does paka
mean
|
Eating
|
42
|
In computing what was the first ironbed
|
A Scanner
|
43
|
Mumbai is the modern name of which city
|
Bombay
|
44
|
Which group publishes the most monthly magazines
|
Hearst
|
45
|
The word mattress what taken from which language
|
Arabic
|
46
|
If you have a rhytidectomy what procedure has
occurred
|
A Face Lift
|
47
|
Lewis Wilson was the first actor to play which
character
|
Batman
|
48
|
What is the technical name for a jigger of grain
alcohol
|
A Pony
|
49
|
Tosk is a dialect of which country
|
Albania
|
50
|
The fleur de lis is a representation of which
flower
|
Iris
|
No Questions Quiz 85 Answers
51 The Afghan Taliban use which colour of flag White
Page 170
52
|
In which country are the Philips company based
|
Holland
|
53
|
If you have otophobia what are you afraid of
|
Opening ones eyes
|
54
|
Which US sportsman is mentioned in The Old Man
and the Sea
|
Joe De Maggio
|
55
|
The average person does it thirteen times a day -
what
|
Laughs
|
56
|
In Scottish Gaelic what is a clarsach
|
A Harp
|
57
|
Name surveyors symbol that looks like a broad
arrow with a bar
|
Benchmark
|
58
|
Book of Shadows is the alternative title for
which horror film
|
Blair Witch 2
|
59
|
In Portrait Gallery there's a picture of
Livingstone sitting on what
|
A Rhinoceros
|
60
|
In 1449 Thomas Brightfield built London's first
what
|
Lavatory
|
61
|
Which animals kill 275 million creature in UK
annually
|
Domestic cats
|
62
|
Bunny Austin first British male to do what at
Wimbledon in 1933
|
Wear Shorts
|
63
|
Cary Grant and Noel Coward both rejected which
famous role
|
James Bond
|
64
|
In Winnipeg there is a statue to which bear
|
Winnie the Pooh
|
65
|
Exodus and which Bible book list the ten
commandments
|
Deuteronomy
|
66
|
In which Bond novel did he first want Martinis
shaken not stirred
|
Diamonds are Forever
|
67
|
Which playing card is known as The Devils Bedpost
|
Four of Clubs
|
68
|
Its usual diameter is 4.5 inches what is it
|
Golf Hole
|
69
|
A planes black box is usually named after what
King
|
Midas
|
70
|
What are banon, mimolette and samosoe types of
|
Cheese
|
71
|
Name the Shakespeare character son of the witch
Sycorax
|
Caliban in The
|
|
|
Tempest
|
72
|
Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland and
where else
|
Russia
|
73
|
Which animals Latin name is Cricetus-cricutus
|
The Hamster
|
74
|
What was Queen Victoria's first name
|
Alexandria
|
75
|
In Sanskrit it means House of Snow - what does
|
Himalayas
|
76
|
If you had some gentles, jig, gag and coop what
are you doing
|
Fishing
|
77
|
What are the stars in traditional Cornish Star
Gazey pie
|
Pilchards eyes
|
78
|
Who was born in Limbini Nepal
|
Buddha
|
79
|
Flower of the blessed night is the local name of
which plant
|
Poinsettia
|
80
|
Which disease was once known as white plague
|
Tuberculosis
|
81
|
What are spraints
|
Otter droppings (shit)
|
82
|
Where would you be if you landed at Santa Cruz
airport
|
Bombay
|
83
|
What was the name of the pub in The Dukes of
Hazard
|
Boars Nest
|
84
|
Name Pink Floyds only single
|
Oranges and Lemons
|
85
|
Doha is the capital of which gulf state
|
Qatar
|
86
|
The word volar refers to what part/s of the body
|
Palms of hands and
|
|
|
soles of feet
|
87
|
Where is the worlds largest Chinese settlement
outside Asia
|
San Francisco –
|
|
|
Chinatown
|
88
|
Where is Kloster beer brewed
|
Thailand
|
89
|
In the Fantastic Four what is Mr Fantastic name
|
Reed Richards
|
90
|
RC Cola were the first company to do what
|
Sell cola in cans
|
91
|
In which sport are the trainees traditionally
bricklayers
|
Bullfighting
|
92
|
Who has won the soccer world cup as a player and
a coach
|
Franz Beckenbauer
|
93
|
What was the White House formerly known as
|
Executive Mansion
|
94
|
The last line of which TV show was "Good bye
Margaret"
|
MASH
|
95
|
In Star Wars what is the Emperors last name
|
Palpatine
|
96
|
What animal comes in both spotted and striped
varieties
|
Skunk
|
97
|
Something navicular is shaped like what
|
A Boat
|
98
|
Dari is a dialect of which language
|
Persian - farsi
|
99
|
Which country is due south of Serbia
|
Albania
|
100
|
A giraffes eyelashes are what colour
|
Black
|
No Questions Quiz 86 Answers
1 In
which sport would you hear the term bedposts Ten Pin
Bowling a 7 –
Page 171
|
|
10 split
|
2
|
What, specifically, won’t Meatloaf do for love
|
Screw Around
|
3
|
In Australia what is the second Sunday in May
|
Mothers day
|
4
|
What's the only crime that the church would not
grant sanctuary
|
Sacrilege
|
5
|
Zero on a roulette wheel is what colour
|
Green
|
6
|
Name Homer Simpsons bowling team
|
Pin Pals
|
7
|
In Troy measurement a pennyweight contains 24
what
|
Grains
|
8
|
Orthography is the study of what
|
Mountains
|
9
|
Pentlandite is the main ore providing which metal
|
Nickel
|
10
|
In the Hindu pantheon Hanuman is the King of
which creatures
|
Monkeys
|
11
|
Which gas discovered in 1898 has a name meaning
new
|
Neon
|
12
|
Name the national rugby team of Argentina
|
Pumas
|
13
|
How many equal angles has a scalene triangle
|
None
|
14
|
Mandarin and Peter Pan are which parts of a
garment
|
Collars
|
15
|
Who is the Egyptian God of the dead
|
Anubis
|
16
|
Who played Domino in Never say Never Again
|
Kim Bassinger
|
17
|
The Adventure Gallery was whose ship
|
Captain Kidd
|
18
|
Alls Well That Ends Well the original title of
which classic novel
|
War and Peace
|
19
|
Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera
written for what
|
Television
|
20
|
In which sport would you hear the term cleek
|
Golf it’s a wood
|
21
|
Frosties Tony the Tiger had a Son Tony Jr and a
daughter name
|
Antoinette
|
22
|
Who was the last amateur to win US tennis open
1968
|
Arthur Ashe
|
23
|
Name the first British show to air on US autumn
prime time
|
The Avengers
|
24
|
Who were the first pop stars to appear in Madam
Tussaud's
|
The Beatles
|
25
|
What gets its name from the Aztec meaning bitter
water
|
Chocolate - xocatl
|
26
|
Which company launched the first clone of an IBM
pc in 1982
|
Compac
|
27
|
Which song won first Oscar when the category was
intro 1934
|
The Continental
|
28
|
In MASH name Radars pet mouse
|
Daisy
|
29
|
Distinguished Information Cross is whose highest
bravery award
|
The CIA
|
30
|
Wiley E Coyote chases roadrunner what does the E
stand for
|
Ethelbert
|
31
|
Which religions name means The way of the Gods
|
Shinto
|
32
|
Where can Americans always see the time as 4.10
|
$100 bill
|
|
|
Independence hall
|
|
|
clock
|
33
|
By Olympic rules what must have 14 feathers
|
Badminton Bird
|
34
|
February 25th 1990 what was banned in the US
|
Smoking on all
|
|
|
domestic flights
|
35
|
Johannes Ostermeir invented which photographic
aid
|
Flashbulbs
|
36
|
In the US what links Fort McHenry with the moon
|
Flag flies 24/7
|
|
|
president decree
|
37
|
In Disney's 1973 animated Robin Hood what creature
was Robin
|
A Fox like Marion
|
38
|
Saint Louis police department first used it in
1904 - what
|
Fingerprinting
|
39
|
Who wrote the novel the Cyborg - Basis of the $6
million man
|
Martin Caidin
|
40
|
In which sport would you hear the term shilling
|
Archery measure of
|
|
|
arrows weight
|
41
|
What does roulette literally mean
|
Little Wheel
|
42
|
Where did you play with Ben, Pauline and Michele
|
Microsoft Windows
|
|
|
Hearts game
|
43
|
Who was the first baseball player to have his
number (4) retired
|
Lou Gehrig
|
44
|
Gobo was the male cousin of which Disney
character
|
Bambi
|
45
|
Ops was the wife of which Roman God
|
Saturn
|
46
|
The Beatles film Help was dedicated to the
inventor of what
|
Sewing Machine –
|
|
|
Elias Howe
|
47
|
Andrea Hollen was the first woman in US to do
what
|
Graduate West Point
|
48
|
What was Americas first organised sport
|
Horse Racing in 1664
|
49
|
What was John Fitzgerald Kennedy's campaign song
in 1960
|
High Hopes
|
50
|
Name Indian chief who rode in
Roosevelt's inaugural procession
|
Geronimo
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 86
|
Answers
|
51
|
Name (in the US) Denis the Menaces cat
|
Hot Dog
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