Anna university results

Tuesday 9 June 2015

IAS Quiz Series 10


Which Mediterranean countries orchestra is bigger than its army
Monaco

What links stags tails, pickled worms, gallstones, tomatoes
Once thought to be Aphrodisiacs

Baked beans were originally served in what sauce
Treacle - molasses

Where can you buy a copy of Penguin News
Falkland Islands

Who was the hero of the old TV cop series Dragnet
Sergeant Joe Friday

Which African country was founded by Americans
Liberia

What was Britain called - before it was Britain
Albion

What part of a frog do you rub to hypnotise it
Its belly

How did multi millionaire Russell Sage save money
Not wear underwear

How was USA president James Buchanan different from all rest
Batchelor maybe gay

What's involved in 20% of car accidents in Sweden
A moose

What's unusual about evangelist Amy Semple McPhersons coffin
Contains Telephone

Who would use a swozzle
Punch and Judy man

What does a tailor do with his plonker
Press suits

Churches in Malta have two what
Clocks right and wrong confuse devil

Marnie Nixon what Deborah Kerr Natilie Wood Audrey Hepburn
Dubbed in their singing voices

Which Italian tractor maker tried making cars in 1960s
Ferruchio
Lamborghini

What first appeared on Page 1 of the Times 3 May 1966
News stories

Caruso put what in Nellie Melbas hand singing tiny hand frozen
Hot Sausage

What would you do with an Edzell blue
Eat it  - it’s a potato

In what month did the Russian October revolution take place
November

Nobody's perfect is the last line in which classic comedy film
Some Like it Hot

How did Buffalo Bill stick to one glass whisky a day
Quart glass

In 1760 what means of personal transport was invented
Roller Skates

What three counties were Eliza Dolittle taught to pronounce
Hertford Hereford Hampshire

In Hitchcock's film The Trouble with Harry - what was the trouble
He was dead

What was the first gramophone record made from
Tinfoil

What did George Washington soak his wooden teeth in for taste
Port

George V1 Mozart Al Jolson Casanova - which organisation
Freemasons

Who said "Its so long since sex I forget who gets tied up"
Joan Rivers

St Appolonia Patron Saint of what
Toothache

What is measured on the Gay-Lussac scale
Alcohol strength

A squid found in New Zealand had the biggest what ever seen
Eye 15.75 inches

What was the first country to guarantee freedom of worship
Transylvania

which famous person invented the cat flap
Isaac Newton

By law what can you not do in Minnesota with your washing line
Put male female washing together

Why do Tibetans grow long nails on little fingers
To pick noses efficiently

Richard Penniman became famous as who
Little Richard

What is a snood
A kind of hairnet

Who said "men are creatures with two legs and 8 hands"
Jayne Mansfield

Which European country eats the most breakfast cereal
Britain

Philosopher Jeremy Bentham has a very unusual pet  - what
Tea Pot

What country did Italy invade in 1935
Abyssinia - Ethiopia

Who sang the title song in the film Grease
Frankie Valli

What is produced in a ginnery
Cotton

What was made illegal in England in 1439
Kissing

What was invented by Dr Albert Southwick in 1881
Electric chair

In which country are you most likely to die from a scorpion sting
Mexico (1000 a year)

Who is the most filmed author
Shakespeare  over 300

Excluding religious works what is the worlds top selling book
Guinness Book of

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