IAS Quiz Series 5

What movie cast included James Garner, Richard Attenbourough, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson, Angus McPhee among many others		The Great Escape
2              If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong		Nosebleed
3              In which book would you find the manservant Pas Partout		Around the world in
		80  days
4	What animals name translates as water horse	Hippopotamus
5	In Greek mythology who killed the Gorgon	Perseus
6	Which two metals are alloyed to make pewter	Tin and Lead
7	In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first what	Kodak 1 - hand held roll film cam
8	What links - Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and Decartes	Philosophers
9	In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what	Barometer
10	Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16 - also 4 year blue	Pablo Picasso
11	Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settle	Pitcairn Islands
12	What is the longest river in Italy	Po
13	What does a polyandric women have more than one of	Husband
14	What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and Angola	Colonies of Portugal
15	What is the American equivalent of the Irish Poteen	Moonshine
16	Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles son Pyrrhus	Priam
17	In 1911 the archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered what lost city	Machu Picchu
18	Who won the Superbowl in 1989	San Francisco 49 ers
19	Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby Dick	Herman Melville
20	Which highwayman rode the horse Black Bess	Dick Turpin
21	Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic superhero	The Flash
22	In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first time	Mercedes
23	Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian state	Queensland
24	In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battle	Ragnarok
25	In 1890 the first electric what opened in London	Underground railway
26	Who wrote the children's novel Swallows and Amazons	Arthur Ransom
27	Oil seed rape belongs to which plant family	Mustard
28	Which Norwegian politicians name became a word for traitor	Vidkun Quisling
29	What is the capitol of Morocco	Rabat
30	What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons navy	Square Thus Square meal
31	What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and Bhodi day	Buddhist
32	Linus Torwalds invented and wrote what	Linux computer operating system
33	The bander macaque has which commoner name	Rhesus Monkey
34	Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called what	Rhodesia
35	What is the staple food of one third of the worlds population	Rice
36	Paul Robeson the singer of old man river had what profession	Lawyer
37	Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810	Stethoscope
38	Jagger, Richards, Wyman, Jones, Watts, Stewart - which band	The Rolling Stones
39	What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals	Zero
40	Who was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names)	Erwin Rommel
41	What aid to archaeologists from 197 bc was found in Egypt 1799	Rosetta Stone
42	Which annual sporting event between 2 teams started in 1829	The University Boat Race
43	Who was the jeweller to the Russian Court famous Easter eggs	Faberge
44	What type of food is Taramasalata	Cured /smoked cod roe
45	What links Samuel Delaney, Fredrick Pohl, Harlan Ellison	Science Fiction
46	Randolph Crane became famous as which cowboy actor	Randolph Scott
47	Ageusia is the loss of which sense	Taste
48	Which Irish political parties name translates as we ourselves	Sein Fein
49	Henry Ford used assembly line in 1908 but someone before 1901	Ransome Olds
50	Who performed the first heart transplant in South Africa	Christian Barnard