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Tuesday 9 June 2015

IAS Quiz Series 7


Which countries men use the most deodorant
Japan

Who played Billy the Kid in The Left Handed Gun
Paul Newman

What was the first credit card
Diners Club

What links Humphry Davie, Michael Faraday, Madam Curie
Poisoned by chemicals work

Hippophagic society members support what
Eating horsemeat

What did Britain swap Havana for with Spain in 1763
Florida

What is the crime of embracery
Jury Bribing

Which country made the worlds first feature film in 1906
Australia Story of Kelly gang

Who wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blonds
Anita Loos

What was Norman Bates hobby in Psycho
Stuffing birds

What was Casanovas day job
Librarian

Where is the worlds largest gold depository
Federal reserve bank Manhattan

Why did the state of Indiana ban Robin Hood in 1953
Communist – rob rich

Angelo Scicilano better know as who
Charles Atlas

How did George II die
Fell off toilet

What did Marlon Brando and George C Scott refuse
Oscars

Why was convict 2599 unusual in Pen State prison 1924
Dog doing life for


killing cat

What is 6 inches bigger in Summer
Eiffel tower

What two ingredients make the dish angels on horseback
Oysters - wrapped in
Bacon

What was Charles Dickens last (unfinished) novel
Mystery of Edwin Drood

Which sea on Earth has no beaches
Sargasso sea

Reuben Tice died trying to invent a machine to do what
Dewrinkle prunes

De Witt Wallace founded what
Readers Digest

Who is the Patron Saint of thieves
St Nicholas

According to his business card what job did Al Capone do
Sell second hand furniture

Humans are 10,000 times more sexually active that what animal
Rabbits

Shirley Schrift became famous as which actress
Shelly Winters

In Kansas what can a waiter not do in a teacup (legally)
Serve wine

Which country has the smallest birth rate
Vatican City

Which 1956 film caused riots in cinemas
Rock around the clock

Who did the USA buy the Virgin islands from
Denmark

Who played the scarecrow in the Wiz (all black wiz of oz)
Michael Jackson

What was or is a Waltzing Mathilda
Swagman’s Knapsack

Which country was the first to introduce old age pensions
Germany

Which hats became popular with children in 1956
Davy Crocket

Malden Serkiovitch famous as which actor
Karl Malden

What is it illegal to pawn in New York
American flag

What hospital did Dr Kildare work at
Blaire General

Collective nouns - a smuck of what
Jellyfish

Who was Cleopatra's first husband
Ptolemy Dionysus –


her brother

Who was John Dawkins better known as
Artful Dodger

Which film star has his statue in Leicester Square
Charlie Chaplin

Virginia McMath became famous as which actress
Ginger Rodgers

What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship
Peaquod

Roosevelt won the 1932 election - who lost it
Herbert Hoover

Who wrote The History of Mr Polly
H G Wells

What is the first day of Lent
Ash Wednesday

Mr Chips said goodbye - from which fictional school
Brookfield

Who buried the treasure on Treasure Island
Captain Flint

Which TV series was narrated by Walter Winchell
The Untouchables

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