IAS QUIZ

	Who sold the most albums on a single day	Elvis 20 million day after death
	What was the last item shown on British TV before WW2	Mickey Mouse
	What countries people had the longest life expectation	Iceland
	Who said "I like Beethoven especially the poems"	Ringo Starr
	What does the entire economy of the island of Nauru depend on	Bird shit  -  Guano fertiliser
	John Glen first USA to orbit earth was in which service	US Marine Corps
	Oedipus was named after what - literal translation	Swollen feet
	What fish can hold objects in its tail	Sea Horse
	Who is the most filmed comic strip character	Zorro
	Whose version of A View to a Kill reached 1 in USA 2 in UK	Duran Duran
	Which country grows the most potatoes	Russia
	What does a drosomoter measure	Dew
	Which English Kings armour has the biggest codpiece	Henry  8
	Which country was the first to abolish capitol punishment 1826	Russia Czar Nicholas -  Siberia instead
	In law what is a co-parcener	Joint Heir
	Which pop group had a hit with Silence is Golden	Tremaloes
	Greek mathematician cylinder enclosed sphere carved on grave	Archimedes
	What does a psephologist study	Voting - Elections
	Where would you  find line of Mars - Girdle of Venus	Palm - lines in Palmistry
	British call this bird species tits - what do Americans call them	Chickadees
	Which country owns the Hen and Chicken islands	North island New Zealand
	Who created the TV series - The man from UNCLE	Ian Fleming
	Which film director described actors as cattle	Alfred Hitchcock
	Shirley Bassey sang three Bond themes - which 3 films	Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Moonraker
	Barring rain - in which athletics event would you get wet	Steeplechase
	What colour is the flesh of the Charentais melon	Orange
	Who appeared on the first US postage stamps (both names)	Washington - Franklin
	Who  was the first person elected to US swimming hall fame	Johnny Weismuller
	The guillotine was invented for chopping off what	Hands
	Which country invented the bedsprings	Greeks
	Whets the difference between fog and mist	Seeing Distance under 1000yd
	What did Spanish scientists fit to cows to increase milk yield	False Teeth
	What people founded cheese making in England	Romans
	What is the first name of Mr Toad - in Toad of Toad Hall	Thaddeus
	Atephobia is a fear of what	Imperfection
	What are Grapnel, Bruce, Danforth, Plough types of?	Anchor
	Why did Handel compose The Messiah	For Cash
	Red flags flown by French ships - Joli Rouge origin of what name	Jolly Rodger
	in which country could you spend a Kwanza	Angola
	John Henry Deutchendorf famous as who (both names)	John Denver
	Mitre Dovetail Jig and Hack are types of what	Saw
	Tracey and Hepburn first film in 1942 was what	Woman of the Year
	Antimacassars were fitted to chairs - what is macasser	Hair oil
	Jack Ketch 1663 1686 had what job	Hangman
	Nekal was the first type of what product (Germany 1917)	Detergent
	Who was the first Grand Prix driver to used a safety belt in 1967	Jackie Stuart
	The SF award the Hugo is named after Hugo who?	Gernsbeck
	Maurice Micklewhite became famous as who	Michael Caine
	What do Ombrophobes fear	Rain
	If you had a Brassica Rapa what vegetable would you have	Turnip