| What is the national flower of Australia | The Wattle Blossom |
| A nudist is Spain fined £65 - £60 for being nude and £5 for what | Having no ID papers |
| Adolf Hitler took nude photos of Ava Brown - What part why | Arse - so she not recognised |
| What links Sheffield, Edinburgh, Rome | Built on 7 Hills |
| What pet did Florence Nightingale carry with her | An Owl (in her pocket) |
| What did the S stand for in Harry S Truman | Nothing |
| Women 375 - 1 Men 1400 - 1 chance of doing what | Living to 100 |
| What colour is Octopus blood | Blue |
| A Rafter is a collection of what creatures | Turkeys |
| In Maryland it is illegal to maltreat which creature | Oyster |
| What are the worlds smallest trees - (not Bonsai) | Dwarf Willows ( Greenland) 2 inch |
| Paul Revere was a silversmith, copper engraver and what | Dentist |
| What fruit did Eve give to Adam in the bible | Fig – Apple mistranslation |
| Gavrilo Princip assassinated who | Archduke Ferdinand |
| What is the only bird that can smell | Emus |
| Apart from man what is New Zealand's only native mammals | Bats |
| Wo Fat was the enemy of which TV detective | Steve MacGarett |
| Who entered a contest to find his own look-alike and came 3rd | Charlie Chaplin |
| What colour is worn for funerals in Egypt | Yellow |
| What country excludes women from the graveside rituals | China |
| An Arab horse has less what than other horses | Bones - one vertebra less |
| An exultation is a group of what animals | Larks |
| Pertussis has what more common name | Whooping Cough |
| Which actress was jailed in 1982 for tax evasion | Sophia Loren |
| In what country did red onions originate | Italy |
| March 21st to April 20th is what Star sign | Aries |
| Viscum Album provides an excuse for stealing what | A Kiss (its Mistletoe) |
| A haboob creates what | Sandstorm – Desert Wind |
| Felix Salten wrote which Disney cartoon | Bambi |
| Nephologists study what | Clouds - Meteorology |
| Speed skating started in which country | Netherlands |
| What job did Ernest Hemmingway do in WW1 | Ambulance Driver |
| Betty Joan Perske is better known as who | Lauren Bacall |
| What was the name of the Roman God of sleep | Somnos |
| Vivaldi the composer had what other profession | Priest |
| What is the name of the four holy books of the Hindus | The Vedas |
| Pat Sullivan created which cartoon character | Felix the Cat |
| What is the national flower of Mexico | Dahlia |
| The Pindus is the main mountain range in what country | Greece |
| What animal always gives birth to same sex twins | Armadillo |
| What was the final episode of MASH called | Goodbye Farewell and Amen |
| Joe Yule jr born 1920 became famous as who | Mickey Rooney |
| In what sport are Triffus, Miller and Rudolf moves | Trampolining |
| Albert Finney turned down which role - Peter O Tool - Oscar | Laurence of Arabia |
| Douglas Engelbart invented what - we all use it | Mouse |
| Hans Christian Anderson had what job before writing | Actor |
| What colour is named after a battle fought in Italy in 1859 | Magenta |
| In Scotland what was the tawse | Teachers Strap or belt |
| Which authors books are most borrowed from libraries | Catherine Cookson |
| What do you add to vegetables to make the dish salmagundi | Duck or Chicken |
Sunday, 28 June 2015
IAS QUIZ 14
SERIES IAS QUIZ 13
| What dinosaurs name translates as roof lizard | Stegosaurus |
| In which country did Turkeys originate | USA |
| What is Radar from MASH home town | Ottumwa - Iowa |
| In Macbeth what witch speaks first | The first witch |
| What fabled monster has a lions head and a serpents tail | Chimera |
| CH car international registration plate which country | Switzerland |
| Who said - Give us the tools and we will finish the job Feb 1941 | Winston Churchill |
| In The Marriage of Figaro - who did Figaro marry | Sussanah |
| What state was founded by Mohammed Ali Jinnah | Pakistan |
| What nationality are the most immigrants to the USA | Mexican |
| Who steals the Pink Panther in the original film | The Phantom |
| What is Challa | Bread - often plaited |
| Cher Ami saved the Lost Battalion in 1918 what was it | Pigeon |
| Whose girlfriend was Virginia Hill - he killed her B Hills 1947 | Bugsy Siegel |
| What is the oldest known alcoholic beverage | Mead |
| In 1986 Graceland was the Grammy album of the year – who’s | Paul Simon |
| Bob Cummings played which character (both names) | Maxwell Smart |
| Complete advertising phrase from 1935 My Goodness | My Guinness |
| Who said - "The bigger they come the harder they fall" 1899 | Bob Fitzsimmons |
| What is Lolita's surname in Vladimere Nabokovs novel | Haze |
| From what country does the Elkhound originate | Norway |
| An isohel on a map joins place of equal what | Sunshine |
| A Regatta is a boat races - where was the original Regatta | Venice |
| In England what would you buy or get at a Mop Fair | Servants for Hire |
| Who was the little gentleman in velvet - death William III | A Mole |
| From what country does soave wine originally come | Italy |
| Antipater of Sidon first listed what 2nd Century AD | 7 Wonders World |
| What are Limerick, Round Bend, Aberdeen and Octopus | Fishing Hooks |
| What fluid ran through the Greek Gods instead of blood | Ichor |
| Who is Oscar, Zoroaster, Phadrig, Isaac, Norman,Henkle, Emmanual, Ambrose Diggs | Wizard of Oz |
| The Marie Celeste sailed from which port | New York |
| In Milton's Paradise Lost what was the lowest point of Hell | Pandemonium (Hells capitol) |
| Pat Reid wrote which book - filmed and TV often | The Colditz Story |
| How was William Huskinson killed in 1830 - first ever | Run over by Railway Train |
| In which country is Zug | Switzerland – smallest Canton |
| Who was captured and kept in a cage by Stromboli | Pinocchio |
| Which USA record producer played maracas Stones 1st album | Phil Spector |
| Who was nicknamed The Brocton Bomber | Rocky Marciano |
| Name the Hotel in Arthur Haley's novel / film of same name | St Gregory |
| Frank and Jesse James father had what job | Minister |
| What was the Grammy album of the year in 1967 (Full name) | Beatles Sergeant Peppers |
| McLean Stevenson played which character in MASH | Colonel Blake |
| Which company slogan was "We're No 2 We try harder" | Avis rent a car |
| Who said the quickest way of ending a war is to lose it | George Orwell |
| 5 items a Sikh must have Comb Dagger Hair Metal Bracelet and | Knee length undershorts 5Ks |
| Edward Teach became famous as who | Blackbeard the Pirate |
| To which dog was a statue erected in Edinburgh | Greyfriers Bobby |
| What does a Puissance event test in showjumping | High Jump wall |
| Who wrote the music to the film The Odessa File | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Which Dickens novel features Waxford Squears | Nicholas Nickleby |
SERIES IAS QUIZ 12
| Name the actor who played Ben Casey (both Names) | Vince Edwards |
| What links Elvis Presley, Bruce Willis, Richard Gere | Married in Las Vegas |
| What - advertised phrase "Even your best friends wont tell you" | Listerine mouth wash |
| Who wrote Don't count your chickens before they are hatched | Aesop - Milkmaid and her Pail |
| Last Words I am Dying with the help of too many Physicians | Alexander the Great |
| Man shall not live by bread alone - Which NT book | Matthew 4.4 |
| RL international car registration plate which country | Lebanon |
| Which dinosaurs name translates as double beam | Diplodocus |
| Which SF author wrote The Day it Rained Forever | Ray Bradbury |
| Who said "The die is cast" (on crossing the Rubicon) | Julius Caesar |
| Who composed Peter and the Wolf in 1936 (both names) | Sergai Prokofiev |
| Who painted the Water Lilly Pond in 1899 (both names) | Claude Monet |
| Magazine wrote "Fighting for peace" is like fucking for chastity | Knave March 1977 |
| In what film was line A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do | Alan Ladd Shane |
| Which famous whore said - God is love but get it in writing | Gypsy Rose Lee |
| Jenny Von Westphalen was married to who | Karl Marx |
| What city is closest to Copacabana beach | Rio de Janeiro |
| Who wrote the music for the film ET (both names) | John Denver |
| In Greek legend what was Pygmalion's kingdom | Cyprus |
| What was the first penal colony in New South Wales | Botany Bay |
| In Hamlet who is Ophelia's father | Polonius |
| Guru Nanak founded which religion | Sikhism |
| What was unusual about the Gossamer Albatross aeroplane | Man (pedal) powered |
| What country is nearest to the North Pole | Greenland |
| If you were in Lou Grants office what city are you in | Los Angeles |
| Who wrote Private Lives - 1930 - Blyth Spirit 1941 (both names) | Noel Coward |
| For which company did Elvis Costello program computers | Elizabeth Arden |
| In what Hitchcock film did Shirley MacLaine debut in 1956 | The trouble with Harry |
| The original Peeping Tom had what job | Tailor |
| What song is sung the most | Happy Birthday |
| What city is known as The worlds chocolate capital | Hershey Pennsylvania |
| What is detective Hercules Poirot's brothers name | Achille |
| To what family does the hippopotamus belong | Pig |
| Smith most common USA name what's second | Johnson |
| Who secretly married Sara Lowndes in November 1965 | Bob Dylan |
| The Mbuti tribe in Africa are the worlds what | Shortest race |
| Grace Metalious wrote which famous novel (and TV show) | Peyton Place |
| Who said Old age isn’t so bad - considering the alternative | Maurice Chevalier |
| Who composed the opera Billy Budd in 1951 (both names) | Benjamin Britain |
| What film was a California cinema showing when it went on fire | The Towering Inferno |
| What phantom ship is said to haunt The Cape of Good Hope | The Flying Dutchman |
| In which city is the worlds oldest tennis court from 1496 | Paris |
| What word appears over 46000 times in the Bible | And |
| What food dishes name translates as pepper water | Mulligatawny – from India |
| In 1891 what city held the first weightlifting world championship | London |
| In what magazine does Alfred E Newman appear | MAD |
| What amateur Reached Wimbledon Semi final in 1977 | John McEnroe (aged 18) |
| Who said Politics is the art of the possible 11 Aug 1867 | Otto Von Bismarck |
| What advertised phrase Born 1820 still going strong | Johnnie Walker |
| Hugh O'Brian played the lead in what Old Western series | Wyatt Earp |
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