Anna university results

Sunday, 28 June 2015

IAS QUIZ 14


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

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