Cause these are getting longer and longer I need my own thread just for answers for the quiz. I will leave the previous 100 answers on the main quiz thread.
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1 | Carl and the Passions changed band name to what | Beach Boys | simmo41 |
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2 | How many rings on the Olympic flag | Five | frosty |
3 | What colour is vermilion a shade of | Red | frosty |
4 | King Zog ruled which country | Albania | Lefty |
5 | What colour is Spocks blood | Green | dambuster |
6 | Where in your body is your patella | Knee ( it’s the kneecap ) | frosty |
7 | Where can you find London bridge today | USA ( Arizona ) | redbull |
8 | What spirit is mixed with ginger beer in a Moscow mule | Vodka | StealthBomber |
9 | Who was the first man in space | Yuri Gagarin | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
10 | What would you do with a Yashmak | Wear it-its an Arab veil | Alan_Noonan_10 |
11 | Who betrayed Jesus to the Romans | Judas Escariot | Lefty |
12 | What is an Ornithorhynchus anatinus | Duck billed platypus | Alan_Noonan_10 |
13 | On television what was Flipper | Dolphin | frosty |
14 | Whos band was The Quarrymen | John Lenon | Zimmer |
15 | Which was the most successful Grand National horse | Red Rum | Shelton10 |
16 | Who starred as the Six Million Dollar Man | Lee Majors | Stressed_out |
17 | In the song Waltzing Matilda - What is a Jumbuck | Sheep | redbull |
18 | Who was Dan Dares greatest enemy in the Eagle | Mekon | megahertz |
19 | What is ■■■■ Grayson better known as | Robin (Batman and Robin) | Lefty |
20 | What was given on the fourth day of Christmas | Calling birds | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
21 | What was Skippy ( on TV ) | The bush kangaroo | frosty |
22 | What does a funambulist do | Tightrope walker | Zimmer |
23 | What is the name of Dennis the Menaces dog | Gnasher | Soulnet |
24 | What are bactrians and dromedaries | Camels (one hump or two) | klawdy |
25 | Who played The Fugitive | Harrison Ford | davethedon |
26 | Who was the King of Swing | Benny Goodman | Jezz |
27 | Who was the first man to fly across the channel | Louis Bleriot | Alan_Noonan_10 |
28 | Who starred as Rocky Balboa | Sylvester Stallone | Zimmer |
29 | In which war was the charge of the Light Brigade | Crimean | Alan_Noonan_10 |
30 | Who invented the television | John Logie Baird | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
31 | Who would use a mashie niblick | Golfer | davethedon |
32 | In the song who killed ■■■■ Robin | Sparrow | swooper |
33 | What do deciduous trees do | Lose their leaves in winter | redbull |
34 | In golf what name is given to the No 3 wood | Spoon | StealthBomber |
35 | If you has caries who would you consult | Dentist - its tooth decay | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
36 | What other name is Mellor’s famously known by | Lady Chatterlys Lover | Shelton10 |
37 | What did Jack Horner pull from his pie | Plum | brem06 |
38 | How many feet in a fathom | Six | Alan_Noonan_10 |
39 | Which film had song Springtime for Hitler | The Producers | Shelton10 |
40 | Name the legless fighter pilot of ww2 | Douglas Bader | davethedon |
41 | What was the name of inn in Treasure Island | Admiral Benbow | Hot_Ganipganaps |
42 | What was Erich Weiss better known as | Harry Houdini | Lefty |
43 | Who sailed in the Nina - Pinta and Santa Maria | Christopher Columbus | davethedon |
44 | Which leader died in St Helena | Napoleon Bonaparte | klawdy |
45 | Who wrote Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | Shelton10 |
46 | What does ring a ring a roses refer to | The Black Death | davethedon |
47 | Whose nose grew when he told a lie | Pinocchio | Lefty |
48 | Who has won the most Oscars | Walt Disney | wimmera1 |
49 | What would a Scotsman do with a spurtle | Eat porridge (it’s a spoon) | brem06 |
50 | Which award has the words for valour on it | Victoria Cross | Stressed_out |
51 | If you had pogonophobia what would you be afraid of | Beards | simmo41 |
52 | Who would take silk as part of their job | Barrister | Shelton10 |
53 | Who won an Oscar for the African Queen | Bogart | Kj_11 |
54 | Who sang the theme song in 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
55 | What in business terms is the IMF | International Monetary Fund | redbull |
56 | Ringo Star narrates which childrens TV series | Thomas the tank engine | Zimmer |
57 | Which country grows the most fruit | China | simmo41 |
58 | Which company is owned by Bill Gates | Microsoft | megahertz |
59 | What would you do with a maris piper | Eat it- it’s a potato | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
60 | In Casablanca what is the name of the nightclub | Ricks | simmo41 |
61 | What was the first James Bond book | Casino Royal | redbull |
62 | What kind of animal is a lurcher | Dog | megahertz |
63 | What is the currency of Austria | Schilling | megahertz |
64 | What is the Islamic equal to the red cross | Red Crescent | brem06 |
65 | In fable who sold a cow for five beans | Jack ( and grew a beanstalk ) | Stressed_out |
66 | How did Alfred Nobel make his money | He invented Dynamite | BOMBERBEN |
67 | Who was the first man to run a sub four minute mile | Roger Bannister | brem06 |
68 | What are Munroes | Mountains in Scotland | brem06 |
69 | Which car company makes the Celica | Toyota | Jezz |
70 | Air Lingus is the national airline of which country | Republic of Ireland or Eire | StealthBomber |
71 | Who discovered radium | The Curies | megahertz |
72 | What does an alopecia sufferer lack | Hair | StealthBomber |
73 | Who painted The Haywain | John Constable | megahertz |
74 | Triskadeccaphobia is the fear of what | Number 13 | StealthBomber |
75 | What is a baby rabbit called | Kit or Kitten | BAKKEERRRR |
76 | Which country had The Dauphin as a ruler | France | Jezz |
77 | Who did Michael Caine play in the Ipcress File (both names) | Harry Palmer | Shelton10 |
78 | Who won Euro song contest Save All Your Kisses For Me | Brotherhood of Man | chillyb |
79 | Which country had the guns of Naverone installed | Turkey | Soulnet |
80 | Ictheologists study what | Fish | Lalich4Lalife |
81 | What is a Winston Churchill | Cigar | Shelton10 |
82 | Who or what lives in a formicarium | Ants | Lalich4Lalife |
83 | What type of acid is used in car batteries | Sulphuric | BAKKEERRRR |
84 | It’s a flock of sheep whats a group of owls called | Parliament | megahertz |
85 | What animal would you find in a form | Hare | Soulnet |
86 | Who in books and films was the man of bronze | Doc Savage | chillyb |
87 | Who was Stan Laurels partner | Oliver Hardy | Yossarian |
88 | What kind of food is Cullan Skink | Fish | mig_rant_Don |
89 | What is classified by the A B O system | Blood Groups | BAKKEERRRR |
90 | What plant does the Colorado beetle attack | Potato | Lalich4Lalife |
91 | Where did the Pied Piper play | Hamlin | Shelton10 |
92 | To where in France do the sick make pilgrimages | Lourdes | Shelton10 |
93 | In which city was the famous black hole | Calcutta | davethedon |
94 | Christopher Cockerel invented what | Hovercraft | Alan_Noonan_10 |
95 | Ray Bolger played who in The Wizard of Oz | Scarecrow | StealthBomber |
96 | Sabotage is French - What did the saboteurs use | Shoes - sabot means shoe | wimmera1 |
97 | Which part of the human body contains the most gold | Toenails | Soulnet |
98 | If you had rubella what would you have caught | German Measles | chillyb |
99 | Mohs scale hardest substance is diamond - whats the softest | Talc | davethedon |
100 | La Giaconda is better known as what | Mona Lisa | BOMBERBEN |
101 | Who wrote the Opera Madam Butterfly | Puccini | BOMBERBEN |
102 | What links - Goa - Kerula - Assam - Bihar | India | dambuster |
103 | Eric Arthur Blaire was the real name of which author | George Orwell | megahertz |
104 | Names - Baker Cook obvious what did Cordwainer do | Shoemaker | Soulnet |
105 | Which country do Sinologists study | China | Mero |
106 | Rudy Stevens became famous under which name | Barbara Stanwyck | Soulnet |
107 | Which non alcoholic cordial is made from pomegranates | Grenadine | BAKKEERRRR |
108 | What is Orchesis - either professional or amateur | Art of Dancing | Soulnet |
109 | Taken literally what should you see in a Hippodrome | Horses | davethedon |
110 | Who wrote the Man in the Iron Mask | Alexander Dumas | Zimmer |
111 | Which 1993 Disney film starred Bet Middler as a witch | Hocus Pocus | Lefty |
112 | Who piloted the first flight across the English channel | Louis Bleriot | chillyb |
113 | What was the first James Bond film | Dr No | ROOKIE |
114 | What 1991 film won best film, actor, actress, director Oscars | Silence of the Lambs | wimmera1 |
115 | What was the capital of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | ROOKIE |
116 | Aescapalious emblem staff snake Greek Roman god of what | Medicine | Paul_Peos |
117 | Giacomo Agostini - 122 Grand Prix 15 world titles what sport | Motorcycle Racing | redbull |
118 | What is the largest state in the USA | Alaska | BOMBERBEN |
119 | Led Deighton trilogy Game Set Match What 3 Capitals | Berlin MexicoLondon | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
120 | Alan Stuart Konigsberg famous as who | Woody Allen | dambuster |
121 | Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977 | Amnesty International | westie |
122 | Whose autobiography was The long walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | wimmera1 |
123 | What was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter | Tutankamen tomb | dambuster |
124 | Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930 | Pluto | swooper |
125 | Who won the womens heptathlon at Seoul in 1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersey | redbull |
126 | Who wrote Northanger Abbey | Jayne Austin | Alan_Noonan_10 |
127 | Who ran through the streets naked crying Eureka | Archimedes | westie |
128 | Who composed the Brandeberg concertos full names | Johan Sebastian Bach | wimmera1 |
129 | Who won the World Series in 1987 | Minnesota twins | StealthBomber |
130 | What is the correct term of address to the Pope | Your Holiness | wimmera1 |
131 | In which city was Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847 | Edinburgh | Lefty |
132 | Who composed the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker | Tchaikovsky | StealthBomber |
133 | AG Bell opened school in Boston in 1872 for Teachers of what | The Deaf | westie |
134 | Benjamin Kubelsky 1894 fame as what comedian | Jack Benny | dambuster |
135 | In the Old Testament what book comes between Obadiah - Micah | Jonah | Lefty |
136 | Robin Williams dressed in drag for which 1993 film | Mrs Doubtfire | swooper |
137 | Which chess piece could be a member of the church | Bishop | swooper |
138 | Which German word means lightning war used in WW2 | Blitzkrieg | Kj_11 |
139 | Broccoli belongs to what family of plants | Cabbage | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
140 | Who designed the first Iron ship the Great Britain in 1845 | I. Kingdom Brunel | Alan_Noonan_10 |
141 | Whose boat Bluebird was recently raised from Coniston water | Donald Campbell | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
142 | in 1951 which (of two) car companies introduced power steering | Buick - Chrysler | Soulnet |
143 | Who wrote Catch 22 (both names) | Joseph Heller | swoodley |
144 | Which country set up the world’s first chemistry lab in 1650 | Netherlands | Soulnet |
145 | What links the names Botvinik, Tal, Karpov, Fischer | Chess World Champs | swooper |
146 | What is the national flower of Japan | Chrysanthemum | mrjez |
147 | Bombardier Billy Wells was seen on many Rank films - why | Hit Gong | Zimmer |
148 | Where in France do claret wines come from | Bordeaux | davethedon |
149 | What did mathematician John Napier invent in 1614 | Logarithms | Alan_Noonan_10 |
150 | What was the world’s first high level programming language 1957 | IBM FORTRAN | davethedon |
151 | Consumption was the former name of which disease | Tuberculosis | redbull |
152 | Which American state is nicknamed The Diamond State | Delaware | StealthBomber |
153 | What are the Sirocco, Mistral and Chinook | Winds | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
154 | Who wrote about Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl | StealthBomber |
155 | Who, at USA customs declared, nothing but my genius | Oscar Wilde | Alan_Noonan_10 |
156 | Issur Danielovitch became famous a who | Kirk Douglas | Alan_Noonan_10 |
157 | Who sailed in the Golden Hind | Sir Francis Drake | loyalandproud |
158 | What was the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind | Tara | dambuster |
159 | Who won the 1988 Superbowl | Washington Redskins | Lefty |
160 | Which group believes in The Great Architect of the Universe | Freemasons | dambuster |
161 | Robert Alan Zimmerman real name of who | Bob Dylan | swoodley |
162 | Processed Galena produces which metal | Lead | davethedon |
163 | Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels (both names) | Jonathon Swift | swoodley |
164 | What is a Ha Ha | Sunken Fence | wimmera1 |
165 | In Japan what is Seppuku | Hari Kari - suicide | swoodley |
166 | Who discovered blood circulation | William Harvey | Alan_Noonan_10 |
167 | The dunnock is another name for which common bird | Hedge Sparrow | Soulnet |
168 | If someone said they were from Hellas - which country | Greece | Kj_11 |
169 | Who was the son of Zeus and Maia - Gods Messenger | Hermes | Lefty |
170 | Roy Scherer jr became famous as who | Rock Hudson | Alan_Noonan_10 |
171 | Who wrote Brave New World (full name) | Aldus Huxley | swoodley |
172 | What links Calabria, Liguria, Puglia and Veneto | Regions of Italy | dambuster |
173 | Which city in Rajasthan has riding breeches named after it | Jodhpur | loyalandproud |
174 | Portugal has had six Kings with what first name | John | Kj_11 |
175 | What martial arts name means gentle way | Judo | redbull |
176 | Jean Claude Killy famous in which sport | Skiing | dambuster |
177 | Kimberlite contains what precious item | Diamonds | megahertz |
178 | Who directed Dr Strangelove-2001 - The Shining (full name) | Stanley Kubrick | swoodley |
179 | Rene Lalique - Art Nouveau designer worked what material | Glass | megahertz |
180 | Who created the childrens land of Narnia and Lion Witch Wardrobe | Clive Staples Lewis | loyalandproud |
181 | What animal lives in a drey | Squirrel | Shelton10 |
182 | Why is Louise Brown - born 1978 famous | First test tube baby | swoodley |
183 | The title of whose book translates as my struggle | Adolf Hitler | swoodley |
184 | Anna Mary Robinson - famous American painter - what name | Grandma Moses | Alan_Noonan_10 |
185 | In which country would you find the Negev desert | Israel | swoodley |
186 | Which character has been played by the most actors | Sherlock Holmes | westie |
187 | In Greek mythology a Hamadryads spirit guarded what | Trees | TDSpartan |
188 | Jocasta was the wife of Laius and the mother of who | Oedipus | Zimmer |
189 | Who wrote The Rights of Man - and The Age of Reason | Thomas Paine | megahertz |
190 | What is the capital of Sicily | Palermo | Kj_11 |
191 | What was invented by Dr Edward Land in 1947 | Polaroid | GeoffBlethynsGlasses |
192 | Syd Barett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason - Group | Pink Floyd | swoodley |
193 | Carlo Collodi created which famous childrens character | Pinocchio | Zimmer |
194 | What is mainly extracted from pitchblende | Uranium | Soulnet |
195 | Which connects Delft, Sevres, Wedgwood, Chelsea | Porcelain | dambuster |
196 | Which country introduced the worlds first diesel loco in 1912 | Germany | megahertz |
197 | in 1656 Christian Huygens invented what type of timekeeper | Pendulum clock | Alan_Noonan_10 |
198 | Duvali, Dushira and Holi are religious days in which religion | Hindu | Kj_11 |
199 | In what industry did John Davidson Rockefeller get rich | Oil | Kj_11 |
200 | The Mau Mau were terrorists in which country late 50s early 60s | Kenya | megahertz |