Quiz 14 - Series 4 - Jumbo Quiz - Great for a Pub Quiz
Use them all or select what you need.
1 Name the actor who played Ben Casey (both Names)? Vince Edwards
2 What links Elvis Presley, Bruce Willis, Richard Gere? Married in Las Vegas
3 What - advertised phrase "Even your best friends wont tell you"? Listerine mouth wash
4 Who wrote Don't count your chickens before they are hatched? Aesop - Milkmaid and her Pail
5 Last Words I am Dying with the help of too many Physicians? Alexander the Great
6 Man shall not live by bread alone - Which NT book? Matthew 4.4
7 RL international car registration plate which country? Lebanon
8 Which dinosaurs name translates as double beam? Diplodocus
9 Which SF author wrote The Day it Rained Forever? Ray Bradbury
10 Who said "The die is cast" (on crossing the Rubicon)? Julius Caesar
11 Who composed Peter and the Wolf in 1936 (both names)? Sergai Prokofiev
12 Who painted the Water Lilly Pond in 1899 (both names)? Claude Monet
13 Magazine wrote Fighting for peace is like fucking for chastity? Knave March 1977
14 In what film was line A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do? Alan Ladd Shane
15 Which famous whore said - God is love but get it in writing? Gypsy Rose Lee
16 Jenny Von Westphalen was married to who? Karl Marx
17 What city is closest to Copacabana beach? Rio de Janeiro
18 Who wrote the music for the film ET (both names)? John Denver
19 In Greek legend what was Pygmalion's kingdom? Cyprus
20 What was the first penal colony in New South Wales? Botany Bay
21 In Hamlet who is Ophelia's father? Polonius
22 Guru Nanak founded which religion? Sikhism
23 What was unusual about the Gossamer Albatross aeroplane? Man (pedal) powered
24 What country is nearest to the North Pole? Greenland
25 If you were in Lou Grants office what city are you in? Los Angeles
26 Who wrote Private Lives - 1930 - Blyth Spirit 1941 (both names)? Noel Coward
27 For which company did Elvis Costello program computers? Elizabeth Arden
28 In what Hitchcock film did Shirley MacLaine debut in 1956? The trouble with Harry
29 The original Peeping Tom had what job? Tailor
30 What song is sung the most? Happy Birthday
31 What city is known as The worlds chocolate capital? Hershey Pennsylvania
32 What is detective Hercules Poirot's brothers name? Achille
33 To what family does the hippopotamus belong? Pig
34 Smith most common USA name what's second? Johnson
35 Who secretly married Sara Lowndes in November 1965? Bob Dylan
36 The Mbuti tribe in Africa are the worlds what? Shortest race
37 Grace Metalious wrote which famous novel (and TV show)? Peyton Place
38 Who said Old age isn't so bad - considering the alternative? Maurice Chevalier
39 Who composed the opera Billy Budd in 1951 (both names)? Benjamin Britain
40 What film was a California cinema showing when it went on fire? The Towering Inferno
41 What phantom ship is said to haunt The Cape of Good Hope? The Flying Dutchman
42 In which city is the worlds oldest tennis courtfrom 1496? Paris
43 What word appears over 46000 times in the Bible? And
44 What food dishes name translates as pepper water? Mulligatawny from India
45 1891 what city held the first weightlifting world championship? London
46 In what magazine does Alfred E Newman appear? MAD
47 What amateur Reached Wimbledon Semi final in 1977? John McEnroe (aged 18)
48 Who said Politics is the art of the possible 11 Aug 1867? Otto Von Bismarck
49 What advertised phrase Born 1820 still going strong? Johnnie Walker
50 Hugh O'Brian played the lead in what Old Western series? Wyatt Earp
51 What dinosaurs name translates as roof lizard? Stegosaurus
52 In which country did Turkeys originate? USA
53 What is Radar from MASH home town? Ottumwa - Iowa
54 In Macbeth what witch speaks first? The first witch
55 What fabled monster has a lions head and a serpents tail? Chimera
56 CH car international registration plate which country? Switzerland
57 Who said Give us the tools and we will finish the job Feb 1941? Winston Churchill
58 In The Marriage of Figaro - who did Figaro marry? Sussanah
59 What state was founded by Mohammed Ali Jinnah? Pakistan
60 What nationality are the most immigrants to the USA? Mexican
61 Who steals the Pink Panther in the original film? The Phantom
62 What is Challa? Bread - often plaited
63 Cher Ami saved the Lost Battalion in 1918 what was it? Pigeon
64 Whose girlfriend was Virginia Hill - he killed her B Hills 1947? Bugsy Siegel
65 What is the oldest known alcoholic beverage? Mead
66 In 1986 Graceland was the Grammy album of the year who's? Paul Simon
67 Bob Cummings played which character (both names)? Maxwell Smart
68 Complete advertising phrase from 1935 My Goodness? My Guinness
69 Who said - "The bigger they come the harder they fall" 1899? Bob Fitzsimmons
70 What is Lolita's surname in Vladimere Nabokovs novel? Haze
71 From what country does the Elkhound originate? Norway
72 An isohel on a map joins place of equal what? Sunshine
73 A Regatta is a boat races - where was the original Regatta? Venice
74 In England what would you buy or get at a Mop Fair? Servants for Hire
75 Who was the little gentleman in velvet - death William III? A Mole
76 From what country does soave wine originally come? Italy
77 Antipater of Sidon first listed what 2nd Century AD? 7 Wonders World
78 What are Limerick, Round Bend, Aberdeen and Octopus? Fishing Hooks
79 What fluid ran through the Greek Gods instead of blood? Ichor
80 Who is Oscar, Zoroaster, Phadrig, Isaac, Norman,Henkle,Emmanual, Ambrose Diggs? Wizard of Oz
81 The Marie Celeste sailed from which port? New York
82 In Milton's Paradise Lost what was the lowest point of Hell? Pandemonium (Hells capitol)
83 Pat Reid wrote which book - filmed and TV often? The Colditz Story
84 How was William Huskinson killed in 1830 - first ever? Run over by Railway Train
85 In which country is Zug? Switzerlands smallest Canton
86 Who was captured and kept in a cage by Stromboli? Pinocchio
87 Which USA record producer played maracas Stones 1st album? Phil Spector
88 Who was nicknamed The Brocton Bomber? Rocky Marciano
89 Name the Hotel in Arthur Haley's novel / film of same name? St Gregory
90 Frank and Jesse James father had what job? Minister
91 What was the Grammy album of the year in 1967 (Full name)? Beatles Sergeant Peppers
92 McLean Stevenson played which character in MASH? Colonel Blake
93 Which company slogan was "We're No 2 We try harder"? Avis rent a car
94 Who said the quickest way of ending a war is to lose it? George Orwell
95 5 items a Sikh must have Comb Dagger Hair Metal Bracelet and? Knee length undershorts 5Ks
96 Edward Teach became famous as who? Blackbeard the Pirate
97 To which dog was a statue erected in Edinburgh? Greyfriers Bobby
98 What does a Puissance event test in showjumping? High Jump wall
99 Who wrote the music to the film The Odessa File? Andrew Lloyd Webber
100 Which Dickens novel features Waxford Squears? Nicholas Nickleby
Hi Royston, Thanks for your comment. You’re right of course but the natives of Greenland would still regard it their home country.
brilliant questions, but question 24 country nearest north pole. Greenland not a country, its a Danish territory.