Quiz 28 – Series 4 – Great for a Pub Quiz

1 OVEN RIDE (anagram of a former England footballer and manager) - Don Revie
2 What job did Francis Williams do on Breakfast Time - Weatherman
3 Peter Simple, Jack Horner and Ben Nevis have all won which sporting event - The Grand National
4 Which star of the film Charley's Angels married Tom Green in 2001 and divorced him the next year - Drew Barrymore
5 Which then manager of Wolverhampton said "I have just opened the trophy cabinet and two Japanese prisoners of war came out" - Tommy Docherty
6 Before becoming President, Obama was a senator in which state - Illinois
7 Which children's favourite lived at 32 Windsor Gardens Notting Hill London - Paddington Bear
8 Who was sacked as England's football manager in February 1999 - Glenn Hoddle
9 In which city is Anglia University - Chelmsford
10 Which Irish PM signed the Good Friday Agreement - Bertie Aherne
11 Which bird is considered sacred in Peru - Condor
12 What is the most popular spectator sport in Spain - Football, not bullfighting
13 What colour is the lid on a traditional jar of Marmite - Yellow
14 Which group had a top ten hit in 1979 with I'm In The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans
15 Which French artist found fame with his posters advertising the Follies Bergere - Toulouse-Lautrec
16 Eurostar services to Paris and Brussels began in 1994 from which London terminal station - Waterloo
17 Which capital city is last alphabetically - Zagreb (Croatia)
18 Which British school holds its annual Wall Game on the 30th of November - Eton
19 Who did Playboy Magazine nominate as the sexiest woman of the century - Marilyn Monroe
20 The Luna 9 mission by the USSR in 1966 was the first to achieve what - A controlled landing on the Moon

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Quiz 25 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1 THAWING SON (an anagram of a city in the USA)  - Washington

2 What did actors use oatmeal paste for  - To remove make up

3 What colour is Postman Pat's cat - Black and white

4 Who was the first person to take Yesterday into the top ten - Matt Monro

5 Which F1 team failed to turn up for the 2002 Hungarian Grand Prix and have not been seen on an F1 track since -           Arrows

6 What was the consolation prize in the TV game show Show Me the Money - Personalised mug

7 In Scotland what is meant by bampot - Idiot

8 In which county are the villages of Great and Little Snoring  - Norfolk

9 From which song do these lyrics come "Yeah, breaker one nine this here's the Rubber Duck" - Convoy - C W McCall

10 What vegetable is added to diced or creamed chicken to make chicken a la king - Green peppers

11 What now outlawed so called sport used to be known as the royal diversion - Cockfighting

12 For what is bhp the abbreviation  - Brake horse power

13 What is the largest member of the tuba family - Sousaphone

14 Where did The Thompson Twins take their name from - The bowler hatted detectives in Tin Tin

15 What is the name of the structure that termites live in  - Termitariums

16 In the USA what type of food is Red Hawk - Cheese

17 Who played Baretta, an undercover cop in the seventies - Robert Blake

18 Which form of light is used to treat skin diseases - Ultraviolet

19 Which TV show featured a quickie bag - Ready Steady Cook

20 What name is given to the public holiday in New Zealand and Australia on 25th April - Anzac Day

Quiz 24 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1. SWORD IN (anagram of a place name) - Windsor
2. Why did French ballerina Maria Allard retire in 1782 - She became fat
3. Who played the Cornish based detective, Wycliffe - Jack Shepherd
4. According to a poll by Privilege Insurance the Nation´s favourite Regional Dish is the Yorkshire Pudding what came 2nd - Cream tea (Devon or Cornwall)
5. What is the surname of siblings Lucy and Linus in the Peanuts comic strip - Van Pelt
6. What wedding anniversary is celebrated after sixty five years - Blue Sapphire
7. Who took over from Bruce Forsyth on Strictly Come Dancing - Claudia Winkelman
8. Which American military medal is awarded with the citation "For Gallantry in Action" - Silver Star
9. In the original Happy Families card game what was the name of the Butcher - Bones
10. In the theatre a what are tabs - Stage curtains
11. The Rolling Stones had eight number ones, what was the first one - It's All Over Now
12. In place names such as Gosport what does port mean - Market town
13. What would you have if you were holding a Marklin 4-4-0 - Toy train
14. Voyager 2 was first spacecraft to visit which planet - Uranus
15. What is the collective noun for show dogs - Bench
16. In thieves slang what was a fogle - A handkerchief that could be used as a mask
17. In lonely hearts adverts what does SBM stand for - Single black male
18. What did George Formby choose as his luxury on Desert Island Discs - His ukulele
19. Which group did Kenny Rogers join in 1966 - New Christy Minstrels
20. Which TV family lived at 30 Kelsall Street Liverpool - The Boswells from Bread

Quiz 21 - Series 4 - Great for a Pub Quiz

1. MINE PRIEST MISERY (anagram of a TV sitcom) - Yes Prime Minister
2. In which Gilbert and Sullivan opera did Colonel Fairfax marry Elsie - The Yeoman Of The Guard
3. Which Hindu Deity is often known as The Lord of the Dance - Shiva
4. Which pirate ship sank in March 1980 - Radio Caroline
5. Which footballer won the African Footballer of the Year award in four consecutive years between 2011 and 2014 - Yaya Toure
6. In 1914 Miss M Allen and Miss E Harburn became the first British what - Policewomen
7. In which US magazine did the cartoon strip Spy versus Spy feature - MAD
8. What was the first top ten entry for Prince (1984) - When Doves Cry
9. Who in 1945 became the first post-war British Prime Minister - Clement Attlee
10. What would a tailor use his plonker for - Final pressing of a new suit (it is a wooden block)
11. From which song are the following lyrics taken “Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth” - Bohemian Rhapsody
12. What is the main ingredient of Gentleman's relish - Anchovies
13. In a medieval suit of armour what was protected by a warwick shaffron - The horses head
14. What is the largest of the countries in Central America - Nicaragua
15. On the day before Good Friday what is the Queens Official duty - Distributing Maundy Money
16. “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster”, was the first line from which film - Goodfellas
17. What is the collective noun for Eels - Accept swarm or array
18. What do you call the stick you use to push a shuffleboard disc - Cue
19. What links Humphry Davy, Michael Faraday, Madam Curie - All poisoned by chemicals they worked with
20. Which BBC interviewer fell into a swimming pool whilst trying to interview a group of swimmers at the Commonwealth games in April 2018 - Mike Bushell