100 Questions

1. How many times did John McEnroe win the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship               THREE
2. To within 4 years, in what year was train robber Ronnie Biggs born                             1929
3. In which African country is the port of Beira                       MOZAMBIQUE
4. What is the name of the parrot in the novel Treasure Island                                CAPTAIN FLINT
5. Halifax is the capital of which province of Canada                                     NOVA SCOTIA
6. Who does Howard Keel play in the 1953 film Calamity Jane                       WILD BILL HICKOK
7. On which river does the Northumberland town of Alnwick stand                            ALN
8. Who played Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale                                                LISA RILEY
9. In which county is the ancient town of Winchelsea                                     EAST SUSSEX
10. The throstle is another name for which bird                                                   THRUSH
11. What is the acknowledgement in fencing that a scoring hit has been made       TOUCHE
12. Which channel of the Irish sea separates the Welsh mainland from Anglesey     MENAI STRAIT
13. Which is the largest of the Aran Islands off the Irish coast                                    INISHMORE
14. Who became king and queen of England following the Glorious Revolution        WILLIAM AND MARY
15. What is the name of the marshy area of S.E.England which includes Dungeness       ROMNEYMARSH
16. Who wrote Tarzan Of The Apes                           EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
17. What is the smallest unit of weight in the avoirdupois system                  GRAIN
18. The name of which god of the Philistines in the Old Testament meant lord of the flies      BEELZEBUB
19. What is the name given to a parish priest in France                                     CURE
20. What is a gooney bird better known as                                                    ALBATROSS
21. What is the well known slogan on the labels of Johnny Walker whisky bottles        BORN 1820 – STILL GOING STRONG
22. What is the name of the ladies hair style popular in the 1960’s in which extra height and width is achieved by back combing                    BOUFFANT
23. What was the nickname of Rocky Marciano                                               BROCKTON BLOCKBUSTER
24. What does B.S.A. mean on motorbikes                                                        BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS
25. What was the real name of the person we know as the Butcher of Lyon’s       CLAUS BARBIE
26. What is the name of the town now in Slovenia, but part of Italy until 1947, where Italian forces suffered a major defeat by Austrian forces in 1917                   CAPORETTO
27. What was the name of the character whose bald head and large nose appeared over a wall and enquired  Wot No -------     whatever there was a shortage of                                               CHAD
28. What was the name of the detective created by the writer Earl Derr Biggers      in 1925            CHARLEY CHAN
29. What is the expression that came into use in the 1970’s with the arrival of cheap heroin, meaning to smoke heroin                           CHASE THE DRAGON
30. What was the nickname of the music-hall comedian Max Miller                      CHEEKY CHAPPIE
31. What is the name given to the strap from the reins to the girth of a horse preventing it from carrying its head too high                            MARTINGALE
32. Who created the fictional detective Perry Mason                                           EARL STANLEY GARDNER
33. To within 2 years, when did the Wheeltappers and Shunters Club first appear on TV              1974
34. Which country is the most northerly point of South America                     COLUMBIA
35. What is the capital of the Ukraine                                                                   KIEV
36. What is the name given to a young salmon that returns to fresh water after one year at sea          GRISLE
37. What is the name of the knife with a curved blade used by the Gurkhas                         KUKRI
38. What name is given to the end of a hammer head opposite the striking face                      PEEN
39. What call in solo whist declares that a hand will win no tricks                                      MISERE
40. To within 2 years, when was the BBC reporter Kate Adie born                                     1945
41. In which county is the port and resort of Felixstowe                                                       SUFFOLK
42. Who did actor Jack lord play in the cop series Hawaii Five-O                                      STEVE McGARRETT
43. Malaga is on which Spanish coastal resort                                                                 COSTA DEL SOL
44. What is the name of the racecourse near Esher in North East Surrey                          SANDOWN PARK
45. Which harbour in North Devon was devastated by flooding in 1952                               LYNMOUTH
46. What would you do with a homburg                                                                             WEAR IT _ IT’S A HAT
47. Which king in Greek legend was able to turn all that which he touched into gold              MIDAS
48. Who was the first man to swim the English Channel                                               MATTHEW WEBB
49. On which river is the Texas city of Laredo                                                                 RIO GRANDE
50. What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet                                                              DELTA
51. What unit of length is equal to 0.621 miles                                                                    KILOMETRE
52. Bantry is in which county of the Republic of Ireland                                                         CORK
53. The illness croup affects which part of a child’s body                                                THROAT OR LARYNX
54. Which pop group had a 1974 No1 single with Tiger Feet                                                  MUD
55. The name of which Jewish holiday means ‘day of atonement’ in Hebrew                 YOM KIPPUR
56. The Ibex is a type of which animal                                                                                 GOAT
57. What kind of creature is a monitor                                                                                  LIZARD
58. What is the catchphrase that appears at the end of any Warner Brothers cartoons        THAT’S ALL FOLKS
59. What was the name of the horse ridden by Lt-Col Llewellyn that won a gold medal in Helsinki Olympics    FOXHUNTER
60. Seen in a series of films, what is the name of the mythological Japanese prehistoric monster brought back to life by H-Bomb tests                             GODZILLA
61. What was the name of the American actor who played Flash Gordon in the 1930’s serials        BUSTER CRABBE
62. What is the name of the trademark of the British Standards Institution, licensed to be used by manufacturers on products that conform to a British Standard            KITEMARK
63. Name the river boundary between North Korea and China, the farthest north the United Nations forces reached in the Korean war                                                   YALU RIVER
64. what was the nickname of Claudia Johnson, wife of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36^th US president             LADY BIRD
65. What was Honor Blackman’s character called in the television show The Avengers                CATHY GALE
66. Which unit of area is equivalent to 2.471 acres                                                     HECTARE
67. Which word used in signalling indicates that a message received will be complied with     WILCO
68. Who plays Rita Sullivan in Coronation Street                                  BARBARA KNOX
69. To within two years, in which year did Black Lace first hit the Top 10 with the single Agadoo         1984
70. Who was president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991                        KENNETH KAUNDA
71. Which illness did Michael J Fox announce himself as having in 1999                     PARKINSONS DISEASE
72. Who was the Roman goddess of love                                                      VENUS
73. what is the name of the annual ceremony held on the Queen’s Birthday on Horse Guard’s Parade   TROOPING THE COLOUR
74. What is another name for a fever blister                                       COLD SORE
75. What is the name given to the set of chalk stacks off the west coast of the Isle of Wight        THE NEEDLES
76. What is the name given to the South African coin containing one troy ounce of gold              KRUGERRAND
77. What was the name of the character played by Rodney Bewes in the sitcom The Likely Lads         BOB FERRIS
78. Where does an Orcadian live                                               THE ORKNEY ISLANDS
79. Who is the cartoon adversary of Road Runner                           WILE. E .COYOTE.
80. How was actress Grace Kelly killed                                              CAR CRASH
81. Which polish-born British property developer was involved in the Profumo scandal           PETER RACHMAN
82. Who is the comic alter ego of the actor Patrick Fyffe                      HILDA BRACKET
83. Who was the scorer of the winning goal for West Bromwich Albion in the 1968 F.A. Cup Final    JEFF ASTLE
84. Which ancient Egyptian god was ruler of the underworld                             OSIRIS
85. What is Los Angeles cop Marcelo Rodriguez famous for                        ARRESTED GEORGE MICHAEL
86. Which actress played Purdey in the television show The New Avengers               JOANNA LUMLEY
87. Who had a 1973 single with Can the Can                                       SUZI QUATRO
88. On what method of transport would you find a derailleur                        BICYCLE
89. Which city in Florida is the site of Walt Disney World.                             ORLANDO
90. On which river does Quebec stand                                                      St LAWRENCE
91. Which ship, designed by Brunel laid the Transatlantic telegraph cable in 1865               GREAT EASTERN
92. What is the name of the aristocratic detective in the novels of Dorothy L Sayers     LORD PETER WIMSEY
93. Who played Soames Forsyte in the classic 1960’s TV saga                                ERIC PORTER
94. In which US state is the Mojave Desert                                            CALIFORNIA
95. Which is the widest and heaviest arch bridge in the world               SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
96. Who composed the opera Turandot                                                         PUCCINI
97. What was a penny dreadful                                                                         A COMIC BOOK
98. What, in internet terminology, does FAQ stand for                   FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
99. Who was the star of the 1928 movie Steamboat Willie                         MICKEY MOUSE
100. The moa is an extinct bird which was native to which country              NEW ZEALAND