Pub Quiz Questions - Big Al

Questions

1. Which singer joined Mel Gibson in the movie Mad Max: Beyond The Thunderdome?
2. Vodka, Galliano and orange juice are used to make which classic cocktail?
3. Which American state is nearest to the former Soviet Union?
4. In which year did Foinavon win the Grand National?
5. At which battle of 1314 did Robert The Bruce defeat the English forces?
6. Consecrated in 1962, where is the Cathedral Church of St Michael?
7. On TV, who did the character Lurch work for?
8. Which children's classic book was written by Anna Sewell?
9. How many arms/tentacles/limbs does a squid have?
10. Which reggae singing star died 11th May 1981?
11. Characters Charlie Allnut and Rosie Sayer appeared in which classic 1951 movie?
12. What is converted into alcohol during brewing?
13. Which river forms the eastern section of the border between England and Scotland?
14. Which Briton won an ice-skating Gold at the Lake Placid Olympics?
15. In what year was Prince Andrew born?
16. What is the national game of the Basques?
17. TV commercials for Campari launched the career of which actress?
18. Name the two families in Romeo and Juliet?
19. If cats are feline, what are sheep?
20. In the song, Heartbreak Hotel is on which street?
21. For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?
22. For which fruit is the US state of Georgia famous?
23. Which is the financial centre and main city of Switzerland?
24. Who is the only man (at 2009) to have won motorbike and F1 car World Championships?
25. In which city was Martin Luther King assassinated in 1968?
26. In which county is the UK prime minister's official country residence Chequers?
27. Who created the UK TV spoof 007 character Basildon Bond?
28. What is the policeman's name in Noddy stories?
29. What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female?
30. Which TV programme's theme tune was called Hit and Miss?
31. In the 1963 film The Great Escape, what names were given to the three tunnels?
32. What liqueur bearing the letters D.O.M. on the bottle label was developed at Fecamp, France, in the 16th century?
33. What is the third major Balearic Island with Majorca and Minorca?
34. Who won six consecutive Wimbledon singles titles in the 1980s?
35. In which country did the Mau Mau uprising (1952-60) occur?
36. What does a numismatist study or collect?
37. Who was Radio 1's first female DJ?
38. Who captained Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus?
39. The llama belongs to the family of animals commonly called what?
40. Which guitarist is known as Slowhand?
41. In which 1979 film was the spaceship called Nostromo?
42. What have been cooked in syrup and glazed to make the sweetmeat Marrons Glaces?
43. The Shatt-el-Arab (River of Arabia) is the confluence of which two other rivers?
44. The Sheffield Shield is competed for in which sport?
45. At which town did Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp?
46. In knitting, what is meant by the initials 'psso'?
47. In UK TV's 'Noel Edmund's House Party', the 'house' was situated near to which village?
48. Also the title of a famous literary work, who were Mrs Page and Mrs Ford?
49. What is infant whale commonly called?
50. Which DJ had a UK Top Ten hit with the song Snot Rap?
51. In which film did Roger Moore first play James Bond?
52. How many gallons of beer are in a firkin?
53. What in Cornwall is the most southerly point of mainland Britain?
54. Alan Minter was undisputed World boxing champion at which weight?
55. Which 17th century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco?
56. Which Latin term, usually applied to legal evidence, means 'at first sight'?
57. What was the character name of TV's 'The Saint'?
58. In literature, who was the best known pupil of Greyfriar's School?
59. What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard?
60. Who composed the music entitled Wedding March?
61. Which actor appeared in Papillion and The Great Escape and died in 1980?
62. What do the British call the vegetables that Americans call zucchini?
63. In which bay is Alcatraz?
64. What is the most northerly cricket ground at which a Test Match can (as at 2009) be played?
65. Which British general was killed at Khartoum?
66. Which Cornish village claims to be the birthplace of King Arthur?
67. KAR120C was the registration of a yellow Lotus 7, in which 1960s cult UK TV series?
68. In which Dickens novel was Miss Havisham jilted on her wedding day?
69. What is an otter's home called?
70. Who had a 1985 hit with Saving All My Love For You?
71. Which actor appeared to have a wooden leg in the 1956 film Moby Dick?
72. How have vegetables been cut which are served Julienne?
73. Which mountain overlooks Rio De Janeiro and its harbour?
74. Who was the first black player to captain England's soccer team?
75. In Roman mythology, Neptune is the equivalent to which Greek god?
76. What is the only English language single word anagram of the word crouton?
77. Which TV character said, 'Live long and prosper'?
78. Which playwright wrote The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard?
79. What is the other name for Wildebeest?
80. Who had a 1960s hit with Let's Go To San Francisco?
81. What make of car was the time-machine in the film Back To The Future?
82. What is the name given to a locked case in which decanters can be seen but not used?
83. In which State would you find the city of Birmingham?
84. Complete the name of the American Football team: 'Washington ...........'?
85. In which war was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought?
86. How old is a horse when it changes from a filly to a mare?
87. Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'?
88. Robin Hood & Friar Tuck appear in which well-known novel, by Sir Walter Scott?
89. What is Canada's national animal?
90. Which is the smallest member of the flute family?
91. Which Bond villain has been played by Telly Savalas, Donald Pleasance, Charles Gray, and Max Von Sydow?
92. 'Mace is one of the spices obtained from the tree Myristica Fragrams - what is the other?
93. Which hills divide England from Scotland?
94. What is the colour of the bull of an archery target?
95. Who was the female member of the SDP's 'Gang Of Four'?
96. UNHCR is the United Nation's High Commission for what?
97. Who hosted UK TV's 'Family Fortunes' after Bob Monkhouse and before Les Dennis?
98. Which Dickens' character was always 'expecting something to turn up'?
99. Which musical featured the song They Called The Wind Mariah?

1. Which singer joined Mel Gibson in the movie Mad Max: Beyond The Thunderdome?

   TINA TURNER
2. Vodka, Galliano and orange juice are used to make which classic cocktail?

   HARVEY WALLBANGER
3. Which American state is nearest to the former Soviet Union?

   ALASKA
4. In which year did Foinavon win the Grand National?

   1967
5. At which battle of 1314 did Robert The Bruce defeat the English forces?

   BANNOCKBURN
6. Consecrated in 1962, where is the Cathedral Church of St Michael?

   COVENTRY
7. On TV, who did the character Lurch work for?

   ADDAMS FAMILY
8. Which children's classic book was written by Anna Sewell?

   BLACK BEAUTY
9. How many arms/tentacles/limbs does a squid have?

   TEN (there are varying definitions of tentacles/arms for squids - generally a squid is considered to have two tentacles and eight arms - whatever, there are ten of them in total)
10. Which reggae singing star died 11th May 1981?

    BOB MARLEY
11. Characters Charlie Allnut and Rosie Sayer appeared in which classic 1951 movie?

    THE AFRICAN QUEEN (Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn)
12. What is converted into alcohol during brewing?

    SUGAR
13. Which river forms the eastern section of the border between England and Scotland?

    TWEED
14. Which Briton won an ice-skating Gold at the Lake Placid Olympics?

    ROBIN COUSINS
15. In what year was Prince Andrew born?

    1960 (19th February)
16. What is the national game of the Basques?

    PELOTA (a form of tennis using racket or hand with a net or against a wall)
17. TV commercials for Campari launched the career of which actress?

    LORRAINE CHASE
18. Name the two families in Romeo and Juliet?

    MONTAGUE & CAPULET
19. If cats are feline, what are sheep?

    OVINE
20. In the song, Heartbreak Hotel is on which street?

    LONELY STREET
21. For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

    FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
22. For which fruit is the US state of Georgia famous?

    PEACH
23. Which is the financial centre and main city of Switzerland?

    ZURICH
24. Who is the only man (at 2009) to have won motorbike and F1 car World Championships?

    JOHN SURTEES
25. In which city was Martin Luther King assassinated in 1968?

    MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
26. In which county is the UK prime minister's official country residence Chequers?

    BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
27. Who created the UK TV spoof 007 character Basildon Bond?

    RUSS ABBOTT
28. What is the policeman's name in Noddy stories?

    PC PLOD
29. What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female?

    HERMAPHRODITE
30. Which TV programme's theme tune was called Hit and Miss?

    JUKE BOX JURY
31. In the 1963 film The Great Escape, what names were given to the three tunnels?

    TOM, DICK, HARRY
32. What liqueur bearing the letters D.O.M. on the bottle label was developed at Fecamp, France, in the 16th century?

    BENEDICTINE (DOM = Deo Optimo Maximo = To God, most good, most great.)
33. What is the third major Balearic Island with Majorca and Minorca?

    IBIZA
34. Who won six consecutive Wimbledon singles titles in the 1980s?

    MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1982-87, also 1978, 79, 90)
35. In which country did the Mau Mau uprising (1952-60) occur?

    KENYA
36. What does a numismatist study or collect?

    COINS (and/or Medals)
37. Who was Radio 1's first female DJ?

    ANNE NIGHTINGALE
38. Who captained Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus?

    CAPTAIN NEMO
39. The llama belongs to the family of animals commonly called what?

    CAMELS
40. Which guitarist is known as Slowhand?

    ERIC CLAPTON
41. In which 1979 film was the spaceship called Nostromo?

    ALIEN
42. What have been cooked in syrup and glazed to make the sweetmeat Marrons Glaces?

    SWEET CHESTNUTS
43. The Shatt-el-Arab (River of Arabia) is the confluence of which two other rivers?

    TIGRIS and EUPHRATES
44. The Sheffield Shield is competed for in which sport?

    CRICKET (Australia)
45. At which town did Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp?

    SKEGNESS (1936)
46. In knitting, what is meant by the initials 'psso'?

    PASS SLIPPED STITCH OVER
47. In UK TV's 'Noel Edmund's House Party', the 'house' was situated near to which village?

    CRINKLEY BOTTOM
48. Also the title of a famous literary work, who were Mrs Page and Mrs Ford?

    MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
49. What is infant whale commonly called?

    CALF
50. Which DJ had a UK Top Ten hit with the song Snot Rap?

    KENNY EVERETT
51. In which film did Roger Moore first play James Bond?

    LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
52. How many gallons of beer are in a firkin?

    NINE
53. What in Cornwall is the most southerly point of mainland Britain?

    LIZARD POINT
54. Alan Minter was undisputed World boxing champion at which weight?

    MIDDLEWEIGHT
55. Which 17th century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco?

    SIR WALTER RALEIGH
56. Which Latin term, usually applied to legal evidence, means 'at first sight'?

    PRIMA FACIE
57. What was the character name of TV's 'The Saint'?

    SIMON TEMPLAR
58. In literature, who was the best known pupil of Greyfriar's School?

    BILLY BUNTER
59. What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard?

    PANTHER
60. Who composed the music entitled Wedding March?

    FELIX MENDELSSHON (in many parts of the world Richard Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus' ['Here comes the Bride..'] is commonly played with Mendelsshon's Wedding March, and is loosely called a/the wedding march, and so lenient quizmasters may accept Wagner as correct too, although the music entitled 'Wedding March' is by Mendelsshon - Note also that other compositions may also be loosely called 'a wedding march', hence for strict adjudication the Mendelsshon answer is technically the only correct one)
61. Which actor appeared in Papillion and The Great Escape and died in 1980?

    STEVE MCQUEEN
62. What do the British call the vegetables that Americans call zucchini?

    COURGETTES
63. In which bay is Alcatraz?

    SAN FRANCISCO BAY
64. What is the most northerly cricket ground at which a Test Match can (as at 2009) be played?

    RIVERSIDE (CHESTER-LE-STREET, DURHAM)
65. Which British general was killed at Khartoum?

    CHARLES GORDON
66. Which Cornish village claims to be the birthplace of King Arthur?

    TINTAGEL
67. KAR120C was the registration of a yellow Lotus 7, in which 1960s cult UK TV series?

    THE PRISONER
68. In which Dickens novel was Miss Havisham jilted on her wedding day?

    GREAT EXPECTATIONS
69. What is an otter's home called?

    HOLT
70. Who had a 1985 hit with Saving All My Love For You?

    WHITNEY HOUSTON
71. Which actor appeared to have a wooden leg in the 1956 film Moby Dick?

    GREGORY PECK (Captain Ahab)
72. How have vegetables been cut which are served Julienne?

    THIN STRIPS (or shreds or sliced lengthways)
73. Which mountain overlooks Rio De Janeiro and its harbour?

    SUGAR LOAF
74. Who was the first black player to captain England's soccer team?

    PAUL INCE
75. In Roman mythology, Neptune is the equivalent to which Greek god?

    POSEIDON
76. What is the only English language single word anagram of the word crouton?

    CONTOUR
77. Which TV character said, 'Live long and prosper'?

    MR SPOCK (Star Trek)
78. Which playwright wrote The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard?

    ANTON CHEKOV
79. What is the other name for Wildebeest?

    GNU
80. Who had a 1960s hit with Let's Go To San Francisco?

    FLOWERPOT MEN
81. What make of car was the time-machine in the film Back To The Future?

    DE LOREAN
82. What is the name given to a locked case in which decanters can be seen but not used?

    TANTALUS
83. In which State would you find the city of Birmingham?

    ALABAMA (or MICHIGAN, which has a smaller city of that name)
84. Complete the name of the American Football team: 'Washington ...........'?

    REDSKINS
85. In which war was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought?

    AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
86. How old is a horse when it changes from a filly to a mare?

    FOUR YEARS
87. Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'?

    FENN STREET
88. Robin Hood & Friar Tuck appear in which well-known novel, by Sir Walter Scott?

    IVANHOE
89. What is Canada's national animal?

    BEAVER
90. Which is the smallest member of the flute family?

    PICCOLO
91. Which Bond villain has been played by Telly Savalas, Donald Pleasance, Charles Gray, and Max Von Sydow?

    BLOFELD (ERNST STAVRO)
92. 'Mace is one of the spices obtained from the tree Myristica Fragrams - what is the other?

    NUTMEG
93. Which hills divide England from Scotland?

    CHEVIOTS
94. What is the colour of the bull of an archery target?

    GOLD
95. Who was the female member of the SDP's 'Gang Of Four'?

    SHIRLEY WILLIAMS (SDP = Social Democratic Party)
96. UNHCR is the United Nation's High Commission for what?

    REFUGEES
97. Who hosted UK TV's 'Family Fortunes' after Bob Monkhouse and before Les Dennis?

    MAX BYGRAVES
98. Which Dickens' character was always 'expecting something to turn up'?

    MR MICAWBER (David Copperfield)
99. Which musical featured the song They Called The Wind Mariah?

    PAINT YOUR WAGON