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Quiz 47 - With Answers: A complete Pub Quiz

Written by Bill Turnbull

Round 1. General Knowledge with answers

1       RADICAL SHINE (seen on TV)

Adrian Chiles

2       Which British group had a top ten hit in 1974 with The Air That I Breathe

The Hollies

3       What type of creature is a sidewinder

Snake (desert rattler)

4       Who was Henry Cooper's manager throughout his career

Jim Wicks

5       Americans call it a faucet what would we call it

Water tap

6       According to the TV advert which capital city is the home to Carlsberg Lager

Copenhagen

7       In which Scottish county is Balmoral

Aberdeenshire

8       Which day follows Shrove Tuesday

Ash Wednesday

9       For what culinary purpose is a forcing bag used

Piping icing cream etc

10    Which Norse god sacrificed an eye to gain wisdom

Odin

11    What name is given to a male opossum

Jack

12    What is the name of the tool which is used for tightening and loosening the neck around a drill bit

Chuck key

13    What was the name of the long distance maritime patrol aeroplane developed from the Avro Lincoln which remained in service with the RAF until 1990

Avro Shackleton

14    In which ocean are The Philippines

Pacific

15    Which football league side was once known as Saint Domingo FC

Everton

16    What was the name of Desmond Dekker's backing group on Israelites

The Aces

17    What is the collective noun for woodcocks

Fall

18    What famous address is located at postcode SW1A 2AA

10 Downing Street

19    What type of furniture is a ladder-back

Chair

20    What is the correct name for the breastbone

Sternum

21    Bedford Fillbasket, Bedford Winter and Citadel are varieties of which vegetable

Brussel sprouts

22    By what name did actor Harvey Lee Yeary 11 become known

Lee Majors

23    What is Pedophobia the fear of

Children

24    Which European city has the lowest road accident rate in Europe

Venice

25    Why did Alexander Graham Bell, never telephone his wife or mother

They were both deaf

26    Which country has a train known as The Bullet Train

Japan

27    Who wrote Ivanhoe

Sir Walter Scott

28    What name have the media given to the new breed of woman who hates housework and prefers to drink pints down the pub

Ladette

29    As India is now busy changing the names of their cities what was the former name of Bengaluru

Bangalore

30    What do citronella candles smell of

Lemon

Round 2. TV COP SHOWS

31    What were the first names of Starsky and Hutch

Dave and Ken

32    Who played the part of Henry Crabbe in the TV series Pie In The Sky

Richard Griffiths

33    In which American police TV series do the characters Lilly Rush, Scotty Valens and Nicjk Vera appear

Cold Case

34    Which two actors have played John Rebus in the TV series

John Hannah and Ken Stott

35    Which TV detective called people 'Pussycat'

Kojak

36    Who writes the books that the TV series character Vera are based on

Anne Cleeves

37    In which cop series did Phil Collins appear as Phil the Shill

Miami Vice

38    In the Midsomer Murders series what is the name of Barnaby's daughter

Cully

39    What is the name of the fictional diabetic detective from Ystad

Kurt Wallander

40    Superintendent Mullet played by Bruce Alexander was the boss of which TV detective

Jack Frost



Quiz 47


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