100 Posers

1 Which film director said, “There’s no terror in a bang, only the anticipation of it”?
Answer-Alfred Hitchcock

2 Which Bolivian city has an airport named after John F Kennedy?
Answer-La Paz

3 In 1962 who became the first woman to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
Answer- The swimmer Anita Lonsborough

4 What does the AA stand for in the name of A.A Milne?
Answer- Alan Alexander

5 In which sitcom did Nicholas Lyndhurst play Adam Parkinson?
Answer- Butterflies

6 Which model appeared on the front cover of the Roxy Music album Sirens?
Answer- Jerry Hall who at the time was engaged to Bryan Ferry

7 What is the largest castle in Wales?
Answer- Caerphilly

8 What would your job be if you used a queen excluder?
Answer- Beekeeper

9 Which knighted actor died on Boxing Day 2001 aged 72?
Answer- Sir Nigel Hawthorne

10 What appointment was taken up by Michael Bloomberg on New Years Day 2002?
Answer - Mayor of New York

11 Which three states of the USA have just five letters in their name?
Answer- Texas, Maine and Idaho

12 In which film did Oliver Reed wrestle naked with Alan Bates?
Answer- Women In Love

13 Which TV series was a spin off from a TV film called Panic at Malibu Beach?
Answer- Baywatch

14 Which London statue is also known as The Angel of Charity?
Answer- Eros

15 What is the English translation of Moulin Rouge?
Answer- Red windmill

16 How many years of marriage are celebrated for a Sapphire Anniversary?
Answer- 45 years

17 If canine equals dog, what does cervine equal?
Answer- Deer

18 Who was on the back of a £10 note directly before Charles Dickens?
Answer- Florence Nightingale

19 Who played the wife of Phil Collins in the film Buster?
Answer- Julie Walters

20 In which country is the Eiger Mountain?
Answer- Switzerland

21 Ding Dong Bell is cockney rhyming slang for what?
Answer- Hell

22 Which song opens with the line, “Picture yourself in a boat on a river”?
Answer- Lucy in the sky with diamonds

23 If an object is described as cordate what part of the body is it shaped like?
Answer- The heart

24 In which country is the most westerly point of South America?
Answer- Peru

25 What colour is the maple leaf on the flag of Canada?
Answer- Red

26 Who played the bongo drums on the Shadows hit Apache?
Answer- Cliff Richard

27 Which 1953 film opened with the song The Deadwood Stage?
Answer- Calamity Jane

28 There are 23 pairs of what in the human body?
Answer- Chromosomes

29 Which sport uses a ball called a slitter?
Answer- Hurling

30 Which cricket county plays its home matches at the Oval?
Answer- Surrey

31 In which city was Martin Luther King assassinated?
Answer- Memphis

32 What state is considered to be the Vampire State of the USA?
Answer- Rhode Island

33 Who played Daisy Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard?
Answer- Catherine Bach

34 What was the first film sequel to won Best Film Oscar?
Answer- The Godfather II

35 Which sugar occurs naturally in milk?
Answer- Lactose

36 Which former Coronation Street actor died in January 2002?
Answer- Peter Adamson

37 In which year was the decimal half penny withdrawn from circulation?
Answer- 1984

38 What is the world’s largest island with just four letters in its name?
Answer- Java

39 Baron Greenback is the archenemy of which cartoon character?
Answer- Dangermouse

40 Which 1981 hit for the Pointer Sisters is also the nickname of Eric Clapton?
Answer- Slowhand

41 Who played Molly Brown in the 1997 film Titanic?
Answer- Kathy Bates

42 Which war was ended by the Treaty of Panmunjon?
Answer- Korean War

43 Alphabetically what is the last chemical element?
Answer- Zirconium

44 What sport is played by the Sheffield Sharks?
Answer- Basketball

45 Which children’s TV series featured a schoolteacher called Mr Onion?
Answer- The Herbs

46 What is the opposite of convex?
Answer- Concave

47 Which entertainer sued the Daily Mirror in 1959 for questioning his sexuality?
Answer- Liberace

48 What was Peter Conrad the third man to do?
Answer- Set foot on the moon

49 For which Bond movie did Sheena Easton sing the theme?
Answer- For Your Eyes Only

50 Which skater was allegedly attacked by Tonya Harding prior to the 1994 Winter Olympics?
Answer- Nancy Kerrigan

51 Which actress was the fourth wife of Humphrey Bogart?
Answer- Lauren Bacall

52 Who murdered George Cornell in the Blind Beggar pub?
Answer- Ronnie Kray

53 Whose autobiography is entitled Citizen Jane?
Answer- Jane Fonda

54 Which boys name is also the name for a young pike?
Answer- Jack

55 What were first classified by the Galton-Henry system in 1901?
Answer- Fingerprints

56 The Pink Floyd album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was named after a chapter from which classic novel?
Answer- The Wind In The Willows

57 Who was the first black man to host a TV show in the USA?
Answer- Nat King Cole

58 What number of jersey is usually worn by a rugby union full back?
Answer- 15

59 Who played Winston Churchill in the TV drama The Wilderness Years?
Answer- Robert Hardy

60 Who is the central character in Oscar Wilde’s only novel?
Answer- Dorian Grey

61 Turpentine is obtained form which tree?
Answer- Pine tree

62 Which jockey nicknamed The Choirboy won the Derby on Shergar?
Answer- Walter Swinburn

63 On TV who has played a Time Lord and a scarecrow?
Answer- Jon Pertwee

64 Who did Madonna marry on a Malibu cliffside?
Answer- Sean Penn

65 Which mountain range extends through Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria?
Answer- Atlas Mountains

66 In 1967 which team won the first Superbowl?
Answer- The Green Bay Packers

67 Who played Flash Harry in the St Trinians films?
Answer- George Cole

68 Whose death warrant was signed by Elizabeth I on February 1, 1587?
Answer- Mary Queen of Scots

69 Which cartoon character has two nephews called Prezley and Waldo?
Answer- Mr Magoo

70 Which 200-page document was signed on June 28, 1919?
Answer- The Treaty of Versailles

71 Which actress provided the voice of ET in the film?
Answer- Debra Winger

72 In 2002 the actor Sean Bean joined the board of directors of which football club?
Answer- Sheffield United

73 Which literary character is also the middle name of footballer Emil Heskey?
Answer- Ivanhoe

74 In 2002 which group unveiled 23-year-old Johnny Shentall as their new member?
Answer- Hear’ Say

75 What do the initials HB stand for on a pencil?
Answer- Hard black

76 What are the three middle names of Prince William?
Answer- Arthur Philip Louis

77 Which Dickens novel features a body snatcher called Jerry Cruncher?
Answer- A Tale Of Two Cities

78 The world’s first motorway was opened in 1924 in which country on the European mainland?
Answer- Italy

79 Which animal is the symbol of the Republican Party in the USA?
Answer- Elephant

80 What type of hat takes its name from the Spanish for shade?
Answer- Sombrero

81 Who played Dr Philip Chandler in the TV series St Elsewhere and went on to become a major Hollywood star?
Answer- Denzel Washington

82 In which film did Whitney Houston play a singer called Rachel Marron?
Answer- The Bodyguard

83 In which 1993 film did Bette Midler play an evil witch?
Answer- Hocus Pocus

84 Which European country is the world’s leading exporter of salmon?
Answer- Norway

85 Which Greek hero beheaded the Gorgon Medusa?
Answer- Perseus

86 Who solved the murder in the Agatha Christie novel Murder Most Foul?
Answer- Miss Marple

87 A statue of who was unveiled at Wimbledon in 1984?
Answer- Fred Perry

88 Which actress played a Matron in five Carry On films?
Answer- Hattie Jacques

89 Who created the literary character of Sam Spade?
Answer- Dashiel Hammett

90 In which language does God morgon mean Good morning?
Answer- Danish

91 What is cryptozoology the study of?
Answer- Mythical or legendary animals

92 In which country did the Smurfs originate?
Answer- Belgium

93 In ten pin bowling what bird’s name is the name given to three successive strikes?
Answer- Turkey

94 What is the only English Football League team whose name starts with five consonants?
Answer- Crystal Palace

95 Which substance in the blood causes clotting?
Answer- Fibrin

96 What does a grabologist collect?
Answer- Ties

97 George Burns and Marjorie Proops both died in which year?
Answer- 1997

98 In which 1996 film did Eddie Murphy play seven roles?
Answer- The Nutty Professor

99 Which famous man was shot dead on July 15, 1997?
Answer- Gianni Versace

100 If a creature is described as squamos, what is it covered with?
Answer- Scales