A BLOCKBUSTER BUNCH

1 BB – What aid to pedestrians safety was named after a 30s Minister of Transport?

2 A the H – What nickname did Clement Freud bestow upon Margaret Thatcher?

3 TR – What TR is depicted on the back of a 20p coin?

4 S – What name is given to the noise caused by grasshoppers rubbing their legs together?

5 I – What does the I stand for with regard to an I-Pod?

6 CH – What is the two word term for the crime of manslaughter in a Scottish court of law?

7 M the M – What was the name of the official mascot of the Channel Tunnel?

8 BJ – Who resigned as editor of the Spectator magazine after being appointed Shadow Minister for Higher Education?

9 DP – In Denmark what are known as Vienna bread?

10 JL – In June 2006 which actress received an honorary degree from St Andrews University?

11 BD – Which blues legend was nicknamed The Originator?

12 PE – What is the name of the local newspaper read by Derek and Rodney Trotter?

13 BV – Which variety of ascetic acid originated in the Italian province of Modena?

14 E to V – In which film did Michael Caine play Captain John Colby?

15 H – What is the final word of dialogue in the film The Wizard of Oz?

16 SG – Who has a cousin called Slowpoke Rodriguez?

17 The D of P – What was the title of the book from which Jim Morrison’s rock band took their name?

18 EC – Which lady has a mountain in Canada, a bridge in New Zealand and a hospital in Belgium named after her?

19 JB – What is the alternative name for the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory?

20 MS – Which variety of moth was named after a 16th century Yorkshire born prophetess?

21 RM – Who do Private Eye magazine refer to as The Dirty Digger?

22 G – Plumbago is the alternative name for which form of carbon?

23 BR – What is the alternative title for the Usher of the Upper Chamber?

24 Y of the G – What is the oldest corps in the British Army?

25 W of the WU – What are the last five words of the Communist Manifesto?

26 LEF – What is the three word motto of France in English?

27 AT – In 1642 who was the first European to sight New Zealand?

28 BR – What piece of sporting equipment was originally called a battledore?

29 ECA – The film The Dam Busters was based on which novel?

30 RM – What does an omophagic creature eat?

31 JBW – Which fictional resident of the Blue Ridge Mountains attended Boatwright University

32 VF – Which novel is sub-titled A Novel Without a Hero?

33 KN – Which DJ was sacked after selling topless photos of Sophie Rhys Jones to The Sun?

34 GC – Who was the first Australian to score 7000 Test runs?

35 JGG – A statue of which advertising character is located in the town of Blue Earth, Minnesota?

36 GF – Who has been described as being “the only man to ever enter Parliament with honourable intentions”?

37 AR – What name is given to precipitation with a high level of sulphur dioxide?

38 The BB – Which 1980 film included cameo appearances by James Brown, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin?

39 PR – Which Latin term means in proportion?

40 PP – Which TV series has featured episodes entitled The Sheep in the Clover Field and Letters On Ice?
 

Answers

1 Belisha Beacon

2 Attila the Hen

3 Tudor Rose

4 Stridulation

5 Internet

6 Culpable homicide

7 Marcus the Mole

8 Boris Johnson

9 Danish pastries

10 Joanna Lumley

11 Bo Diddley

12 Peckham Echo

13 Balsamic vinegar

14 Escape to Victory

15 Home

16 Speedy Gonzales

17 The Doors of Perception

18 Edith Cavell

19 Jodrell Bank

20 Mother Shipton

21 Rupert Murdoch

22 Graphite

23 Black Rod

24 Yeoman of the Guard

25 Workers of the world unite

26 Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

27 Abel Tasman

28 Badminton racket

29 Enemy Coast Ahead

30 Raw meat

31 John Boy Walton

32 Vanity Fair

33 Kara Noble

34 Greg Chappell

35 Jolly Green Giant

36 Guy Fawkes

37 Acid rain

38 The Blues Brothers

39 Pro rata

40 Postman Pat