An Initial Quiz

1 P the G- What is the three word inscription beneath the official insignia of the Football Association?

2 The NR- What nickname was bestowed upon the long distance walker Steve Gough?

3 J the S- Who drives Ivor the Engine?

4 MS- How does Mein Kampf translate into English?

5 SM- What was the first ever item sold on a hire purchase agreement?

6 C and the GGE- Which book was a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

7 BA- Which product was invented by Johnson & Johnson in 1921?

8 The F of the C of G- Where did Henry meet Francis in 1520?

9 AQ- What is the Arabic for “the foundation”?

10 The BW- How is the 42nd Regiment in Scotland otherwise known?

11 A to the C of SJ- What official title is held by Ambassadors to the United Kingdom?

12 RUTG- Which company was founded by Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1977?

13 OS- Which actor penned the autobiography The Eternal Male?

14 PC- In 1989 the TV show This Morning became Britain’s first sponsored TV show. Which company provided the sponsorship?

15 A the H- In 453AD, who died from a nosebleed on his wedding night?

16 The MWB the B at MC- What nickname was bestowed upon Joseph Holson Jagger?

17 SM and BO- What slogan was adopted Walls Ice Cream bicycle vendors in the 1920s?

18 The BP- What flag is flown by a ship about to leave port?

19 The UBB- At which social event did the ants dance with the fleas?

20 PP- Who invented Supercar?

21 HT- Which clothing industry was established by the Countess of Dunmore in 1842?

22 BPH- What is the name of the headquarters of the Boy Scout Association?

23 HC- Which fictional hero had a sidekick called Red Connors?

24 CF- Daniel Malmedahl is the man to blame for creating what?

25 EA- Which 1983 hit record took its title from a Brixton thoroughfare?

26 TT- What do those initials stand for with regard to the Isle of Man TT Races?

27 BW- Which character created by Malcolm Judge first appeared in the Beano in 1964?

28 C of W- What title did Sophie Rhys Jones acquire after her marriage to Prince Edward?

29 AL- In 1886 Mrs Albee of New York became the world’s first what?

30 AP- What occupation takes its name from the French for “on an equal basis”?

31 CG- Which Flintstone’s character was inspired by Cary Grant?

32 T- According to the Bible what did St Paul make for a living?

33 KM- Whose London grave was vandalised in 1970?

34 PP- What was the name of the dinosaur mascot on Multi Coloured Swap Shop?

35 LD- In 1976 Ray Brennan became the first person to die of what?

36 The IC-According to historians, what ran from Stettin to Trieste?

37 The KC- Who made their film debut in Cohen Collects a Debt?

38 JLJJ- Which 1990 hit concerned a man shot dead by Bob Ford?

39 DW- Who married Alice Fitzwarren?

40 S of the D- What is the name of the official fan club of Laurel and Hardy?

Answers to An Initial Quiz

1 Play the Game
2 The Naked Rambler
3 Jones the Steam
4 My struggle
5 Sewing machine
6 Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
7 Band Aid
8 The Field of the Cloth of Gold
9 Al Qaida
10 The Black Watch
11 Ambassador to the Court of St James
12 Really Useful Theatre Group
13 Omar Sharif
14 Pedigree Chum
15 Attila the Hun
16 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
17 Stop Me and Buy One
18 Blue Peter
19 Ugly Bug Ball
20 Professor Popkiss
21 Harris Tweed
22 Baden Powell House
23 Hopalong Cassidy
24 Crazy Frog
25 Electric Avenue
26 Tourist Trophy
27 Billy Whizz
28 Countess of Wessex
29 Avon Lady
30 Au pair
31 Cary Granite
32 Tents
33 Karl Marx
34 Posh Paws
35 Legionnaires Disease
36 The Iron Curtain
37 Keystone Cops
38 Just Like Jesse James
39 Dick Whittington
40 Sons of the Desert