A Ton of Trivia

Answers follow each set of 20 questions

Questions 1-20

1 Woodentop was the title of the pilot episode of which long running TV series?

2 Which 2000 TV drama chronicled the love affair between Sid James and Barbara Windsor?

3 Which rock band were originally called the Café Racers but changed their name to reflect their meagre financial status?

4 Which movie star was stuffed and mounted by Bischoff & Sons Taxidermy in 1965?

5 Which TV show was introduced with the words, “In 1972 a crack commando unit in the Vietnam War was arrested and imprisoned by a military court for a crime they did not commit”?

6 How is Eric the schoolboy otherwise known?

7 What animal must be at least 17 hands tall to meet the breed standard?

8 In which 1974 film did Jack Nicholson appear on screen with a heavily bandaged nose?

9 What was originally made from the metal of guns captured at the Battle of Sebastopol?

10 In 1970 which Oscar winning actor became Baron of Brighton?

11 In Greek mythology who is the goddess of justice and retribution?

12 What title is shared by a John Wayne film and a hit record by Ultravox?

13 In 1903, what became Britain’s first tabloid daily newspaper?

14 What title is shared by a book of the Bible, a Leon Uris novel and a Bob Marley album?

15 Noah is an Australian slang term for which creature?

16 Which film and book character was inspired by a real life serial killer called Albert Fish?

17 Which chart topping duo had the last names of Pagliari and Lester?

18 What was the name of the World War II pub in the TV series Goodnight Sweetheart?

19 Which Sesame Street characters were named after a policeman and a taxi driver that featured in the film It’s A Wonderful Life?

20 What surname was shared by the ninth and twenty third Presidents of the USA?

Answers to questions 1-20

1 The Bill
2 Cor Blimey
3 Dire Straits
4 Trigger
5 The A Team
6 Bananaman
7 Shire horse
8 Chinatown
9 Victoria Cross
10 Laurence Olivier
11 Nemesis
12 Reap the Wild Wind
13 Daily Mirror
14 Exodus
15 Shark
16 Dr Hannibal Lecter
17 Renee & Renata
18 The Royal Oak
19 Bert & Ernie
20 Harrison

Questions 21 – 40

21 St Aldhem’s Church featured in which TV sitcom?

22 What was significant about the death of May Hardman in 1960?

23 What is the last name of Polly in Fawlty Towers?

24 In which 80s TV series did Jean Michael Vincent play a helicopter pilot called Stringfellow Hawk?

25 Which rag doll accompanied Andy Pandy?

26 Which pop group took their name from the Archduke whose assassination precipitated World War I?

27 How is oil of vitriol otherwise known?

28 What does the Ishihara Test determine?

29 In the Harry Potter books what post is held by Cornelius Fudge?

30 Which entertainer had an airport named in his honour in New Orleans?

31 Crossbar, keel, nosewires, kingpost and sail are all parts of a what?

32 Which bird did Geoffrey Chaucer refer to as a prophet of doom?

33 What surname connects an actress associated with Coronation Street and the inventor of vulcanised rubber?

34 In what game did the term Grand Slam originate?

35 With regard to Mad Cow Disease what does the B stand for in BSE?

36 In times past what did a chiffonier make for a living?

37 In which country were pigtails outlawed in 1911?

38 Which group recorded four number one UK hit singles in 1999?

39 Which chart topping group of the 1980s had four letter Os in their name?

40 Which film was based on the novel Jack Comes Home?

Answers to questions 21 – 40

21 Dad’s Army
22 The first ever character to die in Coronation Street
23 Sherman
24 Airwolf
25 Looby Loo
26 Franz Ferdinand
27 Sulphuric acid
28 Colour blindness
29 Minister for Magic
30 Louis Armstrong
31 Hang glider
32 Barn owl
33 Goodyear, Julie and Charles
34 Bridge
35 Bovine
36 Wigs
37 China
38 Westlife
39 Kajagoogoo
40 Get Carter

Questions 41 – 60

41 What do the initials BC stand for on a light bulb?

42 Which football club were originally called Heaton Norris Rovers?

43 In which Spanish city is the opera Carmen set?

44 Who wore bullet deflecting bracelets made of feminum?

45 What hereditary title was Tokogawa Keiko the last person to hold?

46 What is the name of Porky Pig’s girlfriend?

47 What is the name of the mother of Bilbo Baggins?

48 What became the title of a Shakespeare play in 1591 and the title of a top 10 UK hit in 1981?

49 Who was the subject of an Oscar winning film in 1984 and a UK number one in 1986?

50 Which large object was discovered by William Herschel in 1781?

51 What is the name of the longest continuous footpath in the world?

52 Of what three words is the phrase “cor blimey” a corruption?

53 Of the twelve creatures that represent a year in the Chinese calendar, which has the shortest name?

54 What breed of dog was crowned Cruft’s Supreme Champion in 2006?

55 Which British rock legend was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Grammy’s?

56 Which model appeared on the front cover of the Roxy Music album Sirens?

57 Which two islands amalgamated in 1888 as a British colony?

58 Which singer had a hit with the TV theme from Prisoner Cell Block H?

59 What is the more common name for a turkey’s furcula?

60 Which company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin?

Answers to questions 41 – 60

41 Bayonet cap
42 Stockport County
43 Seville
44 Wonder Woman
45 Shogun
46 Petunia
47 Belladonna Took
48 Romeo and Juliet
49 Mozart, in the film Amadeus and the song Rock Me Amadeus
50 Uranus
51 Appalachian Trail
52 God blind me
53 Ox
54 Australian shepherd
55 David Bowie
56 Jerry Hall
57 Trinidad and Tobago
58 Lynn Hamilton
59 Wishbone
60 Google

Questions 61 – 80

61 Who were the team captains on the first ever edition of A Question of Sport?

62 In days past what did a jagger sell for a living?

63 Vespa vulgaris is the Latin name for which creature?

64 What is the home county of the Larkins in The Darling Buds of May?

65 Which legendary sword has a name which means, taken from a stone?

66 The Battle of Trafalgar was fought off the coast of which country?

67 Which was the first African country to compete in the final stages in the football World Cup?

68 What five letter word derives from the Latin for elsewhere?

69 Hanged in 1949, what nickname was bestowed upon the4 convicted killer John George Haigh?

70 What is applied to the body in the treatment known as pelotherapy?

71 What was the apt maiden name of Buzz Aldrin’s mother?

72 What was Mrs Beeton’s first name?

73 In which film did Mel Gibson age 40 years in one day?

74 Which was the only black and white film to win Best Film Oscar in the 1960s?

75 In which language does bwana mean sir?

76 Which Parisian museum was named after the French President who came to power in 1969?

77 In which TV series did Brian Conley play a sadistic teacher called Mr Digby?

78 Who, nicknamed the King of Calypso was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1987?

79 What seven letter word in common English usage is derived from the Arabic for “the diary”?

80 Which player scored the only goal in the 1985 FA Cup final?

Answers to 61-80

61 Cliff Morgan and Henry Cooper
62 Fish
63 Wasp
64 Kent
65 Excalibur
66 Spain
67 Zaire
68 Alibi
69 Acid Bath Murderer
70 Mud
71 Moon
72 Isabella
73 Forever Young
74 The Apartment
75 Swahili
76 Pompidou Centre
77 The Grimleys
78 Harry Belafonte
79 Almanac
80 Norman Whiteside

Questions 81 – 100

81 Jam Master Jay shot dead in 2002 was a member of which rap band?

82 What surname connects a character in Trumpton and a character in Top Cat?

83 Who was the first solo singer from Liverpool to top the UK charts?

84 Which plant family does the fig belong to?

85 The Seeing Eye is the US counterpart to which British charity?

86 In Israel 100 agarot equals 1 what?

87 Which disease derives its name from the Greek for coal?

88 Shot dead in 1877, Frank Cahill was whose first victim?

89 In 1919 who became the first person to split the atom?

90 Which two men shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?

91 According to the opening line of a novel who was born in York in 1632?

92 Which athlete penned the autobiography The First Four Minutes?

93 Which Mayor of Birmingham went on to become British Prime Minister?

94 Which organisation’s badge bears the inscription, “Sure and Steadfast”?

95 What does the Latin phrase ante bellum mean?

96 In which state is the animated TV show South Park set?

97 What is the name of Popeye’s ship?

98 Who created the detective duo Dalziel & Pascoe?

99 What is one doing if mendicating?

100 What is the unfortunate claim to fame of the pilot Roger Peterson?

Answers to questions 81 – 100

81 Run DMC
82 Dibble
83 Lita Roza
84 Mulberry
85 Guide Dogs for the Blind
86 Shekel
87 Anthrax
88 Billy the Kid
89 Ernest Rutherford
90 Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk
91 Robinson Crusoe
92 Roger Bannister
93 Neville Chamberlain
94 The Boys Brigade
95 Before the war
96 Colorado
97 The Olive
98 Reginald Hill
99 Begging
100 He piloted the plane in which Buddy Holly died