Trial by Trivia- The Retrial


1 Where does a nesiote person live?

2 What does an Aborigine carry in a magra?

3 In bingo terminology what number would be left if two little ducks were subtracted from Sunset Strip?

4 What is nicknamed Brussels Oldest Citizen?

5 What does it mean if an animal is described as laniferous?

6 Which film introduced the movie character of John Rambo?

7 What P is the collective noun for a group of parrots?

8 A canvas is the shortest winning margin in which sport?

9 Which bird is nicknamed Pharaoh’s chicken?

10 What is the name of Mr Spock’s father in Star Trek?

11 On an ordinance survey map the head of which animal denotes a wild life park?

12 In which state of the USA was the Ku Klux Klan founded?

13 In which TV series was George Cole tied to a bed by Julia McKenzie?

14 Which female singer/actress created the wine Koala Blue?

15 From which ship was the musket ball fired that killed Horatio Nelson?

16 Whose followers are known as the 26th of July Movement?

17 If Manchester equals Mancunian what word equates to Brittany?

18 Who was widowed upon the death of Francis II of France?

19 Which disease derives its name from the Italian for bad air?

20 Why was Ali Ben Maceur instrumental in England’s exit from the 1986 World Cup?

21 Which football club were originally called St Luke’s?

22 A 1975 comic novel by David Nobbs was adapted into which critically acclaimed TV comedy?

23 On a film set what is a fluffer’s job?

24 Which role has been played by both father and son Sean and Jason Connery?

25 Which Hollywood heartthrob founded his own production company called Plan B?

26 Who was Mickey Rooney married to for 16 months?

27 What is the last name of Tommy in The Who rock opera?

28 Who married Sybil, Suzy, Sally and Elizabeth (twice)?

29 In 1975 John Denver recorded the song Calypso in a tribute to which famous Frenchman?

30 In the Netherlands what is known as the City of Peace and Justice?

31 Who played the role of Gilligan in Gilligan’s Island?

32 Which footballer born Marcos Evangelista de Moraes is better known by a four-letter name?

33 Which doctor left a suicide note in 1963 that read, “I am sorry to disappoint the vultures”?

34 Which duo have been the subject of an opera by Saint-Saens, a painting by Rembrandt, a song by Middle of the Road and a film starring Victor Mature?

35 What is the name of the USA’s counterpart to Britain’s SAS?

36 Which car was invented by Caractacus Potts?

37 An eboniste is French word for a master maker of what?

38 What was originally marketed as Brad’s Drink?

39 Which country came last in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest?

40 What connects the DJ who played the first record on Radio 1, an English cricket star nicknamed The Cat, the ex-wife of Brian McFadden, the 2006 host of The Price is Right and a daughter of a former Prime Minister?

 

Answers
 

1 On an island

2 Child or baby

3 55

4 Mannekin Pis

5 Wool bearing

6 First Blood

7 Pandemonium

8 Rowing

9 Vulture

10 Sarek

11 Stag or deer

12 Tennessee

13 Blott on the Landscape

14 Olivia Newton John

15 Redoubtable

16 Fidel Castro

17 Breton

18 Mary Queen of Scots

19 Malaria

20 He was the referee that allowed Maradona’s Hand of God goal

21 Wolverhampton Wanderers

22 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

23 A fluffer works on a porn set and has the task of keeping the male star erect between shots

24 Robin Hood

25 Brad Pitt

26 Ava Gardner

27 Walker

28 Richard Burton

29 Jacques Cousteau

30 The Hague

31 Bob Denver

32 Cafu

33 Dr Stephen Ward, the Dr embroiled in the Profumo scandal

34 Samson and Delilah

35 Delta Force

36 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

37 Cabinets

38 Pepsi Cola

39 Malta

40 Winners of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here – Tony Blackburn, Phil Tufnell, Kerry Katona, Joe Pasquale and Carol Thatcher