VETs QUIZ 2

The first traffic lights were erected in London in 1868. Where were they sited ?

In the Ealing Comedy what does Sandy Mackendrick make sure there is no shortage of ?

Who starred in the TV Series, Winston Churchill - The Wilderness Years ?

What was the Self Preservation Society's preferred mode of transport?

Who was WBO Featherweight Champion 1995 to 2000 ?

Name the 1964, 10,000 metre Olympic Bronze medallist

What does a chionophile love ?

Who had a hit with Kids In America ?

Who wrote the novels The Name of the Rose & Foucalt's Pendulum?

What is the vocal organ of birds called ?

Who had a hit with A Horse With No Name ?

By what name were Alex Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James & Alfie Bass known to the police ?

Riyadh is the capital of ?

Which Steinbeck novel tells the tragic last adventures of Simple Lenny & his friend George?

Who had a hit with Born in the USA ?

What is an ibis?

Which composer wrote the ballet Billy the Kid ?

The surname of Sir Henry.....the 17th Century buccaneer who raided colonies in the West Indies ?

Who was the captain of The Titanic ?

Which of the following is a Black Sea city in the Ukraine ?

Which bacteria causes typhoid fever and food poisoning ?

In the 18th Century how did Anne Bonney gain notoriety?

Who wrote The 39 Steps ?

Which successful American sporting star played a co-pilot in the comedy Airplane ?

The year Marlon Brandon starred in a Steetcar named Desire and The Boat Race was re-rowed after the Oxford boat sank?

96 per cent of a cucumber is water

Bryan Adams' Everything I Do was Number 1 for 16 weeks

Who wrote The Bertie Wooster stories ?

Who owned Hampton Court prior to Henry VIII ?

By what names are partners in crime Robert Parker and Harry Longabaugh better known ?

In 1957 the first black player won the Wimbledon championship: name her

How did TE Lawrence actually die?

Which German film-maker directed Metropolis ?

Who had a hit with American Pie in 1972 ?

In what American state is the city of Springfield ?

The surname of Derek ...... the former Scotand striker who scored 104 goals for Hibs in 2 spells (2001-2006, 2008-2011)

Why was the vacuum flask called A Thermos ? What is it Greek for ?

Which gas is represented by the symbol Xe ?

Rarotongo is the largest island in which Pacific island group ?

Vinegar is a solution of which acid ?

In the Ealing comedy which branch line locomotive was threatened with being scrapped ?

Which island is particularly associated with Voodoo ?

What was the title of The Beatles first single ?

What was the home country of Nostradamus - the prophet and forecaster?

Along with the kayak, which other type of canoe is used in The Olympics ?

Name the cricketer who hit 201 for England versus India in the game played at Chennai in 1985

There were 4 Wilson Brothers in The Beach Boys

The name orchid is derived from the Greek word for one of the following:

John Peel's autobiography is titled Mangrove of the marshes

Who had hit with Living in America ....from Rocky IV ?

Who had a hit with American Girl ?

Name the moneylender in The Merchant of Venice

What is the name of the novel written by Cervantes ?

Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981 - in which country ?

Which of the following is not an official weapon in the sport of fencing ?

On which Christopher Isherwood book is the musical Cabaret based ?

If it is 'Oh, what a beautiful morning', what part of the USA are we in ?

In the birthday rhyme a child born on which day is 'full of grace.'

Bulawayo is the second largest city in which country ?

What was the capital of the Assyrian empire ?

In Marvel Comics who was The Winter Soldier ?

Name the French player who was with Sunderland in the 1999-2000 season

Which British novelist wrote The Forsyte Saga ?

Who had a hit with American Idiot ?

What is the name of the 1941 novel by Paul Gallico ?

Socrates committed suicide by drinking the poison Hemlock

The year Spencer Tracy & John Coltrane died, whilst Frank & Nancy Sinatra sang ' Something Stupid' ?

The Krone is the currency of which country ?

Who played Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius in Ridley Scott's Gladiator ?

What was the nickname of bank robber Charles Floyd killed in a shootout with FBI in 1934 ?

What is the capital of Uruguay ?

The birth pangs of what development in Hollywood was spoofed in Singing In The Rain ?

In Disney's Fantasia, what music featured for the beginning of the universe & age of the dinosaurs ?

Name the British athlete who collapsed close to the finishing line in the 1954 Empire Games

Spain and the USA declared war in 1898

Approximately how many litres of blood are there in the human body ?

Whose seaplane was called The Spruce Goose ?

The year in which Martina Hingis won Wimbledon and Mother Theresa died, is ?

How many members of the D'Ascoyne family did Alec Guinness play in Kind Hearts & Coronets?

What holy relic was Joseph of Arimathea supposed to have brought to Glastonbury ?

Potatoes were first imported into Europe on Spanish ships returning from Bolivia

John D Rockefeller was the first billionaire in the USA

What is the largest lake (by surface area) in Scotland ?

Which actor starred in the title role of the sitcom Chance in a Million ?

The name of the 2003 US Golf champion ?

In what comic do The Bash Street Kids appear?

Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation

Who had a hit with R.O.C.K. In The USA ?

What do you find at Carnac, Avebury and Long Meg & her daughters in Cumbria ?

What sort of tiger is it in the 1934 Howard Spring book ?

The surname of Boaz ....... the former Welsh international goalkeeper who played for Hull from 2003 to 2010

Who had the original hit of American Woman ?

In Indiana it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least 30 minutes after eating peas

Who wrote Gone Girl ?

What is the name of GK Chesterton's detective creation ?

What screenplay did Colin Welland first title, Runners ?

The surname of Dilip ....... Indian test cricketer 1979-83

Who had a hit with a pop version of the West Side Story song, America?

In what year did the X Files first air ?

Where is the Mona Lisa housed ?