peter H
LIFE MEMBER
Q1 - What 7 letter word, of Russian origin, means "Travelling Companion" ?
Q2 - Which group did Sid Vicious leave to join The Sex Pistols
Q3 - In 1661 Europe's first bank notes were issued, but which country issued them ?
Q4 - Which multi million pound international business began life in 1922 as a small leather shop in Florence ?
Q5 - Appropriately, what was the first product to be advertised on Channel 5 ?
Q6 - In the 1920's what was designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley ?
Q7 - The name of what dish derives from the Portugese words for wine and garlic ?
Q8 - Which Bond villain's heart was on the right hand side of their body ?
Q9 - The name of which fictional character means 'pine eye' in italian ?
Q10 - Which is the shortest of Shakespear's plays ?
Q11 - Which race is nicknamed 'The Run for the Roses' because the winner recieves a garland of roses in the shape of a horseshoe ?
Q12 - Which italian football club was formed in the memory of Guiseppe Verdi ?
Q13 - In the plant world, what is the more common name for the Calendula ?
Q14 - How many states of the USA begin with the letter 'M' ?
Q15 - Fulham Palace is the official residence of whom ?
Q16 - What is potamophobia the fear of ?
Q17 - What is the name of the Southwark inn where Chaucer's pilgrims met ?
Q18 - What is the only English anagram of the word 'ALARMING' ?
Q19 - By what six letter name is Barbara Millicent Roberts better known ?
Q20 - Which sport takes its name from the Tibetan word for ball ?
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A1 - SPUTNIK
A2 - SIOUSXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
A3 - SWEDEN
A4 - GUCCI
A5 - CHANEL No 5
A6 - THE OSCAR STATUETTE
A7 - VINDALOO
A8 - DR NO
A9 - PINOCCHIO
A10 - MACBETH
A11 - THE KENTUCKEY DERBY
A12 - PARMA
A13 - MARIGOLD
A14 - EIGHT (Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri and Montana)
A15 - THE BISHOP OF LONDON
A16 - RIVERS
A17 - TABARD INN
A18 - MARGINAL
A19 - BARBIE
A20 - POLO
How would you have done?
Find out next week, when Snowbird is setting the questions
Q2 - Which group did Sid Vicious leave to join The Sex Pistols
Q3 - In 1661 Europe's first bank notes were issued, but which country issued them ?
Q4 - Which multi million pound international business began life in 1922 as a small leather shop in Florence ?
Q5 - Appropriately, what was the first product to be advertised on Channel 5 ?
Q6 - In the 1920's what was designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley ?
Q7 - The name of what dish derives from the Portugese words for wine and garlic ?
Q8 - Which Bond villain's heart was on the right hand side of their body ?
Q9 - The name of which fictional character means 'pine eye' in italian ?
Q10 - Which is the shortest of Shakespear's plays ?
Q11 - Which race is nicknamed 'The Run for the Roses' because the winner recieves a garland of roses in the shape of a horseshoe ?
Q12 - Which italian football club was formed in the memory of Guiseppe Verdi ?
Q13 - In the plant world, what is the more common name for the Calendula ?
Q14 - How many states of the USA begin with the letter 'M' ?
Q15 - Fulham Palace is the official residence of whom ?
Q16 - What is potamophobia the fear of ?
Q17 - What is the name of the Southwark inn where Chaucer's pilgrims met ?
Q18 - What is the only English anagram of the word 'ALARMING' ?
Q19 - By what six letter name is Barbara Millicent Roberts better known ?
Q20 - Which sport takes its name from the Tibetan word for ball ?
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A1 - SPUTNIK
A2 - SIOUSXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
A3 - SWEDEN
A4 - GUCCI
A5 - CHANEL No 5
A6 - THE OSCAR STATUETTE
A7 - VINDALOO
A8 - DR NO
A9 - PINOCCHIO
A10 - MACBETH
A11 - THE KENTUCKEY DERBY
A12 - PARMA
A13 - MARIGOLD
A14 - EIGHT (Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri and Montana)
A15 - THE BISHOP OF LONDON
A16 - RIVERS
A17 - TABARD INN
A18 - MARGINAL
A19 - BARBIE
A20 - POLO
How would you have done?
Find out next week, when Snowbird is setting the questions