In Search of Dikerogammarus Villosus

Quiz Team Outing to search for the inch-long killer imported from the steppe region between the Black and Caspian Seas - The Dikerogammarus Villosus.

I'm afraid my Pub Quiz blip got bumped from its Thursday slot by the Pied Flycatcher / 200th blip, not really fair considering the number of times I've used Andrew's quiz, but hey the Pied Flycatcher was pretty special.

Last time we won with only eleven wrong, this week we just scraped into third with fifteen wrong.

Here's the offending fifteen questions, see whether you could have improved our score:

1. Who succeeded Rafael Benitez as manager of Liverpool FC?
2. Vodka is derived from "woda" that means "little water" in which language?
3. Which punk rock group was Billy Idol a member of before his solo career?
4. Ichnology is the study of fossil what?
5. Which group had a top ten hit singing Radar Love?
6. Complete this R Kelly song title: "If I Could Turn Back the"?
7. Which singer took over from Alan Titchmarsh as host of an ITV afternoon chat show?
8. The town of Lewes stands on which river?
9. Which Spanish word translates as "male"?
10. Set in Las Vegas, in which James Bond film did Sean Connery thwart arch villain Blofeld portrayed by Charles Gray?
11. What is the nickname of the New Zealand women's Rugby Union team?
12. What type of creature is Dikerogammarus villosus, an inch-long killer imported from the steppe region between the Black and Caspian Seas?
13. Which 10 CC song begins: "I'm dancing on The White House wall, sipping tea at the Taj Mahal at dawn, hanging round the gardens of Babylon"?
14. Featuring Ke$ha, who had a 2010 UK hit single entitled Dirty Picture?
15. Who directed, co-wrote and starred in the 1996 film That Thing You Do?

I've posted the answers in the comments.

And now the plug for Andrew (who's good enough to email me the above so's I don't have to type them out:

The quiz is well & enjoyably run by Andrew and as his website says "If you're in London, Essex, Herts, Beds or Bucks - Want to hold a quiz event but can't find a quiz master? - Want a fun evening?" Then give him a call.