Desperate Dan's favourite food and other general knowledge questions!

American singer Roger Miller is perhaps best known for which hit song and karaoke classic?
'King of the Road'

The Tea bag was introduced by which company in 1953?
Tetley

In ancient Rome which ranked higher a Senator or a Consul?
Consul

What is the name for the object that is placed either side of an aeroplane wheel to stop it rolling?
Chock

The opera Aida by Verdi, is set in which country?
Egypt

All the question and answers relate to Good Bad or Ugly

Starring Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal which film tells the story of a washed up baseball pitcher who coaches a team of unlikely kids to the Southern California Youth Baseball Championship 
Bad News bears

Which English band formed in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers and guitarist Mick Ralphs had hits with "Can't Get Enough" and "Feel Like Makin' Love" amongst others
Bad Company

All are famous books, but can you work out the authors when alternate letters are removed.

The History Man - M_l_o_m _r_d_u_y
Malcolm Bradbury 

Just William - R_c_m_l _r_m_t_n
Richmal Crompton

The Talented Mr Ripley - P_t_i_i_ H_g_s_i_h
Patricia Highsmith

Finnegans Wake - J_m_s _o_c_
James Joyce

Blott on the Landscape - T_m S_a_p
Tom Sharpe

Christine Baranski played which character in 'The Good Wife' and again in the follow-up series 'The Good Fight'?
Diane Lockhart

What is the stage name of Stuart Leslie Goddard?
Adam Ant

The type of meat most consumed worldwide is what?
Pork

What did the United States adopt as its national anthem in 1931?
The Star Spangled Banner

By what more common name is the Yam known in the UK?
Sweet Potato