Just a quiz......for the holiday. ( COMPLETED )
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:40 am
Answer as many as you can. No limit.
1 “Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today” are the opening lines of which song? - New York, New York - The Aquila
2 In which television programme was “I don’t believe it” a catchphrase? - one foot in the grave - The Aquila
3 You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin’ on a Prayer were early hits for which band? - Bon Jovi - The Aquila
4 What was the surname of Del Boy and Rodney in Only Fools and Horses? - Trotter - The Aquila
5 In which year was a cinematic Space Odyssey set? - 2001 - rambo
6 Who was the lead singer of T. Rex? - Marc Bolan - PhotoLady
7 Which silent movie actor created “The Little Tramp” character? - Charlie Chaplin - PW in Polemi
8 In which film does the line “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore” appear? - Wizard of Oz - PhotoLady
9 Who plays Lewis in Morse and its spin-off, Lewis? - Kevin Whately - Cactuslil
10 What is Indiana Jones’s profession? - Archeologist and professor. - PW in Polemi
11 Which policeman was at the centre of the Pink Panther movies? - Inspector Clouseau - rambo
12 Which musical instruments are also called Kettledrums? - Timpani - Cactuslil
13 Some Enchanted Evening, Happy Talk and There is Nothing Like a Dame are songs from which musical? - South Pacific - rambo
14 Which long-running Australian series is set in Summer Bay? - Home and away - jagwheels
15 In which film does a farmer played by Kevin Costner build a baseball diamond in his cornfield? - Field of Dreams - Oxfordboy
16 Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were the main characters in which television series? - The X-Files - PhotoLady
17 Which former schoolteacher from Neath has become a big-selling singer? - Katherine Jenkins - Cactuslil
18 Who played Maximus Decimus Meridius in a 2000 Ridley Scott film? - Russell Crowe - rambo
19 “Who loves ya, baby” was a catchphrase of which lollipop-sucking detective? - Kojak - rambo
20 How many red balloons did Nena take into the pop charts? - 99 - PhotoLady
21 “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into” is a quote associated with which duo? - Laurel & Hardy - rambo
22 Which of the Muppets did a stand-up comedy routine which tended not to be particularly good? - Fozzie bear - ApusApus
23 Which film character said: “My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates… you never know what you’re gonna get”? - Forrest Gump - rambo
24 In what sort of music might you hear scat singing? - Jazz - rambo
25 Which television series is set in William McKinley High School, Lima, Ohio? - Glee - Mrs trevnhil
26 With which band did Pete Doherty come to fame? - Libertines - ApusApus
27 Which soap opera started in 1972, and lost a word from its title in 1989? - Emmerdale (Farm) - Cactuslil
28 What started with Sergeant in 1958 and ended with Columbus in 1992? - Carry On films - Oxfordboy
29 What is the name of the character played by Michael Douglas in the Wall Street films? - Gordon Gecko - rambo
30 From which opera does the March of the Toreadors come? - Carmen - PW in Polemi
31 Who played the Vicar of Dibley? - Dawn French - Cactuslil
32 What are the surnames of the title characters in Romeo and Juliet? - Montague and Capulet - PW in Polemi
33 Which London thoroughfare shares its name with a 1978 Gerry Rafferty hit? - Baker Street - PW in Polemi
34 From which animated film did the song Bright Eyes come? - Watership Down - PW in Polemi
35 For which film did Maurice Jarre compose Lara’s Theme? - Doctor Zhivago - ApusApus
36 What 1976 album gave Jean Michel Jarre his breakthrough? - Oxygène - jagwheels
37 First performed in 1918, who composed The Planets suite? - Gustav Holst - jagwheels
38 Which 1990 comedy horror film had the tag-line “Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude”? - Arachnophobia - ApusApus
39 Of which television series was Jack Bauer the protagonist? - 24 - Oxfordboy
40 What connects Sandie Shaw, Lulu, Brotherhood of Man, Bucks Fizz and Katrina and the Waves? - UK Eurovision Song Contest Winners - ApusApus
41 The series Smallville is about the early years of which superhero? - Superman - PW in Polemi
42 What was the follow-up to Jurassic Park called? - The Lost World - Flossie
43 Played by Hugh Laurie, who is Chief of Diagnostic Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital? - Gregory House - Oxfordboy
44 Tiger Feet was which band’s first number one single, in 1974? - Mud - PW in Polemi
45 The 1975 film Rooster Cogburn, starring John Wayne as the title character, was a sequel to which film released six years earlier? -True Grit - jwade
46 Which DCI lives in Causton? - Chief Inspector Barnaby - Flossie
47 Which trio’s albums include Dookie, Insomniac and Warning? - Green Day - Flossie
48 David Dickinson is a television expert on which subject? - Antiques - Flossie
49 From which musical does the song Memory come? - Cats - Flossie
50 What is the name of the lion cub in Born Free? - Elsa - Flossie
1 “Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today” are the opening lines of which song? - New York, New York - The Aquila
2 In which television programme was “I don’t believe it” a catchphrase? - one foot in the grave - The Aquila
3 You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin’ on a Prayer were early hits for which band? - Bon Jovi - The Aquila
4 What was the surname of Del Boy and Rodney in Only Fools and Horses? - Trotter - The Aquila
5 In which year was a cinematic Space Odyssey set? - 2001 - rambo
6 Who was the lead singer of T. Rex? - Marc Bolan - PhotoLady
7 Which silent movie actor created “The Little Tramp” character? - Charlie Chaplin - PW in Polemi
8 In which film does the line “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore” appear? - Wizard of Oz - PhotoLady
9 Who plays Lewis in Morse and its spin-off, Lewis? - Kevin Whately - Cactuslil
10 What is Indiana Jones’s profession? - Archeologist and professor. - PW in Polemi
11 Which policeman was at the centre of the Pink Panther movies? - Inspector Clouseau - rambo
12 Which musical instruments are also called Kettledrums? - Timpani - Cactuslil
13 Some Enchanted Evening, Happy Talk and There is Nothing Like a Dame are songs from which musical? - South Pacific - rambo
14 Which long-running Australian series is set in Summer Bay? - Home and away - jagwheels
15 In which film does a farmer played by Kevin Costner build a baseball diamond in his cornfield? - Field of Dreams - Oxfordboy
16 Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were the main characters in which television series? - The X-Files - PhotoLady
17 Which former schoolteacher from Neath has become a big-selling singer? - Katherine Jenkins - Cactuslil
18 Who played Maximus Decimus Meridius in a 2000 Ridley Scott film? - Russell Crowe - rambo
19 “Who loves ya, baby” was a catchphrase of which lollipop-sucking detective? - Kojak - rambo
20 How many red balloons did Nena take into the pop charts? - 99 - PhotoLady
21 “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into” is a quote associated with which duo? - Laurel & Hardy - rambo
22 Which of the Muppets did a stand-up comedy routine which tended not to be particularly good? - Fozzie bear - ApusApus
23 Which film character said: “My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates… you never know what you’re gonna get”? - Forrest Gump - rambo
24 In what sort of music might you hear scat singing? - Jazz - rambo
25 Which television series is set in William McKinley High School, Lima, Ohio? - Glee - Mrs trevnhil
26 With which band did Pete Doherty come to fame? - Libertines - ApusApus
27 Which soap opera started in 1972, and lost a word from its title in 1989? - Emmerdale (Farm) - Cactuslil
28 What started with Sergeant in 1958 and ended with Columbus in 1992? - Carry On films - Oxfordboy
29 What is the name of the character played by Michael Douglas in the Wall Street films? - Gordon Gecko - rambo
30 From which opera does the March of the Toreadors come? - Carmen - PW in Polemi
31 Who played the Vicar of Dibley? - Dawn French - Cactuslil
32 What are the surnames of the title characters in Romeo and Juliet? - Montague and Capulet - PW in Polemi
33 Which London thoroughfare shares its name with a 1978 Gerry Rafferty hit? - Baker Street - PW in Polemi
34 From which animated film did the song Bright Eyes come? - Watership Down - PW in Polemi
35 For which film did Maurice Jarre compose Lara’s Theme? - Doctor Zhivago - ApusApus
36 What 1976 album gave Jean Michel Jarre his breakthrough? - Oxygène - jagwheels
37 First performed in 1918, who composed The Planets suite? - Gustav Holst - jagwheels
38 Which 1990 comedy horror film had the tag-line “Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude”? - Arachnophobia - ApusApus
39 Of which television series was Jack Bauer the protagonist? - 24 - Oxfordboy
40 What connects Sandie Shaw, Lulu, Brotherhood of Man, Bucks Fizz and Katrina and the Waves? - UK Eurovision Song Contest Winners - ApusApus
41 The series Smallville is about the early years of which superhero? - Superman - PW in Polemi
42 What was the follow-up to Jurassic Park called? - The Lost World - Flossie
43 Played by Hugh Laurie, who is Chief of Diagnostic Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital? - Gregory House - Oxfordboy
44 Tiger Feet was which band’s first number one single, in 1974? - Mud - PW in Polemi
45 The 1975 film Rooster Cogburn, starring John Wayne as the title character, was a sequel to which film released six years earlier? -True Grit - jwade
46 Which DCI lives in Causton? - Chief Inspector Barnaby - Flossie
47 Which trio’s albums include Dookie, Insomniac and Warning? - Green Day - Flossie
48 David Dickinson is a television expert on which subject? - Antiques - Flossie
49 From which musical does the song Memory come? - Cats - Flossie
50 What is the name of the lion cub in Born Free? - Elsa - Flossie
