Paphos Life

Answer as many as you can. No limit.



1 What is Don Diego de la Vega’s alter ego? - Zorro - Cactuslil
2 “Here we come/ Walking down the street/ We get the funniest looks from/ Everyone we meet...” Which band did this apply to? - The Monkees - PhotoLady
3 Who lived at 52 Festive Road and regularly visited a fez-wearing shopkeeper? - Mr Benn - Flossie
4 What type of music did John Philip Sousa write? - Military Marches - AndrewA
5 “You had your time/ You had the power/ You’ve yet to have your finest hour” are lines from which Queen song? - Radio GaGa - Flossie
6 Bill and Ben Porter and their offspring were the main characters in which sit-com? - 2 point 4 children - AndrewA
7 Which acclaimed singer-songwriter began his career with Fairport Convention and made a number of albums with his then wife Linda? - Richard Thompson - kdwoodie
8 Which insects topped the chart for Owl City with their debut single? - Fireflies - jen
9 Which sit-com was set in Walmington-on-Sea? Dad's army - trevnhil
10 What was the Titfield Thunderbolt? - A Steam Train. - trevnhil
11 Craig Phillips was the first winner of which television series? - Big Brother - PhotoLady
12 What was the name of the Pet Detective in a couple of 1990s films? - Ace Ventura - kdwoodie
13 Which word precedes both Kitten and Rooster in the name of bands who’ve had top 10 singles? - Atomic - PhotoLady
14 Who went Singin’ in the Rain in a 1952 film? - Gene Kelly - jagwheels
15 Who got soaked portraying a policeman in a comic television adaptation of the song – Singin’ in the Rain? - Eric Morecambe - trevnhil
16 According to the Guinness Book of Records, who is the world’s most successful and popular pianist? - Richard Clayderman - jagwheels
17 Against whom did Captain Scarlet fight? - The Mysterons - PhotoLady
18 The birdcatcher Papageno and the Queen of the Night appear in which Mozart opera? - Magic Flute - Cactuslil
19 What was Fatty Arbuckle the first cinematic recipient of, in the 1913 film A Noise from the Deep? - A custard pie (in the face) - AndrewA
20 Monkswell Manor is the location for which famous play? - The Mousetrap - Cactuslil & jwade
21 Yours Truly Angry Mob was a chart-topping album for which band? - Kaiser Chiefs - kdwoodie
22 Which film depicts the defence of Rorke’s Drift? - Zulu - jwade
23 Which 1985 film had the tagline “He’s the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born”? - Back to the Future - jen
24 Audrey fforbes-Hamilton and Richard de Vere were the protagonists of which sit-com? - To the manor born - Flossie
25 Whose 2010 debut album is called Lights? - Ellie Goulding - jen
26 What was the surname of siblings John Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Jim-Bob, Ben and Elizabeth, residents in Virginia, USA? - Walton - Flossie
27 Dick Grayson is the real name of which superhero? - Robin - jwade
28 Which band comprises vocalist Tom Chaplin, pianist Tim Rice-Oxley and drummer Richard Hughes? - Keane - Flossie
29 What did Joseph possess in a Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? - A Technicolour Dreamcoat! - Flossie
30 In which James Bond film was there the following exchange: “You expect me to talk?” “No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!”? - Goldfinger - Cactuslil & jwade

9 Dads Army.
10 A Steam Train.
15 Eric Morecambe.
30 You only Die Twice

2. The Monkees
11. Big Brother
13. Atomic
17. The Mysterons

trevnhil wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2017 4:53 pm
30 You only Die Twice

Try again Trev.

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14 - Gene Kelly
16 - Richard Clayderman

30,Goldfinger

18: Magic Flute
20: The Mousetrap.
30: Goldfinger

22, Zulu
27,Robin
20,Mousetrap

1: Zorro ( missed that one at the top )

Cactuslil wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:36 am 1: Zorro ( missed that one at the top )

4. Military Marches
6. 2 point 4 children
19. A custard pie (in the face)

Only 6 left to guess........................Anybody!

25 - Ellie Goulding

8 = Fireflies

23 = Back to the Future

7, 12, & 21 are the 3 left.

7. Richard Thompson
12. Ace Ventura
21. Kaiser Chiefs

Another quiz completed in record time.