A Bunch of Fives
TV
1 Who played the role of Templeton Peck in The A Team?
2 Which TV series is associated with the theme music Approaching Menace?
3 Which Avenger girl was played by Linda Thorson?
4 Which role in Bread was played by Peter Howitt and Graham Bickley?
5 What is the first name of the character played by Kevin Whately in Auf Wiedersehen Pet?
SPORT
1 Which sport originally called mintonette was invented by William Morgan in 1895?
2 What are the names of the reserve crews in the university boat race?
3 Which player scored a hat trick in the Matthews Cup final?
4 What is the last event in a decathlon?
5 In which city do Sampdoria play their home matches?
HISTORY
1 The Rye House Plot was a conspiracy against which king?
2 In 1645, which county witnessed the Battle of Naseby?
3 Who was President of the USA when the CIA was founded?
4 Which royal house did George III belong to?
5 Who was the first step mother of Elizabeth I?
POP
1 Which former manager of Abba died in 1997?
2 Which Oasis hit contains the line “Gonna start a revolution from my bed”?
3 Which rock trio founded in Texas comprises of Frank, Billy and Dusty?
4 Which number one hit for Boyzone was a cover of an earlier Bee Gees hit?
5 What is the home town of The Darkness?
FOOD & DRINK
1 Burbank and Warwickshire drooper are both varieties of which fruit?
2 Salsa is the Spanish word for what?
3 Found on a Chinese restaurant menu, what has the scientific name of eleocharis tuberose?
4 On Star Trek what colour is Romulan ale?
5 Which dessert is prepared from the cassava plant?
FILMS
1 Which horse was central to the plot of the film Champions, starring John Hurt as Bob Champion?
2 Which Oscar winning actor played the character of Mumbles in the film Dick Tracy?
3 In which 1975 film did Warren Beatty play a Beverly Hills hairdresser?
4 Which Nazi was portrayed by Gregory Peck in The Boys From Brazil?
5 Which 1990 film was based on the book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family?
PEOPLE
1 What is Al short for in the name Al Capone?
2 Which Hollywood star acquired the nickname of the professional virgin?
3 Which famous entertainer is the father of Mrs Norman Cook?
4 Whose hat and cane was sold at a Christie’s auction of film memorabilia in 1986?
5 Who was contestant number 24 in the 1950 Mr Universe contest?
LITERATURE
1 In the Aesop fable which slave befriended the lion?
2 What is the first name of Dr Watson?
3 Which Dickens novel featured a body snatcher called Jerry Cruncher?
4 How are Bilbo and Frodo Baggins related?
5 What is the Hogwart’s house of Draco
Malfoy?
AROUND THE WORLD
1 The Puna in Peru and the Zonda in Argentina are both the names of what?
2 Which European capital city stands on the island of Zealand?
3 Which island is home to Ronaldsway Airport?
4 Which European nation has a name that means lower land?
5 What is the largest of the Society Islands?
THREE OF A KIND
1 Which three songs were number one for the Rolling Stones in 1965?
2 Jamaica is divided into three counties, the names of which are also the names of English counties. Name the three counties
3 What are the names of Peter Rabbit’s three sisters?
4 Which three countries joined the EU in 1995?
5 In an alphabetical list what are the last
three star signs?
ANSWERS TO A BUNCH OF FIVES
TV
1 Dirk Benedict
2 Mastermind
3 Tara King
4 Joey Boswell
5 Neville
SPORT
1 Volleyball
2 Isis and Goldie
3 Stan Mortensen
4 1500 metres
5 Genoa
HISTORY
1 Charles II
2 Northamptonshire
3 Harry S Truman
4 Hanover
5 Jane Seymour
POP
1 Stig Anderson
2 Don’t Look Back in Anger
3 ZZ Top
4 Words
5 Lowestoft
FOOD & DRINK
1 Plum
2 Sauce
3 Water chestnuts
4 Blue
5 Tapioca
FILMS
1 Aldaniti
2 Dustin Hoffman
3 Shampoo
4 Josef Mengele
5 Goodfellas
PEOPLE
1 Alphonse
2 Doris Day
3 Johnny Ball
4 Charlie Chaplin
5 Sean Connery
LITERATURE
1 Androcles
2 John
3 A Tale of Two Cities
4 Uncle and nephew
5 Slytherin
AROUND THE WORLD
1 Winds
2 Copenhagen
3 Isle of Man
4 Netherlands
5 Tahiti
THREE OF A KIND
1 I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, The Last Time, Get Off My Cloud
2 Surrey, Middlesex, Cornwall
3 Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail
4 Austria, Finland, Sweden
5 Scorpio, Taurus, Virgo