A Group Meeting
The answers to the next 25 questions all contain the name of a pop group

1 Which film earned Humphrey Bogart his only Best Actor Oscar?

2 Completed in 1725, what links the Bourbon Spanish Embassy to the Holy See?

3 Which 2004 film starred Jim Carrey as Joel Barish?

4 What is the name of the prison in the sitcom Porridge?

5 Which 1996 action thriller starred Geena Davis as a ruthless secret agent recovering from amnesia?

6 Which Christian festival day is also known as Hallowmas?

7 Who married Lenny Henry in 1984?

8 In which film did Laurence Olivier play the Greek god Zeus?

9 Jonathan Buttall is the subject of which painting by Thomas Gainsborough?

10 What nickname was bestowed upon the serial killer Albert de Salvo?

11 Which 60s TV sci fi series featuring the Robinson family was adapted into a 1998 film?

12 Which song contains the line, “Did you ever know that you’re my hero”?

13 Who created the fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh?

14 Which 1974 horror movie featured a murderous villain known as Leather face?

15 In which film did John Wayne play Ethan Edwards?

16 Who did Laurence Harvey play in the 1960 film The Alamo?

17 Flora Poste is the central character in which novel by Stella Gibbons?

18 What was sunk in Auckland harbour on July 10, 1985?

19 In Buddhism what is defined as, the culmination of the yogi’s pursuit of liberation?

20 Who invented the seed drill?

21 Which film earned Clint Eastwood a Best Director Oscar and Hillary Swank a Best Actress Oscar?

22 Which US medical drama featured the character of Dr Aaron Shutt?

23 What is the first day of Lent?

24 Which 1966 film told the story of Elsa the lioness?

25 Billy Pilgrim is the central character in which novel?

Answers

1 The African QUEEN
2 Spanish STEPS
3 The ETERNAL Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4 SLADE
5 The Long KISS Goodnight
6 ALL SAINTS Day
7 DAWN French
8 CLASH of the Titans
9 The BLUE Boy
10 The BOSTON Strangler
11 Lost in SPACE
12 Wind Beneath my WINGS
13 PD JAMES
14 The TEXAS Chainsaw Massacre
15 The SEARCHERS
16 Colonel Will TRAVIS
17 Cold Comfort FARM
18 RAINBOW Warrior
19 NIRVANA
20 JETHRO TULL
21 Million DOLLAR Baby
22 CHICAGO Hope
23 ASH Wednesday
24 Born FREE
25 Slaughterhouse FIVE