A Weather Report

1 Which song contains the line, “I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree”?

2 What did Charles Dickens refer to as, a London particular?

3 Which snooker star is nicknamed the Tornado?

4 In what game can a player collect a pung of east winds?

5 Which TV presenter was dubbed the King of Swing during election campaigns?

6 Under what name did the vocal duo comprising of Martha Wash and Izora Redman record?

7 Who collaborated with Baddiel and Skinner on the song Three Lions?

8 In which 1989 film did Michael Douglas play Detective Sergeant Nick Conklin?

9 Who played Foggy Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine?

10 Which 1996 film saw Bill Paxton chasing tornadoes?

11 Which musical features a song called They Call the Wind Mariah?

12 What is seen when precipitation occurs during refraction?

13 What do Australians refer to as a willy willy?

14 What was Margaret Mitchells only novel?

15 They Call Me Mr Tibbs was a sequel to which film?

16 Which character portrayed by David Jason was created by RD Wingfield?

17 Which disco act recorded the hits Boogie Nights & Always and Forever?

18 Who topped the charts in 1966 with the song Sunny Afternoon?

19 What is the name of the Greek god of the sun?

20 What do Americans call mange tout?

21 What is the last name of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz?

22 In Greek mythology whose wings melted when he flew too close to the sun?

23 In which 1993 film did Bill Murray play a weatherman called Phil Connors?

24 What is brontophobia the fear of?

25 Who played Captain Pug Henry in the TV mini series The Winds of War?

ANSWERS TO A WEATHER REPORT

1 Misty
2 Fog
3 Tony Drago
4 Mah Jong
5 Peter Snow
6 The Weather Girls
7 The Lightning Seeds
8 Black Rain
9 Brian Wilde
10 Twister
11 Paint Your Wagon
12 A rainbow
13 Hurricane
14 Gone with the Wind
15 In the Heat of the Night
16 Jack Frost
17 Heatwave
18 The Kinks
19 Helios
20 Snow peas
21 Gale
22 Icarus
23 Groundhog Day
24 Thunder
25 Robert Mitchum