Speed Quizzes 3
Shared Titles
What title is shared by...
1 A hit for Jim Capaldi and a TV show
starring Adam Faith
2 A hit for Adam and the Ants and a TV show hosted by Ulrika Jonsson
3 A hit for Robbie Williams and a TV drama set in Battersea
4 A hit for the Squeeze and a pop music show that debuted in 1956
5 A hit for Shalamar and a TV series starring Lisa Kudrow
6 A hit for Leo Sayer and a TV series starring Bruce Willis
7 A hit for the Beatles and a game show hosted by Shane Richie
8 A hit for Madonna and a TV show hosted by numerous people including Cliff
Michelmore
9 A hit for the Bee Gees and a karaoke show hosted by Suggs
10 A hit for Tight Fit and a TV series starring Ricardo Montalban
The Good Book
Identify the books of the Bible from the clues given
1 They built straight roads
2 Character played by Ronald Maghill in Emmerdale Farm
3 They recorded the albums Duke and Trick of the Tail
4 Jonathan, BB and Billie Jean
5 First name of the actress that played Gladys Pugh
6 She married Desmond Wilcox in 1977
7 Mass departure
8 George Jeffries and John Deed
9 “I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain”. Which song?
10 Amateur football team that provided England’s entire XI in a 1844 match
against Wales
Echoes of the 80s
Identify the number one songs of the 80s from the opening line of their lyrics
1980- Do you remember a guy that’s been in
such an early song
1981- You gotta speed it up and then you gotta slow it down
1982- Baby look at me and tell me what you see
1983- Travelling in a fried out combie
1984- I feel so unsure as I take your hand
1985- Gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over
1986- I’ve had other guys, I’ve looked into their eyes
1987- When the night has come and the land is dark
1988- In my imagination there is no complication
1989- Close your eyes give me your hand
Answers to Shared Titles
1 Love Hurts
2 Dog Eat Dog
3 Angels
4 Cool for Cats
5 Friends
6 Moonlighting
7 Love Me Do
8 Holiday
9 Night Fever
10 Fantasy Island
Answers to the Good Book
1 Romans
2 Amos
3 Genesis
4 Kings
5 Ruth
6 Esther
7 Exodus
8 Judges
9 Daniel
10 Corinthians
Answers to 80s Songs
1980-Ashes to Ashes
1981- Making your Mind Up
1982- Fame
1983- Down Under
1984- Careless Whisper
1985- I Want to Know What Love Is
1986- True Blue
1987- Stand By Me
1988- I Should Be So Lucky
1989- Eternal Flame
Autobiographical
The lives of which pop stars are chronicled in the following
autobiographies/biographies?
1 Life is a Rollercoaster
2 If I Was
3 Moonwalk
4 Acts of Faith
5 Take It Like A Man
6 Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
7 Tainted Life
8 Learning to Fly
9 I, Me, Mine
10 Single Minded
A Question of Sport
Which sports are associated with the following terms?
1 Boston crab
2 Mashie niblick
3 Silly mid-off
4 Fosbury flop
5 Tsukahara
6 Christiania
7 Throwing stones at houses
8 Uwate-nage
9 Eskimo roll
10 Balestra
Meet the Wife
Who played the wife of…
1 Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies
2 Steve Martin in Father of the Bride
3 Dustin Hoffman in Meet the Fockers
4 Kevin Costner in JFK
5 Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky films
6 Nick Nolte in Cape Fear
7 Brad Pitt in Seven
8 George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
9 Jack Nicholson in The Shining
10 Gregory Peck in The Omen
Answers to Autobiographies
1 Ronan Keating
2 Midge Ure
3 Michael Jackson
4 Adam Faith
5 Boy George
6 Ian Dury
7 Marc Almond
8 Victoria Beckham
9 George Harrison
10 Cliff Richard
Answers to Sporting Terms
1 Wrestling
2 Golf, an old name for a seven iron
3 Cricket
4 High jump
5 Gymnastics
6 Skiing, the term for skis in a parallel position
7 Curling
8 Sumo wrestling
9 Canoeing
10 Fencing
Answers to Meet the Wife
1 Jamie Lee Curtis
2 Diane Keaton
3 Barbra Streisand
4 Sissy Spacek
5 Talia Shire
6 Jessica Lange
7 Gwyneth Paltrow
8 Diana Rigg
9 Shelley Duvall
10 Lee Remick
Freedom Facts
Which town/cities were the following granted the freedom of?
1 Andrew Flintoff
2 Judi Dench
3 Gary Lineker
4 Torvill and Dean
5 Robert Runcie
6 John Moores
7 Brigitte Bardot
8 Jack Charlton
9 Simon Rattle
10 Norman Wisdom
Sounds of the Seventies
Identify the chart topping singles from the opening line of their lyrics
1970- Now if there’s a smile on my face it’s
only there trying to fool the public
1971- Hey girl what ya doin’ down there
1972- When I was a little biddy boy
1973- Woah, look out look out, your mama will shout
1974- Goodbye to you my trusted friend
1975- Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman
1976- I would take the stars out of the sky for you
1977- Babe you’re getting closer, the lights are goin’ dim
1978- I was walkin’ down the street
1979- Here I lie in a lost and lonely part of town
Take Flight
Which cities are served by airports named after the following people?
1 Charles de Gaulle
2 Marco Polo
3 Lech Walesa
4 Franz Josef Strauss
5 Leonardo da Vinci
6 John Paul II
7 Jomo Kenyatta
8 Frederic Chopin
9 Ronald Reagan
10 King Khalid
Answers to Freedom Cities
1 Preston
2 York
3 Leicester
4 Nottingham
5 Canterbury
6 Liverpool
7 Paris
8 Dublin
9 Birmingham
10 Tirana
Answers to 70s Number Ones
1970-Tears of a Clown
1971-Knock Three Times
1972-My Ding-a- Ling
1973-See My Baby Jive
1974- Seasons in the Sun
1975- Stand by your Man
1976- You to Me are Everything
1977- Way Down
1978- Dreadlock Holiday
1979- Tragedy
Answers to Airport Cities
1 Paris
2 Venice
3 Gdansk
4 Munich
5 Rome
6 Krakow
7 Nairobi
8 Warsaw
9 Washington DC
10 Riyadh
A Movie Menagerie
Identify the following films from their initials. All 10 were nominated for Best
Film Oscar and all 10 contain the name of four legged animals in their title.
1 DWW
2 COAHTR
3 TDH
4 CTHD
5 TEM
6 TLIW
7 DDA
8 SOTL
9 RB
10 OMAM
City Heat
In which countries are the following cities located?
1 Ghent
2 Basra
3 Odense
4 Innsbruck
5 Port Harcourt
6 Izmir
7 Bulawayo
8 Plovdiv
9 Malmo
10 Barsav
Car Trouble
Which car manufacturers have made the following models?
1 Vectra
2 Capuccino
3 Quattro
4 Tipo
5 Prelude
6 Mondeo
7 Primera
8 Laguna
9 Elan
10 Diamante
Answers to Movie Menagerie
1 Dances with Wolves
2 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
3 The Deer Hunter
4 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
5 The Elephant Man
6 The Lion in Winter
7 Dog Day Afternoon
8 Silence of the Lambs
9 Raging Bull
10 Of Mice and Men
Answers to Cities/Countries
1 Belgium
2 Iraq
3 Denmark
4 Austria
5 Nigeria
6 Turkey
7 Zimbabwe
8 Bulgaria
9 Sweden
10 Romania
Answers to Car Trouble
1 Vauxhall
2 Suzuki
3 Audi
4 Fiat
5 Honda
6 Ford
7 Nissan
8 Renault
9 Lotus
10 Mitsubishi