Bits & Pieces Part 1

SESSION ONE QUIZ ONE

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 In which film did Rex Harrison appear alongside a two-headed llama?

2 By what name is the literary character the Artful Dodger otherwise known?

3 Who was the first ever actor to receive a knighthood?

4 In 1819 which Suffolk born artist painted a picture called The White Horse?

5 Who is the Vice President of George W Bush?

6 On August 3, 1492 who led an historic sailing expedition from Palos in southern Spain?

7 Which singer was born Clementine Campbell?

8 Which character has been played on TV by Phil Silvers and on film by Steve Martin?

9 What song marked the chart debut of the singer Cyndi Lauper?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
Dr Doolittle
Jack Dawkins
Sir Henry Irving
John Constable
Dick Cheney
Christopher Columbus
Cleo Laine
Sergeant Bilko
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Carry On Films, Doctor, Jack, Henry, Constable, Dick, Columbus, Cleo, Sergeant and Girls

SESSION ONE QUIZ TWO

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 Which singer was born in London with the name Steven Georgiou?

2 What is the name of the statue by Antony Gormley that stands near the A1 motorway in Gateshead?

3 Aerophobia is the morbid fear of what?

4 Tom Jones and The Stereophonics had a 2000 hit with a cover version of Mama Told Me Not To Come. Which group had the original hit in 1970?

5 Who connects the films Sliver, Total Recall and Casino?

6 What was the name of the shipping line that owned the ill-fated Titanic?

7 The carapace is the technical name for what on a tortoise?

8 In the D-Day landings what code name was given to the beach that was at the centre of the landings on the Normandy coast?

9 Which Disney animation saw a young King Arthur enjoying his first encounter with Merlin?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
Cat Stevens
Angel Of The North
Flying
Three Dog Night
Sharon Stone
White Star
Shell
Gold Beach
Sword In The Stone
All the answers contain words that can precede FISH. Cat, angel, flying, dog, stone, star, shell, gold and sword

SESSION ONE QUIZ THREE

CRYPTOLOGY
Identify the novels from the cryptic clues given
E.G. Small females = Little Women

1 Negative medical man

2 Automated citrus fruit

3 Global journey lasting 1920 hours

4 Farewell to male French fries

5 Nobleman in charge of the circles

6 Capture two football teams

7 Conflict between Venus and Mars

8 Female monarch from the Dark Continent

9 Male goat telling untruths

10 Steal from Mr Orbison

Answers
Dr No
A Clockwork Orange
Around The World In 80 Days
Goodbye Mr Chips
Lord Of The Rings
Catch 22
The War Of The Worlds
The African Queen
Billy Liar
Rob Roy

SESSION ONE QUIZ FOUR

CRYPTOLOGY
Identify the 10 films from the cryptic clues given
E.G. Very short meeting= Brief Encounter

1 Number one rifle

2 No noise from the baby sheep

3 Lambadas with lupines

4 Courageous beating organ

5 Twelve in need of a bath

6 Parisian link

7 Female dubious about the blaze

8 Weekend illness

9 Angry dartboard centre

10 Scratching for 84 months

Answers
Top Gun
Silence Of The Lambs
Dances With Wolves
Braveheart
The Dirty Dozen
The French Connection
Mrs Doubtfire
Saturday Night Fever
Raging Bull
The Seven Year Itch

SESSION ONE QUIZ FIVE

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS

1 Which couple connect the film Snatch with the song Like A Virgin?

2 Which film saw Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman together in Las Vegas?

3 Which song was a No 1 hit for Elvis Presley in 2002, twenty-five years after his death?

4 Who, as a contestant, links the TV shows Celebrity Fit Club and Pop Idol?

5 Which actress played two roles in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Vertigo?

6 Which historical figure’s epic voyage was recreated in the 2002 TV programme The Ship?

7 Which Eastenders character died on Christmas Day 2002?

8 At the 2002 Academy Awards, Kate Winslet and Judi Dench were both Oscar nominated for their portrayal of which woman?

9 Which founder member of The Clash died on December 23, 2002?

10 What was the title of the 2002 action TV series in which Ross Kemp played an SAS soldier called Henno Garvie?

Answers
Guy Ritchie the director of the film and Madonna, man and wife
Rain Man
A Little Less Conversation
Rik Waller
Kim Novak
Captain James Cook
Jamie Mitchell
Iris Murdoch
Joe Strummer
Ultimate Force

SESSION ONE QUIZ SIX

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS - ROLE CALL
Identify the ten films from each group of characters.

1 Hawkeye, Uncas and Chingachgook

2 Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and Colonel Travis

3 Archie Leach, Ken and Otto

4 Adela Quested, Dr Aziz and Mrs Moore

5 Hugo Drax, Holly Goodhead and James Bond

6 J, K and Zed

7 Linda Marolla, Hobson and Arthur Bach

8 Dr Stantz, Dr Spengler and Dr Venkman

9 Colonel Jessup, Lieutenant Galloway and Lieutenant Kaffee

10 Nick Curran, Catherine Trammell and Dr Beth Garner

Answers
Last Of The Mohicans
The Alamo
A Fish Called Wanda
A Passage To India
Moonraker
Men In Black
Arthur
Ghostbusters
A Few Good Men
Basic Instinct

SESSION ONE QUIZ SEVEN

CRYPTOLOGY – QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Identify the songs from the clues given
E.G. 2 LB = Two Little Boys

1 The N H A 1000 E

2 The 12 D of C

3 3 S to H

4 99 R B

5 50 W to L Y L

6 7 L G S in the B S

7 S of a 1000 M

8 H B S 16

9 3 T A L

10 24 H F T

Answers
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Three Steps To Heaven
Ninety Nine Red Balloons
Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover
Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat
Swords Of A Thousand Men
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
Three Times A Lady
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa

SESSION ONE QUIZ EIGHT

CRYPTOLOGY – QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Solve the puzzles from the clues given
E.G 7 W of the W = Seven wonders of the world

1 9 P in the S S

2 24 L in the G A

3 24 B B in a P

4 12 S of the Z

5 12 D of J

6 7 B for 7 B

7 3 B M, S H T R

8 49 N in the N L

9 15 M on a D M C

10 40,000 M in an E T

Answers
Nine planets in the solar system
Twenty-four letters in the Greek alphabet
Twenty-four blackbirds baked in a pie
Twelve signs of the zodiac
Twelve disciples of Jesus
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Three blind mice, see how they run
Forty-nine numbers in the National Lottery
Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest
Forty thousand muscles in an elephant’s trunk

SESSION ONE QUIZ NINE

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 Can Queen Victoria eat cold apple pie is a mnemonic to help one remember what?

2 Who played the role of Debbie Porter in Knot’s Landing and went on to become an Oscar winning actress?

3 ME, MD, MS, MO, MI, MA, MN. What is missing from this group of eight?

4 What make of car did 007 drive in the first James Bond novel?

5 On what date does St Distaff’s Day fall?

6 If all the Popes were listed alphabetically, who would come last?

7 Of all the countries to have hosted the Summer Olympics, which has the smallest population?

8 What song connects Stevie Wonder and the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?

9 Which operatic heroine leapt to her death from the parapet of Sant Angelo Cathedral?

10 Alicante, Cardinal, Cassidy, Niagara and Palamino. What is the link?

Answers
The names of the Seven Hills of Rome. Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine and Palatine
Halle Berry
MT, for Montana. The zip codes for the eight US states beginning with M
Bentley
The day after Twelfth Night, January 7
Zosimus
Finland
Happy Birthday, a tribute by Stevie Wonder to Martin Luther King
Tosca
All are varieties of grape

SESSION ONE QUIZ TEN

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 What connects the date of August 6, 1945 with the pop group OMD?

2 Which TV character was elected to the House of Commons as a member for Dunny On The Wold?

3 Reputedly whose dying words were, “Now all is over, let the piper play Return No More”?

4 Which book of the Bible contains 150 sacred poems?

5 In The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling what kind of animal is Ikki?

6 What connects Fatal Attraction, Romancing The Stone, Castaway, Dallas and Mick Jagger?

7 Which novel opens with the line, “No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine”?

8 What is the link between Lenin, Sir Walter Scott and Jerry Springer?

9 What connects the names of Richard Doddridge, Edward Morgan, Herbert George and William Earl?

10 Lord of Rievaulx, Lord of Cardiff and the Baroness of Kesteven. What army rank comes next?

Answers
Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima on that date and a hit record for OMD
Baldrick in Black Adder
Rob Roy MacGregor
Psalms
Porcupine
The connection is women who have played Mrs Robinson on stage in The Graduate. These being Anne Archer, Kathleen Turner, Amanda Donahue, Linda Gray and Jerry Hall
Northanger Abbey
All are former lawyers
Authors known by initials, RD Blackmore, EM Forster, HG Wells and WE Johns
Major for John Major following Wilson, Callaghan and Thatcher who hold the given titles

SESSION TWO QUIZ ONE

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 What is the name of the son of Princess Margaret?

2 Lin Chung was the hero of which TV series set in China at the time of the Tsung Dynasty?

3 Which 1975 film based on a true story starred Al Pacino as a bank robber?

4 In 1999 which pop group marked their chart debut with a No 1 hit entitled, Bring It All Back?

5 What was the name of Queen Victoria’s home on the Isle of Wight?

6 Which villain was played on film by Danny DeVito and on TV by Burgess Meredith?

7 Which London football club were originally called Thames Ironworks FC?

8 The singer Errol Brown fronts which pop group?

9 The Redshirts were followers of which Italian 19th century revolutionary?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
Viscount Linley
The Water Margin
Dog Day Afternoon
S Club 7
Osbourne House
The Penguin
West Ham United
Hot Chocolate
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Biscuits – Viscount, water, dog, Club, Osbourne, Penguin, United, chocolate, Garibaldi

SESSION TWO QUIZ TWO

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 What song opens with the line, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot”?

2 Who was the only Australian to win the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon in the 1980s?

3 In a TV sitcom of the 60s who owned a talking horse called Mister Ed?

4 Allegedly what was the first song to be sung on the moon?

5 Which song was composed and recorded by Chris De Burgh as a tribute to his wife?

6 In 1978 Louise Brown became the world’s first what?

7 “God bless us everyone”, are the closing words of which Dickens novel?

8 In the Shakespeare play what are the names of The Two Gentlemen Of Verona?

9 Willem Dafoe played which archenemy of Spiderman in the 2002 film?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
Big Yellow Taxi
Pat Cash
Wilbur Post
Happy Birthday To You
Lady In Red
Test tube baby
A Christmas Carol
Valentine and Proteus
The Green Goblin
Types of card – Yellow, cash, post, birthday, red, test, Christmas, Valentine, green

SESSION TWO QUIZ THREE

CRYPTOLOGY – Identify the football teams from the cryptic clues given
Eg Whole meat = Fulham

1 Dark pond

2 Rodents inter the community

3 Cut glass building

4 Latest fortress together

5 Female bee belonging to the compass point

6 Factory boundary

7 Heavy weight following a term of endearment

8 Scottish river’s finance house

9 Parent feeling healthy

10 Prison room’s parasite

Answers
Blackpool
Shrewsbury Town
Crystal Palace
Newcastle United
Queen Of The South
Millwall
Darlington
Clydebank
Motherwell
Celtic

SESSION TWO QUIZ FOUR

CRYPTOLOGY – Identify the TV programmes from the cryptic clues given
Eg Dark colour counting snake = Black Adder

1 Father’s forces

2 Yellow fruit ripped apart

3 Cherubims belonging to the Prince of Wales

4 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

5 Flying pastry?

6 Identical mountain tops

7 This companion of Snow White looks embarrassed

8 Soft caress

9 Brown horse timepiece

10 Females celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary?

Answers
Dad’s Army
Banana Splits
Charlie’s Angels
Countdown
Pie In The Sky
Twin Peaks
Red Dwarf
The Gentle Touch
Baywatch
The Golden Girls

SESSION TWO QUIZ FIVE

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS

1 Andy Renko and Bobby Hill were partners in which TV drama?

2 Which silent film star’s movie contract stated that he was not allowed to smile on screen?

3 Which new BBC channel was officially opened by Clive Anderson on September 23, 1988?

4 In 1969 what resulted in a four-way tie between Holland, the UK, Spain and France?

5 Which of the Marx Brothers never appeared in any of their movies?

6 In 1990 which footballer turned up drunk on Terry Wogan’s chat show?

7 Which song contains the line, “and the sweet silver song of the lark”?

8 Which infamous name in the world of music played the role of Jimmy Rabbit Smith Jnr in the 2002 film 8 Mile?

9 Who played Jill Munroe in the TV series Charlie’s Angels?

10 What was the second James Bond novel and also the first film in which Roger Moore starred as 007?

Answers
Hill Street Blues
Buster Keaton
BBC Choice
The Eurovision Song Contest
Gummo
George Best
You’ll Never Walk Alone
Eminem
Farrah Fawcett
Live And Let Die

SESSION TWO QUIZ SIX

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS - CONNECTIONS

1 What name connects the central family of the film Mary Poppins and the TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

2 On film which actor has played the husband of Judi Dench, the father of Rene Zellwegger and the employer of Nicole Kidman?

3 Sting, Ian Dury, Mark Knopfler and Bryan Ferry all followed what profession before becoming pop superstars?

4 Who links the TV shows Happy Days and Father Dowling Investigates?

5 What is the connection between Jane Fonda in Klute, Jamie Lee Curtis in Trading Places and Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8?

6 Which actor connects the films Convoy, A Star Is Born and Heaven’s Gate?

7 What links the pop records of Mary’s Prayer, At The Hop and Moon River?

8 Which film role connects Samuel L Jackson and Richard Roundtree?

9 Which novel by Mary Hayley Bell became a film starring Hayley Mills and a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber?

10 Which country connects Pete Best, Spike Milligan, Julie Christie and Cliff Richard?

Answers
Banks
Jim Broadbent in Iris, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Moulin Rouge
Teachers
Tom Bosley
All played prostitutes
Kris Kristofferson
The name Danny, hits for Danny Wilson, Danny And The Juniors and Danny Williams
Shaft
Whistle Down The Wind
All were born in India

SESSION TWO QUIZ SEVEN

CRYPTOLOGY – QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Identify the films from the clues given
Eg 101 D = 101 Dalmatians

1 3 M and a B

2 20,000 L U the S

3 A of a 1000 D

4 84 C C R

5 G of the M 7

6 G in 60 S

7 L S and 2 S B

8 The T of P 123

9 7 B for 7 B

10 2 M for S S

Answers
3 Men And A Baby
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Anne Of A 1000 Days
84 Charing Cross Road
Guns Of The Magnificent 7
Gone In 60 Seconds
Lock Stock And 2 Smoking Barrels
The Taking Of Pelham 123
7 Brides For 7 Brothers
2 Mules For Sister Sara

SESSION TWO QUIZ EIGHT

CRYPTOLOGY – QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Solve the puzzles from the clues given
Eg 5 T on 1 F = 5 toes on 1 foot

1 27 B in the N T

2 52 C in a P (N I J)

3 8 T on an O

4 22 Y in a C

5 The 6 W of K H

6 360 D in a C

7 13 S on the A F

8 13 in a B D

9 4 S on a V

10 10 Y in a D

Answers
27 books in the New Testament
52 cards in a pack (Not including Jokers)
8 tentacles on an octopus
22 yards in a chain
The 6 wives of King Henry
360 degrees in a circle
13 stripes on the American flag
13 in a baker’s dozen
4 strings on a violin
10 years in a decade

SESSION TWO QUIZ NINE

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 What four words first appeared on US coins in 1864?

2 What character connects Only Fools And Horses and Troilus And Cressida?

3 Which is the only football league team in Britain that does not have any of the letters from the word football in its name?

4 A sextillion is denoted by a one followed by how many zeros?

5 Which song title was taken from the epitaph on the headstone of Phil Spectre’s father?

6 Which of Henry VIII wives held the title of Marchioness of Pembroke?

7 The Verdi opera Falstaff is set in which English county?

8 Who was the first graduate of the US military academy at West Point to serve as US President?

9 What capital city provides the alternative name of Mozart’s Symphony No 31 in D?

10 What seven-letter word connects Ernie the fastest milkman in the west, Roy Rogers and the character of Colin Ball in Only Fools And Horses?

Answers
In God We Trust
Cassandra
Dundee
36
To Know Him Is To Love Him a hit for The Teddy Bears
Anne Boleyn
Berkshire
Ulysses S Grant
Paris Symphony
Trigger, the horses of Ernie and Roy Rogers. Colin Ball is better known as Trigger in the sitcom

SESSION TWO QUIZ TEN

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 Which literary characters lived at Firbank Hall and found themselves Afield, Afloat and Aloft in three sequels?

2 What was broadcast live for the first time on British TV on March 20, 1990?

3 Which film star is mentioned in the lyrics of the songs American Pie, Vogue and Walk On The Wild Side?

4 Who was the first female novelist to be depicted on a US postage stamp?

5 In which Italian town is the fashion empire Benetton based?

6 What is the connection between the D Day invasion of 1944 and Walt Disney?

7 Which album cover features a Volkswagen Beetle with the registration plate LMW 281F?

8 On July 24, 1997 where were Luciano Pavarotti, Princess Diana, Sting and Elton John seen together?

9 The only dog referred to by name in a Shakespeare play features in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. What is the name of the dog?

10 What connects Angola, Karen Blixen and Toto?

Answers
The Borrowers
The Budget
James Dean
Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women
Treviso
The D Day invasion was code named Mickey Mouse
Abbey Road by The Beatles
At the funeral of Gianni Versace
Crab
Africa, Angola was previously called Portuguese West Africa, Blixen’s life story was told in the film Out Of Africa and the pop group Toto had a hit with the song Africa

SESSION THREE QUIZ ONE

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 In which series of films does Viggo Mortensen play the role of Aragorn?

2 What is the name of the house where William Wordsworth lived from 1799 to 1808?

3 What seven words end the nursery rhyme, Mary Mary Quite Contrary?

4 In which 1978 film did Richard Burton play Colonel Allen Faulkner?

5 What did David Lloyd George refer to as, “Mr Balfour’s poodle”?

6 In which 1963 Hitchcock thriller did the mother of Melanie Griffith play the leading lady?

7 In which ballet is a princess called Odette turned into a bird by an evil sorcerer called Rothbart?

8 Which poem by Robert Browning includes the line, “The river Weser deep and wide washes its walls on the southern side”?

9 Shirley Jones and David Cassidy were both members of which pop group?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
Lord of The Rings
Dove Cottage
And pretty maids all in a row
The Wild Geese
House of Lords
The Birds
Swan Lake
Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Partridge Family
Gifts on the Twelve Days of Christmas, rings, dove, maids, geese, lords, birds, swan, piper and partridge

SESSION THREE QUIZ TWO

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 Sir Galahad, Sir Safer, Sir Lancelot and Sir Gareth are all members of which order of chivalry?

2 Which British athlete died in 1970 at Munich University Hospital aged just 22?

3 Who does Eileen Derbyshire play in Coronation Street?

4 Which liner built in 1936 became a floating hotel in Long Beach, California?

5 Three suspended metal balls are the traditional symbol for what type of shop?

6 In 1901 who founded the Gillette Safety Razor Company in Boston?

7 Which 2001 prison drama sees James Gandolfini playing Colonel Winter and Robert Redford playing General Irwin?

8 Which band provided backing vocals for the singer Emile Ford?

9 Which song contains the line, “Nothing is so good it lasts eternally, perfect situations must go wrong”?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
Knights of the Round Table
Lillian Board
Emily Bishop
Queen Mary
Pawnbroker
King Camp Gillette
The Last Castle
The Checkmates
I Know Him So Well
The game of chess, knights, board, bishop, queen, pawn, king, castle, checkmate and the song featured in the musical Chess

SESSION THREE QUIZ THREE

CRYPTOLOGY
Identify the items of chocolate confectionary from the clues given
Eg The Red Planet = Mars

1 Everything Au

2 Captain Bligh’s vessel

3 Non alcoholic drinking establishment

4 Pack for a feline?

5 Classy thoroughfare

6 Mixed up sores

7 Ten cents

8 Istanbul’s happiness

9 Manufacturers of fire starters

10 Apple and almond?

Answers
All Gold
Bounty
Milky Bar
Kit Kat
Quality Street
Roses
Dime
Turkish Delight
Matchmakers
Fruit and Nut

SESSION THREE QUIZ FOUR

CRYPTOLOGY
Identify the Number 1 hits from the cryptic clues given
Eg Large stone following a penitentiary = Jailhouse Rock

1 Contented chat

2 Female toast spread

3 Ecological entrance

4 Miss Fonda as a toddler

5 Everlasting fire

6 A waltz for Vera and Jack Duckworth?

7 Sioux and Cherokee

8 Yankee pastry

9 What Shere Khan stands on

10 Cowardly underwater vessel

Answers
Happy Talk
Lady Marmalade
Green Door
Baby Jane
Eternal Flame
Dancing In The Street
Two Tribes
American Pie
Tiger Feet
Yellow Submarine

SESSION THREE QUIZ FIVE

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS

1 What is the title of the West End show in which Jerome Flynn portrays the late comedian Tommy Cooper?

2 Which author was played by Simon Ward in the 1974 film All Creatures Great And Small?

3 What surname connects group members of Slade, ZZ Top and The Fugees?

4 In March 2003 who made his first live appearance on Top Of The Pops for seventeen years singing an anti-war song called The Grave?

5 Which singer was born Shirley Orr?

6 Who played the role of Ice in Top Gun and went on to play Batman?

7 Which pop duo topped the charts with an EP entitled Abbaesque?

8 The Return Of Jafar is a sequel to which Disney animation?

9 If all the Carry On films were listed alphabetically which one would come last?

10 Which celebrity TV chef became the father of a baby girl called Poppy Honey in 2002?

Answers
Jus’ Like That
James Herriot
Hill, Dave, Dusty and Lauryn
George Michael
Sheena Easton
Val Kilmer
Erasure
Aladdin
Carry On Up The Khyber
Jamie Oliver

SESSION THREE QUIZ SIX

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS – SOAP SUDS

1 Which actress left the Kabin in Coronation Street to work as a dinner lady?

2 What was the name of the landlord of the Queen Vic in Eastenders who was murdered in 1991?

3 Which actor had lead roles in the musicals Kismet, Showboat and Annie Get Your Gun and went on to play Clayton Farlowe in Dallas?

4 Which soap featured a dog called Bouncer?

5 Which movie icon played the role of Madam Malec in Falcon Crest?

6 The Corkhills, the Grants and the Farnhams are all families in which TV soap?

7 In which state of the USA is Knot’s Landing set?

8 The very first episode of which soap opened with the funeral of Jacob Sugden?

9 Ali McGraw, Stephanie Beacham, Michael Praed and Christopher Cazenove have all appeared in which soap?

10 Who played the role of Richard Hillman, the first serial killer to feature in Coronation Street?

Answers
Thelma Barlow
Eddie Royle
Howard Keel
Neighbours
Ursula Andress
Brookside
California
Emmerdale Farm
Dynasty
Brian Capron

SESSION THREE QUIZ SEVEN

CRYPTOLOGY – QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Identify the sporting puzzles from the clues given
Eg 3 M in a R of B = 3 minutes in a round of boxing

1 100 R in a C

2 30 F in the G N

3 16 R in the O and C B R

4 18 H on a G C

5 22 P on a F F

6 5 P for the B B in S

7 3 G in a H T

8 26 M in a M

9 10 E in a D

10 8 L in an O S P

Answers
100 runs in a century
30 fences in the Grand National
16 rowers in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
18 holes on a golf course
22 players on a football field
5 points for the blue ball in snooker
3 goals in a hat trick
26 miles in a marathon
10 events in a decathlon
8 lanes in an Olympic swimming pool

SESSION THREE QUIZ EIGHT

CRYPTOLOGY – QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Solve the puzzles from the clues given
Eg 12 M in a Y = 12 months in a year

1 The 12 T of I

2 The 7 H of R

3 15 P in a R U T

4 8 F in a M

5 6 C in N I

6 18 P on an A R F T

7 100 D C (the B P of W)

8 8 P in a G

9 1000 Y in a M

10 13 W in a C

Answers
The 12 tribes of Israel
The 7 Hills of Rome
15 players in a rugby union team
8 furlongs in a mile
6 counties in Northern Ireland
18 players in an Australian Rules football team
100 degrees centigrade( the boiling point of water)
8 pints in a gallon
1000 years in a millennium
13 witches in a coven

SESSION THREE QUIZ NINE

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 What connects Rubber Bullets, Nadia Comaneci and Bo Derek?

2 What meat dish was named after a Russian diplomat who died in 1882?

3 Which country’s flag depicts a Kalashnikov rifle inside a star?

4 Which literary duo ate a meal with a runcible spoon?

5 In which film did Jack Nicholson continually type, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”?

6 Which cartoon character would you associate with the dish Egg Florentine?

7 Which city connects the Kentucky Derby with Muhammed Ali?

8 Which singer recorded under a one-word name that meant, “mischievous” in Gaelic?

9 At the age of forty-one, Arthur Gore was the oldest person to win what?

10 What connects the words, plum, candlestick, black and mustard?

Answers
The number ten, a hit for 10CC, Nadia was the first gymnast to score 10 and Bo Derek starred in the film 10
Beef Stroganoff
Mozambique
The Owl And The Pussycat
The Shining
Popeye, Florentine refers to spinach
Louisville, the venue for the Derby and Ali was nicknamed The Louisville Lip
Dana
Men’s Singles at Wimbledon
The board game of Cluedo, Professor Plum, a murder weapon, the murder victim Dr Black and Colonel Mustard

SESSION THREE QUIZ TEN

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 Miss Grainger’s Bosoms, Lion’s Mouth, Principal’s Nose and The Beardies are all the names of what?

2 Which city near the western border of Uruguay shares its name with a car manufacturer?

3 When Sean Connery played Robin Hood who played Maid Marian?

4 Where can the author of The Murders Of The Rue Morgue be seen next to the dancing partner of Ginger Rogers and Tom Mix standing below Marlon Brando?

5 Who was the first footballer to score for five clubs in England’s Premiership?

6 What connects Brer Rabbit, A Man Called Horse and Silence Of The Lambs?

7 What is the connection between Baron Frankenstein and One Foot In The Grave?

8 Which five-letter word of Hebrew origin means, “My Master” in English?

9 What links the liqueur Amaretto with the pop duo Soft Cell?

10 Which Turkish river gave its name to the word meaning a natural bend in a river?

Answers
All the names of bunkers at St Andrew’s Golf Course
Mercedes
Audrey Hepburn
On the cover of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Stan Collymore
The name Harris, Joel Chandler Harris created Brer Rabbit, Richard Harris starred in the film and Thomas Harris wrote Silence Of The Lambs
Victor, for Victor Frankenstein and Victor Meldrew
Rabbi
Almond, Amaretto is flavoured with almonds and Marc Almond provides lead vocals
Meander

SESSION FOUR QUIZ ONE

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 “Into the Valley Of Death rode the six hundred”. An extract from which poem?

2 What is the only colour on the flag of Libya?

3 According to the lyrics of a Wham song where are the drinks free?

4 Which two a side team ball sport made its Olympic debut at Atlanta in 1996?

5 Jean Paget is the heroine of which novel by Nevil Shute?

6 Dangerous Liaisons, a three year old, was crowned supreme champion in March 2003 at which annual competition?

7 What was Cilla Black’s name at birth?

8 Which Orwell novel first published in 1945 was a satire on Stalinism and the Russian Revolution?

9 In the world of sport what do the initials WBC stand for?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Green
Club Tropicana
Beach volleyball
A Town Like Alice
Crufts Dog Show
Priscilla White
Animal Farm
World Boxing Council
All the answers contain words that can precede house- Light, green, club, beach, town, dog, White, farm, council

SESSION FOUR QUIZ TWO

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 In the novel Peter Pan what is the name of the Indian princess rescued by Peter?

2 Who wrote her first novel in 1954 and was portrayed on film by Judi Dench, forty-seven years later?

3 Which car manufacturer shares its name with the cross-legged position in yoga?

4 Who played the role of Sammy Jo Carrington in Dynasty?

5 Founded in 1540 by King James V, what is the alternative name for the Knights Of St Andrew?

6 Who played Ena Sharples in Coronation Street?

7 Which legendary grey steeplechaser won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989?

8 Margaret Kelly is best remembered as the founder of which famed female dancing troupe?

9 What role was played by Yvonne de Carlo in the TV comedy The Munsters?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
Tiger Lily
Iris Murdock
Lotus
Heather Locklear
The Order Of The Thistle
Violet Carson
Desert Orchid
The Bluebell Girls
Lily Munster
Flowers- Tiger lily, iris, lotus, heather, thistle, violet, orchid, bluebell, lily

SESSION FOUR QUIZ THREE

CRYPTOLOGY- AROUND THE USA
Identify the places in the USA from the cryptic clues given

1 Cleaning heavy weight

2 Bird that rose from the ashes

3 Sob not, for it’s an easy anagram

4 Seasonal meadow

5 The ship’s securer is twenty years old

6 Magdalene’s country

7 Derek Trotter is conscious of it

8 Curry to a greater degree

9 Canonised Mountbatten

10 Stallone boxing films

Answers
Washington
Phoenix
Boston
Springfield
Anchorage
Maryland
Delaware
Baltimore
St Louis
Rockies

SESSION FOUR QUIZ FOUR

CRYPTOLOGY – CALLING UP THE GROUPS
Identify the pop groups from the cryptic clues given

1 Coastal town in Lancashire with a raincoat

2 Attractive compass point

3 Fertile spot in the desert

4 Firearms and flowers

5 Nuclear young cat

6 Motor city gems

7 They gather no moss

8 Michael, Mandy, Mark, Millicent

9 Monetary punishment for the juvenile man-eaters

10 Male child area

Answers
Fleetwood Mac
Beautiful South
Oasis
Guns N Roses
Atomic Kitten
Detroit Emeralds
The Rolling Stones
M People
Fine Young Cannibals
Boyzone

SESSION FOUR QUIZ FIVE

THATS SHOWQUIZNESS

1 Who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2002?

2 Which world renowned knighted entertainer died on Christmas Day 1977 aged 88?

3 What is the name of the restaurant chain opened in 1993 by Schwarzenegger, Willis and Stallone?

4 Who did Angela Bassett portray in the film What’s Love Got To Do With It?

5 What is the name of the husband of Dame Edna Everage?

6 In which 1974 film did Spike Milligan play the husband of Raquel Welch?

7 Which football club does the violinist Nigel Kennedy support?

8 Which entertainer was born David Kotkin?

9 Which entertainer had an unlikely hit in 1993 with a version of the rock classic, Stairway To Heaven?

10 Name the author portrayed by Virginia McKenna in the film Born Free.

Answers
Mark Owen
Charlie Chaplin
Planet Hollywood
Tina Turner
Norm
The Three Musketeers
Aston Villa
David Copperfield
Rolf Harris
Joy Adamson

SESSION FOUR QUIZ SIX

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS- POP CELEBS

1 Who kisses Anna Kournikova in the video for the song, Embrace?

2 Who wrote the song True, a hit for Spandau Ballet?

3 Who replaced Glen Matlock in The Sex Pistols?

4 In which US city did George Harrison die?

5 Who did Michael Jackson marry in 1994?

6 Which pop star founded the Planet 24 TV Company?

7 Which singer’s life story was chronicled in the film, Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

8 Which female rock star was arrested for an air rage assault in 2003?

9 At the 2003 Brit Awards who collected a gong for Outstanding Contribution to British Music?

10 What is the name of Ozzy Osbourne’s pop star daughter?

Answers
Enrique Iglesias
Gary Kemp
Sid Vicious
Los Angeles
Lisa Marie Presley
Bob Geldof
Frankie Lymon
Courtney Love
Tom Jones
Kelly Osbourne

SESSION FOUR QUIZ SEVEN

CRYPTOLOGY- QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Solve the literary puzzles from the clues given
Eg ATW in 80 D = Around The World In 80 Days

1 The 39 S

2 A T of 2 C

3 1 F O the C N

4 F 451

5 The G O D of Y, H H 10,000 M

6 The 2 G of V

7 The 7 P of W

8 The S D of A M A 13 ¾

9 C 22

10 W 8 B T

Answers
The 39 Steps
A Tale Of Two Cities
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Fahrenheit 451
The Grand Old Duke of York he had 10,000 men
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Seven Pillars Of Wisdom
The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾
Catch 22
When Eight Bells Toll

SESSION FOUR QUIZ EIGHT

CRYPTOLOGY- QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Solve the puzzles from the clues given
Eg 60 S in a M = 60 seconds in a minute

1 64 S on a C

2 14 D in a F

3 The F of the 5000

4 7 P in a N T

5 5 L in a L

6 2 H on a C

7 77 S S

8 76 T in a B P

9 3 M in a B

10 120 F in a C

Answers
64 squares on a chessboard
14 days in a fortnight
The feeding of the 5000
7 players in a netball team
5 lines in a limerick
2 hulls on a catamaran
77 Sunset Strip
76 trombones in a big parade
3 Men In A Boat
120 fathoms in a cable

SESSION FOUR QUIZ NINE

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 What type of song is a berceuse?

2 What connects El Pais in Argentina and Exame in Brazil?

3 Which novel is set in a house called Manderley?

4 The Egyptian God Horus has the head of which bird?

5 What was first contested in 1900 and has the official title of The International Men’s Team Championship Of The World?

6 What is the connection between a No 1 hit for The Pretenders, the island of Cyprus and Scar in The Lion King?

7 Who is the oldest British Monarch to have ascended to the throne?

8 What was discovered at Berkeley University in California in 1940 and named after one of the nine planets?

9 Who is the only actor to have won an Oscar playing twins?

10 What is the connection between nudity and Leofric, Earl of Mercia?

Answers
A lullaby
Both are the names of newspapers
Rebecca
Falcon
The Davis Cup in tennis
Metals, Brass In Pocket, Cyprus was named after copper and Jeremy Irons voiced Scar
William IV aged 64
Plutonium
Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
Leofric was the husband of Lady Godiva

SESSION FOUR QUIZ TEN

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 In the 1942 film Suspicion which two sisters were both nominated for Best Actress awards?

2 Which Oscar winning actor made his big screen debut in the 1980 film, He Knows You’re Alone?

3 Which Shakespeare play opens with the word, “Boatswain”?

4 Chequers and Richard Nixon, Mafia and Marilyn Monroe, Barney and George W Bush. What is the connection?

5 What connects the Rye House Plot and the Babington Plot?

6 A patzer is the name given to a poor player of what game?

7 In 1963 who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for speaking just one word in the film The Miracle Worker?

8 Siderodromophobia is the fear of what mode of transport?

9 Who was the bride at the Chapel Of The Observance Friars in a wedding held on June 11, 1509?

10 Saanen, Hongtong and Toggenburg are all breeds of what?

Answers
Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine
Tom Hanks
The Tempest
The names of their pet dogs
Both were plots to assassinate monarchs, Charles II and Elizabeth I
Chess
Patty Duke, she played Helen Keller and the only word she spoke was “water”
Trains
Catherine of Aragon
Goats

SESSION FIVE QUIZ ONE

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 Which 1998 film co-starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan was a remake of the 1940s film, The Shop Around The Corner?

2 Which Mozart opera ended with the wedding of Susanna?

3 Which delivery service operated in the USA from April 1860 to November 1861?

4 What was the name of the vigilante organisation sponsored by Michael Winner to patrol London’s underground?

5 Which Bob Dylan song contains the line, “Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone”?

6 In which 1996 film did Barbara Streisand play a teacher called Rose Morgan?

7 Sam Phillips founded which legendary record label that included in its stable such luminaries as Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash?

8 Measuring 563 carats, which famed sapphire, now resides at New York’s American Museum of Natural History?

9 “Glory to the newborn king”, is the second line to which hymn?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
You’ve Got Mail
The Marriage Of Figaro
The Pony Express
The Guardian Angels
The Times They Are A Changing
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Sun Records
The Star Of India
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Newspapers- Mail, Figaro, Express, Guardian, Times, Mirror, Sun, Star, Herald

SESSION FIVE QUIZ TWO

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 In which film did Michael Clarke Duncan play a death row convict with supernatural powers?

2 Hippophobia is the morbid fear of which animal?

3 Who wrote the novel Good Wives?

4 What is the name of the character played by John Mahoney in the US sitcom Frasier?

5 Vulcan is the Roman God of what?

6 What is the name of the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London?

7 Which book by Jeanette Winterson earned her the Whitbread Prize for best first novel?

8 Indiana was the first novel by which writer who also wrote an autobiography that chronicled her love affair with the composer Chopin?

9 In whci Disney film did Jim Dale play the role of Dr Terminus and Shelley Winters play the role of Lena Gogan?

10 What connects the previous nine answers?

Answers
The Green Mile
Horse
Louisa May Alcott
Martin Crane
Fire
Mansion House
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
George Sand
Pete’s Dragon
All the answers contain a word that can precede fly- green, horse, may, crane, fire, house, fruit, sand, dragon

SESSION FIVE QUIZ THREE

CRYPTOLOGY- MAN TO MAN
Identify the famous men from the cryptic clues given
Eg Large cat forests = Tiger Woods

1 First man with a cardinal virtue

2 Male goat’s anger

3 Male donkey’s angry

4 To diminish slowly before a chef

5 Male cat on a luxury liner?

6 Written testament for a deceased worker in iron?

7 Male monarch following a university teacher

8 Undeveloped flower with a leader of a monk community

9 Steal a piece of land for public use

10 Red breasted bird relatives

Answers
Adam Faith
Billy Fury
Jack Wild
Peter Cook
Tom Cruise
Will Smith
Don King
Bud Abbott
Nick Park
Robin Cousins

SESSION FIVE QUIZ FOUR

CRYPTOLOGY – SPOT THE LADY
Identify the famous women from the clues given

1 CON CHEATS NELLI – A football team may help you to solve this anagram

2 Fifth anniversary for Hong Kong capital

3 Bird from an Italian city?

4 Fortieth anniversary of candle material

5 Female ferret and the emerald isle

6 Gently strike the mythical bird

7 Christmas song for the ruler

8 Shakespeare lover’s factories

9 Irish county is small in stature

10 Christmas plant searcher

Answers
Chelsea Clinton
Victoria Wood
Florence Nightingale
Ruby Wax
Jill Ireland
Pat Phoenix
Carole King
Juliet Mills
Clare Short
Holly Hunter

SESSION FIVE QUIZ FIVE

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS

1 Which movie was advertised with the tag line, “Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe”?

2 HEAVEN LIKES A POSER is an anagram of which Oscar winning film of the 90s?

3 Which Dame, a popular name in the world of entertainment, died in March 2003 aged 91?

4 What connects the films Mrs Doubtfire, Tootsie and Some Like It Hot?

5 Who played the husband of Jessica Lange in the film remake of Cape Fear?

6 Clayton Moore, who died in 1999, was famed for playing which masked hero?

7 Which song-writing duo penned the only No 1 hit for The Overlanders?

8 In Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring, which of the characters celebrated his 111th birthday?

9 In which decade was the TV drama The House of Elliot set?

10 What was Donny Osmond’s first No 1 hit record?

Answers
Men In Black
Shakespeare In Love
Thora Hird
All the lead actors were dressed as women
Nick Nolte
The Lone Ranger
Lennon & McCartney, the song being Michelle
Bilbo Baggins
1920s
Puppy Love

SESSION FIVE QUIZ SIX

THAT’S SHOWQUIZNESS – TV ACRONYMS

1 The Six Million Dollar Man worked for the OSI. What does OSI stand for?

2 Dr Who travelled in the TARDIS. What does TARDIS stand for?

3 Joe 90 worked for WIN. What does WIN stand for?

4 What do the initials ER stand for in the medical drama of the same name?

5 What do the initials SWAT stand for in the police dram of the same name?

6 In Cats Eyes, Jill Gascoigne played Maggie Forbes. What does the acronym CATS stand for?

7 Troy Tempest worked for WASP in Stingray. What does WASP stand for?

8 What do the initials UXB stand for with regard to the drama Danger UXB?

9 What do the initials MASH stand for with regard to the Korean War comedy drama?

10 Napoleon Solo was one of the men from UNCLE. What does UNCLE stand for?

Answers
Office Of Strategic Investigation
Time And Relative Dimensions In Space
World Intelligence Network
Emergency Room
Special Weapons And Tactics
Covert Activities Thames Section
World Aquanaut Security Patrol
Unexploded bomb
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
United Network Command for Law Enforcement

SESSION FIVE QUIZ SEVEN

CRYPTOLOGY- QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Solve the sporting puzzles from the clues given
Eg 6 T in a G R = 6 traps in a greyhound race

1 4 Q in a G of A F

2 4 R in a R R

3 6 P in an I H T

4 D T = 40

5 1 L of the T for a 400 M R

6 6 B in an O

7 6 P on a S T

8 5 P for a T

9 8 C in a P M

10 3 H in a T P B B

Answers
4 quarters in a game of American football
4 runners in a relay race
6 players in an ice hockey team
Double top = 40
1 lap of the track for a 400 metres race
6 balls in an over
6 pockets on a snooker table
5 points for a try
8 chukkas in a polo match
3 holes in a ten pin bowling ball

SESSION FIVE QUIZ EIGHT

CRYPTOLOGY- QUIZZING BY NUMBERS
Solve the puzzles from the clues given
Eg 7 D in a W = 7 days in a week

1 7 C of the R

2 144 in a G

3 2 E A in an I T

4 8 B in a B

5 The 7 D S

6 25 C in a Q

7 A, P and A – The 3 M

8 30 D in S, A, J and N

9 16 M of J

10 19 – 19- 19 The V S of O O

Answers
Seven colours of the rainbow
144 in a gross
2 equal angles in an isosceles triangle
8 bits in a byte
The 7 deadly sins
25 cents in a quarter
Aramis, Porthos and Athos- The Three Musketeers
30 days in September, April, June and November
16 moons of Jupiter
19-19-19 the vital statistics of Olive Oyl

SESSION FIVE QUIZ NINE

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 Which duo resides at 62 West Wallaby Street?

2 The Concorde Agreement is the name of the document that details the management of which sport?

3 In which US state did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?

4 In which square is the UK’s highest building?

5 What is the connection between Gerald Ford, Joan Collins and Henry Kissinger?

6 What is the first name of Captain Pugwash?

7 In a pack of cards the King of Clubs represents which historical leader?

8 In what city was the first ever Cadillac made?

9 What is the world’s highest island?

10 What was the name of the female equivalent of the Hitler Youth?

Answers
Wallace & Grommit
Formula One motor racing
Pennsylvania
The Canary Wharf Tower stands in Canada Square
All appeared in Dynasty
Horatio
Alexander the Great
Detroit
New Guinea
The League of German Maidens

SESSION FIVE QUIZ TEN

FOR THE ANORAKS

1 By what shorter name is the peak of Godwin Austen better known?

2 Which TV family lives at 10 Stigwood Avenue?

3 What was London’s first railway station?

4 Which Rangers star was the first non-British player to be voted Footballer Of The Year in Scotland?

5 Which soul legend named his first child Berry and his second child Tamla?

6 What three words complete the following saying? If ins and ans were pots and pans they’rd be no………

7 Why were the 1981 Oscar ceremonies postponed for twenty-four hours?

8 What connects Barbary apes, Bill Haley and the role of Daniel Reece in Dynasty?

9 Which US state capital has a name that means, “Sheltered bay”?

10 In 1975 which boxer’s fifteen round fight with Muhammed Ali inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the film Rocky?

Answers
K 2
The Huxtables in The Cosby Show
Euston
Brian Laudrup, who is Danish
Smokey Robinson
Trade for tinkers
Due to the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
Rock, the apes reside on the Rock of Gibraltar, Haley’s biggest hit Rock Around The Clock and Rock Hudson played Daniel Reece
Honolulu
Chuck Wepner