Continuity Capers

The answer to each question contains a word from the previous answer
E.g. Battle of Goose Green, Mother Goose, And Mother Makes Five etc.


1 Who played the role of Private Widdle in Carry on up the Khyber?

2 Which disco diva topped the charts in 1976 with I Love to Love?

3 Who played Aunt Entity in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome?

4 Which role is played by Richard Thorp in Emmerdale?

5 Which ventriloquist sticks his hand up Lord Charles?

6 Whose song Achy Breaky Heart helped to popularise line dancing?

7 Who played the title role in the film comedy Bad Santa?

8 Who rode Aldaniti to Grand National glory?

9 Ricky North was the human companion of which equine hero?

10 How is Diana Prince otherwise known?

11 Which 80s UK number one hit single for Barbra Streisand was penned by the Gibb brothers?

12 In which film adaptation of a Graham Greene novel did Alec Guinness play the role of Jim Wormwold?

13 In which film did Jim Carrey play the comedian Andy Kaufmann?

14 Which film co-starring Ryan and Tatum O’Neal was adapted from a novel by Addie Pray?

15 Which song contains the line, “I realise the way your eyes deceive me”?

16 Which rock band had a hit with the cover version of Live and Let Die in 1991?

17 In which film did Emilio Estevez play Billy the Kid?

18 Which singer had hits with If You Let Me Stay and Every Time You Go Away?

19 How was Karol Wojtyla better known?

20 Which poet penned The Rape of the Lock?

21 Which son of King Philip II was crowned leader of Macedonia?

22 What extends for almost 4,000 miles from Shanai Pass to Lopnur?


23 What was the only number one hit for T’Pau?

24 Which film featured a psychotic nanny called Peyton Flanders?

25 What is the subtitle of the 2003 Lara Croft movie?

26 In which film did Michael Palin play Mr Bignose?

27 What is the real name of the rock star Marilyn Manson?

28 How are the siblings Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack collectively known?

29 In which film did Howard Keel play Adam Pontipee?

30 What nickname was bestowed upon the killer George Joseph Smith?

31 Which university football team reached the first round of the FA Cup in the 2002/03 season?

32 Which archaeology TV show is presented by Tony Robinson?

33 What do the initials TARDIS stand for?

34 In which 60s TV show did Guy Williams play the head of the Robinson family?

35 What is the subtitle of Jurassic Park II?

36 What is the family motto of James Bond?

37 Which TV comedy show spawned the comedy album Hedgehog Sandwich?

38 Which famous pop hit first appeared in the film The Blackboard Jungle?

39 Who hosted the 2005 Academy Awards?

40 Who created the TV show The X Files?

41 Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002?

42 Which singer was backed by the Vagabonds?

43 James Henry Trotter was the lead character in which novel?

44 What was the nickname of the baseball legend Ty Cobb?

45 Which song contains the lyric, “LA proved too much for the man”?

46 Which song contains the line, “I’ll make your reservation”?

47 Which book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton chronicled the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

48 In which comedy show did Frankie Howerd play Lurchio?

49 What was the first hit record for the Supremes following the departure of Diana Ross?

50 Which play by Tennessee Williams was adapted into a film starring Liz Taylor and Paul Newman?


Answers to Continuity Capers

1 Charles Hawtrey
2 Tina Charles
3 Tina Turner
4 Alan Turner
5 Ray Alan
6 Billy Ray Cyrus
7 Billy Bob Thornton
8 Bob Champion
9 Champion the Wonder Horse
10 Wonder Woman
11 Woman in Love
12 Our Man in Havana
13 Man on the Moon
14 Paper Moon
15 Paper Roses
16 Guns N Roses
17 Young Guns
18 Paul Young
19 Pope John Paul II
20 Alexander Pope
21 Alexander the Great
22 The Great Wall of China
23 China in Your Hand
24 The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
25 Cradle of Life
26 The Life of Brian
27 Brian Warner
28 Warner Brothers
29 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
30 The Brides in the Bath Murderer
31 Team Bath
32 Time Team
33 Time And Relative Dimension In Space
34 Lost in Space
35 The Lost World
36 The World is Not Enough
37 Not the Nine O’clock News
38 Rock Around the Clock
39 Chris Rock
40 Chris Carter
41 Jimmy Carter
42 Jimmy James
43 James and the Giant Peach
44 The Georgia Peach
45 Midnight Train to Georgia
46 Last Train to Clarkesville
47 The Last Days of Pompeii
48 Up Pompeii
49 Up the Ladder to the Roof
50 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof