The Crying Game

1 Who sobbed her way through an Oscar acceptance speech for her role in Shakespeare in Love?

2 In 1997 which boxer broke down in tears during a bout with Lennox Lewis?

3 Which song contains the line, “Long nights crying by the record machine”?

4 What L is the name of the glands that secrete tears?

5 What animal’s tears are said to be sign of insincere grief?

6 Where was Elvis Presley crying in a 1965 chart topper?

7 Who scored nil points for their rendition of Cry Baby in the Eurovision Song Contest?

8 In which film did Miss Moneypenny cry at James Bond’s wedding?

9 Which sibling duo were Crying in the Rain in 1962?

10 Which musical features the song Don’t Cry for me Argentina?

11 Who did Denzel Washington portray in Cry Freedom?

12 Which nursery rhyme character rapped at the windows and cried through the locks?

13 Who wrote the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

14 Which 1999 film earned Hilary Swank her first Best Actress Oscar?

15 Under what name did Greg and Pat Kane record?

16 Which song has been a hit for Julie London, Mari Wilson and Denise Welch?

17 In what year did Paul Gascoine cry in a World Cup semi final?

18 Which 1988 film told the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, who claimed her baby had been taken by a dingo?

19 Which singer born Dave Grundy had the original 1964 hit with The Crying Game?

20 Who said, “I cried all the way to the bank” following a libel case against the Daily Mirror?

21 Who topped the UK charts in 1980 with the song Crying?

22 Which organisations official magazine is called The War Cry?

23 Which singer acquired the nickname of the Sultan of Sob?

24 What two words make up the shortest verse in the Bible?

25 Which song contains the line, “but baby every night I wake up crying”?

Answers to the Crying Game

1 Gwyneth Paltrow
2 Oliver McCall
3 Crocodile Rock
4 Lachrymal
5 Crocodile tears
6 Crying in the Chapel
7 Jemini
8 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
9 Everly Brothers
10 Evita
11 Steve Biko
12 Wee Willie Winkie
13 Aesop
14 Boys Don’t Cry
15 Hue and Cry
16 Cry Me a River
17 1990
18 A Cry in the Dark
19 Dave Berry
20 Liberace
21 Don McLean
22 Salvation Army
23 Johnny Ray
24 Jesus wept
25 Tears On My Pillow