December Speed Quiz One
A BEAST OF A NOVEL
Who penned the novel …
1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2 Tarka the Otter
3 The Dogs of War
4 The Eagle Has Landed
5 The Midwich Cuckoos
6 The Thorn Birds
7 Ice Station Zebra
8 Bambi
9 The Plague Dogs
10 The Black Stallion
LYRIC LOGIC
In the song…
1 Coward of the County, what is the name of
the coward?
2 Leader of the Pack, what is the name of the leader?
3 Dancing Queen, how old is the dancing queen?
4 House of the Rising Sun, where is the house located?
5 Jilted John, who is described as a moron?
6 Puff the Magic Dragon, in which land does the dragon live?
7 Dreadlock Holiday, which sport did 10cc love?
8 Lucille, how many children did Lucille have?
9 Two Little Boys, what are the names of the boys?
10 Eleanor Rigby, what is the name of the priest?
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
Who penned the following autobiographies?
1 Reminder
2 Jacob’s Ladder
3 Just Williams
4 Nice One Cyril
5 Stamp Album
6 The Happy Hooker
7 Where’s The Rest of Me
8 Little Girl Lost
9 An Accidental MP
10 Glorious Uncertainty
ANSWERS TO BEAST OF A NOVEL
1 CS Lewis
2 Henry Williamson
3 Frederick Forsyth
4 Jack Higgins
5 John Wyndham
6 Colleen McCullough
7 Alistair Maclean
8 Felix Salten
9 Richard Adams
10 Walter Farley
ANSWERS TO LYRIC LOGIC
1 Tommy
2 Jimmy
3 17
4 New Orleans
5 Gordon
6 Honilee
7 Cricket
8 Four
9 Jack and Joe
10 Father McKenzie
ANSWERS TO AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
1 Dennis Waterman
2 David Jacobs
3 Kenneth Williams
4 Cyril Fletcher
5 Terence Stamp
6 Xavier Hollander
7 Ronald Reagan
8 Drew Barrymore
9 Martin Bell
10 Jenny Pitman
PAUL TO PAUL
Which Paul…
1 Won an Oscar for The Color of Money
2 Scored the only goal in the 1995 FA Cup final
3 Divorced Carrie Fisher in 1984
4 Warned residents that the British are coming on the road to Lexington
5 Penned the novel The Jewel in the Crown
6 Was arrested in Japan in 1980 for possession of marijuana
7 Was appointed the Queens personal footman before becoming Diana’s “rock”
8 Recorded the album Stanley Road
9 Became the first British footballer to be transferred for £2 million
10 Was the first Canadian to top the UK charts
GO FOR A P
Which PP…
1 Picked a peck of pickled pepper
2 Played Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street
3 Died in 1989 and was nicknamed The King of Mambo
4 Did Ron Weasley’s rat Scabbers turn into
5 Said, “give me a museum and I’ll fill it”
6 Is the secret identity of Spiderman
7 Is the central character in the Dickens novel Great Expectations
8 Played Jenna Wade in Dallas
9 Played Steven Taylor in Dr Who before becoming a Blue Peter presenter
10 Was played by Jill Summers in Coronation Street
DUKE DILEMMAS
In which film did John Wayne…
1 First play the role of Rooster Cogburn
2 Die in San Antonio
3 Play the brother of Dean Martin
4 Play a retired boxer called Sean Thornton
5 Play Genghis Khan
6 Play a Colonel in the Vietnam War
7 Introduce Billy the Kid to Pat Garrett
8 Play a centurion at the crucifixion of Christ
9 Play the Ringo Kid
10 Play Sheriff John T Chance
ANSWERS TO PAUL TO PAUL
1 Paul Newman
2 Paul Rideout
3 Paul Simon
4 Paul Revere
5 Paul Scott
6 Paul McCartney
7 Paul Burrell
8 Paul Weller
9 Paul Gascoine
10 Paul Anka
PP ANSWERS
1 Peter Piper
2 Pat Phoenix
3 Perez Prado
4 Peter Pettigrew
5 Pablo Picasso
6 Peter Parker
7 Phillip Pirrip
8 Priscilla Presley
9 Peter Purves
10 Phyllis Pearce
ANSWERS TO DUKE DILEMMAS
1 True Grit
2 The Alamo
3 The Sons of Katie Elder
4 The Quiet Man
5 The Conqueror
6 The Green Berets
7 Chisum
8 The Greatest Story Ever Told
9 Stagecoach
10 Rio Bravo
LITTLE DRUMMER BOYS – Identify the bands from the following drummers
1 Dave Rowntree
2 Tony Meeham
3 Rick Buckler
4 Debbi Petersen
5 Peter Criss
6 Don Powell
7 Mike Hugg
8 Mick Avori
9 Clement Burke
10 Tom Cunningham
IDENTIFY THE BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEARS FROM THEIR INITIALS
1 1981 IB
2 2000 SR
3 2004 KH
4 1988 SD
5 1982 DT
6 1974 BF
7 1968 DH
8 1956 JL
9 1983 SC
10 1980 RC
IDENTIFY THE INVENTIONS FROM THEIR INITIALS AND INVENTOR
1 1879 James Ritty
CR
2 1937 Frank Whittle
JE
3 1621 William Oughtred
SR
4 1927 Philip Drinker
IL
5 1945 Percy Spencer
MO
6 1933 Percy Shaw
CE
7 1892 James Dewar
VF
8 1752 Benjamin Franklin
LC
9 1867 Lucien Smith
BW
10 1887 Adolph Fick
CL
NUMERICAL NOVELS- Who wrote the following novels?
1 The Thirty Nine Steps
2 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3 Fahrenheit 451
4 1984
5 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 133/4
6 The Sign of Four
7 Bravo Two Zero
8 Slaughterhouse Five
9 Anna of the Five Towns
10 The Two Sisters
ANSWERS TO LITTLE DRUMMER BOYS
1 Blur
2 The Shadows
3 The Jam
4 The Bangles
5 Kiss
6 Slade
7 Manfred Mann
8 The Kinks
9 Blondie
10 Wet Wet Wet
ANSWERS TO BBC SPORTS PERSONALITIES
1 Ian Botham
2 Steve Redgrave
3 Kelly Holmes
4 Steve Davis
5 Daley Thompson
6 Brendan Foster
7 David Hemery
8 Jim Laker
9 Steve Cram
10 Robin Cousins
ANSWERS TO INVENTIONS
1 Cash register
2 Jet engine
3 Slide rule
4 Iron lung
5 Microwave oven
6 Cats eyes
7 Vacuum flask
8 Lightning conductor
9 Barbed wire
10 Contact lens
ANSWERS TO NUMERICAL NOVELS
1 John Buchan
2 Jules Verne
3 Ray Bradbury
4 George Orwell
5 Sue Townsend
6 Arthur Conan Doyle
7 Andy McNab
8 Kurt Vonnegut
9 Arnold Bennett
10 HE Bates