THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED
1 Who did Donald Pleasence portray in the film The Eagles Have Landed?
2 What is the name of the patriotic eagle on The Muppet Show?
3 Which sport is played by the Newcastle Eagles?
4 What five letter name is given to the home of an eagle?
5 Which country’s name in its own language is Shqiperia, meaning land of the eagles?
6 Which hit for The Eagles ends with the line, “but you can never leave”?
7 Which musician is the pop star brother of Neneh Cherry?
8 Which female singer’s surname translates into English as eagle’s nest?
9 Which team were beaten in the 2005 final of the Super Bowl?
10 On July 20th 1969, who proclaimed “The Eagle has landed”?
11 Over 80% of the USA’s bald eagle population is concentrated in which state?
12 How many strokes under par is an eagle in the game of golf?
13 In which 1986 film did Louis Gossett Jnr play an air force pilot called Colonel Sinclair?
14 Which London football club are nicknamed The Eagles?
15 In which film did Clint Eastwood play Lieutenant Morris Schaffer?
16 Which English county is home to an X shaped village called Eagle?
17 Who penned the novel The Eagle Has Landed?
18 Which country’s flag depicts an eagle with a snake in its mouth?
19 Who was known as the Pilot of the Future in the Eagle comic?
20 Who was the first ski jumper to represent Britain in the Olympic games?
21 Which two English counties are served by the radio station 96.4 The Eagle?
22 Which mythological winged spirit that took
the dead to Hades has the body of an eagle and the face of a human?
23 In which century was the bald eagle chosen as the emblem of the USA?
24 Which film producer is often credited as SP Eagle?
25 In which 1986 film did Robert Redford play District Attorney Tom Logan?
Answers
1 Heinrich Himmler
2 Sam the Eagle
3 Basketball
4 Eyrie
5 Albania
6 Hotel California
7 Eagle Eye Cherry
8 Christina Aguilera
9 Philadelphia Eagles
10 Neil Armstrong
11 Florida
12 Two under
13 Iron Eagle
14 Crystal Palace
15 Where Eagles Dare
16 Lincolnshire
17 Jack Higgins
18 Mexico
19 Dan Dare
20 Eddie the Eagle Edwards
21 Surrey and Hampshire
22 Harpy
23 18th century
24 Sam Spiegel
25 Legal Eagles