Bird Brained

1 Who wrote the novel Lark Rise to Candleford?

2 In the children’s TV show Magpie, what name was given to the Magpie mascot?

3 In which film did Robert Redford play a CIA researcher called Joseph Turner?

4 Who performed the Bond theme for Tomorrow Never Dies?

5 Which birds are believed to be reincarnations of sailors washed overboard?

6 Which fictional character is known as the Fat Owl of the Remove?

7 What is the nickname of Torquay United FC?

8 Who sailed around the world in a vessel called Kingfisher?

9 What was Sam Spade searching for in a 1941 film?

10 Which bird family does the mynah bird belong to?

11 Which terrorist organisation was the arch nemesis of The Men from UNCLE?

12 Which bird is the international symbol of happiness?

13 Which psychiatrist is employed by KACL 780 AM?

14 Who wrote the poem The Raven?

15 In which film did Danny DeVito play a character called Martini?

16 Which novel by Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961?

17 What is the nickname of Crystal Palace FC?

18 Which bird was traditionally stoned to death on the feast of St Stephen?

19 Which 21st century animated film features the characters of Foxy Loxy and Major Turkey Lurkey?

20 What stands 711 feet tall in London?

Answers

1 Flora Thompson

2 Murgatroyd

3 Three Days of the Condor

4 Sheryl Crow

5 Albatross

6 Billy Bunter

7 The Gulls

8 Ellen MacArthur

9 The Maltese Falcon

10 Starling

11 THRUSH

12 Bluebird

13 Frasier Crane

14 Edgar Allan Poe

15 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

16 To Kill a Mockingbird

17 The Eagles

18 Wren

19 Chicken Little

20 Canary Wharf Tower