In The Bedroom

Identify the films from the years and each pair of stars that shared bedroom scenes

1 Crystal and Ryan in 1989

2 Cruise and Zellweger in 1996

3 Sutherland and Christie in 1973

4 Harrelson and Moore in 1993

5 Hoffman and Bancroft in 1967

6 Moore and Ekland in 1974

7 Allen and Keaton in 1977

8 Redford and Streisand in 1973

9 Costner and Spacek in 1991

10 Clooney and Pfeiffer in 1996

It Takes Two

Identify each TV/film duo from the clues given

1 Muppet Show hecklers

2 The first animated movie to be filmed in cinemascope widescreen

3 They enjoyed an excellent adventure before embarking on a bogus journey

4 Sesame Street characters named after characters in It’s a Wonderful Life

5 They made their debut in a cartoon short entitled Frog Baseball

6 They took their orders from Lieutenant Bert Samuels

7 Set on Catfish Row in a fictional suburb called Charleston

8 A neurotic Chihuahua and a red cat

9 Their last names are Clayton and Porter

10 Their home is on West Wallaby Street, Wigan

Come Fly With Me

In which countries were the following airlines founded?

1 Lufthansa

2 TAP

3 Luxor Air

4 LOT

5 Aeroflot

6 KLM

7 Olympic Airlines

8 DAT

9 Varig

10 Air Atlas Express

Answers to In The Bedroom

1 When Harry Met Sally

2 Jerry Maguire

3 Don’t Look Now

4 Indecent Proposal

5 The Graduate

6 The Man with the Golden Gun

7 Annie Hall

8 The Way We Were

9 JFK

10 One Fine Day

Answers to It Takes Two

1 Statler & Waldorf

2 Lady and the Tramp

3 Bill & Ted

4 Bert & Ernie

5 Beavis & Butthead

6 Cagney & Lacey

7 Porgy & Bess

8 Ren & Stimpy

9 Tarzan & Jane

10 Wallace & Grommit

Answers to Come Fly With Me

1 Germany

2 Portugal

3 Egypt

4 Poland

5 Russia

6 Netherlands

7 Greece

8 Denmark

9 Brazil

10 Morocco



 

Around Britain

Identify the counties/towns/cities from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales from the cryptic clues below

1 Body of a ship

2 Bonnie’s partner

3 Murder Dalglish

4 Foot ailment barrier

5 H2O Car

6 Destroys meat

7 Rugby score following a group of witches

8 Horse gait put in ground

9 Rouse Oscar winning Sal

10 Entrance to badgers home

Flying the Flag

Which countries flag depicts…

1 A red maple leaf

2 An eagle, a snake and a cactus

3 A red and black oval shield and two white crossed spears

4 The outline of the island country above a wreath of olive

5 A brown cedar tree

6 A black double headed eagle on a red background

7 The Temple of Angkor

8 50 stars and 13 stripes

9 A green pentagram representing the Seal of Solomon

10 A keno tree

Top of the Pops

What was the only UK chart topping single for the following acts?

1 Charles and Eddie

2 Madness

3 Aneka

4 Alice Cooper

5 The Clash

6 Iron Maiden

7 Sweet Sensation

8 Showaddywaddy

9 Johnny Nash

10 A-ha

 

Answers to Around Britain

1 Hull

2 Clyde

3 Kilkenny

4 Cornwall

5 Waterford

6 Wrexham

7 Coventry

8 Canterbury

9 Wakefield

10 Dorset

Answers to Flying the Flag

1 Canada

2 Mexico

3 Kenya

4 Cyprus

5 Lebanon

6 Albania

7 Cambodia

8 USA

9 Morocco

10 Peru

Answers to Top of the Pops

1 Would I Lie to You

2 House of Fun

3 Japanese Boy

4 School’s Out

5 Should I Stay or Should I Go

6 Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter

7 Sad Sweet Dreamer

8 Under the Moon of Love

9 Tears on my Pillow

10 The Sun Always Shines on TV

O No

What words beginning with O are defined in the OED as…

1 Lacking conscious awareness of

2 Tall four sided monument tapering to a pyramidal top

3 The Japanese art of paper folding

4 Alternative name for a fish eagle

5 Herb also known as wild marjoram

6 Any species of animal that feeds on both meat and vegetation

7 Nocturnal wild cat of South America

8 Thebes king that married his mother Jocasta

9 Government appointee who investigates complaints lodged by private persons

10 A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms

Its Raining Songs

Identify the 10 “rainy” songs from their lyrics

1 The weather here has been as nice as it can be

2 Tonight for the first time just about half past ten

3 There’s not a cloud to spoil the view

4 So I just did me some talking to the sun

5 Then one day the sun appears and we come shining through those lonely years

6 I’ve got my pride and I know how to hide

7 Woke up one morning half asleep with all my blankets in a heap

8 Baby I could never steal U from another

9 I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains

10 I’m laughing at clouds so dark up above

On the Street Where You Live

Identify the fictional characters from their addresses

1 1313 Webfoot Walk, Calisota

2 124 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom

3 Southfork Ranch, Braddock County

4 1049 Park Avenue, New York (sitcom)

5 Oxenthorpe Road, Puddleby On the Marsh

6 6151 Richmond Street, Miami (sitcom)

7 1000 Mammon Lane, Springfield

8 Blossom Avenue, UK (sitcom)

9 Danemead High Street, St Mary Mead

10 4222 Clinton Way, Los Angeles (TV family)

 

Answers to O No

1 Oblivious

2 Obelisk

3 Origami

4 Osprey

5 Oregano

6 Omnivore

7 Ocelot

8 Oedipus

9 Ombudsman

10 Oxymoron

Answers to Its Raining Songs

1 It Might as Well Rain Until September

2 Its Raining Men

3 Raining in My Heart

4 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

5 I Made it Through the Rain

6 Crying in the Rain

7 Flowers in the Rain

8 Purple Rain

9 A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall

10 Singin’ in the Rain

Answers to TV Addresses

1 Donald Duck

2 Spongebob Squarepants

3 The Ewings

4 The Odd Couple

5 Dr Doolittle

6 The Golden Girls

7 Montgomery Burns

8 Hyacinth Bucket

9 Miss Marple

10 The Brady Bunch


 

A Cat Scan

The answers to the following 10 questions all begin with the word or the letters CAT

1 Who replaced Matthew Kelly as permanent host of Stars in Their Eyes?

2 Barcelona is the capital of which Spanish region?

3 How is Selena Kyle otherwise known?

4 What won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1955?

5 What is defined as the vacuum tube in a TV set?

6 Under what name did Yusef Islam originally record?

7 What is defined as a two hulled boat?

8 Who played Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

9 What did Percy Shaw invent in 1933?

10 What word can mean a waterfall or an eye condition?

Mr and Mrs

All the following answers contain the words Mr or Mrs

1 How is Lawrence Tureaud better known?

2 Which Dickens character was constantly waiting for something to turn up?

3 Which TV show began with a pilot entitled, The Wonderful World of Wilbur Post?

4 In 2005 which cartoon character became the spokesman for the optical store Sterling Optical?

5 Which song contains the line, “Hey you with the pretty face, welcome to the human race”?

6 In which 2005 film did Judi Dench play a character called Laura?

7 In which 2005 film did Brad and Angelina play John and Jane?

8 Who did Kate Jackson play when Bruce Boxleitner played Lee Stetson?

9 Which radio soap ended in 1969 when Gwen announced her engagement?

10 Which fictional nanny worked at 2640 Steiner Street?

Flower Power

From the initial letters of the flowers given identify the national flowers of the following countries

1 Iraq – R

2 Pakistan – J

3 Singapore – O

4 Mexico – D

5 Bangladesh – WL

6 Argentina – C

7 Netherlands – T

8 India – L

9 China – C

10 Nepal – R

Answers to Cat Scan

1 Cat Deeley

2 Catalonia

3 Catwoman

4 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

5 Cathode

6 Cat Stevens

7 Catamaran

8 Cate Blanchett

9 Cat’s eyes

10 Cataract

Answers to Mr and Mrs

1 Mr T

2 Mr Micawber

3 Mr Ed

4 Mr Magoo

5 Mr Blue Sky

6 Mrs Henderson Presents

7 Mr and Mrs Smith

8 Mrs King

9 Mrs Dale’s Diary

10 Mrs Doubtfire

Answers to National Flowers

1 Rose

2 Jasmine

3 Orchid

4 Dahlia

5 Water lily

6 Ceibo

7 Tulip

8 Lotus

9 Chrysanthemum

10 Rhododendron