Stinky Sixes

TV

1 On January 28th, 2007 which TV programme screened its final edition after 49 years on air?

2 In which TV drama did David Jason play Captain Frank Beck?

3 Which catchphrase from Dad’s Army appears on the front cover of the novel Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?

4 What is the first name of Parker in Thunderbirds?

5 The address 1619 Pine Street, Boulder was used for the exterior shots for which US sitcom?

6 Who played the role of Billy Ingleton in Last of the Summer Wine?

FILMS

1 Who voiced the character of Yoda in the Star Wars movies?

2 What was built by Guinness and destroyed by Holden and Hawkins?

3 In the 1960s which film was credited with saving the film studio 20th Century Fox?

4 Henry Winkler and Marie Osmond were both originally considered for the lead roles in which film?

5 Which film was originally entitled Wiseguy?

6 Which film directed by Ridley Scott was set in Los Angeles in the year 2019?

SPORT

1 Who managed the FA Cup winners in 1988?

2 Who did Forbes magazine name as the highest earning sportsman of 2006?

3 Who announced her engagement to Radek Stepanek in 2006?

4 Which motor racing circuit is located in the municipality of Cascais?

5 Who was the first golfer to win the US Open, the British Open and the Canadian Open in the same year?

6 The world record for a century in this sport is 46 seconds, set in Sydney in 1941. Which sport?

MUSIC

1 According to the lyrics of the song House of the Rising Sun, what is the occupation of the singers mother?

2 In 2006 who became the first British solo artist since Elton John to top the US Billboard singles charts?

3 Which singer’s name literally translates into English as, April the vineyard?

4 Who composed the song Smoke Gets In Your Eyes?

5 Who was born Anthony Fitzgerald?

6 Which rock band took their name from a 1908 novel by WH Davies?

GEOGRAPHY

1 With a population of over 2.5 million, what is the capital of the Indian state of Utter Pradesh?

2 In which African country are the Hoggar Mountains located?

3 Residents of which sea side resort are known locally as Meggies?

4 Which city lies on the banks of the River Danube and the River Morava?

5 Which is the largest body of water found on the geological fault of the Great Glen?

6 Wichita is the largest city in which state of the USA?

Answers to TV

1 Grandstand

2 All the Kings Men

3 Don’t Panic

4 Aloysius

5 Mork & Mindy

6 Norman Wisdom

Answers to Films

1 Frank Oz

2 Bridge on the River Kwai

3 The Sound of Music

4 Grease

5 Goodfellas

6 Blade Runner

Answers to Sport

1 Bobby Gould

2 Michael Schumacher

3 Martina Hingis

4 Estonia

5 Lee Trevino

6 Billiards

Answers to Music

1 Tailor

2 James Blunt

3 Avril Lavigne

4 Jerome Kern

5 Tony Christie

6 Supertramp, from the novel Autobiography of a Supertramp

Answers to Geography

1 Lucknow

2 Algeria

3 Cleethorpes

4 Bratislava

5 Loch Ness

6 Kansas