Fine Pairs

1 Which two books of the Old Testament list the Ten Commandments?

2 What is the name of King Arthur’s sword and shield?

3 Which two songs saw Johnny Logan triumph at the Eurovision Song Contest?

4 What are the surnames of Bonnie and Clyde?

5 Which two men make up the pop duo Erasure?

6 Who were the bride and groom behind the newspaper headline of EGGHEAD WEDS HOURGLASS?

7 In 1987, the British media began referring to which pair of politicians as The Two Davids?

8 What are the two most populous cities in South America?

9 In which two years did London host the Summer Olympics in the 20th century?

10 Which two boroughs of New York are located on Long Island?

11 Which couple appeared naked on the front cover of the album Two Virgins?

12 Who are the co-presenters of the TV show What Not to Wear?

13 Which two novels by Jane Austen contain the word “and” in the title?

14 Which two actors in the film The Dirty Dozen went on to record number one hit singles?

15 Which two books do participants on the radio show Desert Island Discs receive automatically?

16 Which real life husband and wife co-starred as husband and wife in the TV show A Fine Romance?

17 What are the first names of the Harts in the TV series Hart to Hart?

18 Which two songs provided 60s chart toppers for Englebert Humperdinck?

19 Which two British destroyers sunk in The Falklands War shared their names with English cities?

20 The Orinoco river forms a natural boundary between which two countries?

21 Which states witnessed the birth and death of Buddy Holly?

22 Which two units of measurement are sometimes abbreviated to nm?

23 Which two letters of the alphabet provided the codenames of the agents played by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in The Men in Black?

24 Which two films stars enjoyed a seductive game of chess in the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair?

25 What are the names of the parents of John the Baptist?

26 Between which two mountain ranges does the city of Vienna lie?

27 What are the names of the Two Gentlemen of Verona?

28 Which two planets in our solar system have no moons?

29 Who were the only Conservative Party leaders of the 20th century not to be elected as Prime Minister?

30 Which two capital cities are linked by the Lusitania Railway Line?

31 In which two cities did Sebastian Coe win Olympic gold?

32 In which resort did a) Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp and b) Fred Pontin open his first holiday camp?

33 Arthur the Spaniel was the best man at a 2005 showbiz wedding. Which pair made up the happy couple?

34 What are the names of the Famous Five’s dog and the Secret Seven’s dog?

35 What are the only two elements in the periodic table that have a name ending with the letter Y?

36 What are the names of the two moons of Mars?

37 The 1960 film The Misfits marked the final screen appearances of which pair of Hollywood icons?

38 Which TV personalities were collectively known as The Two Fat Ladies?

39 Which two months of the year are named after Roman Emperors?

40 Which two American Indian tribes combined forces to defeat the cavalry troops at Custer’s Last Stand?

Answers to Fine Pairs

1 Exodus and Deuteronomy
2 Excalibur and Pridwen
3 What’s Another Year and Hold Me Now
4 Parker and Barrow
5 Vince Clarke and Andy Bell
6 Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe
7 David Steele and David Owen
8 Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo
9 1908 and 1948
10 Brooklyn and Queens
11 John Lennon and Yoko Ono
12 Trinny Woodall and Suzannah Constantine
13 Pride and Prejudice & Sense and Sensibility
14 Telly Savalas with If and Lee Marvin with Wand’rin’ Star
15 The Bible and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
16 Judi Dench and Michael Williams
17 Jennifer and Jonathan
18 Release Me and The Last Waltz
19 HMS Sheffield and HMS Coventry
20 Venezuela and Colombia
21 Born in Texas, died in Iowa
22 Nautical mile and nanometre
23 Agents J and K
24 Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway
25 Zacharias and Elizabeth
26 Alps and Carpathians
27 Valentine and Proteus
28 Mercury and Venus
29 William Hague and Austen Chamberlain
30 Madrid and Lisbon
31 Moscow and Los Angeles
32 Skegness (BB) and Weston Super-Mare (FP)
33 Elton John and David Furnish
34 Timmy (5) and Scamper (7)
35 Mercury and Antimony
36 Phobos and Deimos
37 Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
38 Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Patterson
39 July and August
40 Sioux and Cheyenne