How Sad Are You?

FOR THE COUCH POTATOES

1 The very first episode of which TV series was entitled If I Were a Carpenter?

2 By what name is the cartoon character Robert Terwilliger better known?

3 Which TV character had the serial number 15042699?

4 The theme tune of which TV series is a version of the 23rd Psalm?

5 In The Simpsons what is the last name of Moe?

FOR THE FILM BUFFS

6 Who was the only British actor to win Best Actor Oscar in the 1980s?

7 If all the Bond films were listed alphabetically which would come last?

8 Which king did Patrick McGoohan portray in Braveheart?

9 Who on film has played Wyatt Earp, Charles Lindbergh and Glenn Miller?

10 The 1995 film Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone is an adaptation of which classic novel?

FOR THE BOOKWORMS

11 Who wrote the novel that could have the alternative title of MCMLXXXIV?

12 Who is commemorated with a 61 metre high monument in Princes Street, Edinburgh?

13 Who tamed the shrew in The Taming of the Shrew?

14 Which James Bond novel shares its title with a variety of banana?

15 In which building was the literary character Moll Flanders born?

FOR THE SPORT ADDICTS

16 In 1995, who became the first non European to be voted European Footballer of the Year?

17 What was won by a Spaniard in 1995, a Dane in 1996, a German in 1997, an Italian in 1998 and an American in 1999?

18 Roy Dwight won an FA Cup winners medal in 1959. Who is his famous nephew?

19 The name of which sport originates from the French word for shepherd’s crook?

20 Which sporting prize was named after Earl Hugh Cecil Lowther who died in 1944?

FOR THE MUSIC MASTERMINDS

21 How are Vermouth, O’Boogie, Shears and Misterioso collectively known?

22 Under what name did Phillip Blondheim top the charts in the 1960s?

23 What connects the songs La Bamba, Raining in My Heart and Chantilly Lace?

24 Which pop stars mother invented and patented white correcting fluid?

25 If all the UK number one hit singles of the 20th century were listed alphabetically which would come last?

FOR THE HOPELESS CAUSES
Quizzers gleaning full marks for this section probably have no life. Throw your anorak in the dustbin, tear up your train spotting manual, switch off the television set, go to the pub and get inebriated for once in your life!!

26 What piece of sports equipment is depicted on the royal coat of arms of China?

27 Which winner of a Best Actor Oscar has the first name of Fahrid?

28 Who is the only Carry On star to win an Oscar?

29 Who was the first Pope to abdicate?

30 Why was Plymouth evacuated in August 1995?

ANSWERS TO COUCH POTATOES
1 Auf Wiedersehen Pet
2 Sideshow Bob
3 Sergeant Bilko
4 The Vicar of Dibley
5 Syzlak

ANSWERS TO FILMS
6 Ben Kingsley
7 You Only Live Twice
8 Edward I
9 James Stewart
10 Emma

ANSWERS TO BOOKS
11 George Orwell – 1984
12 Sir Walter Scott
13 Petrucchio
14 Goldfinger
15 Newgate Prison

ANSWERS TO SPORT
16 George Weah
17 Tour de France
18 Elton John
19 Hockey
20 Lonsdale Belt, Hugh was the 5th Earl of Lonsdale

ANSWERS TO MUSIC
21 Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
22 Scott McKenzie
23 The singers Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper all died in the same plane crash
24 Mike Nesmith of The Monkees
25 You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling

ANSWERS TO HOPELESS CAUSES
26 Polo mallet
27 F Murray Abraham
28 Jim Dale, who won a Best Song Oscar for co-writing the theme for Georgy Girl
29 Celestine V
30 Volcanic eruption, Plymouth the capital of Montserrat