Let's Dance

1 The name of which dance derives from the Portuguese for new voice?

2 Who had a 1983 number one hit with the song, Let’s Dance?

3 Which two dances represent words in the phonetic alphabet?

4 In which TV series did Diane Keen play Fliss Hawthorne?

5 Who, born Ernest Evans, became known as the King of Twist?

6 Which stage show was first presented by Michael Flatley at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest?

7 In which film did Patrick Swayze play Johnny Castle?

8 Which famous dancer was born Margaret Hookham?

9 The mazurka is the national dance of which European nation?

10 The film Dance With a Stranger chronicled the troubled life and subsequent execution of which woman?

11 Which nation won the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Wild Dances?

12 Which composer was nicknamed the Waltz King?

13 Which film saw Dick Van Dyke dancing with animated penguins?

14 Which singer was Dancing on the Ceiling in 1986?

15 Which British comedian married lap dancer Nancy Sorrell in 2003?

16 What name is given to the ceremonial dance of the All Blacks rugby union team?

17 Which company was founded in 1776 by Peter Urussov and Mikhail Medoks?

18 Which glam rockers had a number two hit with Ballroom Blitz?

19 In 1958 who was crowned Hong Kong Crown Colony Cha Cha Champion?

20 Which dance popular in the 1920s was named after a city in South Carolina?

21 Who succeeded Torvill and Dean as British ice dance champions?

22 On which island did the limbo dance originate?

23 Which dance meaning two step in Spanish represents a matador and his cape?

24 By what nickname was the tap dancer Bill Robinson otherwise known?

25 The French group Kaoma had a world wide smash hit in 1989 with which song?

ANSWERS

1 Bossa Nova
2 David Bowie
3 Foxtrot and tango
4 The Cuckoo Waltz
5 Chubby Checker
6 Riverdance
7 Dirty Dancing
8 Margot Fonteyn
9 Poland
10 Ruth Ellis
11 Ukraine
12 Johann Strauss
13 Mary Poppins
14 Lionel Richie
15 Vic Reeves
16 Haka
17 Bolshoi Ballet
18 The Sweet
19 Bruce Lee
20 Charleston
21 Karen Barber and Nicky Slater
22 Trinidad
23 Paso doble
24 Bojangles
25 Lambada