The Life and Times of…

Clint Eastwood

1 Of which Californian town did Clint become Mayor?
2 What was the name of the character he played in Rawhide?
3 In which 1978 film did Clint face a gang called the Black Widows?
4 Which former lover of Eastwood co-starred with him in six films including The Gauntlet?
5 What was the title of the 1982 film in which Clint co-starred alongside his son Kyle?

Paul McCartney

1 On which track did Paul duet with Michael Jackson on the album Thriller?
2 Scrambled Eggs was the working title of which song penned by McCartney?
3 Which member of The Scaffold is Paul’s younger brother?
4 Which member of the Moody Blues joined McCartney in the group Wings?
5 Which Bond theme was written and performed by McCartney?

William Shakespeare

1 Which play opens with the line, “For he tonight shall lie with Mistress Ford”?
2 What are the names of Shakespeare’s three children?
3 Who played Will in the film Shakespeare in Love?
4 What is the name of the Merchant of Venice?
5 What are collectively known as the Four Great Tragedies?

Sherlock Holmes

1 In which story did Holmes make his literary debut?
2 What is the first name of Dr Watson?
3 Which story features a chapter entitled Death on the Moor?
4 At which waterfalls did Holmes fall to his apparent death only to be resurrected after a public outcry?
5 Born in 1892, who has played Sherlock Holmes the greatest number of times on the big screen?

Rocky Balboa

1 What is the home city of Rocky?
2 Which boxer did Rocky face in his first world title fight?
3 What is the name of Rocky’s wife?
4 Which boxer’s fight against Muhammed Ali inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the script for Rocky?
5 Who played Mickey, the cantankerous trainer of Balboa?

Vincent Van Gogh

1 What was the title of the only painting that he sold in his lifetime?
2 Who played Van Gogh in the film Lust for Life?
3 Who had a number one hit in 1972 with the song Vincent?
4 Which city is home to the Vincent Van Gogh Museum?
5 In which decade was Vincent Van Gogh born?

Robbie Williams

1 Which football club does Robbie support?
2 Which George Michael song provided Robbie with his first hit as a solo artist?
3 Beginning with M what is Robbie’s middle name?
4 To which member of All Saints was Robbie briefly engaged?
5 What was the title of Robbie’s debut solo album?

Catherine Zeta Jones

1 What was the first name of the character that Catherine played in The Darling Buds of May?
2 Which singer did Catherine duet with on a 1994 cover of the Buddy Holly classic True Love Ways?
3 Which magazine did Catherine and her husband Michael sue in 2003?
4 In which 2000 film did she co-star with Michael Douglas?
5 Catherine was born in Mumbles, a tiny village near which Welsh city?

Answers to Clint Eastwood

1 Carmel
2 Rowdy Yates
3 Every Which Way but Loose
4 Sondra Locke
5 Honky Tonk Man

Answers to Paul McCartney

1 The Girl is Mine
2 Yesterday
3 Mike McGear
4 Denny Laine
5 Live and Let Die

Answers to Shakespeare

1 The Merry Wives of Windsor
2 Judith, Susanna and Hamnet
3 Joseph Fiennes
4 Antonio
5 Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello

Answers to Sherlock Holmes

1 A Study in Scarlet
2 John
3 The Hound of the Baskervilles
4 Reichenbach Falls
5 Basil Rathbone

Answers to Rocky

1 Philadelphia
2 Apollo Creed
3 Adrian
4 Chuck Wepner
5 Burgess Meredith

Answers to Van Gogh

1 Red Vineyard
2 Kirk Douglas
3 Don McLean
4 Amsterdam
5 1850s, born in 1853

Answers to Robbie Williams

1 Port Vale
2 Freedom
3 Maximillian
4 Nicole Appleton
5 Life Thru a Lens

Answers to Catherine Zeta Jones

1 Mariette
2 David Essex
3 Hello
4 Traffic
5 Swansea