Laughter Lines…

1 Who penned the autobiography, Don’t Laugh at Me?

2 Who penned the autobiography, Laughter In the Rain?

3 Which music hall song was recorded by Charles Penrose in 1922?

4 What two words did Edward Lear combine when creating the word chortle?

5 In which sitcom did Richard Wilson play Dr Gordon Thorpe?

6 Which singer acquired the nickname The Gal with the Giggle in her Voice?

7 What is the technical term for laughing gas?

8 Which movie mogul once said, “When the audience is confused it doesn’t laugh”?

9 Who were the original four presenters on the TV show, Game for a Laugh?

10 What G is the name given to the study of laughter?

…and the Crying Game

1 Which two singers have had UK top 10 hits with the song The Crying Game?

2 Which pop star of yesteryear was nicknamed The Sultan of Sob?

3 What did the Inca civilisation refer to as, the tears of the moon?

4 What two words comprise the shortest verse in the Bible?

5 Under what name did the brothers Pat and Greg Kane record?

6 What CT is defined as, insincere or fake crying?

7 In which film did Meryl Streep play Lindy Chamberlain?

8 In which popular sci-fi novel is crying referred to as, “giving water to the dead”?

9 Which song contains the lyric, “but don’t let my glad expression give you the wrong impression”?

10 Which duo scored zero points for the UK when singing Cry Baby in the Eurovision Song Contest?

Laughter answers

1 Norman Wisdom

2 Neil Sedaka

3 The Laughing Policeman

4 Chuckle and snort

5 Only When I Laugh

6 Alma Cogan

7 Nitrous oxide

8 Max Sennett

9 Jeremy Beadle, Matthew Kelly, Henry Kelly, Sarah Kennedy

10 Gelotology

Crying answers

1 Dave Berry and Boy George

2 Johnny Ray

3 Silver

4 Jesus wept

5 Hue and Cry

6 Crocodile tears

7 A Cry in the Dark

8 Dune

9 Tears of a Clown

10 Jemini