A Musical Menagerie

Identify the UK number one hits of the following acts, all have which have the name of a living creature in the title

1 Tight Fit

2 Lita Roza

3 Fleetwood Mac

4 Mud

5 Culture Club

6 Johnny Preston

7 R Kelly

8 Boomtown Rats

9 Andy Williams

10 Partners in Kryme

 

Author Author

In which country were the authors of the following novels born?
 

1 Don Quixote

2 Wonderful Wizard of Oz

3 The Jungle Book

4 Name of the Rose

5 Lolita

6 Les Miserables

7 A Town Like Alice

8 Hansel and Gretel

9 Lord of the Rings

10 Heidi

A Rhyming Quiz

The answers to the next ten questions all rhyme with each other

1 What generic term describes any animal without a backbone?

2 What two word term is Cockney rhyming slang for mate?

3 Which musical was the first ever film broadcast on BBC2?

4 Who penned the book Taken On Trust?

5 Which nine letter word derives from the Hebrew for the King is dead?

6 Which song opens with the line “Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time”?

7 Who born in 356 BC became the King of Macedonia?

8 Who did Katherine Helmond play in the TV series Soap? (full name)

9 What was designed by Karl Gotthard Langhans and commissioned by

Friedrich Wilhelm II?

10 What is the technical name for talcum powder?
 

Answers to Number One Creatures

1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight

2 How Much is That Doggie in the Window

3 Albatross

4 Tiger Feet

5 Karma Chameleon

6 Running Bear

7 R Kelly

8 Rat Trap

9 Butterfly

10 Turtle Power
 

Answers to Author’s Place of Birth

1 Spain

2 USA

3 India

4 Italy

5 Russia

6 France

7 England

8 Germany

9 South Africa

10 Switzerland
 

Answers to Rhyming Quiz
 

1 Invertebrate

2 China plate

3 Kiss Me Kate

4 Terry Waite

5 Checkmate

6 It’s Too Late

7 Alexander the Great

8 Jessica Tate

9 Brandenburg Gate

10 Magnesium silicate

Bloody Questions!
 

1 Which substance gives red blood cells their colour?

2 Which cocktail was named after the fifth child of Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon?

3 What is the stage name of Doug Trendel?

4 What does the word ectothermic signify?

5 What name is given to the liquid part of the blood?

6 Who shot to stardom after playing Captain Blood on film?

7 What was Michael Jackson’s last UK number one hit single?

8 Which musical features the song Tell Me It’s Not True?

9 Which hormone regulates blood sugar levels?

10 A sute is a collective noun for a group of what?
 

Who’s That Girl?

Under what name have the following female singers recorded?
 

1 Antonia Christina Basilotta

2 Concetta Franconero

3 Priscilla White

4 Sophia Cecelia Kalos

5 Brenda Mae Tarpley

6 Pauline Matthews

7 Clementina Dinah Campbell

8 Eileen Regina Edwards

9 Virginia Patterson Hensley

10 Rita Crudgington

Birds of a Feather

The answers to the following 10 questions all contain the name of a bird

Full answers required

1 What name is shared by a river in Derbyshire, a river in Suffolk and a crater on the moon?

2 Who has 3 hospitals named after her in Istanbul?

3 What is the nickname of Bradford City FC?

4 What is the surname of the character played by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs?

5 What is the first name of the Great Gatsby?

6 What was the call sign of Anthony Edwards character in Top Gun?

7 What is the nickname of Notts County FC?

8 Which female singer topped the charts with the song First Time?

9 Whose engagement to Lance Armstrong ended in 2006?

10 Which Coronation character has the middle name of Sibelius?

 

Answers to Bloody questions
 

1 Haemoglobin

2 Bloody Mary

3 Buster Bloodvessel

4 Cold blooded

5 Plasma

6 Errol Flynn

7 Blood on the Dancefloor

8 Blood Brothers

9 Insulin

10 Bloodhounds
 

Answers to Who’s That Girl?
 

1 Toni Basil

2 Connie Francis

3 Cilal Black

4 Maria Callas

5 Brenda Lee

6 Kiki Dee

7 Cleo Laine

8 Shania Twain

9 Patsy Cline

10 Cheryl Baker
 

Answers to Birds of a Feather

1 Dove

2 Florence Nightingale

3 Bantams

4 Starling

5 Jay

6 Goose

7 Magpies

8 Robin Beck

9 Sheryl Crow

10 Ashley Peacock

 

And the Winner Is…

Identify the songs from the following films that won a Best Song Oscar
 

1 Titanic

2 The Lion King

3 An Officer and a Gentlemen

4 Top Gun

5 The Thomas Crown Affair

6 Dr Doolittle

7 Breakfast at Tiffany’s

8 Holiday Inn

9 Mary Poppins

10 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

City Sets

In which cities are the following TV shows set?
 

1 Fame

2 Van Der Valk

3 Spender

4 Frasier

5 The West Wing

6 Hollyoaks

7 Dynasty

8 Shoestring

9 Taggart

10 Columbo

 

Good Company

In which country were the following companies founded?

1 Adidas

2 Christian Dior

3 IKEA

4 Nestle

5 Pirelli

6 Phillips

7 Nike

8 Smirnoff

9 Casio

10 Bang and Olufsen
 

Answers to Song Oscars

1 My Heart Will Go On

2 Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

3 Up Where We Belong

4 Take My Breath Away

5 Windmills of your Mind

6 Talk to the Animals

7 Moon River

8 White Christmas

9 Cim Chim Cheree

10 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

 

Answers to TV Cities
 

1 New York

2 Amsterdam

3 Newcastle

4 Seattle

5 Washington DC

6 Chester

7 Denver

8 Bristol

9 Glasgow

10 Los Angeles
 

Answers to Good Company

1 Germany

2 France

3 Sweden

4 Switzerland

5 Italy

6 Netherlands

7 USA

8 Russia

9 Japan

10 Denmark

 

It’s All Foreign To Me

Identify the foreign phrases from their English translations and the initials provided
 

1 Stiffness of death- RM

2 Unacceptable person- PNG

3 In good faith- BF

4 I came I saw I conquered- VVV

5 The other self- AE

6 By my own fault- MC

7 I forbid- V

8 The other way round- VV

9 Of sound mind- CM

10 In the year of our Lord- AD

 

Paul to Paul

Which Paul…?
 

1 Recorded the album Stanley Road

2 Came 2nd in the Le Mans 24 Race in 1979

3 Scored the only goal in the 1995 FA Cup final

4 What was the first Canadian to top the UK charts

5 Penned the book I Can Make You Thin

6 Penned the book A Royal Duty

7 Painted The Yellow Christ

8 Was born Albino Luciana

9 Was a member of the New Seekers

10 Drove the car in which Lady Diana was killed

 

The First Wives Club

Which US President’s wife was/is called…?

1 Lady Bird

2 Nancy

3 Hillary

4 Rosalynn

5 Martha

6 Mary Todd

7 Laura

8 Betty

9 Anna Eleanor

10 Edith Bolling

Answers to Foreign Phrases
 

1 Rigor mortis

2 Persona non grata

3 Bona fide

4 Veni Vidi Vici

5 Alter ego

6 Mea culpa

7 Veto

8 Vice versa

9 Compos mentis

10 Anno Domini

Answers to Paul to Paul
 

1 Paul Weller

2 Paul Newman

3 Paul Rideout

4 Paul Anka

5 Paul McKenna

6 Paul Burrell

7 Paul Gauguin

8 Pope John Paul I

9 Lyn Paul

10 Henri Paul
 

Answers to First Wives
 

1 Lyndon B Johnson

2 Ronald Reagan

3 Bill Clinton

4 Jimmy Carter

5 George Washington

6 Abraham Lincoln

7 George Bush Jnr

8 Gerald Ford

9 Franklin D Roosevelt

10 Woodrow Wilson