Blockbusters

1 IW – Who was voted Male Rear of the Year in 2005?

2 The L of G – Which TV comedy was screened in South Korea under the title of Psychoville?

3 TT – Which swashbuckling reptile has a canine companion called Dum Dum?

4 C and B – Which company’s products are said to be 10 o’clock tested?

5 AR – In 1873 what was named after a Chief Secretary of South Australia?

6 WB – MGB Randalls are the UK’s largest manufacturer of what?

7 TM – Who was the first ever guest in Countdown’s Dictionary Corner?

8 EC – Who acquired the nickname of the Man with the Golden Trumpet?

9 PS – What is the smallest mammal indigenous to Britain?

10 BC – Who suggested that his own epitaph should read, “He was an average guy who could carry a tune”?

11 Q – What Q is a collective noun for a group of cobras?

12 SR – With regard to medical ranks what comes immediately below consultant?

13 Q – In 1437 Transylvania and Flanders contested the first ever world championships in which sport?

14 R of the R – Which fictional character was created by Derek Birnage in 1954?

15 G – What can be spiral, irregular or elliptical?

16 C – In 2007 which town was voted the Most Desirable Place to Live In England?

17 M – In 2004 what was voted the most beautiful word in the English language?

18 The FT – How are sanguine, melancholic, choleric and lethargic collectively known?

19 GD – Which two words complete the following quote by Rudyard Kipling – “You’re a better a man than I am…”?

20 HC, GB, RI, LB, TF, CM – The previous six initials represent the first six guests on the TV quiz show A Question of Sport, first screened in 1970. Identify the five male guests and the one female guest.

Answers

1 Ian Wright

2 The League of Gentlemen

3 Touche Turtle

4 Crosse and Blackwell

5 Ayers Rock

6 Wheelie bins

7 Ted Moult

8 Eddie Calvert

9 Pygmy shrew

10 Bing Crosby

11 Quiver

12 Senior Registrar

13 Quidditch

14 Roy of the Rovers

15 Galaxies

16 Cheltenham

17 Mother

18 The Four Temperaments

19 Gunga Din

20 Henry Cooper, George Best, Ray Illingworth, Lillian Board, Tom Finney, Cliff Morgan