May speed 1

Second Best

What is the second most populous city in the following countries?

1 Netherlands

2 Canada

3 Australia

4 New Zealand

5 Italy

6 Scotland

7 Wales

8 Austria

9 Republic of Ireland

10 Japan

What’s in a Name?

Which pop/rock groups took their names from….

1 The postcode of Walthamstow

2 A shortened version of de-evolution

3 An archduke assassinated in 1914

4 A nickname for brothels in German concentration camps

5 The lead character in Back to the Future

6 Four letters on a sewing machine

7 A river in Greek mythology

8 The first names of two blues musicians called Anderson and Council

9 An unemployment benefit form

10 The band’s home town, 12 miles west of Bristol

The Master of Suspense

Since 1940, Alfred Hitchcock directed 12 films with a one word title. Identify 10 of the 12 from the initial letters provided

1 F

2 T

3 M

4 P

5 V

6 L

7 N

8 R

9 R

10 S- Any one of three

Answers to Second Best

1 Rotterdam

2 Montreal

3 Melbourne

4 Christchurch

5 Milan

6 Edinburgh

7 Swansea

8 Graz

9 Cork

10 Yokohama

Answers to What’s in a Name

1 East 17

2 Devo

3. Franz Ferdinand

4 Joy Division

5 McFly

6 AC/DC, a sewing machine belonging to Angus Young’s mother

7 Styx

8 Pink Floyd

9 UB40

10 Portishead

Answers to Hitchcock films

1 Frenzy

2 Topaz

3 Marnie

4 Psycho

5 Vertigo

6 Lifeboat

7 Notorious

8 Rope

9 Rebecca

10 Suspicion or Saboteur or Spellbound

The World’s Largest

In any order, by area what are the 10 largest countries in the world?

Let’s Go Round Again

Which TV shows spawned the following spin offs?

1 The Bionic Woman

2 Grace and Favour

3 Torchwood

4 Tabitha

5 Lewis

6 Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere

7 Swiss Tony

8 Green Green Grass

9 Angel

10 Empty Nest

Many a Good Tune on an Old Fiddle

From the initials provided identify the ten people voted recently by People Magazine has the World’s Sexiest Stars over the age of 50. The first five are the Top 5 Females and the last five the Top 5 Males

1 HM

2 SL

3 MS

4 JD

5 DK

1 JN

2 SC

3 RR

4 CE

5 DG

Answers to 10 Largest Countries

1 Russia

2 Canada

3 China

4 USA

5 Brazil

6 Australia

7 India

8 Argentina

9 Kazakhstan

10 Sudan

Answers to Spin Offs

1 The Six Million Dollar Man

2 Are You Being Served

3 Dr Who

4 Bewitched

5 Inspector Morse

6 Phoenix Nights

7 The Fast Show

8 Only Fools and Horses

9 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

10 The Golden Girls

Answers to Sexiest Over 50s

1 Helen Mirren

2 Sophia Loren

3 Meryl Streep

4 Judi Dench

5 Diane Keaton

1 Jack Nicholson

2 Sean Connery

3 Robert Redford

4 Clint Eastwood

5 Danny Glover

Transport Tunes

Identify the song titles and artists from the initials given. Each song title has a mode of transport in the answer as in the example below

NBTC by M= Night Boat to Cairo by Madness

1 BYT by JM

2 BS by The H

3 YS by The B

4 LTTC by The M

5 RM by EJ

6 ILMHTAST by SB and HG

7 TLB by JJ

8 BR by Q

9 C by GN

10 ME by The MSP

Anyone for Tennis?

Identify the men’s world number one ranked tennis players from their initials and years given

1 IN in 1973

2 JN in 1974

3 BB in 1977

4 JC in 1979

5 JM in 1980

6 IL in 1983

7 MW in 1988

8 SE in 1991

9 JC in 1992

10 MS in 2001

The City Set

Which British cities are home to each pair of Parliamentary constituencies?

1 Toxteth and Knotty Ash

2 Busby and Ibrox

3 Bramhope and Rawdon

4 Ladywood and Selly Oak

5 Penarth and Tiger Bay

6 Ealing and Merton

7 Gosforth and Jesmond

8 Fulwood and Richmond

9 Gower and Oystermouth

10 Arnold and Stapleford

Answers to Transport Tunes

1 Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

2 Bus Stop by The Hollies

3 Yellow Submarine by the Beatles

4 Last Train to Clarkesville by the Monkees

5 Rocket Man by Elton John

6 I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper by Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip

7 The Love Boat by Jack Jones

8 Bicycle Races by Queen

9 Cars by Gary Numan

10 Motorcycle Emptiness by the Manic Street Preachers

Answers to Tennis Stars

1 Ilie Nastase

2 John Newcombe

3 Bjorn Borg

4 Jimmy Connors

5 John McEnroe

6 Ivan Lendl

7 Mats Wilander

8 Stefan Edberg

9 Jim Courier

10 Marat Safin

Answers to Cities

1 Liverpool

2 Glasgow

3 Leeds

4 Birmingham

5 Cardiff

6 London

7 Newcastle

8 Sheffield

9 Swansea

10 Nottingham

Fine Pairs

Identify the fictitious and real life duos from the clues provided

1 1989 film duo portrayed by Stallone and Russell

2 They originally performed as Caesar and Cleo

3 2002 Disney animation set in Hawaii

4 Richard born in 1902 and Oscar born in 1895

5 Comedy duo that published the book Christianity for Beginners

6 Robert Leroy Parker and Henry Longbaugh

7 They have a fan club called Sons of the Desert

8 They were born Cheryl James and Sandra Denton

9 A spin off from Happy Days that has lead characters with the surnames of De Fazio and Feeney

10 Their surnames are Roberts and Carson and they first met in 1961

Great Scots

In a 21st Century survey the Glasgow Herald conducted a contest to find the Most Scottish Person in the World. Identify the top 10 from the initials provided

At Number …

10 WW

9 RC

8 W the G (from the Simpsons)

7 S (fictional heroine)

6 MP

5 The P (duo)

4 SC

3 SYJ (Russ Abbott character)

2 BC

1 JK

Occupational Hazards

Which occupations are associated with the following nicknames?

1 Chippie

2 Sparky

3 Shrink

4 Sparrow

5 Grease monkey

6 Quack

7 Spook

8 Roughneck

9 Dusty

10 Smudge

Answers to Duos

1 Tango and Cash

2 Sonny and Cher

3 Lilo and Stitch

4 Rodgers and Hammerstein

5 Cannon and Ball

6 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

7 Laurel and Hardy

8 Salt n Pepa

9 Laverne and Shirley

10 Ken and Barbie

Answers to Great Scots

10 William Wallace

9 Robin Cook

8 Willie the Groundskeeper

7 Supergran

6 Marti Pellow

5 The Proclaimers

4 Sean Connery

3 See You Jimmy

2 Billy Connolly

1 Jimmy Krankie

Answers to Occupations

1 Carpenter

2 Electrician

3 Psychiatrist

4 Window cleaner

5 Car mechanic

6 Doctor

7 Secret agent, intelligence agent

8 Oil rig worker

9 Miller

10 Blacksmith