November Speed Quiz 2
THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Identify the film stars from their initials, all of which appear on the cover of
Sergeant Peppers
1 DD
2 TC
3 JW
4 MM
5 MD
6 TM
7 MB
8 FA
9 SL
10 TP
CITY SETS
In which city are the following films chiefly set?
1 Cabaret
2 Gone With the Wind
3 Blade Runner
4 The King and I
5 Good Morning Vietnam
6 Don’t Look Now
7 A Room with a View
8 Frantic
9 The Sound of Music
10 Gorky Park
SNOOKER LOOPY
Identify the World Snooker Champions from their initials and the year they won
the title
1 2002 PE
2 1998 JH
3 1997 KD
4 1991 JP
5 1980 CT
6 1977 JS
7 1972 AH
8 1968 JP
9 1952 FD
10 1950 WD
ANSWERS TO SERGEANT PEPPERS
1 Diana Dors
2 Tony Curtis
3 Johnny Weissmuller
4 Marilyn Monroe
5 Marlene Dietrich
6 Tom Mix
7 Marlon Brando
8 Fred Astaire
9 Stan Laurel
10 Tyrone Power
ANSWERS TO CITY SETS
1 Berlin
2 Atlanta
3 Los Angeles
4 Bangkok
5 Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City
6 Venice
7 Florence
8 Paris
9 Salzburg
10 Moscow
ANSWERS TO SNOOKER LOOPY
1 Peter Ebdon
2 John Higgins
3 Ken Doherty
4 John Parrott
5 Cliff Thorburn
6 John Spencer
7 Alex Higgins
8 John Pulman
9 Fred Davis
10 Walter Donaldson
IN TUNE
Who recorded the following hits in the given years?
1 1979 In the Navy
2 1977 In the City
3 1969 In the Year 2525
4 1972 In a Broken Dream
5 1965 In the Midnight Hour
6 1983 In Your Eyes
7 1986 In the Army Now
8 1966 In the Country
9 1986 In Too Deep
10 1965 In Thoughts of You
RHYMING SLANG
Which famous people represent the following words in modern cockney rhyming
slang?
1 Prawn
2 Needle
3 Loony
4 Eel
5 Fine
6 Cheque
7 Mussel
8 Trainers
9 Veranda
10 Sarnie
TASTY TALES
Who wrote the following novels?
1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2 A Clockwork Orange
3 Cakes and Ale
4 The Catcher in the Rye
5 The Grapes of Wrath
6 Goodbye Mr Chips
7 Whiskey Galore
8 Cider with Rosie
9 The Mill on the Floss
10 A Taste of Honey
ANSWERS TO IN TUNE
1 Village People
2 The Jam
3 Zager and Evans
4 Python Lee Jackson
5 Wilson Pickett
6 George Benson
7 Status Quo
8 Cliff Richard
9 Genesis
10 Billy Fury
ANSWERS TO RHYMING SLANG
1 Frankie Vaughan
2 Jeremy Beadle
3 Mickey Rooney
4 Tommy Steele
5 Calvin Klein
6 Gregory Peck
7 Jane Russell
8 Gloria Gaynor (s)
9 Carmen Miranda
10 Giorgio Armani
ANSWERS TO TASTY TALES
1 Roald Dahl
2 Anthony Burgess
3 Somerset Maugham
4 JD Salinger
5 John Steinbeck
6 James Hilton
7 Compton Mackenzie
8 Laurie Lee
9 George Eliot
10 Shelagh Delaney
CAPITAL S – Identify the capitals of the following countries. All begin with the letter S
1 Bulgaria
2 Macedonia
3 Sweden
4 South Korea
5 Dominican Republic
6 Grenada
7 Chile
8 Costa Rica
9 New Mexico
10 Fiji
A SET OF BOOKS - In which novels did the following characters feature?
1 Charles Ryder
2 Billy Bones
3 Anne Shirley
4 Jean Valjean
5 Winston Smith
6 Phileus Fogg
7 Tom Tulliver
8 Holly Golightly
9 Philip Pirrip
10 Captain Yossarian
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL – Identify the writers of the following autobiographies from their initials
1 Coal Miners Daughter LL
2 Banjaxed TW
3 Tall Dark and Gruesome CL
4 Little Girl Lost DB
5 The Reluctant Jester MB
6 An Actor and His Time JG
7 Reach for the Stars BC
8 Courting Triumph VW
9 The Ragman’s Son KD
10 Also Known as Shirley SW
STRIPTEASERS – Which newspapers, comics etc have featured the following comic strips?
1 Korky the Cat
2 Beau Peep
3 Dan Dare
4 George & Lynne
5 Fred Bassett
6 The Bash Street Kids
7 Roger Melly
8 The Perishers
9 Rupert the Bear
10 The Four Marys
ANSWERS TO CAPITAL S
1 Sofia
2 Skopje
3 Stockholm
4 Seoul
5 Santa Domingo
6 St George
7 Santiago
8 San Jose
9 Santa Fe
10 Suva
ANSWERS TO A SET OF BOOKS
1 Brideshead Revisited
2 Treasure Island
3 Anne of Green Gables
4 Les Miserables
5 1984
6 Around the World in 80 Days
7 Mill on the Floss
8 Breakfast at Tiffany’s
9 Great Expectations
10 Catch 22
ANSWERS TO AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
1 Loretta Lynn
2 Terry Wogan
3 Christopher Lee
4 Drew Barrymore
5 Michael Bentine
6 John Gielgud
7 Barbara Cartland
8 Virginia Wade
9 Kirk Douglas
10 Shelley Winters
ANSWERS TO STRIPTEASERS
1 The Dandy
2 Daily Star
3 The Eagle
4 The Sun
5 Daily Mail
6 The Beano
7 Viz
8 Daily Mirror
9 Daily Express
10 Bunty