Around the Houses


1 Which building is home to the Blue Room, the Red Room, the Green Room and the Lincoln Bedroom?

2 What is the first name of the character played by Hugh Laurie in the medical drama House?

3 According to the Animals where is the House of the Rising Sun?

4 Which sporting teams home stadium is known as the House that Ruth Built?

5 Which building, the London residence of the Dukes of Wellington has the address of Number One, London?

6 In the early 20th century what was nicknamed Mr Balfour’s Poodle?

7 Which organisation is responsible for the maintenance of lighthouses in England and Wales?

8 Clarence House stands on which thoroughfare?

9 Tunde Baiyewu provides lead vocals for which pop group?

10 Which film featured a brothel called the Chicken Ranch?

11 A TV adaptation of which novel saw Gillian Anderson playing Lady Dedlock?

12 In which 2002 film comedy did Michael Gambon play the Prime Minister of Great Britain?

13 In which TV series did Alison Arngrim play the brattish Nellie Oleson?

14 What was the surname of the central family in the 70s sitcom Bless This House?

15 Which pop group’s songs are featured in the stage musical Our House?

16 What is the opposite chamber to the Senate in the US Congress?

17 Who wrote the novel The Cider House Rules?

18 What question have Aggie McKenzie and Kim Woodburn asked on Channel 4?

19 Which 1989 film saw Patrick Swayze playing a bouncer called James Dalton?

20 In which song did Tom Jones sing the line, “three hundred and sixty five degrees”?


Answers

1 The White House

2 Gregory

3 New Orleans

4 New York Yankees

5 Apsley House

6 The House of Lords

7 Trinity House

8 Pall Mall

9 Lighthouse Family

10 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

11 Bleak House

12 Ali G in Da House

13 Little House on the Prairie

14 Abbott

15 Madness

16 House of Representatives

17 John Irving

18 How Clean is Your House?

19 Road House

20 Burning Down the House