Think of a Number

Identify the pop acts that charted with the following songs in the given years. All ten acts have a number in their name

1 Simon Says in 1968

2 It Only Takes a Minute in 1976

3 Wall Street Shuffle in 1974

4 You’re Driving Me Crazy in 1961

5 System Addict in 1986

6 What’s Up in 1993

7 Temptation in 1983

8 Mama Told Me Not to Come in 1970

9 Get Ready for This in 1991

10 Sacred Trust in 2002

 

Out of Sight

Which TV shows feature the following characters- Often mentioned but never seen on screen

1 Father Bigley

2 Maris Crane

3 Mrs Arthur Daley

4 Vera Peterson

5 Beverley Macca

6 Little Pussy Malanga

7 Sheridan Bucket

8 Phil Petrillo

9 Elizabeth Mainwaring

10 Principal John Lazarus
 

Potter Positions

What jobs/positions etc are held by the following in the Potter novels?

 

1 Argus Filch

2 Professor Binns

3 Mr Ollivander

4 Madame Hooch

5 Rita Skeeter

6 Sybil Trelawney

7 Irma Pince

8 Kreacher

9 Igor Karkaroff

10 Poppy Pomfrey
 

Answers to Think of a Number
 

1 1910 Friutgum Company

2 One Hundred Ton and a Feather (Pseudonym of Jonathan King)

3 10 CC

4 Temperance Seven

5 Five Star

6 4 Non Blondes

7 Heaven 17

8 Three Dog Night

9 2 Unlimited

10 One True Voice
 

Answers to Out of Sight
 

1 Father Ted

2 Frasier

3 Minder

4 Cheers

5 The Royle Family

6 The Sopranos

7 Keeping Up Appearances

8 The Golden Girls

9 Dad’s Army

10 Welcome Back Kotter

 

Answers to Potter Positions
 

1 Hogwarts caretaker

2 History of Magic teacher

3 Purveyor of magic wands

4 Flying teacher and Quidditch referee

5 Journalist

6 Divination teacher

7 School librarian

8 House elf

9 Headmaster at Durmstrang

10 Hogwarts nurse

 

Robotic Riddles

Which TV shows/films feature the following robots?

1 Cylons

2 K9

3 Bender

4 Gort

5 R2D2

6 Johnny 5

7 Rodney Copperbottom

8 Twiki

9 Gigolo Joe

10 Rosie the Maid
 

B is for Book

Who penned the following books?

1 Brer Rabbit

2 The BFG

3 Breakfast at Tiffany’s

4 Brideshead Revisted

5 Billion Dollar Brain

6 Bridget Jones’s Diary

7 Ben Hur

8 The Bourne Identity

9 Brave New World

10 Battlefield Earth
 

Bands of Brothers

What are the surnames of the brothers that played together in the following bands?
 

1 The Kinks

2 Beach Boys

3 Spandau Ballet

4 Bee Gees

5 Oasis

6 Earth Wind and Fire

7 PM Dawn

8 Proclaimers

9 Dire Straits

10 Radiohead
 

Answers to Robots
 

1 Battlestar Galactica

2 Dr Who

3 Futurama

4 The Day the Earth Stood Still

5 Star Wars series

6 Short Circuit

7 Robots

8 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

9 AI

10 The Jetsons
 

Answers to B Books
 

1 Joel Chandler Harris

2 Roald Dahl

Truman Capote

4 Evelyn Waugh

5 Len Deighton

6 Helen Fielding

7 Lew Wallace

8 Robert Ludlum

9 Aldous Huxley

10 L Ron Hubbard
 

Answers to Band of Brothers
 

1 Davies

2 Wilson

3 Kemp

4 Gibb

5 Gallagher

6 White

7 Cordes

8 Reid

9 Knopfler

10 Greenwood
 

A Fair Cop

Which TV police dramas feature the following characters?

1 Captain Dobie

2 DS Johnny Ho

3 Joe Friday

4 Charlie Hungerford

5 Detective Lieutenant Mike Stone

6 Sergeant Jablonski

7 DS Jackie Reid

8 PC Fancy Smith

9 Lieutenant Bill Crowley

10 Detective Greg Medavoy
 

S is for Singer

Which singers recorded the following albums? All 10 singers have a surname beginning with S
 

1 Graceland

2 In The Zone

3 Big Willie Style

4 Songs For Swinging Lovers

5 Endless Flight

6 Born in the USA

7 Catch Bull at Four

8 Laughter In The Rain

9 Funky Dory

10 Atlantic Crossing
 

Go To Jail

In which British towns or cities are the following jails located?
 

1 Woodhill

2 Parkhurst

3 Cookham Wood

4 Pentonville

5 Glen Parva

6 Armley

7 New Hall

8 Marshgate

9 Barlinnie

10 Risley

 

Answers to Police Dramas
 

1 Starsky & Hutch

2 The Chinese Detective

3 Dragnet

4 Bergerac

5 The Streets of San Francisco

6 Hill St Blues

7 Taggart

8 Z Cars

9 Police Woman

10 NYPD Blue
 

Answers to S is for Singer
 

1 Paul Simon

2 Britney Spears

3 Will Smith

4 Frank Sinatra

5 Leo Sayer

6 Bruce Springsteen

7 Cat Stevens

8 Neil Sedaka

9 Rachel Stevens

10 Rod Stewart

Answers to Go To Jail


1 Milton Keynes

2 Newport, Isle of Wight

3 Rochester

4 London

5 Leicester

6 Leeds

7 Wakefield

8 Doncaster

9 Glasgow

10 Warrington

Germanic

From the initial letters given what are the 10 most common surnames in Germany?

1 M

2 S

3 S

4 F

5 M

6 W

7 S

8 W

9 B

10 H

 

And the Winner Is…

From the initials and years given identify the musicians who were recipients of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy’s

1 1962 – BC

2 1984 – CB

3 1995 – BS

4 1992 – JB

5 1967 – EF

6 1999 – OR

7 1991 – JL

8 1966 – DE

9 1968 – IB

10 1995 – PC

 

And the Winner Is…

From the initials and years given identify the musicians who were recipients of a Best New Artist Award at the Grammy’s

1 2003 – NJ

2 1985 – CL

3 1995 – SC

4 2000 – CA

5 1972 – CS

6 1991 – MC

7 1974 – BM

8 2002 – AK

9 1976 – NC

10 1999 – LH

Answers to Germanic


1 Muller

2 Schmidt

3 Schneider

4 Fischer

5 Meyer

6 Weber

7 Schulz

8 Wagner

9 Becker

10 Hoffmann

Answers to Lifetime Achievement Awards
 

1 Bing Crosby

2 Chuck Berry

3 Barbra Streisand

4 James Brown

5 Ella Fitzgerald

6 Otis Redding

7 John Lennon

8 Duke Ellington

9 Irving Berlin

10 Patsy Cline

 

Answers to Best New Artist
 

1 Norah Jones

2 Cyndi Lauper

3 Sheryl Crow

4 Christina Aguilera

5 Carly Simon

6 Mariah Carey

7 Bette Midler

8 Alicia Keys

9 Natalie Cole

10 Lauryn Hill