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