Lets Dance

In which countries did the following dances originate?

1 Bachata

2 Er Ren Zhuan

3 Samba

4 Tango

5 Kathak

6 Bolero

7 Mazurka

8 Charleston

9 Polka

10 Salsa
 

T is for Tale

Who penned the following T novels?
 

1 Through the Looking Glass

2 Tom Jones

3 Trainspotting

4 Tom Sawyer

5 To Kill a Mockingbird

6 Tess of the D’Urbervilles

7 Thunderball

8 The Thirty Nine Steps

9 Tender is the Night

10 Trilby
 

Best Sellers

From the initials provided identify the novels and the authors. Each novel topped the Best Sellers List in the given years
 

1 2004 – The DVC by DB

2 1996 – RJ by JG

3 1992 – DC by SK

4 1989 – C and PD BY TC

5 1970 – LS by ES

6 1966 – V of the D by JS

7 1964 – The SWCIF the C by JLC

8 1961 – The A and the E by IS

9 1958 – DZ by BP

10 1951 – FH to E by JJ

 

Answers to Dances

1 Dominican Republic

2 China

3 Brazil

4 Uruguay

5 India

6 Spain

7 Poland

8 USA

9 Czechoslovakia

10 Cuba/Puerto Rico

 

Answers to T novels
 

1 Lewis Carroll

2 Henry Fielding

3 Irvine Welsh

4 Mark Twain

5 Harper Lee

6 Thomas Hardy

7 Ian Fleming

8 John Buchan

9 F Scott Fitzgerald

10 George du Maurier
 

Answers to Best Sellers

1 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

2 Runaway Jury by John Grisham

3 Dolores Claibourne by Stephen King

4 Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy

5 Love Story by Erich Segal

6 Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

7 The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John Le Carre

8 The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone

9 Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

10 From Here to Eternity by James Jones
 

The Wine List

What is the country of origin of the following wines?
 

1 Burgundy

2 Zinfandel

3 Rioja

4 Lambrusco

5 Trollinger

6 Carmenere

7 Grasa de cotnari

8 Blaufrankischer

9 Retsina

10 Dimyat
 

What’s In a Nickname?

Identify the historical figures from their nicknames
 

1 The Butcher of Lyon

2 The Maid of Orleans

3 The Desert Fox

4 The Iron Chancellor

5 The Red Baron

6 The Scourge of God

7 Old Blood and Guts

8 Harry Hotspur

9 Papa Doc

10 The Mad Monk
 

A Commercial Break

Which products/brands are advertised on TV by the following slogans?

1 Because I’m worth it

2 Good things come to those who wait

3 The world’s finest blade

4 It’s what your right arm’s for

5 Has there ever been a better way of ending the day?

6 For all those little important places

7 Tell em about the honey, mummy

8 The finest butter in the world

9 A glass and a half of full cream milk in every half pound

10 They’ll be around forever
 

Answers to Wines
 

1 France

2 USA

3 Spain

4 Italy

5 Germany

6 Chile

7 Romania

8 Austria

9 Greece

10 Bulgaria
 

Answers to Historical Nicknames

1 Klaus Barbie

2 Joan of Arc

3 Erwin Rommel

4 Otto Von Bismarck

5 Manfred Von Richthofen

6 Attila the Hun

7 General George Patton

8 Sir Henry Percy

9 Francoise Duvalier

10 Rasputin
 

Answers to Commercial Break
 

1 L’Oreal

2 Guinness

3 Wilkinson Sword

4 Courage beer

5 Ovaltine

6 Johnsons baby powder

7 Sugar Puffs

8 Lurpak

9 Cadbury’s Dairy Milk

10 Hula Hoops
 

Papal Infallibility

Identify the first names of the Popes from the initial letters
 

There have been…

1 Sixteen Popes called G

2 Thirteen Popes called I

3 Five Popes called N

4 Three Popes called J

5 Five Popes called F

6 Four Popes called V

7 Seven Popes called U

8 Five Popes called C

9 Fourteen Popes called C

10 Six Popes called A
 

Born Where?

In which cities were the following sports stars born?

1 Martina Navratilova

2 Niki Lauda

3 Michael Owen

4 Roger Federer

5 Muhammed Ali

6 Willie Carson

7 George Best

8 Allan Border

9 Ayrton Senna

10 Ernie Els
 

Top of the Pops

What are the only UK number one hit singles of the following acts?
 

1 The Stylistics

2 Alvin Stardust

3 Belinda Carlisle

4 Madness

5 Ray Stevens

6 Small Faces

7 Craig Douglas

8 Ken Dodd

9 The Rubettes

10 KC and the Sunshine Band
 

Answers to Popes
 

1 Gregory

2 Innocent

3 Nicholas

4 Julius

5 Felix

6 Victor

7 Urban

8 Celestine

9 Clement

10 Adrian
 

Answers to Born Where
 

1 Prague

2 Vienna

3 Chester

4 Basel

5 Louisville

6 Stirling

7 Belfast

8 Sydney

9 Sao Paulo

10 Johannesburg
 

Answers to Top of the Pops
 

1 I Can’t Give You Anything But My Love

2 Jealous Mind

3 Heaven Is a Place On Earth

4 House of Fun

5 The Streak

6 All or Nothing

7 Only Sixteen

8 Tears

9 Sugar Baby Love

10 Give It Up
 

Eurovision

With which songs did the following acts win Eurovision?

1 Olsen Brothers for Denmark

2 Massiel for Spain

3 Dana for Ireland

4 Abba for Sweden

5 Lordi for Finland

6 Teach In for Holland

7 Dana International for Israel

8 Nicole for Germany

9 Celine Dion for Switzerland

10 Bobbysocks for Norway

 

What’s In a Name

What are the real first names of the following people?
 

1 Charlie Sheen

2 Shelley Winters

3 Harpo Marx

4 Minnie Driver

5 Sigourney Weaver

6 Spike Lee

7 Gilbert O’Sullivan

8 Twiggy

9 Sissy Spacek

10 Hulk Hogan

 

The State of Things

Identify the state capital of the following from the clues given
 

1 North Carolina and a seafarer

2 Nevada and the surname of a jockey

3 Delaware and a coastal town in England

4 Montana and a girls name

5 Wisconsin and the surname of a President

6 Arizona and a mythical bird

7 Wyoming and a North American Indian tribe

8 Missouri and the surname of a President

9 Nebraska and an English city

10 Minnesota and a biblical figure

Answers to Eurovision
 

1 Fly On The Wings of Love

2 La La La

3 All Kinds of Everything

4 Waterloo

5 Hard Rock Hallelujah

6 Ding A Dong

7 Diva

8 A Little Peace

9 Ne Partez Pans Sans Moi

10 Let It Swing

 

Answers to What’s In A Name

1 Carlos

2 Shirley

3 Adolph

4 Amelia

5 Susan

6 Shelton

7 Raymond

8 Leslie

9 Mary

10 Terry
 

Answers to State Capitals
 

1 Raleigh

2 Carson City

3 Dover

4 Helena

5 Madison

6 Phoenix

7 Cheyenne

8 Jefferson City

9 Lincoln

10 St Paul