Off the Peg



1 What Japanese garment has a name that literally means, wear thing?

2 Devils Apron is a variety of what?

3 Who invented the mini skirt?

4 What F is the name of a stiff skirt worn by Greek soldiers?

5 In which 1995 film did Susan Sarandon wear a wimple?

6 Which company makes the Wonderbra?

7 Who wrote the fairytale The Emperor’s New Clothes?

8 Which 1984 film starring Bo Derek is also the name of a type of jacket?

9 Which film ended with the song, You Can Leave Your Hat On?

10 What did Sherlock Holmes store in the toe of a Persian slipper?

11 What item of neckwear was invented by a certain Mr Fish?

12 The Slipper and the Rose is a film adaptation of which fairytale?

13 In which city is the headquarters of the Armani fashion empire?

14 What is the American word for waistcoat?

15 Which of the Monkees always wore a woolly hat?

16 Mad Hatter’s Disease is caused by contact with which element?

17 In knitting terminology what do the initials BH signify?

18 In which film did Clint Eastwood play a police detective called Ben Shockley?

19 Which song from The Sound of Music includes the lyric, “warm woollen mittens”?

20 What do the initials FCUK stand for with regard to the clothing label?

21 What do the initials DKNY stand for with regard to the clothing label?

22 What is the American term for braces with regard to trousers?

23 What article of clothing was banned from Royal Ascot in 1971?

24 In which film did Cher play the role of Rusty Dennis?

25 What name is given to the plastic or metal ends of shoe laces?

 

ANSWERS TO OFF THE PEG

1 Kimono
2 Seaweed
3 Mary Quant
4 Fustanella
5 Dead Man Walking
6 Gossard
7 Hans Christian Andersen
8 Bolero
9 The Full Monty
10 Pipe tobacco
11 Kipper tie
12 Cinderella
13 Milan
14 Vest
15 Mike Nesmith
16 Mercury
17 Button hole
18 The Gauntlet
19 My Favourite Things
20 French Connection United Kingdom
21 Donna Karan New York
22 Suspenders
23 Hot pants
24 Mask
25 Aglets