Phonetically Speaking

The answers to the next 25 questions all contain a word that represents a letter in the phonetic alphabet

1 Which song opens with the line, “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair”?

2 Which entertainer is the subject of a museum in Blackpool Tower?

3 Polly Styrene provided lead vocals for which punk band?

4 In which cop movie thriller did Kurt Russell partner Sylvester Stallone?

5 Which actress from a famous showbiz family played a nurse in the film Oh What a Lovely War and a maid in the film The Other Sister?

6 Which film chronicled the Battle of Rourke’s Drift?

7 Which tune topped the charts for Eddie Calvert in 1953?

8 What is the capital of Peru?

9 In which sport is the Eisenhower Trophy contested?

10 Ian McCulloch was lead vocalist for which Liverpool chart band?

11 Which role was played by Richard Anderson in The Six Million Dollar Man?

12 What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?

13 Who is the only Oscar to have won an Oscar?

14 Which curmudgeon lives next door to Patrick and Pippa?

15 Which was the only film that earned James Cagney an acting Oscar?

16 Which song by Joe Cocker was a tribute to Rita Coolidge?

17 Which Shakespeare play shares its title with an 1981 hit for Dire Straits?

18 Which film starring Basil Radford was based on a novel by Compton McKenzie?

19 Which cricket star penned the autobiography Opening Up?

20 Where are the Plains of Abraham located?

21 Which nation won the cricket World Cup in 1983?

22 What is Wilhelm Roentgen’s most notable invention?

23 Which song was a hit for Madonna in 1986 and Kelly Osbourne in 2002?

24 Which character was played by Jack Klugman in TV’s The Odd Couple?

25 In which month of the year was John F Kennedy assassinated?

Answers to Phonetically Speaking

1 HOTEL California
2 CHARLIE Caroli
3 X RAY Spex
4 TANGO & Cash
5 JULIET Mills
6 ZULU
7 Oh Mein PAPA
8 LIMA
9 GOLF
10 ECHO & the Bunnymen
11 OSCAR Goldman
12 ALPHA
13 OSCAR Hammerstein
14 VICTOR Meldrew
15 YANKEE Doodle Dandy
16 DELTA Lady
17 ROMEO & JULIET
18 WHISKY Galore
19 MIKE Atherton
20 QUEBEC
21 INDIA
22 X RAY
23 PAPA Don’t Preach
24 OSCAR Madison
25 NOVEMBER

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