The First Wives Club
What are the first names of the wives of the
following TV characters?
1 Homer Simpson
2 Frank Spencer
3 Victor Meldrew
4 Alf Garnett
5 Neville Hope (Auf Wiedersehen Pet)
6 James Herriot
7 Dan Connor
8 Jerry Leadbetter
9 Howard Cunningham
10 Reggie Perrin
Carry On Quizzing
Identify the Carry On films from the initials
provided and year of their release
1 1959 Carry On T
2 1961 Carry On R
3 1963 Carry On J
4 1966 Carry On S
5 1969 Carry On C
6 1971 Carry On H
7 1974 Carry On D
8 1975 Carry On B
9 1976 Carry On E
10 1978 Carry On E
Proverbially
Identify the proverbs from the initials provided
e.g. DCYCBTH – Don’t count your chickens
before they hatch
1 TMCSTB
2 RWBIAD
3 LBYL
4 MHWTSS
5 ASITSN
6 AMTHGF
7 TNPLH
8 ECHASL
9 ABITHIWTITB
10 TNFLAOF
Answers to Wives
1 Marge
2 Betty
3 Margaret
4 Else
5 Brenda
6 Helen
7 Roseanne
8 Margo
9 Marion
10 Elizabeth
Answers to Carry On
1 Teacher
2 Regardless
3 Jack
4 Screaming
5 Camping
6 Henry
7 Dick
8 Behind
9 England
10 Emmanuelle
Answers to Proverbs
1 Too many cooks spoil the broth
2 Rome wasn’t built in a day
3 Look before you leap
4 Make hay while the sun shines
5 A stitch in time saves nine
6 Absence makes the heart grow fonder
7 There’s no place like home
8 Every cloud has a silver lining
9 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
10 There’s no fool like an old fool
Howzat
Identify the cricketers below from the
initials provided. The list in question was Wisden’s Top 10 cricketers of the
20th century
1 DB
2 GS
3 JH
4 SW
5 VR
6 DL
7 FW
8 WH
9 DC
10 RH
Three’s a Crowd
Identify the pop/rock acts from the 3 members
of their line up
1 Paul, Bruce, Rick
2 Lopez, Thomas, Watkins
3 Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Harket
4 Coombes, Quinn, Goffey
5 Valerie, Sheila, Fayette
6 Mike, Roger, John
7 Chris, Kurt, David
8 Terry, Lynval, Neville
9 Richard, Fred, Rob
10 Horowitz, Yauch, Diamond
Eurovision
Which nations did the following represent
when winning the Eurovision Song Contest?
1 Abba
2 Johnny Logan
3 Celine Dion
4 Lordi
5 Nicole
6 Dana International
7 Olsen Brothers
8 Sandra Kim
9 Vicky Leandros
10 Teach In
Answers to Wisden’s Top 10
1 Don Bradman
2 Garfield Sobers
3 Jack Hobbs
4 Sahne Warne
5 Viv Richards
6 Dennis Lillee
7 Frank Worrell
8 Wally Hammond
9 Denis Compton
10 Richard Hadlee
Answers to Pop Trios
1 The Jam
2 TLC
3 A- ha
4 Supergrass
5 Three Degrees
6 Scaffold
7 Nirvana
8 Fun Boy Three
9 Right Said Fred
10 Beastie Boys
Answers to Eurovision
1 Sweden
2 Ireland
3 Switzerland
4 Finland
5 Germany
6 Israel
7 Denmark
8 Belgium
9 Luxembourg
10 Netherlands
Car Trouble
Which car company was founded by…
1 Henry in 1903
2 Ferdinand in 1931
3 Vaclav Klement in 1894 (as a bicycle manufacturer)
4 Henry and Charles in 1906
5 Enzo in 1929
6 William Lyons in 1922
7 Colin Chapman in 1952
8 Karl Fredrich Rapp in 1917
9 Lionel and Robert in 1913 (later bought by David Brown)
10 Andre in 1919
Black Magic
Which black film stars connect each trio of
films?
1 Stir Crazy, Car Wash, The Wiz
2 Lethal Weapon, Witness, The Colour Purple
3 Attack of the Clones, Deep Blue Sea, The Long Kiss Goodnight
4 Miami Vice, Collateral, Ray
5 Murder at 1600, Demolition Man, Passenger 57
6 Philadelphia, Training Day, The Pelican Brief
7 Jerry Maguire, Rat Race, Pearl Harbour
8 The Wilby Conspiracy, The Jackal, Sneakers
9 Sweet Charity, Oceans 11, The Cannonball Run
10 Life, Wild Hogs, Bad Boys
Snooker Loopy
Identify the snooker stars from their
nicknames
1 The Hurricane
2 The Whirlwind
3 The Tornado
4 The Thai-phoon
5 Steady Eddie
6 The Essex Exocet and The Rocket
7 Interesting
8 The Silver Fox
9 The Darling of Dublin
10 The Beckham of the Baize
Answers to Car Trouble
1 Ford
2 Porsche
3 Skoda
4 Rolls Royce
5 Ferrari
6 Jaguar
7 Lotus
8 BMW
9 Aston Martin
10 Citroen
Answers to Black Magic
1 Richard Pryor
2 Danny Glover
3 Samuel L Jackson
4 Jamie Foxx
5 Wesley Snipes
6 Denzel Washington
7 Cuba Gooding Jnr
8 Sidney Poitier
9 Sammy Davis Jnr
10 Martin Lawrence
Answers to Snooker Loopy
1 Alex Higgins
2 Jimmy White
3 Tony Drago
4 James Wattana
5 Eddie Charlton
6 Ronnie O’Sullivan
7 Steve Davis
8 David Taylor
9 Ken Doherty
10 Paul Hunter
Drink To Me
Which drinks have been advertised with the
following slogans?
1 What’s the worst that could happen?
2 Reassuringly expensive
3 Its frothy man
4 Everything we know about coffee in an instant
5 The little drink with the big kick
6 Time for a sharp exit
7 Follow the bear
8 Good things come to those who wait
9 Gives you wings
10 Good to the last drop
Hospitality
Which TV shows are set in the following
hospitals?
1 St Angela’s
2 County General, Chicago
3 Holby General (original series)
4 Wandin Valley Hospital
5 Blair General Hospital
6 Oxbridge General Hospital
7 Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital
8 St Eligius
9 Sacred Heart Hospital
10 Gillies Hospital
Technicolor Trivia
In which film with a colour in the title did…
1 Tom Hanks play Paul Edgecombe
2 Hugh Grant play Michael Felgate
3 Prince play The Kid
4 Sean Bean play 006
5 Molly Ringwald play Andie Walsh
6 Gene Wilder play George Caldwell
7 Alec Guinness play Henry Holland
8 Woody Harrelson play Billy Hoyle
9 Sean Connery play Marko Ramius
10 Anthony Hopkins play William Parrish
Answers to Drinks
1 Dr Pepper
2 Stella Artois
3 Cresta
4 Kenco
5 Pony
6 Harp
7 Hofmeister
8 Guinness
9 Red Bull
10 Maxwell House
Answers to Hospitals
1 Angels
2 ER
3 Casualty
4 A Country Practice
5 Dr Kildare
6 Emergency Ward 10
7 House
8 St Elsewhere
9 Scrubs
10 Surgical Spirit
Answers to Technicolor films
1 The Green Mile
2 Mickey Blue Eyes
3 Purple Rain
4 Goldeneye
5 Pretty in Pink
6 The Silver Streak
7 The Lavender Hill Mob
8 White Men Can’t Jump
9 The Hunt for Red October
10 Meet Joe Black