Novel Ideas

On whose novels were the following TV shows based?

1 The Darling Buds of May

2 A Touch of Frost

3 Worzel Gummidge

4 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

5 Cadfael

6 Poldark

7 Lovejoy

8 Dr Finlay’s Casebook

9 Inspector Morse

10 Rich Man, Poor Man


 

Elton Enigmas

Who shared lead vocals with Elton John on the following hits?


1 Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

2 I Saw Her Standing There

3 Through the Storm

4 Act of War

5 Slow Rivers

6 Written in the Stars

7 Flames of Paradise

8 Live Like Horses

9 Don’t Go Breaking my Heart (1976)

10 Don’t Go Breaking my Heart (1994)




Anagrammatically

Unravel the anagrams to give the name of famous people who have made news headlines in 2007


1 HEALTHY SPITS

2 DO BRIDGE RAID

3 BREAD A WARMTH NEST

4 PAIN EASILY

5 A SLOT MACHINE INN

6 RIOT SENSIBLY

7 ROB DON WRONG

8 A WARTIME SORT

9 PRESBYTERIANS

10 JOSHING NIGH


Answers to TV novels

1 HE Bates

2 RD Wingfield

3 Barbara Euphan Todd

4 John Le Carre

5 Ellis Peters

6 Winston Graham

7 Jonathan Gash

8 AJ Cronin

9 Colin Dexter

10 Irwin Shaw



 

Answers to Elton Enigmas

1 George Michael

2 John Lennon

3 Aretha Franklin

4 Millie Jackson

5 Cliff Richard

6 LeAnn Rimes

7 Jennifer Rush

8 Luciano Pavarotti

9 Kiki Dee

10 RuPaul


Answers to Anagrams

1 Shilpa Shetty

2 Didier Drogba

3 Bernard Matthews

4 Ian Paisley

5 Anna Nicole Smith

6 Boris Yeltsin

7 Gordon Brown

8 Moira Stewart

9 Britney Spears

10 John Higgins




State Sets

In which state of the USA were the following TV shows set?


1 Magnum PI

2 Roseanne

3 Bonanza

4 Northern Exposure

5 Ally McBeal

6 Dynasty

7 Dallas

8 Miami Vice

9 Macmillan and Wife

10 The High Chaparral


What’s In a Nickname?

Which singers/musicians acquired the following nicknames?


1 The Groover from Vancouver

2 The Man in Black

3 The Boss

4 The Poet of the Piano

5 The Godfather of Soul

6 The Perry Como of Punk

7 The White Queen of Soul

8 Mr Moonlight

9 The Thin White Duke

10 The Human Riff


 

The Magic Roundabout


1 Who created the Magic Roundabout?

2 What is the name of the rabbit?

3 What is the name of the dog?

4 What is the name of the cow?

5 What is the name of the snail?

6 What is the name of the owner of the roundabout?

7 Who voiced Florence in the film version?

8 In which year did it make its TV debut?

9 Who narrated the original series?

10 In which wood is the roundabout located?




Answers to State Sets

1 Hawaii

2 Illinois

3 Nevada

4 Alaska

5 Massachusetts

6 Colorado

7 Texas

8 Florida

9 California

10 Arizona


Answers to Nicknames

1 Bryan Adams

2 Johnny Cash

3 Bruce Springsteen

4 Frederic Chopin

5 James Brown

6 Billy Idol

7 Dusty Springfield

8 Frankie Vaughan

9 David Bowie

10 Keith Richard




Answers to Magic Roundabout

1 Serge Danot

2 Dylan

3 Dougal

4 Ermintrude

5 Brian

6 Mr Rusty

7 Eric Thompson

8 1965

9 Kylie Minogue

10 Weeping Willow Wood



 

The Weatherfield Wanderers

Who played the following past cast members in Coronation Street?


1 Alec Gilroy

2 Eric Gartside

3 Mel Hutchwright

4 Archie Shuttleworth

5 Raquel Watts

6 Eric Talford

7 Ciaran McCarthy

8 Wally Bannister

9 Richard Hillman

10 Spider Nugent


The Walford Wanderers

Who played the following past cat members in Eastenders?


1 Warren Stamp

2 Caroline Bishop

3 Victoria Moon

4 Michael Rawlins

5 Laura Beale

6 Jack Dalton

7 Edwin Caldecott

8 Nobby Stuart

9 Angel Hudson

10 Jan Sherwood


Car Trouble

In which film or TV series did…


1 David Hasslehoff drive a Pontiac Firebird Transam

2 Steve McQueen drive a Ford Mustang

3 Bill Murray drive the Ectomobile

4 John Schneider drive a Dodge Charger

5 Patrick McGoohan drive a Lotus 7 Series II

6 Paul Michael Glaser drive a Ford Torino

7 Dennis Weaver drive a Plymouth Valiant

8 The Slag Brothers drive the Boulder Mobile

9 Professor Brown drive a Delorean

10 Parker drive a pink Rolls Royce




Answers to Weatherfield

1 Roy Barraclough

2 Peter Kay

3 Ian McKellen

4 Roy Hudd

5 Sarah Lancashire

6 Tony Slattery

7 Keith Duffy

8 Bernard Cribbins

9 Brian Capron

10 Martin Hancock


 

Answers to Walford


1 Will Mellor

2 Una Stubbs

3 Hilda Braid

4 Melvyn Hayes

5 Hannah Waterman

6 Hywell Bennett

7 Ron Moody

8 Anthony Booth

9 Clifford Price aka Goldie

10 Cherie Lunghi


Answers to Car Trouble


1 Knight Rider

2 Bullitt

3 Ghostbusters

4 Dukes of Hazzard

5 The Prisoner

6 Starsky and Hutch

7 Duel

8 Wacky Races

9 Back to the Future

10 Thunderbirds




Anagrammatically

Unravel the anagrams to give the titles of ten films that won the Best Film Oscar


1 HOT WING WHITENED

2 VALUABLE TOE

3 DRAPED TEETH

4 WIDEST OYSTERS

5 ITCHY DINGO WOMB

6 MOON JETS

7 A SAD EMU

8 GOLD TIARA

9 PERFORM TUGS

10 VET OWL SANDWICHES


Anagrammatically

Unravel the anagrams to give the names of ten film stars that won the Best Actor Oscar


1 BADDER IRONY

2 MASH KNOT

3 HYENA FROND

4 SLOWER ULCERS

5 A LAWMEN PUN

6 NIP FETCHER

7 BROODIER TERN

8 MOORLAND BARN

9 EDGIER SORT

10 CORSET COT EGG


Anagrammatically

Unravel the anagrams to give the names of ten film stars that won a Best Actress Oscar


1 SILENCES A JAG

2 SHAKE BATTY

3 HER INNER ELM

4 BESTAIL JUROR

5 JACKAL DEN SONG

6 FILLY LEADS

7 HERBAL LYRE

8 HAMMIEST GIG

9 MATERNAL MILE

10 CLERGY LEAK




Answers to Film Anagrams


1 Gone with the Wind

2 All About Eve

3 The Departed

4 West Side Story

5 Midnight Cowboy

6 Tom Jones

7 Amadeus

8 Gladiator

9 Forrest Gump

10 Dances with Wolves


Answers to Actor Anagrams


1 Adrien Brody

2 Tom Hanks

3 Henry Fonda

4 Russell Crowe

5 Paul Newman

6 Peter Finch

7 Robert De Niro

8 Marlon Brando

9 Rod Steiger

10 George C Scott


 

Answers to Actress Anagrams


1 Jessica Lange

2 Kathy Bates

3 Helen Mirren

4 Julia Roberts

5 Glenda Jackson

6 Sally Field

7 Halle Berry

8 Maggie Smith

9 Marlee Matlin

10 Grace Kelly