Speed Quiz 3

LEADERS OF THE GANG
Identify the female lead singers of the following groups

1 Blondie - Debbie Harry
2 The Bangles - Susannah Hoffs
3 The Pretenders - Chrissie Hynde
4 Catatonia - Cerys Matthews
5 Texas - Sharleen Spiteri
6 The Fugees - Lauryn Hill
7 Transvision - Vamp Wendy James
8 T’Pau - Carol Decker
9 No Doubt - Gwen Steffani
10 The Cardigans - Nina Persson

BY GEORGE
All ten answers contain the name George

1 Who penned the autobiography The Good, The Bad And The Bubbly? - George Best
2 Famous nephew of the singer who had the original hit with This Ol’ House - G Clooney
3 Man behind the Sun headline, Zip Me Up Before You Go Go - George Michael
4 He was convicted of the murder of Jill Dando - Barry George
5 The only US President not to live in the White House - George Washington
6 He played Flash Harry in the St Trinian’s movies - George Cole
7 She played the wife of Dustin Hoffman in Straw Dogs - Susan George
8 Film in which Helen Mirren played Queen Charlotte - The Madness Of King George
9 He scored the winning goal in the 1971 FA Cup final - Charlie George
10 Singer born Clive Powell - Georgie Fame

THE A TEAM
All ten answers begin with A

1 First of the noble gases alphabetically - Argon
2 Rod Stewart’s bride in 1979 - Alana Hamilton
3 Any alloy of mercury - Amalgam
4 Five letter word deriving from the Latin meaning, elsewhere - Alibi
5 The largest country that the Greenwich meridian passes through - Algeria
6 Common name for the thyroid cartilage - Adams Apple
7 Organisation founded by Peter Benenson in 1961 - Amnesty International
8 First name of the Fonz - Arthur
9 Sixth Thursday after Easter - Ascension Day
10 Biggest hit record of Danny And The Juniors - At The Hop

FACT OR FIB?

1 Sinead O’Connor was ordained as a Catholic priest, Mother Bernadette Marie - Fact
2 Amanda Donohoe was a former member of Benny Hill’s, Hills Angels - Fib
3 Bondi Beach was named after an Australian surfer called James Bondi - Fib
4 John Lennon’s Starting Over was the first ever posthumous UK Xmas No 1 - Fact
5 Cher was diagnosed as dyslexic at the age of 30 - Fact
6 Earth, Wind and Fire were originally called Earth, Wind, Fire and Fred - Fib
7 Johnny Depp has a morbid fear of clowns - Fact
8 Christina Aguilera’s surname derives from the Spanish for “tasty tart” - Fib, for eagle
9 Andrea Corr played the sister of Jimmy Rabbite in The Commitments - Fact
10 Kate Winslet made her TV debut in a Sugar Puffs advert - Fact

IT TAKES TWO
Identify each pair of film stars from their initials. These were named by the Royal Society of Chemistry as the 10 film duos with the most on screen chemistry.

1 ST and KH - Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn
2 ET and RB - Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton
3 HB and LB - Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall
4 MG and DG - Mel Gibson & Danny Glover
5 RR and PN - Robert Redford & Paul Newman
6 JL and WM - Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau
7 FA and GR - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
8 HB and IB - Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman
9 SL and OH - Laurel & Hardy
10 EF and ODH - Errol Flynn & Olivia De Havilland

THE FINAL WORD
Who said the following last words?

1 Et tu Brute - Julius Caesar
2 Wait till I have finished my problem - Archimedes
3 I am just going outside and I may be some time - Captain Oates
4 Get my swan costume ready - Anna Pavlova
5 Let not poor Nellie starve - Charles II
6 That was a great game of golf fellas - Bing Crosby
7 I shall hear in heaven - Beethoven
8 So little done, so much to do - Cecil Rhodes
9 Isn’t Channel 5 shit? - Adam Faith
10 That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted - Lou Costello


RIP – Identify the people who acted as pallbearers at the following funerals

1 Buddy Holly PE - Phil Everly
2 Vitas Geralitus JM - John McEnroe
3 Bruce Lee SM - Steve McQueen
4 Ayrton Senna EF - Emerson Fittipaldi
5 Clark Gable JS - James Stewart
6 Wyatt Earp TM - Tom Mix
7 Sonny Liston JL - Joe Louis
8 Natalie Wood FS - Frank Sinatra
9 Stanley Matthews TF - Tom Finney
10 Reggie Kray TM - Tony Mortimer(East 17)

THE TOP TEN
Identify the ten singers and pop groups from their initials. They were the first ten acts to be played on the first day’s broadcast of Radio One

1 The M - The Move
2 The BG - The Bee Gees
3 The T - The Tremoloes
4 S and G - Simon & Garfunkel
5 CR - Cliff Richard
6 The S - The Supremes
7 EH - Englebert Humperdinck
8 The F - The Foundations
9 The A - The Animals
10 HA - Herb Alpert

THE EU
On May 1, 2004 ten countries became new member states of the EU. Name them

1 Poland
2 Lithuania
3 Latvia
4 Czech Republic
5 Slovakia
6 Slovenia
7 Hungary
8 Estonia
9 Malta
10 Cyprus

*** ANSWERS TO FOLLOW AT THE END OF THIS SECTION ***

MONKEY BUSINESS
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MONKEY OR APE…

1 In the film Every Which Way But Loose?
2 That raised Tarzan in the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel?
3 That was the self proclaimed King of the Swingers in The Jungle Book?
4 That is native to Gibraltar?
5 That lived on Skull Island?
6 That gave its name to a blood group?
7 Played by Roddy McDowall in the film version of Planet Of The Apes?
8 On the children’s TV show Pipkins?
9 That co-starred with Ronald Reagan in several films?
10 Holds aloft Simba in The Lion King?

LETS BE LYRICAL
Identify the songs from a line of their lyrics

1 You can’t plant me in your penthouse. I’m going back to my plough
2 My loneliness is killing me
3 Lonely rivers flow to the sea
4 It’s the dirty story of a dirty man and his clinging wife doesn’t understand
5 How many heartaches must I stand, before I find the love to let me live again
6 I cry each night my tears for you. My tears are all in vain
7 Jaws was never my scene and I don’t like Star Wars
8 Hong Kong is up for grabs. London is full of Arabs
9 So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice
10 And all the lights that light the way are blinding

ANIMAL ADJECTIVES
If feline = cat, what animals do the following adjectives equate to?

1 Ursine = B
2 Simian = A
3 Lupine = W
4 Cygnine = S
5 Ovine = S
6 Murine = R
7 Pavonine = P
8 Lutrine = O
9 Ranine = F
10 Leporine = H

MONKEY BUSINESS ANSWERS

1 Clyde
2 Kala
3 King Louie
4 Barbary apes
5 King Kong
6 Rhesus monkey
7 Cornelius
8 Topov
9 Bonzo
10 Rafiki

LYRICS ANSWERS

1 Goodbye Yellowbrick Road
2 Baby One More Time
3 Unchained Melody
4 Paperback Writer
5 You Can’t Hurry Love
6 Puppy Love
7 Bicycle Races
8 Oliver’s Army
9 Billie Jean
10 Wonderwall

ANIMAL ANSWERS

1 Bear
2 Ape
3 Wolf
4 Swan
5 Sheep
6 Rat
7 Peacock
8 Otter
9 Frog
10 Hare

PACHYDERM POSERS

1 What was the real name of The Elephant Man? - John Merrick
2 Who collaborated with Paul McCartney on Ebony And Ivory? - Stevie Wonder
3 What name is given to a male elephant? - Bull
4 Which US political party has an elephant as its symbol? - Republican
5 What is the name of the rodent friend of Disney’s Dumbo? - Timothy
6 What H is a seat on the back of an elephant? - Howdah
7 Which literary elephant married his cousin Celeste? - Babar the Elephant
8 What is the name of the elephant in the Winnie the Pooh tales? - Heffalump
9 Which elephant was a major attraction at Barnum & Bailey’s Circus? - Jumbo
10 The Order of the Elephant is which country’s highest honour? - Denmark

SWEET MUSIC
WHO HAD A HIT WITH THE SONG…

1 Sweet Caroline in 1981? - Neil Diamond
2 I Get The Sweetest Feeling in 1972? - Jackie Wilson
3 Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This in 1983? - Eurythmics
4 Sweet Little Mystery in 1987? - Wet Wet Wet
5 Sweets For My Sweet in 1963? - The Searchers
6 Sweets For My Sweet in 1994? - CJ Lewis
7 Sweet Nothings in 1960? - Brenda Lee
8 Sweet Child O’ Mine in 1988? - Guns N Roses
9 Sweet Soul Music in 1967? - Arthur Conley
10 Sweet Little Sixteen in 1958? - Chuck Berry

PLANET POSERS

1 Who is the Roman God of the Sea? - Neptune
2 What is the coldest planet? - Pluto
3 Which city is home to the offices of the Daily Planet? - Metropolis
4 Which planet’s moons are named after Shakespeare characters? - Uranus
5 The film The Forbidden Planet was based on which Shakespeare play? - The Tempest
6 Who composed The Planets Suite? - Gustav Holst
7 Who directed the 2001 remake of The Planet Of The Apes? - Tim Burton
8 What is the second largest planet in the solar system? - Saturn
9 Which song provided the chart debut for Duran Duran? - Planet Earth
10 Which song contains the line “Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy”? - Life On Mars