Speed Quiz 6

WE’RE SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Identify the 10 film stars from their initials, all of which appear on the cover of the above album

1 DD - DIANA DORS
2 TC - TONY CURTIS
3 JW - JOHNNY WEISMULLER
4 MM - MARILYN MONROE
5 MD - MARLENE DIETRICH
6 TM - TOM MIX
7 MB - MARLON BRANDO
8 FA - FRED ASTAIRE
9 SL - STAN LAUREL
10 TP - TYRONE POWER

WHAT A CARRY ON
IN WHICH CARRY ON FILM DID …
1 Charles Hawtrey play James Bind? - CARRY ON SPYING
2 Kenneth Williams play the Khasi of Kalabar? - CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER
3 Ted Ray play William Wakefield? - CARRY ON TEACHER
4 Harry H Corbett play DS Bung? - CARRY ON SCREAMING
5 Phil Silvers play Sergeant Knocker? - CARRY ON FOLLOW THAT CAMEL
6 Bill Maynard play Guy Fawkes? - CARRY ON HENRY
7 Wendy Richard play Ida Downs? - CARRY ON GIRLS
8 Jack Douglas play Jock Strapp? - CARRY ON DICK
9 Sid James play the Rumpo Kid? - CARRY ON COWBOY
10 Bernard Cribbins play Albert Poop Decker? - CARRY ON JACK

FILM SETS
IN WHICH CITIES ARE THE FOLLOWING FILMS MAINLY SET?

1 Cabaret - BERLIN
2 Gone With The Wind - ATLANTA
3 Blade Runner - LOS ANGELES
4 The King And I - BANGKOK
5 Good Morning Vietnam - SAIGON
6 Don’t Look Now - VENICE
7 A Room With A View - FLORENCE
8 Frantic - PARIS
9 The Sound Of Music - SALZBURG
10 Gorky Park - MOSCOW

Chart Firsts
Which was the first …

1 Swedish act to top the UK singles charts? (group)
2 Austrian act to top the UK singles charts? (Solo artist)
3 Australian act to top the UK singles charts? (group)
4 Dutch act to top the UK singles charts? (group)
5 French act to top the UK singles charts? (solo artist)
6 German act to top the UK singles charts? (group)
7 Italian act to top the UK singles charts? (group)
8 Norwegian act to top the UK singles charts? (group)
9 Spanish act to top the UK singles charts? (duo)
10 Canadian act to top the UK singles charts? (solo artist)

A QUEST TO CONNECT

1 What singer was born Steven Georgiou?
2 Which statue by Anthony Gormley stands near the A1 in Gateshead?
3 What is Aerophobia the fear of?
4 Which Disney film of 1973 featured a character called Digby?
5 Who connects the films Sliver, Total Recall and Casino?
6 Which shipping line owned the Titanic?
7 The carapace is the technical name for what in the animal kingdom?
8 What was the D Day landing codename for the beach at the centre of the landings on the Normandy coast?
9 What do Americans call the preservative jam?
10 What connects the previous nine answers?

WHATS IN A NAME?
Identify the following famous people from their real names and initials

1 MB Melvyn Kaminsky
2 KD Issur Danielovitch Demsky
3 LB Betty Joan Perske
4 HH Erich Weiss
5 PL Norma Egstrom
6 PD Sean Coombes
7 PB Patricia Andrzejewski
8 DS Mary O’Brien
9 BD Mary Cathleen Collins
10 CS Carlos Estevez

Chart firsts answers
1 Abba
2 Falco
3 The Seekers
4 Pussycat
5 Charles Aznavour
6 Kraftwerk
7 Black Box
8 Aha
9 Baccara
10 Paul Anka

Quest To Connect Answers

1 Cat Stevens
2 Angel of the North
3 Flying
4 Digby the Biggest Dog in the World
5 Sharon Stone
6 White Star
7 Tortoise shell
8 Gold
9 Jelly
10 All the answers contain words that can precede fish. Cat, Angel, Flying, Dog, Stone, Star, Shell, Gold, Jelly

Real Names Answers

1 Mel Brooks
2 Kirk Douglas
3 Lauren Bacall
4 Harry Houdini
5 Peggy Lee
6 Puff Daddy or P Diddy
7 Pat Benatar
8 Dusty Springfield
9 Bo Derek
10 Charlie Sheen


NICKNAMES
WHO ACQUIRED THE NICKNAME OF…

1 The Lone Eagle - Charles Lindbergh
2 The Flanders Mare - Anne of Cleves
3 The Wizard of Dribble - Stanley Matthews
4 The Clockwork Mouse - Niki Lauda
5 The King Of Hollywood - Clark Gable
6 The Fifth Warner Brother - Bette Davis
7 The Fifth Goon - Eric Sykes
8 The Divine Ponytail - Roberto Baggio
9 The Manassa Mauler - Jack Dempsey
10 The Scourge of God - Attila the Hun

The County Set
In which English county would you find…

1 Haworth Parsonage - Yorkshire
2 Luton Airport - Bedfordshire
3 Stonehenge - Wiltshire
4 Blenheim Palace - Oxfordshire
5 The National Football Museum - Lancashire
6 Bodmin Moor - Cornwall
7 Eton College - Berkshire
8 Jodrell Bank - Cheshire
9 Wookey Hole Cave - Somerset
10 Fotheringay Castle - Northamptonshire

Keeping up with the Jones’s
Identify the singers all called Jones from their hits

1 Help Yourself - Tom Jones
2 Walking In The Air - Aled Jones
3 Good Timin’ - Jimmy Jones
4 The Love Boat - Jack Jones
5 New Song - Howard Jones
6 U Know What’s Up - Donell Jones
7 Pull Up To The Bumper - Grace Jones
8 High Time - Paul Jones
9 Chuck E’s In Love - Rickie Lee Jones
10 The Rain - Oran Juice Jones

WHO KILLED…

1 John Lennon? - Mark Chapman
2 Jesse James - Bob Ford
3 Lee Harvey Oswald - Jack Ruby
4 Cock Robin - The Sparrow
5 Dr Kananga - James Bond
6 Mary Evans - Jack the Ripper
7 Abraham Lincoln - John Wilkes Booth
8 Jill Dando - Barry George aka Bulsara
9 Marvin Gaye - His father Marvin Snr.
10 Harry Potter’s parents - Voldermort

LICENCED TO THRILL
WHICH BOND MOVIE FEATURED THE FOLLOWING VILLAINS?

1 Stromburg - The Spy Who Loved Me
2 Max Zorin - A View To A Kill
3 Oddjob - Goldfinger
4 Scaramanga - The Man With The Golden Gun
5 Renard - The World Is Not Enough
6 Hugo Drax - Moonraker
7 Kristatos - For Your Eyes Only
8 Elliot Carver - Tomorrow Never Dies
9 Kamal Khan - Octopussy
10 Rosa Klebb - From Russia With Love

WHO PENNED THE FOLLOWING COLOURFULLY TITLED NOVELS?

1 Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
2 Black Arrow - Robert Louis Stephenson
3 Tom Brown’s Schooldays - Thomas Hughes
4 White Fang - Jack London
5 Anne Of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
6 How Green Was My Valley - Richard Llewelyn
7 The Silver Chair - CS Lewis
8 Goldfinger - Ian Fleming
9 The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
10 The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane

WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Which pop groups took their name from the following?

1 A medieval torture instrument - Iron Maiden
2 The villain in the film Barbarella - Duran Duran
3 TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats - Mungo Jerry
4 A sports centre in Swindon - Oasis
5 Californian slang for a marijuana joint - Doobie Brothers
6 A film starring John Wayne and Natalie Wood - The Searchers
7 A slang term for a pep pill - Dexy’s Midnight Runners
8 The answer to the meaning of life in Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - Level 42
9 From an early 20th century form of mime and dance - Eurhythmics
10 From a steam powered dildo in the novel The Naked Lunch - Steely Dan

TASTY TALES
Who wrote the following novels?

1 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
2 A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
3 Cakes And Ale - Somerset Maugham
4 The Catcher In The Rye - JD Salinger
5 The Grapes Of Wrath - John Steinbeck
6 Goodbye Mr Chips - James Hilton
7 Whiskey Galore - Compton Mackenzie
8 Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee
9 The Mill On The Floss - George Eliot
10 A Taste Of Honey - Shelagh Delaney

RHYMING SLANG
The names of which famous people are used for the following in Cockney rhyming slang?
1 Prawn - Frankie Vaughn
2 Needle - Jeremy Beadle
3 Loony - Mickey Rooney
4 Eel - Tommy Steele
5 Fine - Calvin Klein
6 Cheque - Gregory Peck
7 Mussel - Jane Russell
8 Trainers - Gloria Gaynors
9 Veranda - Carmen Miranda
10 Sarnie - Giorgio Armani

WHO PERFORMED THE FOLLOWING TV THEMES?

1 One Foot In The Grave - Eric Idle
2 Neighbours - Tony Hatch
3 Dad’s Army - Bud Flanagan
4 Friends - The Rembrandts
5 The Liver Birds - The Scaffold
6 Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Joe Fagin
7 The Royle Family - Oasis
8 The Love Boat - Jack Jones
9 Brush Strokes - Kevin Rowlands
10 The Wonder Years - Joe Cocker

WHAT’S YOUR POISON?
WHAT IS THE FAVOURITE DRINK OF THE FOLLOWING?

1 Arthur Daley - Vodka & tonic
2 Bacchus - Wine
3 Mike Baldwin - Scotch
4 Hopalong - Cassidy Milk
5 The Famous Five  -Ginger beer
6 Ena Sharples - Stout
7 James Bond - Vodka martini, shaken not stirred
8 Homer Simpson - Duff beer
9 The Wurzels - Cider
10 Worzel Gummidge - A cup of tea

SPORT ON THE SCREEN
WHICH SPORTS FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING FILMS?

1 The Hustler - Pool
2 Space Jam - Basketball
3 This Sporting Life - Rugby league
4 The Legend of Bagger Vance - Golf
5 Seabiscuit - Horse racing
6 Major League - Baseball
7 The Hurricane - Boxing
8 Escape To Victory - Football
9 American Flyers - Cycling
10 Beyond The Mat - Wrestling

WHICH “TASTY” POP ACTS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING HITS?

1 Baby I’m A Want You - Bread
2 You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
3 Radancer - Marmalade
4 Going Underground - Jam
5 Love Rollercoaster - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
6 Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad - Meat Loaf
7 Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
8 Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins
9 Every Loser Wins - Nick Berry
10 Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade

AROUND THE USA-WHICH POP ACTS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING

1 All The Way From Memphis  - Mott The Hoople
2 Do You Know The Way To San Jose? - Dionne Warwick
3 New York Groove - Hello
4 Is This The Way To Amarillo? - Tony Christie
5 24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
6 Sacramento - Middle of the Road
7 The Night Chicago Died - Paperlace
8 Let’s Go To San Francisco - The Flowerpot Men
9 From New York To LA - Patsy Gallant
10 Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN-WHO RECORDED…?

1 Perfect Ten - Beautiful South
2 9 PM Till I Come - ATB
3 Eighth Day - Hazel O’Connor
4 Seven Tears - Goombay Dance Band
5 The Six Teens - Sweet
6 5-4-3-2-1 - Manfred Mann
7 Four Letter Word - Kim Wilde
8 Three Times A Lady - The Commodores
9 Two Princes - The Spin Doctors
10 One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head