A Taste of Trivia

The answers to the next 25 questions all contain an item of food or drink
 

1 In January 2005, who became the 66th US Secretary of State?

2 Which Dylan Thomas work opens with the words, “To begin at the beginning, its spring”?

3 In which film did Groucho Marx play the leader of Fredonia?

4 In the art medium tempera what is mixed with powdered paint?

5 Which character is played by John Bluthal in The Vicar of Dibley?

6 What is the name of the owl in The Herbs?

7 What is the name of George and Mildred’s pet Yorkshire terrier?

8 In 1981 which producer of the Bond movies received the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award?

9 Who was sacked from Blue Peter in 1998 following a cocaine scandal?

10 Who has a brother called Castor and a father called Cole?

11 Which character was played by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot?

12 Who wrote the lyrics for the musical Evita?

13 Which literary character saved the life of the Widow Douglas?

14 In which TV drama did Geraldine Somerville play DS Penhaligon?

15 Which murder suspect in Cluedo is represented by a purple playing piece?

TASTY TUNES

Identify the song titles from the lyrics
 

16 Majavi an de bugui an de buididipi

17 The end of my hopes the end of all my dreams

18 Just one thing makes me forget

19 Take me away from this big bad world and agree to marry me

20 Musha ring dum a doo dum a da

21 I’m leaning on the Tower of Pisa

22 Work all night on a drink of rum

23 When the breeze blows past the farmyard you can smell the cow sheds too

24 Living is easy with eyes closed

25 Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball

 

Answers

1 Condoleezza Rice

2 Under Milk Wood

3 Duck Soup

4 Egg yolk

5 Frank Pickle

6 Sage

7 Truffles

8 Cubby Broccoli

9 Richard Bacon

10 Olive Oyl

11 Sugar Kane

12 Tim Rice

13 Huckleberry Finn

14 Cracker

15 Professor Plum
 

Answers to Tasty Tunes
 

16 The Ketchup Song

17 No Milk Today

18 Red Red Wine

19 Coffee and TV

20 Whisky In the Jar

21 Life Is a Minestrone

22 The Banana Boat Song

23 I am a Cider Drinker

24 Strawberry Fields Forever

25 Champagne Supernova