Threesy Does It
SPORTING TRIANGLES
1 Which three horse racing classics did Nijinsky win in 1970?
2 What are the first three cities beginning with M to have hosted the Summer Olympics?
3 What were the surnames of the three West Indian cricketers known as the three Ws?
4 Who were the first three foreign managers to manage Chelsea in the Premiership?
5 Which three non-English players were crowned Snooker World Champion in the 1980s?
MUSICAL TRIOS
6 If a violinist broke his G string, what three strings would be left?
7 Which three songs topped the charts for the glam rockers Mud?
8 What are the first names of the pop trio The Thompson Twins?
9 Which three songs topped the charts for Wet Wet Wet in the 20th century?
10 Who came first, second and third in the UK’s first Pop Idol TV contest in 2002?
FILM TRILOGIES
11 At the end of the film The Magnificent Seven, which three actors that formed part of the seven were still alive?
12 Who played the Witches of Eastwick opposite Jack Nicholson?
13 Which three films have won eleven Oscars?
14 Identify the actors who played Blondie, Tuko and Angel Eyes on film?
15 What are the titles of the films that make up Oliver Stone’s war trilogy?
TRIPLE ENTENTES
16 Which three countries form a coastline with the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean?
17 What are the three most highly populated cities in Spain?
18 Which three nations border Paraguay?
19 What are the three largest Channel Islands?
20 Which three Canadian provinces have a name
beginning with N?
TV SETS
21 What is the name of the three Fathers that share a home on Craggy Island?
22 Who played the three flatmates in Man about the House?
23 Which three actresses played the original Charlie’s Angels?
24 What three locations are written on the side of Derek Trotter’s yellow Reliant Robin?
25 Who played Figgis, Glover and Binns, hospital patients in Only When I Laugh?
BOOK TRILOGIES
26 What are the titles of the three novels that make up the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
27 What are the names of the Three Musketeers?
28 Prior to Andrew Motion, who were the last three Poet Laureates of the 20th century?
29 What are the surnames of the three husbands of Scarlet O’Hara in Gone with the Wind?
30 Into which three categories are
Shakespeare plays placed?
ANSWERS TO SPORT
1 Derby, St Leger, 2000 Guineas
2 Melbourne, Mexico City, Munich
3 Worrell, Walcott, Weekes
4 Ruud Gullit, Gianluca Vialli, Claudio Ranieri
5 Alex Higgins, Cliff Thorburn, Dennis Taylor
ANSWERS TO MUSIC
6 A, E, O
7 Tiger Feet, Lonely This Christmas, Oh Boy
8 Alannah, Tom, Joe
9 Goodnight Girl, With a Little Help from My Friends, Love Is All Around
10 Will Young, Gareth Gates, Darius Danesh
ANSWERS TO FILMS
11 Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz
12 Michelle Pfeiffer, Cher, Susan Sarandon
13 Ben Hur, Titanic, The Return of the King
14 Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
15 Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven and Earth
ANSWERS TO TRIPLE ENTENTES
16 France, Spain, Morocco
17 Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia
18 Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia
19 Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney
20 Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
ANSWERS TO TV SETS
21 Father Ted, Father Jack, Father Dougal
22 Richard O’Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett
23 Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson
24 New York, Paris, Peckham
25 James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli
ANSWERS TO BOOKS
26 The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King
27 Aramis, Athos, Porthos
28 Ted Hughes, John Betjeman, Cecil Day Lewis
29 Kennedy, Hamilton, Butler
30 Tragedies, histories, comedies