What’s in a Name?

Paul to Paul

The answers to the next 10 questions all contain the name Paul

1 Who directed the film The Running Man?

2 Which star of the sitcom The Good Life died of cancer in1995?

3 Who did Anthony Quinn portray in the film Lust for Life?

4 Which former member of the QTips topped the UK charts in 1983?

5 Who recorded the 1973 top 20 hit Me and Mrs Jones?

6 Who replaced Nick Hancock as host of the TV show Room 101?

7 Who married Linda Kozlowski in 1990?

8 Who was born Karol Wojtyla?

9 Who recorded the album Stanley Road?

10 Who plays the role of Ray Temple in the sitcom Eyes Down?

10 Bob

The answers to the next ten questions all contain the name Bob.

1 Who won a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2005 MOBO awards?

2 Who played the US President in the film Love Actually?

3 Who hosted the greatest number of Academy Awards ceremonies in the 20th century?

4 Which children’s favourite owns a pet cat called Pilchard?

5 Who was the original presenter of Family Fortunes?

6 Who played the role of Smee in the film Hook?

7 Who composed the song Mighty Quinn?

8 Who was the human companion of Spit the Dog on TISWAS?

9 Who kept goal for Arsenal in the 1971 FA Cup final?

10 Who played the role of Pink in the film version of Pink Floyd’s The Wall?

The Tom Tom Club

The answers to the next ten questions all contain the name of Tom

1 Who first appeared together in the animation short Puss Gets the Boot?

2 Who played Mr Lawrence in the film Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence?

3 Who shaved off his trademark moustache for his role in the 1997 film In and Out?

4 Which manager of Elvis Presley died in 1997?

5 Who played the role of Gerald in The Full Monty?

6 Who wrote the novel The Hunt for Red October?

7 Which famous man was born in 1962 with the surname of Mapother?

8 Nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, who is depicted on the front cover of the Sergeant Peppers album?

9 Who played the title role in the 1984 film Amadeus?

10 Which footballer was nicknamed the Preston Plumber?

Bill and Ben

1 How are the first ten amendments of the US Constitution otherwise known?

2 Which golfer won the US Masters in 1984 and 1995?

3 Who was the subject of the biography Billy by Pamela Stephenson?

4 Which actor born in California in August 1972 has the middle name of Geza?

5 Who captained England’s rugby union team to Grand Slam glory in 1980?

6 Which character was played by Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate?

7 In which film did Uma Thurman play The Bride?

8 Which 1959 film was subtitled A Tale of the Christ in the USA?

9 Which entertainer’s son Ennis was shot dead in January 1997?

10 Who played the role of Ron Jenkins in the 1960s in Coronation Street?

Answers to Paul to Paul

1 Paul Michael Glaser
2 Paul Eddington
3 Paul Gauguin
4 Paul Young
5 Billy Paul
6 Paul Merton
7 Paul Hogan
8 Pope John Paul II
9 Paul Weller
10 Paul O’Grady

Answers to Ten Bob

1 Bob Marley
2 Billy Bob Thornton
3 Bob Hope
4 Bob the Builder
5 Bob Monkhouse
6 Bob Hoskins
7 Bob Dylan
8 Bob Carolgees
9 Bob Wilson
10 Bob Geldof

Answers to Tom Tom Club

1 Tom and Jerry
2 Tom Conti
3 Tom Selleck
4 Colonel Tom Parker
5 Tom Wilkinson
6 Tom Clancy
7 Tom Cruise
8 Tom Mix
9 Tom Hulce
10 Tom Finney

Answers to Bill and Ben

1 The Bill of Rights
2 Ben Crenshaw
3 Billy Connolly
4 Ben Affleck
5 Bill Beaumont
6 Benjamin Braddock
7 Kill Bill
8 Ben Hur
9 Bill Cosby
10 Ben Kingsley