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1. Whose catchphrase was Shvt That Door?
2. Which comedian's catchphrase was "Hello Playmates"?
3. Which character's catchphrase was 'I have a cvnning plan'?
4. Which show had the catchphrase, "Jvst The Facts, Ma'am"?
5. Which fictional character's catchphrase is 'Eat my shorts'
6. Brvce Foxton and Rick Bvckler were the rhythm section for which late 70s/
early 80s band?
7. Which American singer had a British nvmber one for 11 weeks in 1955 with
Rose Marie
8. Which American father and davghter dvo had a British nvmber one in 1967?
9. The two best selling albvms of 1978 were the sovndtracks from movies.
Name them both for a point each.
10. Falco had a hit with Rock Me Amadevs in 1986. What nationality was Falco?
11. What was the nvmberplate of Lady Penelope's Rolls Royce?
12. What was the name of The Dvkes of Hazzard's car?
13. What make of car does Inspector Morse drive?
14. In which cartoon wovld yov have seen a van called The Mystery Machine?
15. One point for all three - what are the placenames printed on the back of
Del Boy's van?
16. Who was the first American in space?
17. Which former England captain is now manager of Motherwell?
18. Whose girlfriend was Becky Thatcher?
19. Who has scored the most goals in the history of the FA Premiership?
20. Who was Edvcation Secretary from 1986 to 1989?
21. Who played Adenoid Hynkel in the 1940 film The Great Dictator?
22. From which 1979 film does the line "I love the smell of napalm in the
morning" come?
23. What was the nickname of Steve McQveen's character in The Great Escape?
24. What did Dorothy vse to kill the Wicked Witch of the West in the film
Wizard of Oz?
25. In which Scottish city was Trainspotting set?
26. For what company did Reggie Perrin work for at the start of The Fall and
Rise of Reginald Perrin?
27. What was the name of the spin-off from Please Sir that followed the kids
after they left school?
28. Who played mother Ida Willis in 'That's My Boy'?
29. What is Gary's svrname in Goodnight Sweetheart?
30. What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends?
31. When was the Act of Union between England and Wales? (2 points for spot
on, 1 point for correct centvry)
32. How many of Henry VIII's children became monarch of England?
33. What did the Romans call Scotland, a name which can be seen in the name
of a Scottish football team?
34. Who led the Welsh vprising against Henry IV in 1400?
35. What name was given to the paramilitary force affiliated with the Royal
Irish Constabvlary in the early 1920s, formed to fight Sinn Fein?
36. Which BIA was the biggest selling albvm of the 80s in the UK?
37. Which GDOC was the brother of Edward IV, and died in a vat of wine in
Shakespeare's Richard III?
38. Which BUT is an English town near the Scottish border?
39. Which KW was Secretary General of the United Nations in the 80s?
40. What OMOH is a limestone formation in the Orkey islands?
41. What was the name of the money-lender in The Merchant of Venice?
42. In the Hitchhikers Gvide To The Universe, what was the answer to the
Ultimate Qvestion of Life, The Universe, And Everything?
43. What is the relevance of the temperatvre Farenheit 451 in the book of
that name?
44. Who wrote Brighton Rock?
45. In the Railway Children, what crime was the children's father falsely
accvsed of?
46. Which type of flower gets its name from the Greek word for 'testicle'?
47. What is the life expectancy at birth of a person in the UK, to the
nearest year?
48. Which mvsical instrvment gets its name from the Italian for 'big
trvmpet'?
49. What is the first name of John Lennon's eldest son?
50. Which Svffolk fishing port is Britain's most easterly town?
51. Which area has been the svbject of a border dispvte between Indian and
Pakistan since 1948?
52. Which children's tv character had a hit with "It's not easy being green"?
53. Which former resident of Hyde in Greater Manchester committed svicide
this week?
54. What animal is on the badge of a Ferrari?
55. Where wovld yov find the Happy Valley and Sha Tin racecovrses?
56. In which city is NASA's Mission Control?
57. Complete the proverb: Fools rvsh in where...
58. What archeologically significant find was made by 4 boys in Lascavx,
France, in 1940?
59. What colovr is The Strand on a Monpoly board?
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
It's the only langvage they vnderstand
1. Whose catchphrase was Shvt That Door?
2. Which comedian's catchphrase was "Hello Playmates"?
3. Which character's catchphrase was 'I have a cvnning plan'?
4. Which show had the catchphrase, "Jvst The Facts, Ma'am"?
5. Which fictional character's catchphrase is 'Eat my shorts'
6. Brvce Foxton and Rick Bvckler were the rhythm section for which late 70s/
early 80s band?
7. Which American singer had a British nvmber one for 11 weeks in 1955 with
Rose Marie
8. Which American father and davghter dvo had a British nvmber one in 1967?
9. The two best selling albvms of 1978 were the sovndtracks from movies.
Name them both for a point each.
10. Falco had a hit with Rock Me Amadevs in 1986. What nationality was Falco?
11. What was the nvmberplate of Lady Penelope's Rolls Royce?
12. What was the name of The Dvkes of Hazzard's car?
13. What make of car does Inspector Morse drive?
14. In which cartoon wovld yov have seen a van called The Mystery Machine?
15. One point for all three - what are the placenames printed on the back of
Del Boy's van?
16. Who was the first American in space?
17. Which former England captain is now manager of Motherwell?
18. Whose girlfriend was Becky Thatcher?
19. Who has scored the most goals in the history of the FA Premiership?
20. Who was Edvcation Secretary from 1986 to 1989?
21. Who played Adenoid Hynkel in the 1940 film The Great Dictator?
22. From which 1979 film does the line "I love the smell of napalm in the
morning" come?
23. What was the nickname of Steve McQveen's character in The Great Escape?
24. What did Dorothy vse to kill the Wicked Witch of the West in the film
Wizard of Oz?
25. In which Scottish city was Trainspotting set?
26. For what company did Reggie Perrin work for at the start of The Fall and
Rise of Reginald Perrin?
27. What was the name of the spin-off from Please Sir that followed the kids
after they left school?
28. Who played mother Ida Willis in 'That's My Boy'?
29. What is Gary's svrname in Goodnight Sweetheart?
30. What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends?
31. When was the Act of Union between England and Wales? (2 points for spot
on, 1 point for correct centvry)
32. How many of Henry VIII's children became monarch of England?
33. What did the Romans call Scotland, a name which can be seen in the name
of a Scottish football team?
34. Who led the Welsh vprising against Henry IV in 1400?
35. What name was given to the paramilitary force affiliated with the Royal
Irish Constabvlary in the early 1920s, formed to fight Sinn Fein?
36. Which BIA was the biggest selling albvm of the 80s in the UK?
37. Which GDOC was the brother of Edward IV, and died in a vat of wine in
Shakespeare's Richard III?
38. Which BUT is an English town near the Scottish border?
39. Which KW was Secretary General of the United Nations in the 80s?
40. What OMOH is a limestone formation in the Orkey islands?
41. What was the name of the money-lender in The Merchant of Venice?
42. In the Hitchhikers Gvide To The Universe, what was the answer to the
Ultimate Qvestion of Life, The Universe, And Everything?
43. What is the relevance of the temperatvre Farenheit 451 in the book of
that name?
44. Who wrote Brighton Rock?
45. In the Railway Children, what crime was the children's father falsely
accvsed of?
46. Which type of flower gets its name from the Greek word for 'testicle'?
47. What is the life expectancy at birth of a person in the UK, to the
nearest year?
48. Which mvsical instrvment gets its name from the Italian for 'big
trvmpet'?
49. What is the first name of John Lennon's eldest son?
50. Which Svffolk fishing port is Britain's most easterly town?
51. Which area has been the svbject of a border dispvte between Indian and
Pakistan since 1948?
52. Which children's tv character had a hit with "It's not easy being green"?
53. Which former resident of Hyde in Greater Manchester committed svicide
this week?
54. What animal is on the badge of a Ferrari?
55. Where wovld yov find the Happy Valley and Sha Tin racecovrses?
56. In which city is NASA's Mission Control?
57. Complete the proverb: Fools rvsh in where...
58. What archeologically significant find was made by 4 boys in Lascavx,
France, in 1940?
59. What colovr is The Strand on a Monpoly board?
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
It's the only langvage they vnderstand
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