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[Bunnylump]

Here are a few questions from tonight's quiz night. Thought I'd share a few for a bit of fun.

CONNECTIONS ROUND
1. What type of animal was Wheezy in Toy Story?
2. What book features the character Arthur Dent?
3. What annual sporting event, started in 1981, was first won by Dick Beardsley?
4. Who had top ten hits with Kissing in the Back Row and Save the Last Dance for Me?
5. What was the occupation of Fred Housego, winner of Mastermind in 1980?
6. Which Wizard of Oz character was played by Bert Lahr ?
7. What historical event was William Bligh best known for?
8. What was the title of the 1975 Peter Weir film about some school girls who go missing on Valentine's day?
9. What song begins with the lyric "It's a godawful small affair for the girl with the mousy hair."?
10. What connects all of the answers?

[LAT]

Well I did have to look up a few of them but once I got the connection filling in the gaps became easier!

[Scurra]

I'm guessing the answer to #10 is chocolate bars

Although #3 is a bit of a cheat. (And I don't know #4 or #9 but I could probably make an informed guess!)

[Bunnylump]

Indeed it is! Obviously your specialist subject, Scurra?

[dramaticat]

I'm worried that anyone wouldn't know the answer to number 9. Well, OK, if you were born in 1970 or later perhaps not ...

They don't write them like that any more. *sigh*

[Bunnylump]

Did you have the album, playing repeatedly all day, with your friends invited round to listen, whilst you all sang along to the lyric sheet like we did? Those were the days. Downloads just don't cut it, do they?

[Bunnylump]

If anyone is interested, I will be posting the hastily typed up questions to last night's quiz this evening, for a bit of fun.

[Bunnylump]

OK so here goes. One category per post.

Find the flower

1. Bird’s cat noise

2. By any other name

3. No date at the dance

4. Wed money

5. Small horse around the east

6. Demure, got up

7. Sad ringer

8. Sweeper

9. Vehicle state

10. Remember me?

11. Confuse hand warmer

12. Mrs Bucket

13. Foggy Romeo

14. Break Welsh symbol

15. Cute royal

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Watching the Detectives

1. WPC Sophie Cambridge was the aide for which oversized restauranteur detective?

2. Which TV detective had a dog called Dog?

3. George Carter was the partner of which Detective inspector?

4. Which two premier football teams run out to the Z cars theme?

5. What two recent series has Grantchester actor James Norton starred in on TV?

6. Captain Harold C Dobey was the boss of which duo of Californian detectives?

7. What are the real names of Scott and Bailey?

8. Can you name the four Who songs which accompanied the CSI series?

9. What is Vera’s surname?

10. What is Helen Mirren’s character name in Prime Suspect?

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Pot luck

1. Which two positions in netball are allowed to score goals?

2. Which country was the 1972 Olympics held in?

3. Who is the only person to have a pope arrested in the past 300 years?

4. Who was the fourth wife of Henry 8th?

5. Which US state is Area 51 in?

6. Which country has the largest number of official heritage sites?

7. Who did Amal Alamuddin marry in 2014?

8. What was on the handle of Mary Poppins’ umbrella

9. What are you worried about missing if you are suffering from Nomophobia?

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Colours

1. What is the nickname of the New Zealand National Rugby team?

2. What famous series of films features Inspector Cluseau?

3. What TV comedy drama featuring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Gregg won a BAFTA for best sit com in 2001 and 2005?

4. What is the name of the daughter of Jay z and Beyonce, born 2012?

5. What US TV series starred Ellen Pompeo and Pat Dempsey?

6. Who played Ben Cartwright in Bonanza?

7. What stadium is home to Tottenham Hotspur Football club?

8. What album was released by Prince and the Revolution in 1984, and was a soundtrack to a film?

9. What is the physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains which gets its name from the haze of isoprene released from the trees?

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Animals

1. What is the title of Sue Townsend’s book about the writings of a teenager?

2. What is the common name for the English soul singer Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel?

3. Which Agatha Christie play is the longest running?

4. What superhero has been played by Lee Meriwether, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ertha Kitt and Anne Hathaway?

5. What set of books, written by Eric Hill, was turned into an animated BBC show from 1987?

6. What is the name of the second studio album by Meatloaf, which sold 43 million copies?

7. The title of which Roald Dahl book was used as the title of Wes Anderson’s first feature film?

8. What type of animal (called Pippin) did Audrey Hepburn adopt in preparation for her film Green Mansions?

9. What 1988 film, based on a novel by Gary Wolf saw cartoons interact with real actors for the first time?

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Drinkies

1. Name the champion steeplechaser horse from 1973

2. What is the name of the Hollyoaks actress who also featured in I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here?

3. What was the title of the Four Seasons’ first US number 1 hit?

4. What is the NATO code word for the letter W?

5. What is the closing track on the Oasis album What’s the Story Morning Glory?

6. What is the title of the Blackadder episode which contained Hugh Laurie’s first appearance?

7. What song, first recorded by Neil Diamond was made famous by UB40?

8. Which actor played Chandler Bing in Friends?

9. Which actor starred in the Ladykillers, The Lavender Hill Mob and Kind Hearts and Coronets?

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Literature

1. Who was the only Prime Minister to win a Nobel prize for literature?

2. What book, written by David Walliams, had a TV version which was filmed around Hemel Hempstead?

3. What is Charlie’s surname in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

4. What sort of animal was Ratty in the Wind in the Willows?

5. Which author had the first names Clive Staples?

6. In which Shakespeare play does Desdemona feature?

7. Which fictional character has a brother called Mycroft?

8. Who wrote the book Kim?

9. Who wrote the poem “How Do I Love Thee?”

10. What was Pinnochio’s father’s name?

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Kitty Kitty

Which US playwright wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

What comedian did Cat Deeley marry in 2012?

What did singer Cat Stevens change his name to?

In which US state are the Catskill Mountains?

Which US actor won an Oscar in 1965 for the comedy western Cat Ballou?

Who produced Tom and Jerry?

Who were the original team captains in 8/10 Cats?

What was the name of Minnie Caldwell’s cat?

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Location Location

1. What links Jerry Rafferty with Sherlock Holmes?

2. Whose grave, in Winchelsea, has the epitaph “I told you I was ill”?

3. Where is there a barber showing photographs of every head he’s had the pleasure to know?

4. In which English county would you find the villages of Shitterton, Scratchy Bottom and Happy Snoring?

5. Which city is the home to the oldest annual marathon?

6. Where did the Great Fire of London begin and where did it end?

7. Which fictional character lived at 32 Windsor Gardens?

8. What is the only London station to have entrances on both sides of the river Thames?

9. The Queen lives at SW1A 1AA, who lives at SW1A 2AA?

10. What city is famous as the burial place of Beethoven and is also the name of Rigby’s cat?

[LAT]

Golly - that should keep me quiet this evening!

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So...how did you all get on?

[Laura]

I'm puzzled by number 9 in the animals round. Didn't that happen in Mary Poppins several decades earlier? Other than that, I'm pleasantly surprised that I can answer at least one in each section!!!

[Bunnylump]

Yes, I must admit, I did wonder about that!