Round One Betty Nicol

ROUND ONE BETTY NICOL

1. What three letter word features in the name of a 1984 album by The Cure, a 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film, a 1986 film starring Tom Cruise and a B. B. C. motoring programme? TOP (The Top, Top Hat, Top Gun, Top Gear)

2. What is the surname of the comedian born Royston Vasey? Roy ‘Chubby’ BROWN

3. Justin Bieber was born in which country? CANADA

4. Now famous in swiftcover,com insurance adverts, which Stooges front man was born James Osterberg Jr? IGGY POP

5. What colour are Sport and Leisure questions in the original Genus version of Trivial Pursuit? ORANGE

6. What was the name of the cow in ‘The Magic Roundabout’? ERMINTRUDE

7. In TV and film, ‘Sex and the City’ was based in which American city (1998 – 2004, films 2008, 2010)? NEW YORK

8. What breed of dog won the 2012 Cruft’s Dog Show? LHASA APSO

9. Which website was formed in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees and has been in the top five most visited websites worldwide since 2007? YOUTUBE

10. Which video game centres around fictional English archaeologist Lara Croft? TOMB RAIDER

ROUND TWO Bits and pieces

1. South Park Oh my God they killed Kenny Cartman

2. Different Strokes Todd Bridges Gary Coleman

3. Jerry Maguire Tom Cruise

4. Bugs Bunny What’s Up Doc

5. Winston Churchill

6. Austin Powers

7. Mr. T B. A. Baracus A-Team

8. Groucho Marx

9. Carry On Cleo Infamy Kenneth Williams

10. Wood Woodpecker

ROUND THREE CONNECTIONS

1. Which actor links ‘The Godfather’ (1972), ‘Superman’ (1978) and ‘Apocalypse Now’ (1979)? MARLON BRANDO

2. What name links Boris Karloff’s real surname, Raith Rovers’ street and the real surname of Quentin Crisp? PRATT (William Henry Pratt, Pratt Street and Denis Charles Pratt)

3. Who links ‘China Syndrome’ (1979), ‘On Golden Pond’ (1981) and ‘Monster-in-Law’ (2005)? JANE FONDA

4. What links the children’s TV series ‘Balamory’, the capital of the Isle of Mull and a Womble? TOBERMORY

5. Who links Kristine Kochanski in ‘Red Dwarf’, Niamh (Neve) Connolly in ‘Father Ted’ and the singer of the pop band Altered Images? CLAIRE GROGAN (C. P. Grogan)

6. What name links Daryl Hannah’s characters name in the 1984 film ‘Splash’, the fourth President of the U. S. A., a New York avenue and Oscar from ‘The Odd Couple’? MADISON

7. Which actor links Ritchie Cunningham’s dad, Howard, in ‘Happy Days’ and ‘The Father Dowling Mysteries’? TOM BOSLEY

8. Who links ‘Blankety Blank’, ‘Perfect Recall’, ‘Auntie’s Bloomers’ and ‘Come Dancing’? TERRY WOGAN

9. Which actress played Cleo in the 1964 film ‘Carry On Cleo’ and Alma Baldwin in ‘Coronation Street’ from 1988 until 2001? AMANDA BARRIE (born Shirley Anne Broadbent)

10. Which actress links Marge in ‘The Simpsons’ and Brenda Morgenstern in the seventies sit com ‘Rhoda’? JULIE KAVNER (also voices Selma and Patty Bouvier)

ROUND FOUR

1. You’re the One that I Want Arthur Mullard & Hylda Baker J. Travolta and Olivia Newton John

2. Billie Jean The Bates Michael Jackson

3. Can’t Buy Me Love Brenda Lee The Beatles

4. Can’t Get Used to Losing You The Beat Andy Williams

5. Thank You Duran Duran Led Zeppelin

6. The End of the World as We Know It Julee Cruise R. E. M.

7. Brand New Cadillac The Clash Vince Taylor

8. The Passenger Siouxsie & the Banshees Iggy Pop

9. Rent Carter USM Pet Shop Boys

10. Tik Tok Avril Lavigne Kesha

ROUND FIVE

1. Name the only two regular characters (majority of episodes in three or more seasons of eleven) of ‘Cheers’ that have not made a guest appearance in ‘Frasier’. Ernie ‘Coach’ Pantusso (Nicolas Colasanto) and Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Allie)

2. Meryl Streep has won Best Actress Oscars for which two films? ‘Sophie’s Choice’ (1982) and ‘The Iron Lady’ (2011)

3. What are the names of the two main squares in Walford in ‘Eastenders’? Albert Square and Victoria Square

4. Which actors played Josephine and Geraldine in the 1959 film ‘Some Like it Hot’? Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon

5. Raymond Burr starred as which two crime investigators on American TV? Perry Mason (1957 – 1966) and Robert Ironside (1967 – 1975)

6. How were the characters Truman and Adler better known on TV from 1998 to 2006? Will and Grace

7. Name the two women who have posted the letters and numbers on ‘Countdown.’ Carol Vorderman and Rachel Riley

8. Name the two spin offs from Only Fools and Horses. ‘Rock and Chips’ 3 episodes 2010 -2011 and ‘The Green, Green Grass’ 4 series 2005 – 2009

9. Name the two actors to have played Dumbledore as an adult in the Harry Potter series films. Richard Harris and Michael Gambon (Toby Regbo as a youth in film seven Deathly Hallows)

10. Which actors played Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film ‘Chariots of Fire’? Ian Charleson and Ben Cross