The answers to a popcorn quiz. If you’ve not done it yet, and want to, head over to that page before reading on.
It’s Sunday, week 9 of Lockdown 3! As usual, no Fagan’s theme quiz!
This week. we’ve done nothing of interest to mention here!
It’s a quiz of 20 questions, but there’s no theme this week.
All you need to do is name the film from the posters.
There’s no “sound-a-likes” or embedded words.
The use of electronic devices to divine the answers, with the exception of hearing aids and pacemakers, is forbidden.
The answers to a who didn’t sing it quiz. If you’ve not done it yet, and want to, head over to that page before reading on.
1. Which Queen song was not scheduled to be released as a single until DJ Kenny Everett obtained an early pressing and played it 14 times in two days, generating a massive demand for the song?
Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Artist and Song?
Dexys Midnight Runners – There There My Dear
3. Which song did former astronaut Chris Hadfield sing when aboard the International Space Station in 2013?
Space Oddity
4. Artist and Song?
Green Day – Basket Case
5. Which song did John Denver write in 1973 as an ode to his then wife in ten-and-a-half minutes one day on a ski lift?
Annie’s Song
6. Artist and Song?
New Order – Ceremony
7. Which war novel, by American author Stephen Crane, takes place during the American Civil War and is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle?
Red Badge Of Courage
8. Artist and Song?
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
9. Which Sheffield drinking establishment can be found at 23 Trippet Lane and, when open, hosts Saturday afternoon Northern Soul days.
Maggie May’s
10. Artist and Song?
Radiohead – Street Spirit
11. What is the colloquial name of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge in New York City, due to where its Manhattan end is located?
The 59th Street Bridge
12. Artist and Song?
The Who – Baba O’Riley
13. Which film starred Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title character?
Goldfinger
14. Artist and Song?
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
15. Who was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1483 until his death in 1485, being the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty?
Richard III
16. Artist and Song?
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
17. Which American actor, film director, composer, and producer first achieved success in a TV Western and rose to international fame with his role as the “Man with No Name”?
Clint Eastwood
18. Artist and Song?
Cat Stevens – Father and Son
19. Which character in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland appears at the very beginning of the book wearing a waistcoat, and muttering “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!?
White Rabbit
20. Artist and Song?
Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bonus: What links the answers?
They are all songs whose title does not appear in the lyrics.
For odd numbered questions, the songs are:
It’s Sunday, week 8 of Lockdown 3! As usual, no Fagan’s theme quiz!
This week, we’ve been calculating how many people we can get drunk with at each stage as we emerge from lockdown!
It’s a quiz of 20 questions and one theme.
There’s a clue to the theme in the quiz title and a bonus point if you can guess the theme itself.
There may be “sound-a-likes” or embedded words.
The use of electronic devices to divine the answers, with the exception of hearing aids and pacemakers, is forbidden.
1. Which Queen song was not scheduled to be released as a single until DJ Kenny Everett obtained an early pressing and played it 14 times in two days, generating a massive demand for the song?
2. Artist and Song?
3. Which song did former astronaut Chris Hadfield sing when aboard the International Space Station in 2013?
4. Artist and Song?
5. Which song did John Denver write in 1973 as an ode to his then wife in ten-and-a-half minutes one day on a ski lift?
6. Artist and Song?
7. Which war novel, by American author Stephen Crane, takes place during the American Civil War and is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle?
8. Artist and Song?
9. Which Sheffield drinking establishment can be found at 23 Trippet Lane and, when open, hosts Saturday afternoon Northern Soul days.
10. Artist and Song?
11. What is the colloquial name of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge in New York City, due to where its Manhattan end is located?
12. Artist and Song?
13. Which film starred Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title character?
14. Artist and Song?
15. Who was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1483 until his death in 1485, being the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty?
16. Artist and Song?
17. Which American actor, film director, composer, and producer first achieved success in a TV Western and rose to international fame with his role as the “Man with No Name”?
18. Artist and Song?
19. Which character in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland appears at the very beginning of the book wearing a waistcoat, and muttering “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!?
20. Artist and Song?
Bonus: What links the answers?
The answers to a who are we quiz. If you’ve not done it yet, and want to, head over to that page before reading on.
1. Who am I – Big Cigar, Born at Blenheim, wrote a History of the English Speaking Peoples?
Winston Churchill
2. Who am I – Big Hat, Big Cigar, Big Bridges?
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
3. Who am I – Part alter ego of Wonder Woman, part the place your mum buys her pants?
Diana Spencer
4. Who am I – I had a Beagle, a big beard and my final book was the Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Actions of Worms 1881?
Charles Darwin
5. Who am I – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford or Sir Francis Bacon or Christopher Marlowe or William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby?
William Shakespeare
6. Who am I – 1643 to 1727?
Isaac Newton
7. Who am I – “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king”?
Queen Elizabeth I
8. Who am I – Middle name Winston and was the Walrus?
John Lennon
9. Who am I – It has been suggested that a 19th Century wrestling move is named after him due to navel strategies he used to surround the opponent to win the Battle of the Nile?
Horatio Nelson
10. Who am I – My body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey on 30 January 1661 and was subjected to a posthumous execution, as were the remains of John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton?
Oliver Cromwell
11. Who am I – I was born in 1874 in County Kildare, Ireland and I am most famous for my expedition in 1914 that crushed my Endurance and failed despite which, no lives were lost?
Sir Ernest Shackleton
12. Who am I – I lead three incredible voyages, the first of which I was appointed leader due to my skill and knowledge of astronomy and the last of which saw my demise at Kealakekua Bay in1779, in a confrontation with the Indigenous people of Hawaii?
Captain James Cook
13. Who am I – A British Army officer, writer and founder of a world-wide youth movement which he wrote a book about that was published in 1908 and is the 4th best selling book of the 20th century?
Robert Baden-Powell
14. Who am I – A learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education, proposing that primary education be taught in English and who successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England?
Alfred the Great
15. Who am I – Better known by his title than his name, a leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, served twice as prime minister and responsible for ending the Napoleonic Wars?
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
16. Who am I – The longest serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century, educated in school sin Lincolnshire at and graduated from Oxford with Second-Class Honours, in the four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree?
Margaret Thatcher
17. Who am I – Born Michael Patrick Smith, made famous by playing Frank alongside Betty and Jessica on TV in 1973 and 1975 and has performed in various productions on the West End and on Broadway?
Michael Crawford
18. Who am I – First name Alexandrina, named after her godfather, Tsar Alexander I, proposed to her husband, had nine children, survived at least six attempts on her life and became queen at the age of 18?
Queen Victoria
19. Who am I – Said to have “died” on 9 November, 1966 and replaced by a look-a-like, just for not wearing shoes?
Sir Paul McCartney
20. Who am I – Born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1881, accepted with a scholarship into St Mary’s Hospital Medical School at the age of 25, earned a gold medal in 1908 for being the University’s highest ranked medical student, discovered one of the most widely used medications and named it after the Latin name for mould?
Sir Alexander Fleming
Bonus: Who are they?
They are the top 20 Greatest Britons as voted for by the British public in a poll for BBC’s 100 Greatest Britons in 2002.
It’s Sunday, week 7 of Lockdown 3! As usual, no Fagan’s theme quiz!
This week, we’ve been on half term. It’s much like every other week really!
It’s a quiz of 20 questions and one theme.
There’s a clue to the theme in the quiz title and a bonus point if you can guess the theme itself.
There may be “sound-a-likes” or embedded words.
The use of electronic devices to divine the answers, with the exception of hearing aids and pacemakers, is forbidden.
1. Who am I – Big Cigar, Born at Blenheim, wrote a History of the English Speaking Peoples?
2. Who am I – Big Hat, Big Cigar, Big Bridges?
3. Who am I – Part alter ego of Wonder Woman, part the place your mum buys her pants?
4. Who am I – I had a Beagle, a big beard and my final book was the Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Actions of Worms 1881?
5. Who am I – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford or Sir Francis Bacon or Christopher Marlowe or William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby?
6. Who am I – 1643 to 1727?
7. Who am I – “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king”?
8. Who am I – Middle name Winston and was the Walrus?
9. Who am I – It has been suggested that a 19th Century wrestling move is named after him due to navel strategies he used to surround the opponent to win the Battle of the Nile?
10. Who am I – My body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey on 30 January 1661 and was subjected to a posthumous execution, as were the remains of John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton?
11. Who am I – I was born in 1874 in County Kildare, Ireland and I am most famous for my expedition in 1914 that crushed my Endurance and failed despite which, no lives were lost?
12. Who am I – I lead three incredible voyages, the first of which I was appointed leader due to my skill and knowledge of astronomy and the last of which saw my demise at Kealakekua Bay in1779, in a confrontation with the Indigenous people of Hawaii?
13. Who am I – A British Army officer, writer and founder of a world-wide youth movement which he wrote a book about that was published in 1908 and is the 4th best selling book of the 20th century?
14. Who am I – A learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education, proposing that primary education be taught in English and who successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England?
15. Who am I – Better known by his title than his name, a leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, served twice as prime minister and responsible for ending the Napoleonic Wars?
16. Who am I – The longest serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century, educated in school sin Lincolnshire at and graduated from Oxford with Second-Class Honours, in the four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree?
17. Who am I – Born Michael Patrick Smith, made famous by playing Frank alongside Betty and Jessica on TV in 1973 and 1975 and has performed in various productions on the West End and on Broadway?
18. Who am I – First name Alexandrina, named after her godfather, Tsar Alexander I, proposed to her husband, had nine children, survived at least six attempts on her life and became queen at the age of 18?
19. Who am I – Said to have “died” on 9 November, 1966 and replaced by a look-a-like, just for not wearing shoes?
20. Who am I – Born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1881, accepted with a scholarship into St Mary’s Hospital Medical School at the age of 25, earned a gold medal in 1908 for being the University’s highest ranked medical student, discovered one of the most widely used medications and named it after the Latin name for mould?
Bonus: Who are they?
The answers to a just can’t get enough quiz. If you’ve not done it yet, and want to, head over to that page before reading on.
1. Name the artist and song?
Petula Clark – Downtown
2. Which Beach Boys songs was covered for the BBC launch of the BBC Music brand in 2014, featured an assortment of artist including Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Stevie Wonder, Brian May as well as Brian Wilson and was released as a charity single for Children In Need?
God Only Knows
3. Name the artist and song?
The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
4. What is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown colour due to the presence of molasses or a slang term for heroin?
Brown sugar
5. Name the artist and song?
T.Rex – Ride A White Swan
6. In which 1999 comedy movie do four high school friends try every trick in the book to ensure that they lose their virginity before prom night?
American Pie
7. Name the artist and song?
The Osmonds – Crazy Horses
8. Which song is played at traditional events such as Wimbledon and The Proms, is one of New Zealand’s two national anthems and whose author is unknown, although attribution to the composer John Bull is sometimes made?
God Save the Queen
9. Name the artist and song?
Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us
10. Who was the Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia?
Rasputin
11. Name the artist and song?
Squeeze – Up The Junction
12. Which one of the nine Austrian states is also a city that, until the beginning of the 20th century, was the largest German speaking city in the world?
Vienna
13. Name the artist and song?
Heaven 17 – Temptation
14. Which 1974 movie starring Roger Moore as a manager of a South African mine shares its name with both a UK radio station and a UK TV station?
Gold
15. Name the artist and song?
Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield – What Have I Done To Deserve This
16. Romanian Nadia Comăneci is generally recognized as the first person to score what at the Olympic Games?
A perfect 10
17. Name the artist and song?
The B-52’s – Love Shack
18. In 1687 Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia included a computation for what, the answer to the computation being “979 feet per second in air”?
Speed of sound
19. Name the artist and song?
Manic Street Preachers – A Design For Life
20. Which English television and radio presenter is best known as a presenter of the popular children’s series Blue Peter from 1962 to 1972 and also also presented the BBC Radio 4 PM programme?
Valerie Singleton
Bonus: What connects all the answers?
They are all songs that peaked at number 2 in the UK singles charts, literally, they just couldn’t get enough sales. The full list is:
It’s Sunday, week 6 of Lockdown 3! As usual, no Fagan’s theme quiz!
This week, we requested refunds for our Chester Zoo tickets that were booked for next week because, like, that ain’t happening, innit!
It’s a quiz of 20 questions and one theme.
There’s a clue to the theme in the quiz title and a bonus point if you can guess the theme itself.
There may be “sound-a-likes” or embedded words.
The use of electronic devices to divine the answers, with the exception of hearing aids and pacemakers, is forbidden.
1. Name the artist and song?
2. Which Beach Boys songs was covered for the BBC launch of the BBC Music brand in 2014, featured an assortment of artist including Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Stevie Wonder, Brian May as well as Brian Wilson and was released as a charity single for Children In Need?
3. Name the artist and song?
4. What is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown colour due to the presence of molasses or a slang term for heroin?
5. Name the artist and song?
6. In which 1999 comedy movie do four high school friends try every trick in the book to ensure that they lose their virginity before prom night?
7. Name the artist and song?
8. Which song is played at traditional events such as Wimbledon and The Proms, is one of New Zealand’s two national anthems and whose author is unknown, although attribution to the composer John Bull is sometimes made?
9. Name the artist and song?
10. Who was the Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia?
11. Name the artist and song?
12. Which one of the nine Austrian states is also a city that, until the beginning of the 20th century, was the largest German speaking city in the world?
13. Name the artist and song?
14. Which 1974 movie starring Roger Moore as a manager of a South African mine shares its name with both a UK radio station and a UK TV station?
15. Name the artist and song?
16. Romanian Nadia Comăneci is generally recognized as the first person to score what at the Olympic Games?
17. Name the artist and song?
18. In 1687 Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia included a computation for what, the answer to the computation being “979 feet per second in air”?
19. Name the artist and song?
20. Which English television and radio presenter is best known as a presenter of the popular children’s series Blue Peter from 1962 to 1972 and also also presented the BBC Radio 4 PM programme?
Bonus: What connects all the answers?
The answers to a foodies quiz. If you’ve not done it yet, and want to, head over to that page before reading on.
1. Which English actress, born in 1932, is best known for her role as Sybil, Basil’s wife, in Fawlty Towers and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution by Alan Bennett.
Prunella Scales
2. Who was the only surviving legitimate child of King James V who acceded to the throne in 1542, aged 6?
Mary Queen of Scots
3. What name was given to the 1960s subculture that included art, music, clothes and use of hallucinogenic drugs?
Psychadelia
4. Who did Julie jilt John for?
Gordon
5. Which member of comedy trio The Goodies opened the pilot episode of the BBC radio comedy panel game I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue with Jo Kendall singing the words of Three Blind Mice to the tune of Ol’ Man River?
Graeme Garden
6. What was originally a two or three-wheeled passenger cart which is generally pulled by one man carrying one passenger?
Rickshaw
7. Which ventriloquist’s act included the puppets Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey?
Keith Harris
8. In the TV programme and film The Magic Roundabout, who is the operator of the roundabout – the only character to be voiced by the same actor in both the TV show and film?
Mr. Rusty
9. Which ex-Sheffield Wednesday and Stocksbridge park Steels footballer holds record for the most scoring in consecutive matches (11)?
Jamie Vardy
10. Which building has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century, and is currently the official London residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and other lesser royals?
Kensington Palace
11. Name this Scottish duo and the song they are singing?
The Proclaimers, Sunshine On Leith
12. In the children’s nursery rhyme, what did we go round on a cold and frosty morning?
Mulberry Bush
13. What’s the name of the band singing this 1986 song that reach number 26 in the UK charts?
The Smiths (Bigmoth Strikes Again)
14. Which British politician was the first Labour Party member to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 and then from 1929–1931?
Ramsey MacDonald
15. Who is the lead singer of this 1985 hit that also featured in the film The Breakfast Club, helping it to the number 1 spot in the US?
Jim Kerr (from Simple Minds)
16. What Gothic novel was first published in 1818 and was written by the daughter of proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft?
Frankenstein
17. Name the band and song in this early video which is somewhat less polished than their later works?
Pink Floyd, See Emily Play
18. Which County Durham new town was founded in 1948 and named after a celebrated Durham miners’ leader and, as such, is one of the few places in the British Isles to be directly named after an individual?
Peterlee (named after Peter Lee)
19. Name the artist and song?
Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Oliver’s Army
20. On the internet, what is the introductory page of a website, typically serving as a table of contents for the site, commonly called?
Homepage
Putting together answers from questions 1-10 with 11-20, we get 10 famous chefs:
It’s Sunday, week 5 of Lockdown 3! As usual, no Fagan’s theme quiz!
This week, we stayed indoors a lot and experimented with audio visuals in the quiz!.
It’s a quiz of two halves this week, with 20 questions and one theme.
There may be “sound-a-likes” or embedded words.
The use of electronic devices to divine the answers, with the exception of hearing aids and pacemakers, is forbidden.
1. Which English actress, born in 1932, is best known for her role as Sybil, Basil’s wife, in Fawlty Towers and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution by Alan Bennett.
2. Who was the only surviving legitimate child of King James V who acceded to the throne in 1542, aged 6?
3. What name was given to the 1960s subculture that included art, music, clothes and use of hallucinogenic drugs?
4. Who did Julie jilt John for?
5. Which member of comedy trio The Goodies opened the pilot episode of the BBC radio comedy panel game I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue with Jo Kendall singing the words of Three Blind Mice to the tune of Ol’ Man River?
6. What was originally a two or three-wheeled passenger cart which is generally pulled by one man carrying one passenger?
7. Which ventriloquist’s act included the puppets Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey?
8. In the TV programme and film The Magic Roundabout, who is the operator of the roundabout – the only character to be voiced by the same actor in both the TV show and film?
9. Which ex-Sheffield Wednesday and Stocksbridge park Steels footballer holds record for the most scoring in consecutive matches (11)?
10. Which building has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century, and is currently the official London residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and other lesser royals?
11. Name this Scottish duo and the song they are singing?
12. In the children’s nursery rhyme, what did we go round on a cold and frosty morning?
13. What’s the name of the band singing this 1986 song that reach number 26 in the UK charts?
14. Which British politician was the first Labour Party member to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 and then from 1929–1931?
15. Who is the lead singer of this 1985 hit that also featured in the film The Breakfast Club, helping it to the number 1 spot in the US?
16. What Gothic novel was first published in 1818 and was written by the daughter of proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft?
17. Name the band and song in this early video which is somewhat less polished than their later works?
18. Which County Durham new town was founded in 1948 and named after a celebrated Durham miners’ leader and, as such, is one of the few places in the British Isles to be directly named after an individual?
19. Name the band and song?
20. On the internet, what is the introductory page of a website, typically serving as a table of contents for the site, commonly called?