Theme Quiz No. 4 - Answers after question No. 10

1. Which of the 12 apostles was also known as Nathaniel?
2. Which Scottish poet wrote "Auld Lang Syne" in 1778?
3. Which children's TV character is a purple dinosaur?
4. Which famous lady was painted in the 16th century by Leonardo Da Vinci?
5. What was ex president Richard Nixon's middle name?
6. Which ancient Greek poet wrote 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'?
7. Which of Rod Stewart hits was No.1 in the USA and the UK in 1971?
8. Which English naval officer died at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805?
9. Which British actor starred in the movies 'Schindler's List', 'The English Patient' and 'The Reader'?
10. Which Irish/Australian bushranger was hanged at 'Old Melbourne Gaol' in November 1980?



Answers:

Theme was 'The Simpsons'

1. Bartholomew--------------------Bartholomew Jo Jo Simpson        ( Bart )
2. Robert (Robbie) Burns-----------Charles Montgomery Burns         ( Mr Burns )
3. Barney---------------------------Barnard 'Barny' Gumble              ( Barney the drunk )
4. Mona Lisa-----------------------Lisa Marie Simpson                    ( Lisa )
5. Milhouse-------------------------Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten  ( Milhouse )
6. Homer----------------------------Homer Jay Simpson                   ( Homer )
7. Maggie May---------------------Margaret 'Maggie' Simpson        ( Baby Maggie )
8. Horatio Nelson------------------Nelson Mandela Muntz               ( Nelson the bully )
9. Ralph Fiennes-------------------Ralph Wiggum                            ( Stupid Ralph )
10. Ned Kelly----------------------Nedward 'Ned' Flanders             ( Homers neighbour )

Entertainment Quiz with a theme - Answers after No.20

1. Which US group had a 1970 hit No.1 in the USA and No.2 in the UK called I want you back?
2. Which US soul singer's greatest hit was released in 1965 and called 'In the midnight hour'? 
3. Who played Indiana Jones in a number of movies?
4. Which 1981 movie starred Dudley Moore as a drunk and Sir John Gielgud as his manservant Hobson?
5. Which movie and TV series had characters such as Gomez, Morticia and Lurch?
6. Which 1998 movie starring Jim Carrey is based on a TV show which is actually about his life?
7. Which UK actress was married to Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher and Richard Burton twice?
8. In the TV western series 'Alias Smith and Jones' one character was called Kid Curry, who was the other?
9. Who played Charles in the movie 4 weddings and a funeral?
10. Which San Francisco band of which performed at Woodstock in 1969 was founded by Marty Balin, and changed the second part of its name to Starship in 1974?
11. Which movie starring Michael Caine and Britt Ekland was about a London gangster called Jack, and was remade in 2000, but was set in USA and starred Sylvester Stallone?
12. Which Welsh singer had hits with 'Its a heartache','Holding out for a hero' and 'Total eclipse of the heart?
13. Which movie director won Oscars for movies such as 'The grapes of Wrath', 'The battle of Midway' and 'The quiet man'?
14. Which 1995 romantic drama movie starred Meryl Streep and was directed by Clint Eastwood  and was set in Iowa?
15. Who sang the sound track 'All time high' used in the James Bond movie 'Octopussy'?
16. Who played Eli in the 2010 movie 'Book of Eli' and 'Alonzo Harris' in the 2001 movie 'Training Day'? 
17. Which cartoon cat has friends called 'Nermal', 'Odie', 'Arlene' and 'Pooky'?
18. Which actress was born 'Norma Jean' Baker?
19. Which film stars roles included 'Dragline' in Cool Hand Luke, 'Joe Patroni' in the Airplane movies and 'Captain Ed Hocken' in the Police Squad movies?
20. Which English female singer had hits with 'Wuthering Heights', 'Babooskha' and 'The man with the child in his eyes'?



Answers:-

Theme is American Presidents

1. Jackson 5                                           Andrew Jackson                     1829 - 1837
2. Wilson Pickett                                    Woodrow Wilson                    1913 - 1921
3. Harrison Ford                                    William Henry Harrison          1841 - 1841
4. Arthur                                                 Chester A Arthur                    1881 - 1885
5. Adams Family                                     John Adams                            1797 - 1801  
6. The Truman Show                              Harry S Truman                      1945 - 1953
7. Elizabeth Taylor                                  Zachary Taylor                        1849 - 1850
8. Hannibal Hayes                                   Rutherfield B Hayes                1877 - 1881 
9. Hugh Grant                                         Ulysses S Grant                       1869 - 1877
10. Jefferson Airplane                            Thomas Jefferson                     1801 - 1809
11. Get Carter                                        Jimmy Carter                            1977 - 1981
12. Bonnie Tyler                                     John Tyler                                1841 - 1845 
13. John Ford                                          Gerald Ford                             1974 - 1977
14. The Bridges of Madison County        James Madison                        1809 - 1817
15. Rita Coolidge                                    Calvin Coolidge                        1923 - 1929
16. Denzel Washington                           George Washington                  1789 - 1797
17. Garfield                                            James A Garfield                      1881 - 1881
18. Marilyn Monroe                                James Monroe                         1817 - 1825        
19. George Kennedy                               John F Kennedy                       1961 - 1963     
20. Kate Bush                                         George W Bush                        2001 - 2009

DINGBATS

This is an Example:-
dumpdowndump   -   clue   -   miserable  -    answer -  down in the dumps
the word down is in between two words saying dump therefore  dumps
some are a play on words OK so be careful
hope that helps     anyway try these ten     answers after N.10

1. can can                                                          clue                   bird

2. DDDwestDDD                                              clue                 group of islands

3. Y Y guy guy                                                   clue                  smart men?

4. abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz                           clue                  Christmas

5. pPPod                                                            clue                    alike

6. pot00000000                                                  clue                 common foodstuff

7. xmascara                                                         clue                     romance   -  bit difficult this one

8. 0d0o0m0                                                        clue                    indoor game

9. revirdtaes                                                        clue                    car pest

10. _dea                                                              clue                   clueless



Answers :-
1. Toucan    -   Two can
2. West Indies   -   The word  west inside  6 D's  
3. Wise Guys   -  Two  Y's   and two  guys
4. Noel     -   Alphabet with the letter L missing
5. Two peas in a pod    -   Two letter P's in the word pod  
6. Potatoes     -    The word pot followed by eight   0's 
7. Kiss and make up   -    x  being a kiss and mascara being makeup 
8. Dominoes     -      The word dom inserted one letter at a time into four 0's
9. Back seat driver    -   it is the phrase back seat driver spelt backwards
10. No idea     -    This is the word idea with the i missing 

Hope you enjoyed these more to follow

 

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Famous People Anagrams - most are apt - Answers after No. 20

          ANAGRAM                                      CLUES                                            


1. Mormon Ideas                                   51year old US female singer
2. I'm a jerk but listen                           30 year old US male singer
3. Me be rare comic                              Dead British comedian
4. O fat male                                          63 year old male singer
5. Got St Leger tip                                 75 year old ex British jockey
6. Erode Liver                                        Dead British actor 
7. That great charmer                            Ex British Prime Minister
8. Old west action                                   80 year old US actor
9. Genuine class                                     Dead British actor
10. Nice silky woman                             Friend of Bill Clinton
11. A famous German waltz god            Composer
12. Angel of the reclining                       Nurse
13. He bugs Gore                                   Ex US President
14. So I'll win race                                 68 year old ex British jockey
15. Only I can thrill                                Ex US Presidents wife
16. Ascend in Paris                                Deceased British royalty
17. A rude lass runs                               74 year old Bond girl
18. Fine in torn jeans                             42 year old US actress
19. I tread safer                                     Dead US dancer
20. Tiny blonde                                      Dead British children's author 





ANSWERS


1. Marie Osmond
2. Justin Timberlake
3. Eric Morcambe
4. Meat Loaf
5. Lester Piggott
6. Oliver Reed
7. Margaret Thatcher
8. Clint Eastwood
9. Alec Guinness
10. Monica Lewinsky
11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12. Florence Nightingale
13. George Bush
14. Willie Carson
15. Hilary Clinton
16. Princess Diana
17. Ursula Andress
18. Jennifer Aniston
19. Fred Astaire
20. Enid Blyton

Theme Quiz No.2 - Answers After Question No. 10

1. What was the name of Johnny Depp's character in Pirates of the Caribbean?

2. What was the name of Jodie Foster's character in Silence of the Lambs?

3. Which 1966 song was a No. 1 for Manfred Mann in the UK but only reached 29 in the USA?

4. Which 1976 film was about a mission to kidnap Winston Churchill?

5. Which country has as it's capital Ankara?

6. Which of Batman's enemies was played by Danny DeVito?

7. Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?

8. What is the name of the fighter the Jump Jet?

9. What was the name of Hans Solo's spacecraft in the film Star Wars?

10. What was the the children's book written by Arthur Ransome in 1929?



Answers;-
1. Jack Sparrow
2. Clarice Starling
3. Pretty Flamingo
4. The Eagle has landed
5. Turkey
6. Penguin
7. Jonathan Swift
8. Harrier
9. Millenium Falcon
10. Swallows and Amazons

Theme:- Birds

Theme Quiz No.1 - Answers After Question No. 10

1. What is the capital of Canada's North West Territories?

2. What was the name of Donald Campbell's water speed breaking boat?

3. Which team won the 2011 American Football's Superbowl in Texas?

4. In which district of London did Jack the Ripper commit his crimes?

5. What was the name of the evil ship in the film The Pirates of the Caribbean?

6. Which Chris De Burgh song reached No.1 in the UK and No.3 in the USA in 1986?

7. What was the name of the UK's last labour prime minister?

8. What was the name of the 1963 film starring Peter Sellers as a bungling french detective?

9. What was the name of the fictional school attended by Billy Bunter?

10. What was the name of the ninth James Bond movie shown in 1974 and starring Roger Moore? 



Answers:-
1. Yellowknife
2. Bluebird
3. Green Bay Packers
4. Whitechaple
5. The Black Pearl
6. Lady in Red
7. Gordon Brown
8. The Pink Panther
9. Greyfriars
10. The man with the golden gun

Theme:- Colours!