Tutanic 8 Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Here’s a bit of q quiz to keep it going through the quiet time: 1 American film actor who starred in The Rockford Files 2 James Hilton novel, filmed in 1942starring Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson 3 17 year old daughter of Bob Geldorf and Paula Yates 4 Pouch in a birds throat where food is stored or partially digested before passing into the stomach 5 The name of Humphrey Bogarts bar in Casablanca 6 Pub meal consisting of cheese, salad, pickles, etc. 7 1929 play by Bernard Shaw subtitled a Political Extravaganza 8 Popular song ‘Day O’ in the Jamaican Calypso style in 1956/7 9 Blue-grey British bird in the Thrush family , oenanthe oenanthe 10 Name of the Observatory which is a centre of radio astronomy research at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology 11 Logo appearing on the red flag of the former Soviet Union 12 1976 chart topping song by the Worzels 13 Academic character in the game Cluedo 14 English physicist 1802 – 1875 who invented the electric telegraph and the rheostat 15 Nickname of the American state whose state capital is Lincoln 16 Popular casual garment worn by young girls, a kind of T-shirt which leaves part of the stomach exposed 17 Big Christian conference and festival held around Easter time in centres like Skegness and Minehead and attracting 70 to 80 thousand people 18 The leader of The Popish Plot against Charles II 19 The line in a famous English poem that comes between the lines ‘the lowing herd winds slowly ore the lea’ and ‘And leaves the world to darkness and to me’ 20 Picture, now in the Louvre, by John Francois Millet 1857, depicting three women in a field 21 Title of Dutch born king of England 1689 – 1702 22 English rock band, Octoberon, Everyone is Everybody Else, Time Honored Ghosts 23 The name of the main conference and exhibition centre in Edinburgh 24 Breakfast cereal as advertised on TV by Ian Botham 25 Nickname of the city of New York 26 Emelyn Williams play filmed in 1945 and starring Bette Davis 27 Small town on the Welsh border famous for its second hand book shops 28 The smallest British rodent micromys minutus 29 Heroin of the Beggars Opera who marries Macbeth 30 The common name of the set of laws passed in the early 19th century to protect farmers against foreign imports 31 Novel be John Steinbeck telling the story of the Joad family filmed in 1940 by John Ford starring Henry Fonda 32 British heavy metal band formed in 1979 by Nick Bowcott 33 The first great French classical playwrite 1606 – 1684 author of the drama Le Cid 34 2006 Ken Loach film about the troubles in Ireland 35 TV chef who specializes in seafood made an OBE in 2003 36 Nickname of Ty Cobb the great American baseball player 37 Nostalgic song from Ivor Novellos show Perchance to Dream 38 Agatha Christie story in which Miss Marple investigates the death of Rex Fortescue 39 The hero of Johm LeCarres novel The Russia House filmed starring Sean Connery 40 Australian born pianist and composer 1882 – 1961 mainly remembered as a brilliant arranger of folk songs 41 Name of the largest chain of wine shops in the UK 42 British film comedian The Goose Steps Out, Boys will be Boys, Convict 99, Good Morning Boys, etc. 43 1951 novel by J D Salinger telling the story of young Holden Coalfield 44 The most famous painting by John Constable, set by the river in East Bergholt in Suffolk 45 Sherlock Holmes story in which Holmes investigates the death of John Openshaws uncle at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan 46 Famous American University in Ithaca New York, founded in 1865, and a member of the Ivy League 47 American popular song by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth originally from The Zeigfield Follies in 1908 and recorded by many singers ever since 48 Popular name for Ursa Major 49 Famous public school in north-west London, founded in 1572, where Winston Churchill was a pupil 50 Hymn by Mathius Claudius. Famous in the English translation by Jane Montgomery Campbell Hope you have the time for 50 questions? A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 1) James Garner 2) Random Harvest 3) Peaches 4) Crop or Gizzard 5) Cafe Amercain 6) Ploughmans 7) The Apple Cart 8) Bannana Boat 9) Northern Wheatear 10) Dominion Radio Astronomy Observatory Here's my starter for 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 3 - peaches 6 - ploughman's 11 - hammer and sickle 12 - combine harvester 35 - floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cali Gal 1 Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 11. Hammer and sickle 15. Corn Huskers? 25. The Big Apple 36. Georgia Peach 46. Cornell? 48. The Big Dipper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 10 Haystack Observatory 23 James Watt Centre 27 Hay-on-Wye 31 Grapes of Wrath 35 Rick Stein 40 Eric Bogle 43 Catcher in the Rye 44 Flatford Mill 49 Harrow Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 BUMP When ever I look at the listing there is always some one veiwing this and I noticed it hadn't been completed, so off you go. Not that I know all the answers but I'm sure if we get stuck Mr G. oogle will come to our assisstance (Or maybe even Tutanic) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 13 Professor Plum 21William of Orange 42 Will Hay 44 The Haywain 48 The Great Bear or the plough 49 Charterhouse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 14 - Samuel Morse (as in, Morse Code) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 46 Cornell ( it just got a mention on the telly) 24 Shredded Wheat 28 Pygmy Shrew 30 The Corn Laws? 32 Grim Reaper (Thanks Mr G. Oogle) 33 Victor Hugo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 No 43 - JD Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye , died yesterday at the age of 91. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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