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06.01.10 - 9.23 PM THE LIST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH ALL ANSWERS RECEIVED TO DATE - THANKS FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS HELP
I wasn't sure whether to post this as not sure whether the effort is worth it.
There are six different categories of 50 questions per category, the first 10 questions in each category are picture questions.
I'm unsure whether to post the questions given there is such a lot.
The T&Cs state that not every question needs to be answered, you can enter just one category or all of them if you wish.
ANSWERS UP TO NOW
TV AND FILM
1. Judi Dench
2. Rowan Atkinson
3. Jill Halfpenny
4. Jen Pringle http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/lei...98.Early_bird/
5. Elizabeth Carling
6. Gina McKee
7. Jack Douglas
8. PICTURE (Sharon Stone has been suggested but this has since been dismissed)
9. Ruth Gemmell
11. The Lone Ranger
12. Monday Monday
13. Red Riding
14. Dallas
15. Coronation Street
16. Effy and Pandora
17. Wilberforce
18. Big Brother
19. Industrial
20. Which series added a female character to divert suspicion from three grown men sharing the same house?
Father Ted
21. The Golden Girls
22. Dreyfuss
23. “No woman should be killed, no extras populate the streets. We admitted to only one class and that was upper. As a fantasy, we could not show a uniformed policeman or a coloured man”. The producer, talking about which cult series?
Avengers
24. Which TV ship contains a library, cricket pavilion, swimming pools and gardens?
The Tardis from Doctor Who source
25. Spooks source
26. What is the security alarm code for the Queen Vic?
27. When told about the well-known British soap, which American thought the conversation was about a woman called Emma Dale?
28. The Royle Family
29. Frasier
30. World Medical Organisation (WMO)
31. Josie and the P u s s y c a t s (remove spaces)
32. Tallulah Bankhead
33. Which two men played golf for a shilling a hole in 1964?
James Bond and Mr Goldfinger
34. Under what name were crooks Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass and Alec Guinness banded together?
The Lavender Hill Mob Source
35. Leslie Nielsen
36. The Karnival Kid
37. Dr Anton Phibes
38 Lightning McQueen
39. Which doctor is sentenced to serve the community of Grady?
Benjamin Stone in Doc Hollywood
40. Which actress shot to fame after she was spotted in a newspaper article with a Crown Prince?
Koo Stark
41. In which film is Sharon Stone arrested after having plotted with her boss to steal a company’s money?
42. Sid James
43. Which two stars once appeared together on packaging for Clairol?
44. Claudia Cardinale (but it should be in 1957) source
45. Jean Harlow source
46. Emma Watson source
47. Which film star officiated at a Ken Russell wedding?
Anthony Perkins
EXTRACT from online biog from Telegraph follows) answer is ANTHONY PERKINS. He cheated on his first wife Shirley with an aspiring actress. He then married Vivian Jolly, a photographer.
Despite promising eternal love to Vivian at a wedding ceremony conducted by the Psycho star Anthony Perkins, he left her for the actress Hetty Baines. His marriage to Baines collapsed in 1999 with her describing him as "impossible to live with" and "having a very short fuse".
48. Who walked out of a screen test at Walt Disney in 1955?
Romy Schneider (possibly, Mustafa said I think she walked out of her first screen test for the film Sissi, cant find anything to corroborate(sp) though)
49. Billy Claiborne source
50. Joan Crawford
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Albert Einstein
2. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Alan Sugar
5. Michelle Obama
6. Sitting Bull
7. Malcolm Muggeridge (or Pope John Paul)
8. PICTURE
9. Genghis Khan
10. Winston Churchill
11. Bombay Blood (h-h) (thanks to Lo-Lo) (AB Negative also suggested by kiki_725 and Runnerduck)
12. Czechoslovakia
13. Jade Goody http://z.about.com/d/golondon/1/0/y/...ora06_9375.jpg
14. Which company makes the most tyres per year worldwide?
I think it's Bridgestone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestone
BUT
Marg2k8 sez "this is a bit of a trick question. I had heard it before, but had forgotten, but just been googling. The answer is Lego"
15. To date, who was the last foreigner to be awarded honorary citizenship of the United States of America?
Kasimierz Pulaski
16. A Load of Hay
17. Where is the most famous poem of Emma Lazarus to be found?
Statue of Liberty
18. What did Guy Laliberte co-found in 1984?
Cirque du Soleil
19. Bertie Bassett
20. Which great artist referred to his children as “Ducks”?
21. Which qualified chemist from Sheffield was involved in Project Juno?
Helen Sharman
22. Cyclamen
23. Newly Minted Coins
24. Which politician returned to work five days after the birth of her daughter?
Rachida Dati
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7819657.stm
25. What did a caravan manufacturer establish in Reading in 1958?
Little Chef http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13199763
26. The bikini was first revealed to the public at a fashion show in which capital city?
The bikini was first modelled by a stripper who worked at casino royale in paris, according to Quite interesting
27. Pioneered by a circus performer, the technique formerly known as Contrology is now called what?
Pilates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilates
28. Which month is sometimes called the Thunder month?
July
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2970242.ece
29. Originally began as a playing card manufacturer and having tried many sideline businesses such as a taxi firm, it is now Japan’s third most valuable listed franchise. Which company?
Nintendo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nintendo
30. Fletcher Christian (?)
31. In which city did Mother Theresa and Princess Diana have their last meeting?
New York (the Bronx) - source Timesonline
OR
London http://www.dianacollection.cn/tayl.htm - last paragraph
32. Which tree features in the most London street names?
33. In which European city was the first Model T produced outside the US?
Manchester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_T#Mass_production
34. Through how many countries does the river Danube flow?
10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube
35. Ice Cream Cone
36. Who was the first woman to captain an American space shuttle crew?
Peggy Whitson
37. Nicaragua (possibly)
38. Which pioneering aviator flew in Percival Gull?
AMY JOHNSON "In 1936 after the time she set for the Cape Town flight had broken by another aviator, she again flew solo to South Africa, this time in a Percival Gull aircraft, to recapture her record once more"
39. Peru
40. In which year was The Independent newspaper first published?
1986 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent
41. Which nursery rhyme character was reputably based on Cardinal Wolsey?
Humpty Dumpty (Several historical English figures have been suggested as being the source of Humpty Dumpty. One is Charles I (1600-1649) who was king during the English civil war, tried for treason, and beheaded. Another is Cardinal Wolsey (1473-1530))
42. Who was the first American President to be born outside the original 13 states?
Abraham Lincoln
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_o...place_of_birth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...e_of_statehood
43. The usage of what began in Norwich in 1959?
postcodes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcod...United_Kingdom
44. Which company could have been called Bengal or Falcon, two of the names considered before settling on the current one?
Nike
45. Which famous American receives post under the name of Andy Knight?
Neil Armstrong (Armstrong has two grown-up sons with his first wife Janet. He moved to Indian Hill after marrying second wife Carol in 1994.The couple spend most of their time in their secluded home, where Armstrong has his mail delivered under the pseudonym Andy Knight. "Knight is his wife's former name with her late husband," a neighbour explained)
46. Awards of the Victoria Cross are traditionally always announced in which newspaper?
London Gazette
47. Which famed Indian was once kicked out of church for gambling?
48. Born to George and Margaret and one of five sisters, her first job was in the modelling industry and she was painted by Andy Warhol. Name this icon.
Barbie! (As in the doll!) (It's not Marilyn Monroe as her parents weren't named George & Margaret, they just want to trick you into thinking it's Marilyn Monroe!)
49. Keith Floyd
50. Who was the only British Prime Minister to die a natural death at 10 Downing Street?
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-a...bell-bannerman
LITERATURE
1. Catherine Cookson (possibly) (kateab said I have a feeling that 1 is Catherine Cookson as a young girl but I can't find the pic anywhere to prove it. However, I think if you look at older pics of her, the mouth and face shape seem to tally. What do we think?)
2. Terry Deary
(possibly - see http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...art=20&ndsp=20)
2. PICTURE
3. David Almond - source
4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
5. PICTURE
6. Mark Gatiss
7. PICTURE
8. PICTURE
9. PICTURE
10. Reginald Hill
http://robertarood.wordpress.com/2009/10/ (you'll have to scroll down a long way!)
10. PICTURE
11. BFG
12. Which was the first Agatha Christie novel not to have a female suspect?
13. Amazon
14. What is more complicated and satisfactory than Oz, has the energy of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland?
Discworld (Terry Pratchett)
15. Dodie Smith source
16. Which fellow author advised Mervyn Peake to take a one-off payment for designing the logo of Pan Books, thus robbing Peake of more royalties than the sales of all his books put together?
17. 16 source
18. Jack Kerouac source
19. Catch-22 source
20. Narnia source
21. Dune source
22. Who did not care for God because he made her hair red on purpose?
Anne of Green Gables
23. Little Weirwold is the setting for which novel?
Goodnight Mr Tom
24. Who was the Weaver of Raveloe?
Silas Marner
25. By which novel title is Charles Primrose better nown?
The Vicar of Wakefield
26. What was Natty Bumpo’s occupation?
Fearless Warrior
27. The death of who, in 1893, caused stockbrokers to wear black armbands?
Sherlock Holmes
(1893 - In the Christmas issue of The Strand Magazine, the public was devastated to read of the death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, in The Final Problem. City Gentleman in London wore black armbands and Doyle received threats and letters of abus
28. Who was the Wasp of Twickenham
Alexander Pope
29. In the novels of Paul Magrs, Goth City is a representation of which local place?
Whitby
30. Who is the love of Hamish Macbeth’s life?
Priscilla Halburton-Smythe (from wiki - Priscilla Halburton-Smythe once the love of Hamish's life. The beautiful, cool Priscilla still tugs at his heart strings and has assisted Hamish in solving crimes)
31. Which daughter of a Lady is recognised as such by a family necklace and survives being shot on her wedding day to live happily ever after with a farmer?
Lorna Doone
32. Who lays flowers in a marmalade jar beside her Sorrow?
Tess of the D'urbervilles
33. Children’s Laureate
34. Whose middle name is the result of a bet on a horse?
35. Who confesses to killing Joe St George?
Dolores Claiborne
36. The Wasp Factory
37. An anonymous man leaves French cognac and blood-red roses at the grave of which author each year?
Edgar Allan Poe
38. Sherlock Holmes (possibly, see post #15)
39. Devil May Care, by Sebastian Faulks, reintroduced which famous grown-up?
James Bond
40. Clive Barker
41. In which book is French doll-maker Madeleine burnt to death?
Interview with the Vampire
42. Erich Wolf Segal (confirmed)
43. Which two authors once met in an Oxford pub to discuss, among other things, the probability of man walking on the moon?
Arthur C Clarke and CS Lewis
44. Dorothy L Sayers
45. Which current writer is a distant relative of Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Patricia Cornwell
46. Erica Bruce
47 Sheila Quigley
48. Vile Bodies
49. P G Wodehouse
50. Robinson Crusoe
POP MUSIC AND SPORT SECTION - SEE BELOW
NORTH EAST IS NOW ON A SEPARATE POST TOO
06.01.10 - 9.23 PM THE LIST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH ALL ANSWERS RECEIVED TO DATE - THANKS FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS HELP
I wasn't sure whether to post this as not sure whether the effort is worth it.
There are six different categories of 50 questions per category, the first 10 questions in each category are picture questions.
I'm unsure whether to post the questions given there is such a lot.
The T&Cs state that not every question needs to be answered, you can enter just one category or all of them if you wish.
ANSWERS UP TO NOW
TV AND FILM
1. Judi Dench
2. Rowan Atkinson
3. Jill Halfpenny
4. Jen Pringle http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/lei...98.Early_bird/
5. Elizabeth Carling
6. Gina McKee
7. Jack Douglas
8. PICTURE (Sharon Stone has been suggested but this has since been dismissed)
9. Ruth Gemmell
11. The Lone Ranger
12. Monday Monday
13. Red Riding
14. Dallas
15. Coronation Street
16. Effy and Pandora
17. Wilberforce
18. Big Brother
19. Industrial
20. Which series added a female character to divert suspicion from three grown men sharing the same house?
Father Ted
21. The Golden Girls
22. Dreyfuss
23. “No woman should be killed, no extras populate the streets. We admitted to only one class and that was upper. As a fantasy, we could not show a uniformed policeman or a coloured man”. The producer, talking about which cult series?
Avengers
24. Which TV ship contains a library, cricket pavilion, swimming pools and gardens?
The Tardis from Doctor Who source
25. Spooks source
26. What is the security alarm code for the Queen Vic?
27. When told about the well-known British soap, which American thought the conversation was about a woman called Emma Dale?
28. The Royle Family
29. Frasier
30. World Medical Organisation (WMO)
31. Josie and the P u s s y c a t s (remove spaces)
32. Tallulah Bankhead
33. Which two men played golf for a shilling a hole in 1964?
James Bond and Mr Goldfinger
34. Under what name were crooks Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass and Alec Guinness banded together?
The Lavender Hill Mob Source
35. Leslie Nielsen
36. The Karnival Kid
37. Dr Anton Phibes
38 Lightning McQueen
39. Which doctor is sentenced to serve the community of Grady?
Benjamin Stone in Doc Hollywood
40. Which actress shot to fame after she was spotted in a newspaper article with a Crown Prince?
Koo Stark
41. In which film is Sharon Stone arrested after having plotted with her boss to steal a company’s money?
42. Sid James
43. Which two stars once appeared together on packaging for Clairol?
44. Claudia Cardinale (but it should be in 1957) source
45. Jean Harlow source
46. Emma Watson source
47. Which film star officiated at a Ken Russell wedding?
Anthony Perkins
EXTRACT from online biog from Telegraph follows) answer is ANTHONY PERKINS. He cheated on his first wife Shirley with an aspiring actress. He then married Vivian Jolly, a photographer.
Despite promising eternal love to Vivian at a wedding ceremony conducted by the Psycho star Anthony Perkins, he left her for the actress Hetty Baines. His marriage to Baines collapsed in 1999 with her describing him as "impossible to live with" and "having a very short fuse".
48. Who walked out of a screen test at Walt Disney in 1955?
Romy Schneider (possibly, Mustafa said I think she walked out of her first screen test for the film Sissi, cant find anything to corroborate(sp) though)
49. Billy Claiborne source
50. Joan Crawford
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Albert Einstein
2. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Alan Sugar
5. Michelle Obama
6. Sitting Bull
7. Malcolm Muggeridge (or Pope John Paul)
8. PICTURE
9. Genghis Khan
10. Winston Churchill
11. Bombay Blood (h-h) (thanks to Lo-Lo) (AB Negative also suggested by kiki_725 and Runnerduck)
12. Czechoslovakia
13. Jade Goody http://z.about.com/d/golondon/1/0/y/...ora06_9375.jpg
14. Which company makes the most tyres per year worldwide?
I think it's Bridgestone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestone
BUT
Marg2k8 sez "this is a bit of a trick question. I had heard it before, but had forgotten, but just been googling. The answer is Lego"
15. To date, who was the last foreigner to be awarded honorary citizenship of the United States of America?
Kasimierz Pulaski
16. A Load of Hay
17. Where is the most famous poem of Emma Lazarus to be found?
Statue of Liberty
18. What did Guy Laliberte co-found in 1984?
Cirque du Soleil
19. Bertie Bassett
20. Which great artist referred to his children as “Ducks”?
21. Which qualified chemist from Sheffield was involved in Project Juno?
Helen Sharman
22. Cyclamen
23. Newly Minted Coins
24. Which politician returned to work five days after the birth of her daughter?
Rachida Dati
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7819657.stm
25. What did a caravan manufacturer establish in Reading in 1958?
Little Chef http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13199763
26. The bikini was first revealed to the public at a fashion show in which capital city?
The bikini was first modelled by a stripper who worked at casino royale in paris, according to Quite interesting
27. Pioneered by a circus performer, the technique formerly known as Contrology is now called what?
Pilates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilates
28. Which month is sometimes called the Thunder month?
July
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle2970242.ece
29. Originally began as a playing card manufacturer and having tried many sideline businesses such as a taxi firm, it is now Japan’s third most valuable listed franchise. Which company?
Nintendo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nintendo
30. Fletcher Christian (?)
31. In which city did Mother Theresa and Princess Diana have their last meeting?
New York (the Bronx) - source Timesonline
OR
London http://www.dianacollection.cn/tayl.htm - last paragraph
32. Which tree features in the most London street names?
33. In which European city was the first Model T produced outside the US?
Manchester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_T#Mass_production
34. Through how many countries does the river Danube flow?
10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube
35. Ice Cream Cone
36. Who was the first woman to captain an American space shuttle crew?
Peggy Whitson
37. Nicaragua (possibly)
38. Which pioneering aviator flew in Percival Gull?
AMY JOHNSON "In 1936 after the time she set for the Cape Town flight had broken by another aviator, she again flew solo to South Africa, this time in a Percival Gull aircraft, to recapture her record once more"
39. Peru
40. In which year was The Independent newspaper first published?
1986 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent
41. Which nursery rhyme character was reputably based on Cardinal Wolsey?
Humpty Dumpty (Several historical English figures have been suggested as being the source of Humpty Dumpty. One is Charles I (1600-1649) who was king during the English civil war, tried for treason, and beheaded. Another is Cardinal Wolsey (1473-1530))
42. Who was the first American President to be born outside the original 13 states?
Abraham Lincoln
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_o...place_of_birth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...e_of_statehood
43. The usage of what began in Norwich in 1959?
postcodes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcod...United_Kingdom
44. Which company could have been called Bengal or Falcon, two of the names considered before settling on the current one?
Nike
45. Which famous American receives post under the name of Andy Knight?
Neil Armstrong (Armstrong has two grown-up sons with his first wife Janet. He moved to Indian Hill after marrying second wife Carol in 1994.The couple spend most of their time in their secluded home, where Armstrong has his mail delivered under the pseudonym Andy Knight. "Knight is his wife's former name with her late husband," a neighbour explained)
46. Awards of the Victoria Cross are traditionally always announced in which newspaper?
London Gazette
47. Which famed Indian was once kicked out of church for gambling?
48. Born to George and Margaret and one of five sisters, her first job was in the modelling industry and she was painted by Andy Warhol. Name this icon.
Barbie! (As in the doll!) (It's not Marilyn Monroe as her parents weren't named George & Margaret, they just want to trick you into thinking it's Marilyn Monroe!)
49. Keith Floyd
50. Who was the only British Prime Minister to die a natural death at 10 Downing Street?
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-a...bell-bannerman
LITERATURE
1. Catherine Cookson (possibly) (kateab said I have a feeling that 1 is Catherine Cookson as a young girl but I can't find the pic anywhere to prove it. However, I think if you look at older pics of her, the mouth and face shape seem to tally. What do we think?)
2. Terry Deary
(possibly - see http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...art=20&ndsp=20)
2. PICTURE
3. David Almond - source
4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
5. PICTURE
6. Mark Gatiss
7. PICTURE
8. PICTURE
9. PICTURE
10. Reginald Hill
http://robertarood.wordpress.com/2009/10/ (you'll have to scroll down a long way!)
10. PICTURE
11. BFG
12. Which was the first Agatha Christie novel not to have a female suspect?
13. Amazon
14. What is more complicated and satisfactory than Oz, has the energy of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland?
Discworld (Terry Pratchett)
15. Dodie Smith source
16. Which fellow author advised Mervyn Peake to take a one-off payment for designing the logo of Pan Books, thus robbing Peake of more royalties than the sales of all his books put together?
17. 16 source
18. Jack Kerouac source
19. Catch-22 source
20. Narnia source
21. Dune source
22. Who did not care for God because he made her hair red on purpose?
Anne of Green Gables
23. Little Weirwold is the setting for which novel?
Goodnight Mr Tom
24. Who was the Weaver of Raveloe?
Silas Marner
25. By which novel title is Charles Primrose better nown?
The Vicar of Wakefield
26. What was Natty Bumpo’s occupation?
Fearless Warrior
27. The death of who, in 1893, caused stockbrokers to wear black armbands?
Sherlock Holmes
(1893 - In the Christmas issue of The Strand Magazine, the public was devastated to read of the death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, in The Final Problem. City Gentleman in London wore black armbands and Doyle received threats and letters of abus
28. Who was the Wasp of Twickenham
Alexander Pope
29. In the novels of Paul Magrs, Goth City is a representation of which local place?
Whitby
30. Who is the love of Hamish Macbeth’s life?
Priscilla Halburton-Smythe (from wiki - Priscilla Halburton-Smythe once the love of Hamish's life. The beautiful, cool Priscilla still tugs at his heart strings and has assisted Hamish in solving crimes)
31. Which daughter of a Lady is recognised as such by a family necklace and survives being shot on her wedding day to live happily ever after with a farmer?
Lorna Doone
32. Who lays flowers in a marmalade jar beside her Sorrow?
Tess of the D'urbervilles
33. Children’s Laureate
34. Whose middle name is the result of a bet on a horse?
35. Who confesses to killing Joe St George?
Dolores Claiborne
36. The Wasp Factory
37. An anonymous man leaves French cognac and blood-red roses at the grave of which author each year?
Edgar Allan Poe
38. Sherlock Holmes (possibly, see post #15)
39. Devil May Care, by Sebastian Faulks, reintroduced which famous grown-up?
James Bond
40. Clive Barker
41. In which book is French doll-maker Madeleine burnt to death?
Interview with the Vampire
42. Erich Wolf Segal (confirmed)
43. Which two authors once met in an Oxford pub to discuss, among other things, the probability of man walking on the moon?
Arthur C Clarke and CS Lewis
44. Dorothy L Sayers
45. Which current writer is a distant relative of Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Patricia Cornwell
46. Erica Bruce
47 Sheila Quigley
48. Vile Bodies
49. P G Wodehouse
50. Robinson Crusoe
POP MUSIC AND SPORT SECTION - SEE BELOW
NORTH EAST IS NOW ON A SEPARATE POST TOO
Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time
You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time
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TV & Film
17- Wilberforce
Sad that I just know
Worse things will have happened in the world today..."The only thing that really matters, it to love and to be loved."0 -
Sorry don't have time to have a really good look, but need to make some food!
Just spotted Nelson Mandela at number 3 General Knowledge.Worse things will have happened in the world today..."The only thing that really matters, it to love and to be loved."0 -
29) John Mahoney played the doctor father of Kelsey Grammar and David Hyde Pierce in which long-running American series
Unless there is series I'm missing, this question is slightly wrong anyway. In this case it doesn't really matter but in other questions it could.
On the other hand, we were discussing my pedantic nature in work today:rotfl:"If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you. "
A.A. Milne
We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
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I have a feeling that 8 in the TV film is Sharon Stone or someone very different looking now...maybe even pamela A.
Long assed quiz so maybe best to post the sections and numbers....let people pick out and add to that ?
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Film & TV
12. Which series was set in the Leeds office of Butterworths?
Answer: Monday Monday source
13 Which three-parter took place in 1974, 1980 and 1983?
Answer: Red Riding source2009: Headphones, Nintendo DSi , Baking Kit
2010: Jan:T-shirt, 2xBooks, Headphones, Elvis CD, Buffera, Scarf Feb:CD, 2xBooks, Mascara, 3xT-shirts Mar: Lip balm, 2xBooks, 2xCD, mask, Koala, 6xCinema tickets, Chocolate box, Drive Backup Pro Apr: Elemis cream, Elemis Skin Buff
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18. Dead Set was a spoof of which series?
Answer: Big Brother source
19. Aztec, Futuristic, Medieval. Complete the original quartet?
Answer: Industrial source2009: Headphones, Nintendo DSi , Baking Kit
2010: Jan:T-shirt, 2xBooks, Headphones, Elvis CD, Buffera, Scarf Feb:CD, 2xBooks, Mascara, 3xT-shirts Mar: Lip balm, 2xBooks, 2xCD, mask, Koala, 6xCinema tickets, Chocolate box, Drive Backup Pro Apr: Elemis cream, Elemis Skin Buff
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Wasn't the dad an ex-police?chrissie57 wrote: »29) John Mahoney played the doctor father of Kelsey Grammar and David Hyde Pierce in which long-running American series
Unless there is series I'm missing, this question is slightly wrong anyway. In this case it doesn't really matter but in other questions it could.
On the other hand, we were discussing my pedantic nature in work today:rotfl:0 -
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21. Empty Nest was a spin-off from which series?
Answer: The Golden Girls source
29. John Mahoney played the doctor father of Kelsey Grammar and David Hyde Pierce in which long-running American series?
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