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Ms_Chocaholic

I didn't know there was a maximum limit of characters in a post - I've reached it so here is the sport section - once all the answers are in I'll copy it into the OP

POP MUSIC

1. Sting Source
2. Cheryl Cole

3. Dave Stewart
http://www.superiorpics.com/wenn_alb...001_160708.jpg

4. Zoe Birkett http://media.photobucket.com/image/z...erclipping.jpg
I'd say that was the pic EXACTLY.

5. Neil Tennant
6. Catherine Zeta Jones (just a guess so looking to see if others think it might be as well. She had a brief music career in 1992)
6. PICTURE
7. Lauren Laverne
8. PICTURE
9. PICTURE
10. Rachel Unthank

11. Under what name does Natasha Khan successfully record?
Bat for Lashes

12. House of Fun and Freakshow/Peepshow were parts of whose tour show?
Britney Spears Source

13: Beyonce - Source

14. What was the name of “the nazz with God given !!!”?
Ziggy Stardust http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=481


15. Who covered a Gershwin song with top ten success in 1984?

16. A keyboardist called Pripton Weird went on to great success as lead singer with which band?
Simple Minds (the keyboardist was Jim Kerr)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr

17. Which Girls Aloud single was co-written by the Pet Shop Boys?
The Loving Kind http://www.musicloversgroup.com/girl...eo-and-lyrics/

18. Debbie, Kim, Joni and Kathy were which number one act?
Sister Sledge Source

19. Which 2007 hit mentions Joy Division?
The Wombats - Lets Dance To Joy Division

20. Which 1980 hit mentions the Human League?
My Perfect Cousin by the Undertones
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_League

21. Which Eighties icon got symmetrical with Little Boots?
Phillip Oakley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_(Little_Boots_album)

22. Whose album in 2009 was sold in a blank white sleeve by some supermarkets?
Manic Street Preachers http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz...1466-23636086/

23. Which pop star is behind the Dainty Doll make-up range?
Nicola Roberts

24. Which 2005 number one in the UK was written by a current President?

25. “Bless my cotton socks, I’m in the news” memorably begins the only top ten hit for which band?
Teardrop Explodes http://www.starvingrascal.com/Lyrics_200_Answers.htm

26. Heroes and Cons, Charlatans and Saints, and Horseshoes and Handgrenades are the three parts of a punk opera by which act?
Green Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Century_Breakdown

27. Elly Jackson is the more outspoken part of which duo?
La Roux

28. Daphne and Celeste

29. Which awardwinning act started life as Mr Soft?
Elbow

30. Manic Monday

31. With which successful female singer did Michael Jackson duet at his 1988 Aintree gig?
I think it was Sheryl Crow - any MJ fans out there who can confirm?

32. Ronnie Hazlehurst was once erroneously reported as having written which 2000 number two?

33. Which singer has the first names Aimee Ann?
Duffy

34. LeftRightLeftRightLeft was a free CD given away at concerts by which band?
Coldplay

35. Which solo star sang backing vocals on the Squeeze recording Black Coffee in Bed?

36. Which current flavour of the month once played a member of the Von Trapp family on the BBC?

37. Who has admitted to Grace Jones being her God?

38. Which was the first band to have a single peak at each of the first ten positions in the UK singles chart?

39. Which act’s name changed by one letter in the five years between their only two UK top ten hits?

40. Which UK number one is alleged to have ripped off the Girl Guides?

41. Who has cherry ChapSticks thrown at her while on stage?
Katy Perry

42. Who died in the early Seventies, aged 52, from blows to the face and heart received during a street fight?

43. Which former Brit award-nominated artist was a famous member of the Dennis the Menace fan club?

44. Which song contains a reference to the famous palimony case of Lee Marvin?

45. Which pop star was a pallbearer at the funeral of Buddy Holly?
Phil Everly http://www.classicbands.com/holly.html


46. “No tresses, no dresses, the high priestess of pretence downright depresses”. Which Irish star was once described thus?
Sinead O'Connor
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19930115&id=c_cNAAAAIBAJ&sj%20id=8XoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4191,3749306



47. Which pop star was once described as being a mix of Joan Crawford and Marlene Dietrich?

48. The Spice Girls name-check themselves individually on their breakthrough number one Wannabe. Which had been the previous band before the Spices to do so on a UK number one?

49. Having previously worked as a newspaper reporter, he went on to become the lead singer of a band that had a number one UK single in the Seventies. What is the name of this former polio sufferer?

Is this Ian Dury - he did suffer from polio as a child but I can find any info re him being a newspaper reporter

50. Which North-East man started Anxious records?
Dave Stewart


SPORT

1. PICTURE
2. PICTURE
3. PICTURE
4. Tony Jeffries
5. PICTURE
6. Jemma Lowe
6. PICTURE
7. PICTURE
8. PICTURE
9. PICTURE
10. PICTURE

11. Which famous tennis player turned out for the North of Scotland region in the 2009 Aegon Summer County Championships?
Andy Murray http://ontennis.com/category/main/ae...mer-county-cup

12. At which venue did Sandy Lyle win the British Golf Open
Royal Sandwich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Lyle

13. Victory over whom made Mike Tyson the youngest WBC boxing champion?
Trevor Berbick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_tyson

14. Which sport is governed by the WKF?
Karate http://www.wkf.net/

15. Who was the first county cricketer to score a century against all 18 first-class teams?

16. What was Monica Seles’ first Grand Slam title?
French Open http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Seles

17. How many Tour de France stages has Brit Mark Cavendish won in his career?
Ten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career_...Mark_Cavendish

18. Who was the last English jockey to ride the Arc de Triomphe winner?
Lester Piggott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_de...iomphe#Winners

19. Who were the two finalists in the first World Snooker final where a century break was not compiled?

20. Who is the only Argentinean to win two Olympic gold medals?

21. In the 1998 Championship play-off, which Sunderland player missed the final penalty?
Michael Gray http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...2.80.93present

22. For which country was the first man to kick eight penalties in a Rugby Union international playing?

23. At the end of 2009, who is the top-ranked male tennis player, under the system whereby singles and doubles results are added together?

24. “Thank you America, for a wonderful Games” was once emblazoned on a T-shirt worn by which British Olympian?
Daley Thompson

25. How many points did Damon Hill score in his only season for Arrows?
7 Source

26. Who was the first Swede to play in the Ryder Cup?
Joakim Haeggman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joakim_Haeggman

27. Which golfer always wears pink on the last day of tournaments?

28. Who bowled the first maiden over at the 2009 World Twenty20?
Albie Morkel (must be about the only one too!)
http://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/eng...ch/356004.html - was in the first of the Super 8s!

29. Who now owns the shirt Maradona wore when he scored his Hand of God goal?
Steve Hodge owns it but has loaned it to the National Football Museum in Preston (kateab has seen it!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sportedit...otballi_1.html

30. Which goalkeeper reported a ball boy in 2009?

31. Which two sides opposed each other in the late David Shepherd’s last official Test match as umpire?

32. On which piece of apparatus did Nadia Comaneci first score a perfect ten at the 1976 Olympics?
Uneven/Asymmetric bars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Com%C4%83neci

33. Which was the first Irish course to hold golf’s British Open?
Royal Portrush
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ionship_venues

34. Which cricketer went onto the field on a tour of New Zealand to Cigarettes and Alcohol by Oasis?
Phil Tufnell (I think - no direct mention of this but see below)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/te...l-1271233.html

35. Which sport do Essex Metropolitan play?
Basketball

36. On which horse racing course was the English Derby held during the First and Second World Wars?
Newmarket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsom_Derby

37. Which English bowler took a hat-trick against the West Indies in the Nineties?
Dominic Cork
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_cricket_hat-tricks (number 22)

38. Who scored Scotland’s only goal from open play in the 1998 World Cup Finals?
Craig Burley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup

39. Which Swiss tennis player won an Olympic gold medal, beating a Spaniard in the final?
Marc Rosset
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rosset

40. Who thought of the Decathlon as nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1,500 metres?
Steve Ovett
http://www.momentumsports.co.uk/RunningQuotes.asp

41. Which Mexican world cup footballer ran a chain of sandwich shops?

42. Which footballer was known as the Maradona of the Carpathians
Gheorghe Hagi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Hagi

43. In which sport must officials wear black underwear?

44. What was the venue for the last Test match of Don Bradman?
The Oval
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_T...8_Ashes_series

45. Which club won the first ever Middlesex Sevens played at Twickenham?
Harlequins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_Sevens

46. On which course does horse racing’s Melbourne Cup take place?
Flemington Racecourse (in Melbourne!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_cup

47. In which sport did Walker Smith Robinson become famous?
Boxing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Ray_Robinson

48. When Formula 1’s Motor Racing championship was first held, how many points was a race win worth?
8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...coring_systems

49. Which jockey was first to win the Kentucky Derby five times?
Eddie Arcaro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Arcaro

50. Who captained the England women to cricket World Cup glory in 2009?
Charlotte Edwards Source

thingamaBob

SPORT

Q25: Damon Hill scored 7 Points with Arrows
Source

kirkeastment

Pop Music:

Picture 6: Catherine Zeta Jones(Just a guess so looking to see if others think it might be as well. She had a brief music career in 1992.)

thingamaBob

TV AND FILM

34: The Lavender Hill Mob
Source

nikki2804

General Knowledge 48

Is it Marylin Monroe (a guess but its one of those things I'm sure of lol)

kirkeastment

Sports:

50: Charlotte Edwards - Source

Got confused between top scorer and who the captain was, go figure.

ehlittleone

Is Picture 5 in pop music Malcolm McClaren?

Ms_Chocaholic

kirkeastment wrote: »

Sports:

50: Charlotte Edwards - Source

Kirk
In post 39 you said the answer was Claire Taylor

kirkeastment

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

Kirk
In post 39 you said the answer was Claire Taylor

Yeah i got all confuzzled between checking the answer and posting it, that i accidentally put the top scorer, rather than the captain.

suez_channel

TV + FILM
39. Which doctor is sentenced to serve the community of Grady
Benjamin Stone in Doc Hollywood
LITERATURE
22. Who did not care for God because he made her hair red on purpose?
[ANNE: Mrs. Hammond told me that God made my hair red on purpose, and I've never cared for him since].
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. ??
27. The death of who, in 1893, caused stockbrokers to wear black armbands?
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?
(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.?>
32. Who lays flowers in a marmalade jar beside her Sorrow?
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
33. Children’s Laureate
34. ??
35. Who confesses to killing Joe St George?
DOLORES CLAIBORNE
37. An anonymous man leaves French cognac and blood-red roses at the grave of which author each year?
EDGAR ALLAN POE
39. Devil May Care, by Sebastian Faulks, reintroduced which famous grown-up?
JAMES BOND
41. In which book is French doll-maker Madeleine burnt to death?
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

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
45. Which current writer is a distant relative of Harriet Beecher Stowe?
PATRICIA CORNWELL