E: 09/01 Win 8Gb iPod Nano/digital camera/£100 vouchers/CDs & DVDs

nash0819

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I found this in the Review section of Sunday's Observer newspaper.
I think we have all the answers now.

Win... and Play
A Bumper Prize Haul

Enter our end-of-year competition and you could win a fantastic prize for the discerning culture vulture. The first prize winner will receive a festive hamper of goodies from Play.com including:

• a £100 Play.com voucher
• 8Gb black iPod nano
• Samsung S730 7.2 megapixel digital camera
• a selection of some of the best books CDs and DVDs of 2007

Five runners-up will each win a £100 Play.com voucher

In each category, one question is designated a prize question; there are 10 in total. Send your answers to review@observer.co.uk or by post to 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1 5EJ. The closing date is 9 January. Entrants must be 18 years or over and resident in the UK; winners will be chosen at random.

Here are the prize questions, one per category:

Theatre and Dance Q5 : Which group of trees became Absolutely Fabulous?
Answer Q5: The Cherry Orchard

Politics Q10: In June, Britain got a new Prime Minister. What is his middle name?
Answer Q10: Gordon (as in James Gordon Brown)

Film Q15: Who provides the link between a cinematic beach in France and a literary coastline in Dorset?
Answer Q15: Ian McEwan

Classical Q20: Which singer received the Queen's congratulations for his new English translation of Schiller's 'Ode To Joy' in Beethoven's 9th symphony?
Answer Q20: Billy Bragg

Television Q25: The narrator of the Cbeebies hit In The Night Garden is:
Answer Q25: (b) Sir Derek Jacobi

Art and Architecture Q30: What will foobtall fans not see at Wembley, thanks to the design of the stadium's arch?
Answer Q30: Pillars that obstruct their view

Fashion Q35: 'Body con' is:
Answer Q35: (c) A major trend that dominated catwalks throughout 2007, which features incredibly tight and revealing articles of clothing. Young Brit designer Marios Schwarb is a major proponent.

Look Here Picture Clues Q40: Which bloodthirsty film legend announced it was coming back to life?
Answer Q40: Hammer Film Productions
The picture (that I can't put here) shows a young woman grinning with her mouth wide open and I think she has fangs. This is almost definitely the answer but there is an element of doubt. (see here)

Pop Q45: Rihanna's 'Umbrella' was at No 1 for 10 weeks. In what sunny place was the singer born?
Answer Q45: Saint Michael, Barbados

Books Q50: The least likely literary spat in history - which popular comic did evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins bait after he had admitted to feeling 'comforted' by the idea of a God?
Answer Q50: Peter Kay

And here is a cut-and-pasteable summary of the answers:

Answer Q5: The Cherry Orchard
Answer Q10: Gordon
Answer Q15: Ian McEwan
Answer Q20: Billy Bragg
Answer Q25: (b) Sir Derek Jacobi
Answer Q30: Pillars that obstruct their view
Answer Q35: (c) A major trend that dominated catwalks throughout 2007, which features incredibly tight and revealing articles of clothing. Young Brit designer Marios Schwarb is a major proponent.
Answer Q40: Hammer FIlm Productions
Answer Q45: Saint Michael, Barbados
Answer Q50: Peter Kay

bhafc810

googled the question and came up with this for number 15 http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question500979.html

floyd

I think you are right about Hammer Productions, they are making the first new movie for 30 years after being sold to another company

lilias

"Art and Architecture Q30: What will foobtall fans not see at Wembley, thanks to the design of the stadium's arch?

"The arch also ensures that there are no pillars in the new stadium which could obstruct the views of fans."

LizB62

Yup - the Wembley one is about no obstructions.
Apparenty the hugely expensive roof won't actually stop the rain as it doesn't cover the whole stadium........

nash0819

OK, I think we have all the answers now. Thanks to those who chipped in. I'm not 100% on the Hammer Films one but I can't think what else it could be.

I've added a C&P-able list of the answers into the OP.

Good luck everyone!

floyd

I am guessing the Hammer picture was probably of Ingrid Pitt if it was a vampire, google her name and have a look at the pics. She was the most famous female Hammer vampire of all.
I am a bit of a horror nerd and there hasn't been any other newsworthy breakthroughs this year other than the re-emergence of Hammer films

emma_leigh

Do I send ALL the answers in one email?

nash0819

emma_leigh wrote: »

Do I send ALL the answers in one email?

Yes, that's correct.