This week's Pub Quiz

[Fionn]

Lyric: It's impossible to say, but there's one thing I must say...(?)

Anagram: A GREAT MIST

1 Which actor brothers will play the Tracey brothers in a new Thunderbirds film (surname only is ok)?

2 Who is the UK's biggest selling female singer of all time?

3 In which year (same year) were Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Goodbye Mr Chips released?

4 To which South American country do the Galapagos Islands belong?

5 Which part of the UK was called Vectis by the Romans?

6 Which character appears in two David Bowie songs?

7 Which is England's largest county (by area)?

8 Which TV programme was set in Coopers Crossing?

9 In which century was the Battle of Blenheim?

10 What nationality was Leo McKern?

11 Which character did Lois Maxwell play on screen from 1962-1983?

12 In which language was The Doll's House written?

3. 1935

4. Ecuador

5. Yorkshire

6. 18th century

save your kisses for me

1. Baldwins? 3.1939 4.Ecuador 7.N. Yorks 9.18th 10.Australian
2. Mishhhh Moneypenny
3. Russian

Is 3 : Lulu ??? or Cilla Black ???

Sorry I meant 2

1. Isle of Wight

Is 2 Shirley Bassey?

1. Dido

4. Chile

2 - 1939???

Sorry - 3!!!

8 Flying Doctors ?

8 - Dukes of Hazzard?? (Completely wild guess.) Or Little House on the Prairie? (Some small US settlement.)

and 9 - I'd have guessed earlier than 18th (but what do I know?) So 17th?

Anagram: magistrate
3. 1939
6. Ziggy Stardust

I just got magistrate as I logged off and by the time I logged in again Faith had got it. Bugger. never mind!

1. 1939

4. Ecuador 5. Isle of Wight 6. Ziggy Stardust 9. 18th C 10. Australian 11. Miss Moneypenny 12. Norwegian

Fionn - where do you get your questions? keep em coming!

Answers:

1 Baldwins
2 Petula Clark (would never have guessed that one)
3 1939
4 Ecuador
5 Isle of Wight
6 Major Tom (can't remember the other song, not a Bowie fan!)
7 North Yorks
8 Flying Doctors
9 18th (1704)
10 Australian
11 Miss Moneypenny
12 Norwegian

Bossykate - I go to a ocal pub quiz every Weds. There are 50 questions in all (including a picture round), and I jot down a few of the better questions to ask on Mumsnet.

1. The Major Tom songs are 'Space Oddity' and 'Ashes to Ashes' (according to dh anyway!)