New pub quiz questions

[Fionn]

Lyric: Never ever forget that I've got you...

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1 Which British actor played Judy Garland's husband in A Star is Born?

2 Which title did Queen Anne bestow on John Churchill?

3 The advertisement for which drink told us to "follow the bear"?

4 Who was the first British winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature?

5 In which century was the prophet Mohammed (as in founder of Islam) born?

6 From which flower is the drug digitalis derived?

7 Nicole Kidman is to star in a film remake of which famous US TV comedy show?

8 Literature - how is Michael Henchard better known?

9 Which famous singer's daughters are suing him for royalties for songs they claimed they co-wrote aged 3 and 6?

sobernow - yes, well done! The only question from my list that I knew outright was the Michael Henchard one as did the book at school and I like Thomas Hardy.

3 = Hofmeister Beer?
6 = Poppy?
9 = James Brown (damn cheeky kids!)

WWW Right on 3 and 9! Now have to go and watch Fat Friends then I'll be back...

The lyric is S Club 7... All together now..
Reach for the stars! Climb every mountain higher
Reach for the stars! Follow your heart's desire...

I'm so embarrassed I'll have to sneak off and hide in a corner. I knew the beer and flower ones too, honest.

Soupdragon - how did you know that?! Are you a teenager or the mother of one?! I know I stopped watching TOTP even before having children so I'm amazed that anyone over 18 knows about pop!

How do you know I'm over 18? I may have had my 2 children very young indeed and grown to love the Clangers on video* lol

We've got to all stick together, good friends, there for each other
Never ever forget that I've got you and you've got me, so

Reach for the stars! Climb every mountain higher
Reach for the stars! Follow your heart's desire
Reach for the stars! And when that rainbow's shining over you
That's when your dreams will all come true

I've not stopped singing that damn song yet and it's getting a bit much after nearly an hour... I have to admit to quite liking the song actually although not so much that I have the album. the Limewire network and mpp3 files are a wonderful invention.

What I want to know is why I know the words to an S Club 7 song, "Freedom" by Wham! and not where I put my mobile phone 2 weeks ago.

*OK, so I remember the Clangers from 1st time round.

SoupDragon

1. Duke of Marlborough

3. Hoffmeister 4. William Golding 5. 5th C. 6. Foxglove 7. Bewitched 8. The Mayor of Casterbridge

Still singing...

I have this funny feeling that Winston Churchill was the first British Nobel literature laureate - something to do with his war histories? Probably wrong and much prefer William Golding.
Nicole Kidman will be perfect in Bewitched - I am very glad my hunch that it was I Love Lucy has got to be wrong.

marina, i am guessing!

4 is Rudyard Kipling and 5 is sixth century