Here we go with the music and literature questions - can you do 'em?

[handlemecarefully]

As before please take 5 minutes and no googling. You can confer with friends and colleagues.

1)In the Shakespeare play, who killed MacBeth?
2)Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'?
3)Which author was the 2007 winner of the Booker Prize.
4)Which name never previously existed before it was invented by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan?
5)What is the nationality of Agatha Christie?s Poirot?
6)Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"?
7)Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the lowest?
8)In which year did Elvis die? .
9)Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division?
10)Which English composer wrote the evocative musical piece ?Lark Ascending??

I'm not sure about Q3, I liked it because it is topical but it may be too hard. Might substitute the Cranford question for it.

i can only answer the peter pan one (wendy) and the singing voiceone (tenor)

THE BOOKER PRIZE ONE IS PROB JKROWLING Sorry hit caps

1. Duncan
2. JB Priestley
3. ?
4. Wendy
5. Belgian
6. Puccini
7. Alto
8. 1977
9. ?
10. ?

As before please take 5 minutes and no googling. You can confer with friends and colleagues.

1)In the Shakespeare play, who killed MacBeth? Macduff
2)Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'? JB Priestley
3)Which author was the 2007 winner of the Booker Prize. Anne Enright
4)Which name never previously existed before it was invented by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan? Wendy
5)What is the nationality of Agatha Christie?s Poirot? Belgian
6)Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"? Rossini
7)Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the lowest? Contralto
8)In which year did Elvis die? . 1997
9)Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division? ? Jamie Oliver?
10)Which English composer wrote the evocative musical piece ?Lark Ascending?? Ralph Vaughan Williams

3 Ann ?? for the Gathering
5) belgian
6) Rossini
7) contre alto

???????? for all the rest

1)In the Shakespeare play, who killed MacBeth? Macduff
2)Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'? Priestly
3)Which author was the 2007 winner of the Booker Prize. No idea
4)Which name never previously existed before it was invented by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan? wendy
5)What is the nationality of Agatha Christie?s Poirot? Belgian
6)Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"? Puccini?
7)Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the lowest? alto?
8)In which year did Elvis die? .77?
9)Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division? gardon Ramsey?
10)Which English composer wrote the evocative musical piece ?Lark Ascending?? Vaughan Willaims?

1.?
2.Priestley
3.?
4.Wendy
5.Belgique

1. Rossini
2. Alto

8.?

1. ?

10. Vuaghan Williams

Okay, keep those answers coming. Will post the results after a couple more people have had a go so that I have a representative sample.

1)Macduff
2)Priestley
3)?
4)Wendy
5)Belgian
6)Mozart???
7)Alto?
8)1977
9)
10)Vaughan Williams

1)In the Shakespeare play, who killed MacBeth? MACDUFF

2)Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'? JB PRIESTLY

3)Which author was the 2007 winner of the Booker Prize. ANNE ENRIGHT

4)Which name never previously existed before it was invented by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan? WENDY

5)What is the nationality of Agatha Christie?s Poirot? BELGIAN

6)Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"? ROSSINI

7)Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the lowest? CONTRALTO

8)In which year did Elvis die? .NOT SURE 1973?

9)Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division? NEVER HEARD OF THEM

10)Which English composer wrote the evocative musical piece ?Lark Ascending?? RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Mostly these are my sort of questions

Ok - well Marina got them all right! and Island did pretty well too. They are:
1)Macduff
2)J B Priestly
3)Anne Enright
4)Wendy
5)belgian
6)Rossini
7)contralto
8)1977
9)Jamie Oliver
10) Vaughan Williams

I think I will stick with this selection then

Damn, I'm hooked and now desperate to redeem myself after the 'easier' question fiasco:

1. Macduff
2. JB Priestly
3. Anne Enright
4. Wendy
5. Belgian
6. Rossini
7. Contralto
8. 1976?
10. Vaughan Williams

Gizmo - as you can see that's a most respectable set of answers there!

1)In the Shakespeare play, who killed MacBeth? MacDuff?
2)Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'? JB Priestley
3)Which author was the 2007 winner of the Booker Prize. No idea
4)Which name never previously existed before it was invented by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan? Wendy (allegedly)
5)What is the nationality of Agatha Christie?s Poirot? Belgian
6)Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"? Rossini
7)Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the lowest? Bass (or technically 'basso profundo' for very deep bass
8)In which year did Elvis die? . 1982?
9)Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division? No idea - Gordon Ramsay?
10)Which English composer wrote the evocative musical piece ?Lark Ascending?? Ralph Vaughan Williams

Misread one of the questions - lowest female voice is Contralto, not basso profundo, although have met one or two female baritones!!!!

yay, all right EXCEPT no idea about booker prize. feel right uncultured nah.

HMC, just to point out, marina (sorry marina) actually put 1997 for Elvis, not 1977!!!!!

Yeah, but we know what she meant

2.JB Priestley

1. should know that one really
2. Wendy
3. Belgian
4. Rossini

7.Contralto 8.1977 9.Jamie Oliver 10. Vaughn Williams

What is the highest broken male voice then? (My dh is one)

1)In the Shakespeare play, who killed MacBeth? Can't remember but Lady Macbth was in on it.."Out damn spot!"
2)Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'?No idea
3)Which author was the 2007 winner of the Booker Prize. Oooh,it was a woman and she was very nonchalant about all the fuss.
4)Which name never previously existed before it was invented by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan? Wendy
5)What is the nationality of Agatha Christie?s Poirot? Begian
6)Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"? No idea
7)Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the lowest? no idea
8)In which year did Elvis die? .1977
9)Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division? Jamie Oliver
10)Which English composer wrote the evocative musical piece ?Lark Ascending??no idea

I'm not sure about Q3, I liked it because it is topical but it may be too hard. Might substitute the Cranford question for it.
Yes,do,because I know the answer to that!

HMC,you are making me feel very fick!

Only read OP.

1)In the Shakespeare play, who killed MacBeth? MacDuff
2)Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'? J B Priestley
3)Which author was the 2007 winner of the Booker Prize. Anne Enright
4)Which name never previously existed before it was invented by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan? Wendy
5)What is the nationality of Agatha Christie?s Poirot? Belgian
6)Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"? Rossini
7)Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the lowest? Alto
8)In which year did Elvis die? . 1977
9)Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division? No idea.
10)Which English composer wrote the evocative musical piece ?Lark Ascending?? Ralph Vaughn Williams.

8/10 - improving!

no alto and contralto are synonymous so make that 9/10

Oh Gosh, I really should have paid more attention at school.....

here goes my shameful attempt

1)In the Shakespeare play, who killed MacBeth?

Um...MacDuff? or was he one of the Family Ness?

2)Who wrote 'An Inspector Calls'?

Priestly

3)Which author was the 2007 winner of the Booker Prize.

Kiran Desai? or was that last year?

4)Which name never previously existed before it was invented by J M Barrie for the book Peter Pan?

Wendy

5)What is the nationality of Agatha Christie?s Poirot?

Belgian

6)Who composed the opera "The Barber Of Seville"?

Rossini

7)Soprano is the highest female voice, what is the lowest?

Alto?

8)In which year did Elvis die?

1977?

9)Which TV Chef plays drums in the pop group Scarlet Division?

Jamie Oliver

10)Which English composer wrote the evocative musical piece ?Lark Ascending??
Vaughn Williams

Off to look at the answers which I assume are elsewhere on this thread