New Pub Quiz questions

[Fionn]

Lyric: Your hair is beautiful...tonight

Anagram: HUGE ROBIN

1 Joy, Teddy and Babs were better known as who?

2 What is the state capital of Virginia?

3 Which word can mean to colonise, pay a bill and a piece of furniture?

4 Which British city is on the River Lagan?

5 Which novel charts the adventures of Alexander Selkirk?

6 TV - what was the profession of Inigo Pipkin?

7 Which playing card is known as "the curse of Scotland"?

8 Would you play, wear or eat a "celeste"?

9 Who topped a recent poll of the sexiest British women over 50?

10 What is the name of the Derbyshire town which cut itself off to stop the Plague spreading?

11 Which film's record of 11 Oscars was equalled by Titanic in 1997?

12 Name Alex Ferguson's racehorse

13 How many lines are in a sonnet?

14 Which Welsh designer died in 1985?

My admiration for anyone who knows no. 6!

3 is settle

Yaaay! I know the lyric - it's Atomic by Blondie!! Or at least I think so...

2. Richmond
3. Settle
4. Belfast
5. Robinson Crusoe
6. Clockmaker/mender?
7. Eat - biscuit?
8. 14
9. Norman Hartnell?

anagram - NEIGHBOUR?

1 - Beverley Sisters

I know a couple of the others, already answered - not no. 6 though!

7 - Queen of Spades?

Should know 12, it won a race recently but alas! I have forgot.

9 - J Collins, B Windsor, D Rigg, H Blackman??

11 - Gandhi? Chariots of Fire?

11 is Gigi - Sank heven for littel girrrrls

7 nine of diamonds
8 play
9 Lulu?
11 Ben Hur
12 Rock of Gibralter
14 Laura Ashley

Prufrock - Gigi wasn't the answer given though mabe that got 11 Oscars too! Answers tomorrow.

6 - Was he the puppet maker/puppet shop owner in the Pipkins TV programme?

gillw, i was thinking pipkin's as in the children's tv program also (hartley hare and mr popov etc) but couldn't quite be sure of the occupation...

if this is completely wrong tack we will look soooo sad!

You're right, it was puppet-maker in the programme with Hartley the Hare etc. And Octavia. Can't remember the other names. I used to love it though.

Oooooooooooh, I am so glad I am not the only one who remembers Pipkin's. I used to LOVE it when I was a child. The characters I remember are Hartley the Hare (who had an uncle in the country which was the same puppet wearing a straw hat and a smock!!), Octavia the ostrich who couldn't sing, Pig, who sometimes pretended to be a policeman (bit dodgy!!), Tortoise who looked after the money and a monkey whose name escapes me at the moment. How said am I?!!

I wish they would bring it out on one of those retro Kids programme videos they are doing at the moment. I have already bought the Bod one and the Fingerbobs one thinking my two would love it, but they get bored after about 5 minutes. I think kids are a lot more sophisticated than we used to be!!

The actor who played Hartley and Tortoise has a website - complete with the Pipkins theme tune!

Its say's there "How would you feel about Pipkins being recommissioned? I'd especially like to hear from you if you have children now, pre-school or older, and would encourage them to watch. Also, would you buy a video of existing programmes?"

Lynne33 - the monkey was Topoff !!!
Oh God - I loved Pipkins too and have been doing "Hartley Hare" impressions ever since - bring it back please then people will not look at me so strangely!!

Scatterbrain - YES!!! Of course!!! I just had a look on the sight GillW mentioned and it's great - brought all those memories flooding back. Don't hold out much hope of them bringing out a video though. The site was last updated in August 1998 - Sob!

Scatterbrain, my best friend is nicknamed Hartley Hare ever since we were little! She does a great impression too.. I want to see yours!!

5 is Robinson Crusoe

9 is Diana Rigg

Answers:

1 Beverley Sisters
2 Richmond
3 settle
4 Belfast (apologies, it's in the UK but not British, not my wording!)
5 Robinson Crusoe
6 puppet-maker
7 nine of Diamonds (anyone know why?)
8 play
9 Lulu
10 Eyam
11 Ben Hur
12 Rock of Gibraltar
13 Fourteen
14 Laura Ashley

Hi Jessi, Next time we meet remind me !!