Barkham Village Residents Association

A numerical theme this time!  Either the question or the answer (or both) has a number in it.

  1. Q. “I am not a number!”  What was his number?
    A. 6 (The Prisoner

  2. Q. Which Chicago song might be called “3.35 am or 3.34 am”?
    A. 25 or 6 to 4

  3. Q. What is the British name for the card game which originated in France as “vingt-et-un”?
    A. Pontoon

  4. Q. In order of cinema release, what was the name of the second Star Wars film?
    A. The Return of the Jedi.

  5. Q. What was the name of Led Zeppelin’s third album?
    A. Led Zeppelin III (a trick question!)

  6. Q. What is the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury?
    A. 10 Downing Street (AKA the Prime Minister)

  7. Q. In which film did Betty Lou Gerson play (sort of) the villainess in the 1961 original and Glenn Close in the 1996 remake?
    A. 101 Dalmatians (Cruella de Vil)

  8. Q. What number connects an ice cream and some red balloons?
    A. 99 (99 Red Balloons by Nena)

  9. Q. What connects the IV, XIV and XXX Olympiads?
    A. All held in London

  10. Q. If you subtract the number of Lawrence’s Pillars of Wisdom from the number of John Buchan’s Steps and then divide by the number between 18 and 13 on a dart board, what is the answer?
    A. (39-7)/4 = 8
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