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This edition’s theme is Films – movies of the past 50 years or so.
- Q. Which of the Peter Sellers Pink Panther films doesn’t have “Pink Panther” in the title (arguably the funniest one)?
- Q. Which film won the Best Picture Oscar in 2011?
- Q. Which actor had his first major role in “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and many roles since then including Edward Scissorhands and Willie Wonka?
- Q. The actor in question 3 has appeared in a number of films directed by Tim Burton. Who is Tim Burton’s English wife?
- Q. In his acceptance speech at the Oscars in 1982 Colin Welland famously said “the British are coming”. Which film had won the Best Picture award?
- Q. Which actress from an American dynasty achieved initial fame as a child in ET and has appeared in many films since, including Charlie’s Angels.
- Q. In which 1968 animated musical film would you find the Sea of Holes, Sea of Green and Jeremy the Nowhere Man?
- Q. Which film, often quoted as the best of all time, is based on the life of William Randolph Hearst?
- Q. Which 1969 film told about the life and times of Brian Cohen?
- Q. Which British actress won an Oscar for her performance in a 1964 film and then starred in a (very famous) 1965 film that won Best Picture?
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For this edition, a topic close to my heart (or stomach!) and probably that of many Barkham residents – FOOD!
- Q. “Food, Glorious Food” is a song from which musical?
- Q. What is the primary ingredient of guacamole?
- Q. We are generally accepted to have 5 different types of taste: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and….what is the fifth one?
- Q. Which meat is usually used in Lancashire Hot Pot?
- Q. What is the famous Welsh delicacy laverbread made from?
- Q. What is biltong?
- Q. “If music be the food of love, play on” is a line from which Shakespeare play
- Q. Jalapeno is a type of what?
- Q. What is Cullen Skink
- Q. And finally, (and obscurely!)……...in a classic Red Dwarf episode, The Cat pretended to be “Bhindi Bhagi” in an attempt (unsuccessfully) to fool an aggressive alien. Those curry lovers among you may have eaten Bhindi Bhagi many times, but which vegetable is “Bhindi”?
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A French theme this time.
- Q. Who was “Lost in France” in 1976?
- Q. Which 8 countries border with France?
- Q. Name the 3 Musketeers.
- Q. Whom did France beat in the World Cup final in 1998?
- Q. Who was nicknamed “the Little Sparrow”?
- Q. What shape is the glass building in the courtyard of the Louvre?
- Q. There are 10 Beaujolais crus. Can you name 4? A gold star if you can name them all!
- Q. What is an “Ile Flottante”?
- Q. Who sculpted the Burghers of Calais, a cast of which is in the Victoria Tower Gardens (next to the House of Parliament)?
- Q. What is the name of President Sarkozy’s famous wife?
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A music quiz this time. Here are 10 extracts from the lyrics of songs released over the past 50 years. There are 2 each from each decade from the sixties to the noughties, in chronological order. Just name the song, artist and if you’re really clever the year of release!
- Q. “I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth”
- Q. “Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come”
- Q. “Took all the trees and put ‘em in a tree museum and charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ‘em”
- Q. “Sup up your beer and collect your fags, There’s a row going on down near Slough”
- Q. “Bless my cotton socks I’m in the news!”
- Q. “You can’t start a fire, you can’t start a fire without a spark, this gun’s for hire...”
- Q. “Backbeat the word was on the street that the fire in your heart is out”
- Q. “Things are getting strange, I’m starting to worry”
- Q. “What’s that coming over the hill?”
- Q. “I used to rule the world, seas would rise when I gave the word”