Friday 19 June 2009

Friday Quiz Issue 36

Twenty questions this week - music, TV, general knowledge and celebrity nicknames... good luck!

Answers now available. See 'comments' at bottom of this quiz.

Round 1: Music

1. Which relative did St. Winifred’s School Choir sing about in their November 1980 No. 1 single?

2. Which opera singer won the first series of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ ?

3. Frankie Sandford & Una Healey are members of which all-girl pop group?

4. What was Robbie Williams first solo No. 1 single in the UK? (Clue: It wasn’t ‘Angels’)

5. Which song by a former boyband member begins with the line ‘It’s amazing how you can speakright to my heart’ ?

Round 2: Soaps & Reality TV

6. In EastEnders, what is the name of Stacey Slater’s mother?

7. Can you name three winners of the UK edition of Big Brother? (there are 9 to choose from)

8. Kevin, Sally, Rosie & Sophie make up which Coronation Street family?

9. In which BBC reality show might you encounter Margaret Mountford & Nick Hewer?

10. In the world of soaps, what are ‘Wellard’, ‘Bouncer’ and ‘Schmeical’ ?

Round 3: General Knowledge

11. The popular ski resort of Aspen can be found in which US state?

12. Who wrote the novel ‘Jane Eyre’ ?

13. If you flew from O’Hare International to Sheremetyevo, which two cities would you have visited?

14. The German phrase ‘Vorsprung durch technik’, used in adverts for Audi cars, translates intoEnglish as what?

15. When telling the time, what do ‘AM’ and ‘PM’ stand for?

Round 4: Cherilyn Sarkisian is more commonly known as Cher, but by what monikers arethe following celebrities better known as?

16. Michael Lee Aday?

17. Paul David Hewson?

18. Shawn Corey Carter?

19. Stacy Ann Ferguson?

20. Edison Arantes do Nascimento?

1 comment:

Quizarvo said...

1. Grandma
2. Paul Potts
3. The Saturdays
4. Millennium
5. When You Say Nothing At All (Ronan Keating)
6. Jean
7. Craig Phillips Series 1 2000; Brian Dowling Series 2 2001; Kate Lawler Series 3 2002; Cameron Stout Series 4 2003; Nadia Almada Series 5 2004; Anthony Hutton Series 6 2005; Pete Bennett Series 7 2006; Brian Belo Series 8 2007; Rachel Rice Series 9 2008.
8. Webster Family
9. The Apprentice
10. Dogs from TV soaps
11. Colorado
12. Charlotte Bronte
13. Chicago & Moscow
14. Advancement through Technology
15. Ante meridien and post meridien
16. Meat Loaf
17. Bono
18. Jay Z
19. Fergie (Black Eyed Peas)
20. Pele.

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