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30/01/2012

Nursery Rhymes

Each answer is the name of a nursery rhyme.

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1.

What is the English title of Bach's aria Schafe können sicher weiden?

 

Sheep May Safely Graze

Demba Ba

(of Newcastle United)

(a young) Cilla Black

British Airways (BA)

  Baa Baa Black Sheep 

2.

Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco were characters in which 1980s TV show?

 

The Dukes of Hazard

Michael York

(actor)

The Grand Canyon

Chris Old

(cricketer)

  The Grand Old Duke of York  

3.

Which 1950s jazz trumpeter, with a real first name of Chesney, was best known for his rendition of Rodgers and Hart's My Funny Valentine?

 

Chet Baker

Eccles cake x 2

Pat Evans

(character from EastEnders x 2)

Isle of Man

  Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake, Baker’s Man 

4.

Which 1960s band, named after an Aldous Huxley book, was led by a singer who died in 1971 at the age of 27?

 

The Doors

Margery Allingham

(author of the Campion series of whodunnits)

Ratcliffe-on-Soar

(Nottinghamshire power station)

see

  See Saw Margery Daw 

5.

Which 1950s TV drama series written by Ted Willis was based on a character from the film The Blue Lamp?

 

Dixon of Dock Green

Hickory tree

Kid Ory

(Jazz trombonist)

Cressida Dick

(Met Police Commissioner)

  Hickory Dickory Dock 

6.

Which band released the album Hard Promises in 1981 which included their hit single The Waiting?

 

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Piper plane

Former Editors of The Sun

Tom Selleck

  Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son 

7.

Marianne Joan Elliott-Said was the lead singer for the band X-Ray Spex.  What was her stage name?

 

Poly Styrene

Police using ‘kettling’ tactics

a putt

  Polly Put the Kettle On 

8.

Who wrote My Heart Will Go On, the song featured in the film Titanic?

 

James Horner

Jack Regan

(John Thaw in The Sweeney)

David Walliams & Matt Lucas

(in Little Britain)

  Little Jack Horner 

9.

What was the title of the 1962 UK number hit based on a march from a Tchaikovsky ballet?

 

Nut Rocker

(based on music from The Nutcracker)

Manchester City’s (Et)ihad Stadium

a little tree

  I Had a Little Nut Tree 

10.

Which American singer became the first African American to host a US TV show?

 

Nat King Cole

Old Trafford Cricket Ground

Martin Luther King

  Old King Cole