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26/02/2018

Rodgers & Hammerstein

Each answer is the name of a well-known song from a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical.

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Format index

 

1.

Which actress played the part of Edina Monsoon's mother in a popular BBC1 sitcom?

 

June Whitfield

(in Absolutely Fabulous)

Bus tin

The Outhere Brothers

‘all’ over

 

  June is Bustin’ Out All Over 

(Carousel – 1945)

2.

Gary Leeds, Scott Engel and John Maus formed which popular pop group from the 1960s and 1970s?

 

The Walker Brothers

Yul Brynner

Lonely Planet logo

It’s Now or Never

 

  You’ll Never Walk Alone  

(Carousel – 1945)

3.

Who had a hit in 1973 with the football anthem Nice One Cyril?

 

Cockerel Chorus

(it was a Spurs song)

Hyde Park

opti(cs)

missed

(Raheem Sterling v Burnley 03/03/18)

 

  A Cockeyed Optimist   

(South Pacific – 1949)

4.

Which 1980s band from Birmingham had a hit with Good Thing?

 

Fine Young Cannibals

The Lovers

(tarot card)

Hal Roach

Joachim Löw

(German International Coach)

 

  Hello Young Lovers 

(The King and I – 1951)

5.

The 'B' side of Oasis' 1994 hit Whatever achieved more widespread and lasting fame than the 'A' side.  Why?

 

Half the World Away became the theme to the long-running sitcom The Royle Family

Siamese fighting fish

March Hare

The Railway Children

 

  March of the Royal Siamese Children 

(The King and I – 1951)

6.

Symphonies by Britten and Schumann, a Violin Concerto by Vivaldi and a Violin Sonata by Beethoven all share the same name.  What is it?

 

Spring

thyme

William Pitt, the Elder and William Pitt, the Younger

greater than and less than signs

 

  Younger Than Springtime   

(South Pacific – 1949)

7.

Who had a hit in 1989 with Song for Whoever?

 

The Beautiful South

Eau and Water (= Oh What a)

3 Queens mourning the death of George VI

 

  Oh, What a Beautiful Morning 

(Oklahoma – 1943)

8.

Which group consisted of Levi StubbsRenaldo 'Obie' BensonAbdul 'Duke' Fakir, and Lawrence Payton?

 

The Four Tops

cast of Beyond the Fringe

The Oval, home of Surrey CCC

 

  The Surrey with the Fringe on Top 

(Oklahoma – 1943)

9.

Friends Dick Taylor, Keith Richard and Mick Jagger all attended Sidcup Art College.  Jagger and Richard went on to form the Rolling Stones but which band did Taylor help form?

   

   

 

The Pretty Things

…and if you’ve been coming to these quizzes for a while you’ll know that these are a few of

My Favourite Things!

 

  My Favourite Things 

(The Sound of Music – 1959)

10.

Featuring Gabrielle which band had a 1996 hit with If You Ever?

. . . . . . .

 

East 17

Maria sixteen times and going on

 

  Sixteen Going on Seventeen 

(The Sound of Music – 1959)