ROUND 1 - 'This time it’s fictional'

A variation on a previously used theme.

Each question features the names of three actors/actresses who have all played the same fictional character on the big screen.  Simply supply the name of the fictional character.  As a further clue, we have supplied the cinematic release year of their portrayal.  For example: Albert Finney (1974), Peter Ustinov (1978 & 1982) and Kenneth Branagh (2017) would hopefully lead you to: Hercule Poirot.

1.

Anthony Hopkins (1992), Mel Brooks (1995) and Hugh Jackman (2004).

2.

Humphrey Bogart (1946), Elliot Gould (1973) and Robert Mitchum (1975 and 1978).

3.

4.

Greta Garbo (1935), Vivien Leigh (1948) and Keira Knightley (2013).

5.

Robert Donat (1935), Kenneth More (1959) and Robert Powell (1978).

6.

Laurence Olivier (1939), Timothy Dalton (1970) and Ralph Fiennes (1992).

7.

Douglas Fairbanks (1921), Gene Kelly (1948) and Chris O’Donnell (1993).

8.

Robert Newton (1948), Oliver Reed (1968) and Jamie Foreman (2005).

Sp1

Stewart Granger (1950), Sean Connery (2003) and Patrick Swayze (2004).

Sp2

Peter Cushing (1959), Michael Caine (1988) and Will Ferrell (2018).

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ROUND 2 - Shakespeare Quotes

Some of Shakespeare’s most famous quotes are now in the common vernacular of the English language.

Below are the some of these quotes – you just need to name the play they came from.

1.

"But for my own part, it was Greek to me"

2.

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be"

3.

"I am a man more sinned against than sinning"

4.

"I will wear my heart upon my sleeve"

5.

"What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

6.

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them"

7.

"The course of true love never did run smooth"

8.

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with sleep"

Sp1

"The better part of Valour is discretion"

Sp2

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"

Sp3

"All that glisters is not gold"

Sp4

"What’s mine is yours and what is yours in mine"

Sp5

"My salad days, when I was green in judgement"

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ROUNDS 3 & 4 - 'Order, Order'

Pick your subject round - trying to win the most spurious theme of the season.

All the answers contain a surname which is shared by at least two members of the House of Commons after the disaster we call the 2019 General Election.

1.

ANIMALS:

Alcelaphus buselaphus is the Latin name for which African antelope?  The Coke’s, Lichtenstein’s and Red are species which are of Least Concern on the endangered list.

2.

3.

SI UNITS:

Which SI unit is defined as 'the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter'?

4.

MUSEUMS:

The US National Museum of African American History and Culture is part of which larger group of museums?  The original institution was named after its British founding donor.

5.

MINOR PLANETS:

Minor planet 31556 is named after which film and TV actor?  He first played the role he is most famous for in 1966?

6.

DISBANDED FORCES:

Established in 1119, How were the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon better known?

7.

CRICKET:

Which Indian cricketer holds the record for the highest individual score in 50 overs One-Day Internationals?  He is the only batsman to have scored more than one ODI double-century.

8.

BUSINESS:

In 1993 at the age of 23, which woman became the youngest managing director of a UK plc?  She was eventually elevated to the House of Lords and was appointed a Small Business Ambassador to the UK Government by David Cameron.

9.

FASHION:

In 1997, which British fashion designer was appointed creative director of Chloé at the age of 25, the youngest person to hold the role?

10.

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES:

Pedesis is an alternative name for which natural scientific phenomenon, which was named after the botanist who first described it in 1827?

11.

MUSICALS:

Which West End musical, written by Mike Batt, was based on a poem by Lewis Carroll?  Kenny Everett and David McCallum were among the original cast when it opened in 1991.

12.

NOBEL LAUREATES:

The invention of the cloud chamber is generally credited to which Scottish physicist, who was a co-recipient of the 1927 Nobel Prize for Physics?  His surname is synonymous with this scientific instrument.

13.

OXBRIDGE:

Which University of Cambridge college was founded in 1977.  It was named after a local philanthropist who donated £18 million to establish this educational institution.

14.

TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONS:

Also used as a surname, which traditional occupation would we associate with spiles, shives and staves?

15.

TELEVISION GREATS:

Who plays Pam Shipman in the BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey?

She has also been directed by her then husband in the television productions Nuts in May and Hard Labour.

16.

CONNECTIONS:

What surname links an English philosopher and theologian; an English lord chancellor; a painter born in Dublin and an American film actor born in 1958?

17.

FICTIONAL OCCUPATIONS:

Margersfontein Lugg, John Parker and Sebastian Beach are all fictional characters with what occupation?

18.

21st CENTURY ALBUMS:

Which British rock singer, who turned 75 on January 10th, became the oldest male artist to top the UK album charts at the end of last year?  His tenth number one album was titled You’re In My Heart?

19.

THE BRITISH ISLES:

After Great Britain and the island of Ireland, what is the third largest island in the British Isles? 

20.

FOOTBALL:

Later appointed permanent England football manager, which player appeared for Bradford Park Avenue, Brentford, Chelsea and Fulham between 1945 and 1956?

21.

SPACE SHUTTLE:

After the first Space Shuttle Columbia was launched in June 1981, it returned to land at which Californian air base?

22.

SEAFARING:

In 1790 in absentia, which sailor was discharged and stripped of his rank of Master’s Mate?  This was following an incident a year earlier.

23.

SCANDINAVIAN CELEBRITIES:

Which person has been a professional footballer, a stockbroker and also topped the pop charts in his native Norway as lead singer of the band Di Derre which also featured his late brother?  He is much better known in another field.

24.

COCKTAILS:

Which cocktail is made with gin and dry vermouth and often garnished with an onion instead of an olive?

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ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

Which actress played Supergirl in the 1984 film and now plays Supergirl's adoptive mother in the current TV series?

2.

What is the small former coal mining town in the north west of Greater Manchester that contains Howe Bridge and Hag Fold?

3.

Name the Huddersfield-born cricketer who was the first man to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets for England.

4.

What is the common name of the ornamental plant and culinary herb also known as 'Herb of Grace' and reputedly effective at deterring cats from gardens?

5.

What links the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury and the second largest town in the Isle of Man?

6.

What is the title of William Golding's third published novel?  Released in 1956, its subject is the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer marooned in the mid-Atlantic.

7.

Which American author wrote: "You look ridiculous if you dance, you look ridiculous if you don't dance, so you might as well dance."?

8.

Who is the English stand-up comedian who crossed the Atlantic and has presented the Emmy-winning satirical show Last Week Tonight on HBO since 2014?

Sp1

Which prominent climate change denier and Brexit promoter edited the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator, was elected to Parliament in 1974 and entered the Cabinet in 1981?

Sp2

Knock on Wood, released on the Stax label in 1966, was the biggest hit for which Alabama-born soul singer?

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme - '...and then there were twelve'

1.

In which imperial capital city was the central government known as the 'Sublime Porte'?

2.

Which actress won her only Academy Award for the 1960 Vittorio De Sica film Two Women?

3.

Which national capital has an international airport named after Nikola Tesla?

4.

If the metallic drapery of post-war Europe began in Stettin, where did it finish on the Adriatic?

5.

Which lean red meat, often associated with royal forests, derives its name from the Latin verb meaning 'to hunt or pursue'?

6.

The Joke and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting are among the works of which Brno-born author?

7.

First prepared in 1336 for the table of King Philip VI, which foodstuff was popularized in the 1850s when vinegar was replaced in its recipe by the juice of unripe grapes?

8.

In Jamaica, what are Portland, Hanover, and Trelawny?

Sp1

Which portmanteau word was coined in May 2014 to describe Liverpool FC’s fatal capitulation against a South London club?

Sp2.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Olympic Committee are headquartered in which Swiss city?

Sp3

Victoria Tower Gardens at Westminster, the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art all play host to casts of which 1889 sculpture?

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ROUND 7 - Run-ons

Quizzers are advised to ignore any definite or indefinite articles for the purposes of the second answer.

1.

An accountancy firm which collapsed in 2002 following its role in the Enron scandal;

and the 2011 novel for which Julian Barnes won the Booker Prize.

2.

A European fiscal measure that was introduced in the UK by the Finance Act 1972;

and a seminal 1976 film in which Cybil Shepherd campaigns for Senator Charles Palantine.

3.

A diminutive actor who tangled with Roger Moore in 1974;

and a piece of furniture designed for reclining, often found in psychiatrists’ offices.

4.

The place from which Shelley’s traveller came in a poem of 1818;

and a song that was written by Chris Kenner, notably recorded by Wilson Pickett, and which concerns the Watusi and mashed potatoes.

5.

A 1994 non-fiction work by John Berendt concerning the murder of a rent boy in Savannah, Georgia;

and a Montana-born motorcyclist who was denied accident insurance on 37 separate occasions by Lloyd’s of London.

6.

The 1975 album which opens and closes with Shine On You Crazy Diamond;

and the title of the former Defence Secretary John Nott’s autobiography, which he borrowed from Robin Day.

7.

Lycanthropic creatures that Warren Zevon sang about in 1978;

a major financial institution whose premises are found on Paternoster Square.

8.

A 1976 Meat Loaf song in which the characters debate going “all the way tonight”;

and a weapon wielded in green by Luke, purple by Mace, and yellow by Rey.

Sp1

The Canadian site of a pivotal 1759 battle which saw the death of the British general James Wolfe;

and a fictional nineteenth-century Dutch doctor whose patients included Lucy Westenra.

Sp2

A pop music manager and producer noted for suing The Verve for the royalties for Bittersweet Symphony;

and the Elizabethan play which has an implausible sequel starring Steve Coogan and which features the musical number Rock Me Sexy Jesus.

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ROUND 8 - A Music Round with a Hidden Message

1.

Which track by The Smiths off their third Album The Queen is Dead, sounds like it might be a riposte to a former Liverpool FC Manager?  It was actually aimed at Geoff Travis their record label boss at the time.

2.

Which indie rock band formed in Dublin in 1983 by frontman Kevin Shields released the critically acclaimed album Loveless on Creation records in 1991?  They took their name from a 1981 Canadian slasher movie which told of gory goings-on in mid February.

3.

Which Beatles track off the White Album was supposedly inspired by actress Mia Farrow’s sister. Siouxsie and the Banshees reached number three in the UK Charts with their cover version in 1983.

4.

Sticking with the Fab Four, what was the 'B' side of their 1967 single Hello Goodbye?  The song in question mashed up Psychedelia, Lewis Carroll and playground nursery rhyme. It was banned by the BBC at the time.  Younger quizzers may be more familiar with the cover version by Beatles’ tribute act Oasis.

5.

Apparently inspired by a coke-fuelled orgy in Rio de Janeiro, which 1979 Queen song found Freddie declaring himself “Mr Farenheit”?

6.

A plea for greater understanding, what was John Lennon’s first solo hit?  It reached number three in the UK during the summer of ’69.

7.

Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, which Broadway show won the 1963 Tony award for best musical?  In 1966 it was made into a successful film starring the original lead of the stage musical, Zero Mostel.

8.

In 1956 the Tony award for best musical went to which Broadway musical comedy?  It tells the tale of Joe Hardy who arranges to sell his soul to achieve success for his favourite Baseball team.

Sp.

Hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, who left the band Suede in 1994 and subsequently recorded with singer David McAlmont?

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ROUND 1 - 'This time it’s fictional'

A variation on a previously used theme.

Each question features the names of three actors/actresses who have all played the same fictional character on the big screen.  Simply supply the name of the fictional character.  As a further clue, we have supplied the cinematic release year of their portrayal.  For example: Albert Finney (1974), Peter Ustinov (1978 & 1982) and Kenneth Branagh (2017) would hopefully lead you to: Hercule Poirot.

1.

Anthony Hopkins (1992), Mel Brooks (1995) and Hugh Jackman (2004).

(Professor Abraham) Van Helsing

2.

Humphrey Bogart (1946), Elliot Gould (1973) and Robert Mitchum (1975 and 1978).

Philip Marlowe

3.

Elizabeth Bennet

4.

Greta Garbo (1935), Vivien Leigh (1948) and Keira Knightley (2013).

Anna Karenina

5.

Robert Donat (1935), Kenneth More (1959) and Robert Powell (1978).

Richard Hannay

6.

Laurence Olivier (1939), Timothy Dalton (1970) and Ralph Fiennes (1992).

Heathcliff

7.

Douglas Fairbanks (1921), Gene Kelly (1948) and Chris O’Donnell (1993).

D’Artagnan

8.

Robert Newton (1948), Oliver Reed (1968) and Jamie Foreman (2005).

Bill Sikes

Sp1

Stewart Granger (1950), Sean Connery (2003) and Patrick Swayze (2004).

Allan Quatermain

Sp2

Peter Cushing (1959), Michael Caine (1988) and Will Ferrell (2018).

Sherlock Holmes

ROUND 2 - Shakespeare Quotes

Some of Shakespeare’s most famous quotes are now in the common vernacular of the English language.

Below are the some of these quotes – you just need to name the play they came from.

1.

"But for my own part, it was Greek to me"

Julius Caesar

2.

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be"

Hamlet

3.

"I am a man more sinned against than sinning"

King Lear

4.

"I will wear my heart upon my sleeve"

Othello

5.

"What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

Romeo and Juliet

6.

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them"

Twelfth Night

7.

"The course of true love never did run smooth"

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

8.

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with sleep"

The Tempest

Sp1

"The better part of Valour is discretion"

Henry IV, Part 1

Sp2

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"

Henry IV, Part 2

Sp3

"All that glisters is not gold"

The Merchant of Venice

Sp4

"What’s mine is yours and what is yours in mine"

Measure for Measure

Sp5

"My salad days, when I was green in judgement"

Anthony and Cleopatra

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ROUNDS 3 & 4 - 'Order, Order'

Pick your subject rounds - trying to win the most spurious theme of the season.

All the answers contain a surname which is shared by at least two members of the House of Commons after the disaster we call the 2019 General Election.

1.

ANIMALS:

Alcelaphus buselaphus is the Latin name for which African antelope?  The Coke’s, Lichtenstein’s and Red are species which are of Least Concern on the endangered list.

Hartebeest

(Hart – Sally-Ann and Simon)

2.

Jeremiah Clarke

(The Prince of Denmark’s March is more commonly known as the Trumpet Voluntary)

(Clarke – Ken has gone, but Simon and Theo remain)

3.

SI UNITS:

Which SI unit is defined as 'the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter'?

Gray

(Gray – James and Neil)

4.

MUSEUMS:

The US National Museum of African American History and Culture is part of which larger group of museums?  The original institution was named after its British founding donor.

Smithsonian

(Smith – 9 of them including Cat and Withington’s Jeff)

5.

MINOR PLANETS:

Minor planet 31556 is named after which film and TV actor?  He first played the role he is most famous for in 1966?

William Shatner

(Williams – Craig and Hywel)

6.

DISBANDED FORCES:

Established in 1119, How were the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon better known?

Knights Templar

(Knight – Greg and Julian)

7.

CRICKET:

Which Indian cricketer holds the record for the highest individual score in 50 overs One-Day Internationals?  He is the only batsman to have scored more than one ODI double-century.

Rohit Sharma

(Sharma – Alok and Virendra)

8.

BUSINESS:

In 1993 at the age of 23, which woman became the youngest managing director of a UK plc?  She was eventually elevated to the House of Lords and was appointed a Small Business Ambassador to the UK Government by David Cameron.

(Baroness) Karren Brady

(Brady – Graham and Mickey)

9.

FASHION:

In 1997, which British fashion designer was appointed creative director of Chloé at the age of 25, the youngest person to hold the role?

Stella McCartney

(McCartney – Jason and Karl)

10.

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES:

Pedesis is an alternative name for which natural scientific phenomenon, which was named after the botanist who first described it in 1827?

Brownian Motion

(Brown – Alan, Lyn and Nick)

11.

MUSICALS:

Which West End musical, written by Mike Batt, was based on a poem by Lewis Carroll?  Kenny Everett and David McCallum were among the original cast when it opened in 1991.

The Hunting of the Snark

(Hunt – Jane, Jeremy and Tom)

12.

NOBEL LAUREATES:

The invention of the cloud chamber is generally credited to which Scottish physicist, who was a co-recipient of the 1927 Nobel Prize for Physics?  His surname is synonymous with this scientific instrument.

(Charles) Wilson

(Wilson – Munira and Sammy)

13.

OXBRIDGE:

Which University of Cambridge college was founded in 1977.  It was named after a local philanthropist who donated £18 million to establish this educational institution.

Robinson

(Robinson – Gavin and Mary)

14.

TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONS:

Also used as a surname, which traditional occupation would we associate with spiles, shives and staves?

Cooper

(Cooper – Daisy, Rosie and by the skin of her teeth Yvette)

15.

TELEVISION GREATS:

Who plays Pam Shipman in the BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey?

She has also been directed by her then husband in the television productions Nuts in May and Hard Labour.

Alison Steadman

(Ali – Rushanara and Tahir)

16.

CONNECTIONS:

What surname links an English philosopher and theologian; an English lord chancellor; a painter born in Dublin and an American film actor born in 1958?

Bacon

(Roger, Francis and Kevin)

(Bacon – Gareth and Richard)

17.

FICTIONAL OCCUPATIONS:

Margersfontein Lugg, John Parker and Sebastian Beach are all fictional characters with what occupation?

Butler

(from books by Marjory Allingham, Agatha Christie and P G Wodehouse)

(Butler – Dawn and Rob)

18.

21st CENTURY ALBUMS:

Which British rock singer, who turned 75 on January 10th, became the oldest male artist to top the UK album charts at the end of last year?  His tenth number one album was titled You’re In My Heart?

Rod Stewart

(Stewart – Bob and Iain)

19.

THE BRITISH ISLES:

After Great Britain and the island of Ireland, what is the third largest island in the British Isles? 

Lewis and Harris

(NB: Only accept the complete answer)

(Two for the price of one:

Lewis – Clive, Brandon and Juliet;

Harris – Rebecca and Carolyn)

20.

FOOTBALL:

Later appointed permanent England football manager, which player appeared for Bradford Park Avenue, Brentford, Chelsea and Fulham between 1945 and 1956?

Ron Greenwood

(Greenwood – Lilian and Margaret)

21.

SPACE SHUTTLE:

After the first Space Shuttle Columbia was launched in June 1981, it returned to land at which Californian air base?

Edwards

(Edwards – Jonathan and Ruth)

22.

SEAFARING:

In 1790 in absentia, which sailor was discharged and stripped of his rank of Master’s Mate?  This was following an incident a year earlier.

Fletcher Christian

(Fletcher – Colleen, Katherine, Mark and Nicholas)

23.

SCANDINAVIAN CELEBRITIES:

Which person has been a professional footballer, a stockbroker and also topped the pop charts in his native Norway as lead singer of the band Di Derre which also featured his late brother?  He is much better known in another field.

Jo Nesbo

(Jones – 9 of them including Fay and Kevan)

24.

COCKTAILS:

Which cocktail is made with gin and dry vermouth and often garnished with an onion instead of an olive?

Gibson

(Gibson – Patricia and Peter)

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ROUND 5 - Hidden theme

1.

Which actress played Supergirl in the 1984 film and now plays Supergirl's adoptive mother in the current TV series?

Helen Slater

2.

What is the small former coal mining town in the north west of Greater Manchester that contains Howe Bridge and Hag Fold?

Atherton

3.

Name the Huddersfield-born cricketer who was the first man to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets for England.

Wilfred Rhodes

4.

What is the common name of the ornamental plant and culinary herb also known as 'Herb of Grace' and reputedly effective at deterring cats from gardens?

Rue

5.

What links the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury and the second largest town in the Isle of Man?

Ramsey

6.

What is the title of William Golding's third published novel?  Released in 1956, its subject is the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer marooned in the mid-Atlantic.

Pincher Martin

7.

Which American author wrote: "You look ridiculous if you dance, you look ridiculous if you don't dance, so you might as well dance."?

Gertrude Stein

8.

Who is the English stand-up comedian who crossed the Atlantic and has presented the Emmy-winning satirical show Last Week Tonight on HBO since 2014?

John Oliver

Sp1

Which prominent climate change denier and Brexit promoter edited the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator, was elected to Parliament in 1974 and entered the Cabinet in 1981?

Nigel Lawson

Sp2

Knock on Wood, released on the Stax label in 1966, was the biggest hit for which Alabama-born soul singer?

Eddie Floyd

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a TV chef (past or present)...

            Nigel Slater; Jason Atherton; Gary Rhodes; Michel Roux; Gordon Ramsey; James Martin; Rick Stein; Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson and Keith Floyd 

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ROUND 6 - Hidden theme - '...and then there were twelve'

1.

In which imperial capital city was the central government known as the 'Sublime Porte'?

Istanbul

2.

Which actress won her only Academy Award for the 1960 Vittorio De Sica film Two Women?

Sophia Loren

3.

Which national capital has an international airport named after Nikola Tesla?

Belgrade

4.

If the metallic drapery of post-war Europe began in Stettin, where did it finish on the Adriatic?

Trieste

5.

Which lean red meat, often associated with royal forests, derives its name from the Latin verb meaning 'to hunt or pursue'?

Venison

6.

The Joke and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting are among the works of which Brno-born author?

Milan Kundera

7.

First prepared in 1336 for the table of King Philip VI, which foodstuff was popularized in the 1850s when vinegar was replaced in its recipe by the juice of unripe grapes?

Dijon mustard

8.

In Jamaica, what are Portland, Hanover, and Trelawny?

Parishes

Sp1

Which portmanteau word was coined in May 2014 to describe Liverpool FC’s fatal capitulation against a South London club?

Crystanbul

Sp2

The Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Olympic Committee are headquartered in which Swiss city?

 Lausanne

Sp3

Victoria Tower Gardens at Westminster, the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art all play host to casts of which 1889 sculpture?

Theme: Each answer contains the name of a city that was a stop on the Simplon Orient Express route on which Hercule Poirot embarked with the 12 killers of Mr Ratchett

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Quizzers are advised to ignore any definite or indefinite articles for the purposes of the second answer.

1.

An accountancy firm which collapsed in 2002 following its role in the Enron scandal;

and the 2011 novel for which Julian Barnes won the Booker Prize.

Arthur Andersen / Sense of an Ending

2.

A European fiscal measure that was introduced in the UK by the Finance Act 1972;

and a seminal 1976 film in which Cybil Shepherd campaigns for Senator Charles Palantine.

Value added tax / Taxi Driver

3.

A diminutive actor who tangled with Roger Moore in 1974;

and a piece of furniture designed for reclining, often found in psychiatrists’ offices.

Herve Villechaize / Chaise Longue

4.

The place from which Shelley’s traveller came in a poem of 1818;

and a song that was written by Chris Kenner, notably recorded by Wilson Pickett, and which concerns the Watusi and mashed potatoes.

Antique land / Land of a Thousand Dances

5.

A 1994 non-fiction work by John Berendt concerning the murder of a rent boy in Savannah, Georgia;

and a Montana-born motorcyclist who was denied accident insurance on 37 separate occasions by Lloyd’s of London.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil / Evel Knievel

6.

The 1975 album which opens and closes with Shine On You Crazy Diamond;

and the title of the former Defence Secretary John Nott’s autobiography, which he borrowed from Robin Day.

Wish You Were Here / Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

7.

Lycanthropic creatures that Warren Zevon sang about in 1978;

a major financial institution whose premises are found on Paternoster Square.

Werewolves of London / London Stock Exchange

8.

A 1976 Meat Loaf song in which the characters debate going “all the way tonight”;

and a weapon wielded in green by Luke, purple by Mace, and yellow by Rey.

Paradise by the Dashboard Light / Lightsaber

Sp1

The Canadian site of a pivotal 1759 battle which saw the death of the British general James Wolfe;

and a fictional nineteenth-century Dutch doctor whose patients included Lucy Westenra.

The Plains of Abraham / Abraham Van Helsing

Sp2

A pop music manager and producer noted for suing The Verve for the royalties for Bittersweet Symphony;

and the Elizabethan play which has an implausible sequel starring Steve Coogan and which features the musical number Rock Me Sexy Jesus.

Andrew Loog Oldham / Hamlet

(Hamlet 2 is the name of the sequel)

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ROUND 8 - A Music Round with a Hidden Message

1.

Which track by The Smiths off their third Album The Queen is Dead, sounds like it might be a riposte to a former Liverpool FC Manager?  It was actually aimed at Geoff Travis their record label boss at the time.

Frankly, Mr Shankly

2.

Which indie rock band formed in Dublin in 1983 by frontman Kevin Shields released the critically acclaimed album Loveless on Creation records in 1991?  They took their name from a 1981 Canadian slasher movie which told of gory goings-on in mid February.

My Bloody Valentine

3.

Which Beatles track off the White Album was supposedly inspired by actress Mia Farrow’s sister. Siouxsie and the Banshees reached number three in the UK Charts with their cover version in 1983.

Dear Prudence

4.

Sticking with the Fab Four, what was the 'B' side of their 1967 single Hello Goodbye?  The song in question mashed up Psychedelia, Lewis Carroll and playground nursery rhyme. It was banned by the BBC at the time.  Younger quizzers may be more familiar with the cover version by Beatles’ tribute act Oasis.

I am the Walrus

5.

Apparently inspired by a coke-fuelled orgy in Rio de Janeiro, which 1979 Queen song found Freddie declaring himself “Mr Farenheit”?

Don’t Stop Me Now

6.

A plea for greater understanding, what was John Lennon’s first solo hit?  It reached number three in the UK during the summer of ’69.

Give Peace a Chance

7.

Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, which Broadway show won the 1963 Tony award for best musical?  In 1966 it was made into a successful film starring the original lead of the stage musical, Zero Mostel.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

8.

In 1956 the Tony award for best musical went to which Broadway musical comedy?  It tells the tale of Joe Hardy who arranges to sell his soul to achieve success for his favourite Baseball team.

Damn Yankees

Sp.

Hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, who left the band Suede in 1994 and subsequently recorded with singer David McAlmont?

Theme: As you have all probably already sussed, the first word of each answer forms the memorable movie quote ”Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn” a sentiment I suspect quite a few WithQuizzers can relate to after completing this round.  Tough!

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