ROUND ONE Connections (10)

  1. What colour links a Stanley Kubrick film from 1971 and a member of Take That? Orange (A Clockwork Orange and Jason Orange)
  2. Who links the TV comedy series ‘Going Straight’, ‘Butterflies’, ‘Only Fools and Horses’, ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’ and ‘Rock and Chips’? Nicholas Lyndhurst
  3. Who links the films ‘Crooks in Cloisters’ (1964) and ‘Carry On Nurse’ (1967) and ‘The Rag Trade’ and ‘Eastenders’ on TV? Barbara Windsor
  4. Who links the films ‘The Producers’ (1968), ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ (1971), ‘Blazing Saddles’ (1974), ‘Stir Crazy’ (1980) and ‘See No Evil, Hear No Evil’ (1989)? Gene Wilder
  5. What surname links actors Anthony and Dana, TV presenter Eamonn and actress and singer Julie? Andrews
  6. Who links the films ‘Sleeper’ (1973), ‘Annie Hall’ (1977), ‘Zelig’ (1983), ‘Midnight in Paris’ (2011) and ‘To Rome with Love’ (2012)? Woody Allen
  7. Which actor connects Paul McCartney’s grandfather in ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and the sitcom ‘Steptoe and Son’? Wilfred Brambell
  8. What surname links an Olympic gold winning Australian female athlete (Sydney 2000), a Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and an actor from the sitcom ‘The Office’? Freeman (Cathy, Morgan and Martin)
  9. Who links the films ‘Videodrome’ (1983), the animated film ‘Hercules’ (1997) and ‘Stuart Little 2’ (2002) as well as the TV series ‘Shark’?James Woods
  10. What surname links the former lead singer with The Undertones and a narcotics cop played by Burt Reynolds in a 1981 film? Shark(e)y (Feargal Sharkey and Tom Sharky in ‘Sharky’s Machine’)

ROUND TWO Duets – groups or artists (20)

  1. Especially for YouKylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
  2. The Girl is MineMichael Jackson and Paul McCartney
  3. Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F is Alice?)Smokie ft Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown
  4. All for LoveBryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting
  5. Something’s Gotten Hold of My HeartMarc Almond and Gene Pitney
  6. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on MeGeorge Michael and Elton John
  7. StanEminem ft Dido
  8. EmpireState of MindJay-Z ft Alicia Keys
  9. California GurlsKaty Perry ft Snoop Dogg
  10. Easy LoverPhil Collins and Phil Bailey

ROUND THREE Numbers 10-1-2-3-6-4-5-7-8-9 (10)

  1. How many series of Friends were there? TEN (236 episodes from 1994 to 2004)
  2. Simple Minds have had how many U. K. No.1 singles? ONE (‘Belfast Child’ – Ballad of the Streets EP – 1989)
  3. What is the minimum number of questions that must be answered correctly to win £1, 000 on U. K.s ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ (since 2007)? TWO (500, 1K, 2K, 5K, 10K, 20K, 50K, 75K, 125K, 250K, 500K, 1M)
  4. How man ‘Goodies’ were there in the seventies/eighties TV comedy? THREE (Bill Oddie, GraemeGarden and Tim Brooke-Taylor)
  5. Sylvester Stallone has starred as Rocky Balboa in how many films? SIX (Rocky I-V and ‘Rocky Balboa’)
  6. How many contestants competed in each episode of the Krypton Factor? FOUR
  7. ‘Keep On Movin’, ‘We Will Rock You’ (with Queen) and ‘Let’s Dance’ were U. K. No.1 singles by which band? FIVE
  8. Roger Moore starred in how many Bond films? SEVEN ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’, ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, ‘Moonraker’, ‘For Your Eyes Only’, ‘Octopussy’, ‘A View to a Kill’
  9. How many pieces of music are normally chosen by ‘castaways’ on Radio 4s DesertIsland Discs? EIGHT
  10. Excluding the cellar, how many rooms are there on the board game Cluedo? NINE (Ballroom, Billiard Room, Conservatory, Dining Room, Hall, Kitchen, Library, Lounge and Study)

ROUND FOUR Cover versions – name the song and EITHER the artist heard OR original artist (20)

  1. UmbrellaVanilla SkyRihanna
  2. King of the RoadThe ProclaimersRoger Miller
  3. Sign ‘O’ the TimesSimple MindsPrince
  4. I’ll be Missing YouPuff Daddy ft Faith EvansThe Police
  5. Never Tear Us ApartPaloma FaithInxs
  6. Stayin’ AliveN-TranceBee Gees
  7. The Man Who Sold the WorldLuluDavid Bowie
  8. What Becomes of the BrokenheartedDave Stewart ft Colin BlunstoneJimmy Ruffin
  9. Raindrops Keep Falling on My HeadManic Street PreachersB. J. Thomas
  10. SunchymeDario GDreamAcademy

ROUND FIVE Doubles (20)

  1. Who were the parents of Jamie Lee Curtis? Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis
  2. Which legendary comedy duo had a U. K. No.2 single in 1975 with ‘The Trail of the Lonesome Pine’? Laurel and Hardy
  3. Name two of four main actors in the Red Dwarf sitcom. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn
  4. David Bowie has had five U. K. No.1 singles, three as a solo artist and two collaborations with which groupand which artist? Queen (Under Pressure, 1981) and Mick Jagger (Dancing in the Street, 1985)
  5. Born in the north east of England, what are the first names of the Scott brothers who went on to become successful film directors and producers. Ridley and Anthony (Tony d. Aug 2012)
  6. What was the name of the ‘Two Fat Ladies’ on TV? Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Paterson (4 series, 24 episodes)
  7. Name two of the three films to star James Dean. ‘East of Eden’ (1955), ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ (1955) and ‘Giant’ (1956)
  8. Name any two of the five regular presenters of ‘Countdown’. Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam, Des O’Connor, Jeff Stelling and Nick Hewer
  9. Name the two English footballers who had a hit with ‘Diamond Nights’? Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle (as Glenn and Chris No.12 1987)
  10. Name any two of the four main characters in the A-Team on TV and film. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Templeton ‘The Faceman’ Peck, H. M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock and Bosco ‘Bad Attitude’ Baracus

WINNERS: The Bitches of Prestwick 72/80

1