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Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

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Nostalgia Quiz

1.  Which company published its first FIFA World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup?
Panini

2.  Which card game was first published in 1978 with early titles including Battleships, Racing Cars, and Horror?
Top Trumps

3. Which panel game show hosted by Eamonn Andrews was originally aired on the BBC from 16 July 1951 to 1963? 
What's My Line?

4.  What name was given to the '90s iconic hairstyle from the sitcom “Friends”?
The Rachel (from the character Rachel Green)

5.  Which man produced some of the biggest TV hits of the '70s including “Charlie's Angels”, “Fantasy Island” and “Starsky & Hutch”?
Aaron Spelling

6.  Which sixties television series starred Larry Hagman as an astronaut?
I Dream of Jeannie

7.  What was the best-selling film soundtrack of the 1970s in the UK?
Saturday Night Fever

8.  What was the name of the barman of the Winchester Club in television's “Minder”, and for a bonus point which actor played him?
Dave - Dave Harris / Glynn Edwards

9. Which South American country beat Scotland 3-1 in the 1978 World Cup Football Finals? 
Peru

10.  On New Year’s Eve in 1989, which ’80s TV star was invited to perform his song “Looking for Freedom” on the remains of the Berlin Wall?
David Hasselhoff

11.  Which pop star married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in February 1969?
Lulu

12. The 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film "North by Northwest" features which famous landmark? 
Mount Rushmore

13.  Shep became the main Blue Peter dog when which dog died in 1977?
Petra

14.  Which art teacher from Telford wrote to the BBC to complain about the performance of "My Ding-a-ling" on Top of the Pops? (Hint – Many a complaint followed)
Mary Whitehouse

15.  Which cartoon character is actually a Geococcyx californianus?
Roadrunner

16.  The Soviet version of Concorde was the Tupolev-144, which was given the nickname the "Communist" what?
Concordski

17. In the “Back to the Future” films what is the name of the essential component of the DeLorean time machine beginning with “F” that makes time travel possible?
Flux capacitor

18.  The last ever UK pound note had Queen Elizabeth II on the front, with which famous English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor on the back?
Isaac Newton

19. “Multi-Coloured Swap Shop” presenters Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin briefly formed pop group in December 1981 and released a single called "I Wanna be a Winner". The song peaked at number 15 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the Top 40 for a total of nine weeks.  What was the two word name of their group?  (Hint – The name included a colour and a foodstuff)
Brown Sauce

19.  How many people managed to get out alive in the 1972 American disaster film The Poseidon Adventure?
Six - Ernest Borgnine (Det. Lieutenant Mike Rogo), Eric Shea (Robin Shelby, Susan's younger brother), Pamela Sue Martin (Susan Shelby, Robin's older sister), Red Buttons (James Martin), Carol Lynley (Nonnie Parry, a singer), and Jack Albertson (Manny Rosen, Belle's husband).


 

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You aren't too far from me then Zeb.  Uusllay play the West Course there although not recently as they put the cost up big time.  Would love to try the main one but not paying £160 odd!



Nostalgia Quiz

1.  Which company published its first FIFA World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup?

2.  Which card game was first published in 1978 with early titles including Battleships, Racing Cars, and Horror?

3. Which panel game show hosted by Eamonn Andrews was originally aired on the BBC from 16 July 1951 to 1963? 

4.  What name was given to the '90s iconic hairstyle from the sitcom “Friends”?

5.  Which man produced some of the biggest TV hits of the '70s including “Charlie's Angels”, “Fantasy Island” and “Starsky & Hutch”?

6.  Which sixties television series starred Larry Hagman as an astronaut?

7.  What was the best-selling film soundtrack of the 1970s in the UK?

8.  What was the name of the barman of the Winchester Club in television's “Minder”, and for a bonus point which actor played him?

9. Which South American country beat Scotland 3-1 in the 1978 World Cup Football Finals? 

10.  On New Year’s Eve in 1989, which ’80s TV star was invited to perform his song “Looking for Freedom” on the remains of the Berlin Wall?

11.  Which pop star married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in February 1969?

12. The 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film "North by Northwest" features which famous landmark? 

13.  Shep became the main Blue Peter dog when which dog died in 1977?

14.  Which art teacher from Telford wrote to the BBC to complain about the performance of "My Ding-a-ling" on Top of the Pops? (Hint – Many a complaint followed)

15.  Which cartoon character is actually a Geococcyx californianus?

16.  The Soviet version of Concorde was the Tupolev-144, which was given the nickname the "Communist" what?

17. In the “Back to the Future” films what is the name of the essential component of the DeLorean time machine beginning with “F” that makes time travel possible?

18.  The last ever UK pound note had Queen Elizabeth II on the front, with which famous English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor on the back?

19. “Multi-Coloured Swap Shop” presenters Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin briefly formed pop group in December 1981 and released a single called "I Wanna be a Winner". The song peaked at number 15 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the Top 40 for a total of nine weeks.  What was the two word name of their group?  (Hint – The name included a colour and a foodstuff)

19.  How many people managed to get out alive in the 1972 American disaster film The Poseidon Adventure?

 

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The Ashdown Forest is just down the road from me. A great place to wander and chill.
 

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Children’s Literature Quiz

1.  What was Charlie’s surname in in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Bucket

2.  Who wrote the book that follows the antics of Peter Rabbit as he is chased around the garden of Mr. McGregor?
Beatrix Potter

3.  Which fantasy novel by Mary Norton features a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house?
The Borrowers

4.  What is the name of the dog in Peter Pan?
Nana 

5.  In L. Frank Baum's original 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on which the film is based, Dorothy wears what colour shoes?
Silver – In the film changed to ruby red to take advantage of the three-strip Technicolor film process used in some big-budget prestigious Hollywood films of the era.

6.  The White Witch who rules Narnia made it always winter but never what?
Christmas

7.  Which children's character was created by Mary Tourtel?
Rupert Bear

8. Which children's character lived at Scatterbrook farm?
Worzel Gummidge

9.  Which novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider?
Charlotte's Web (by E. B. White)

10.  Which character created by David McKee, appears in several children's books and an animated television series created in the early seventies?
Mr. Benn

11.  Thomas the Tank Engine is the central figure in which writer's Railway Series?
Reverend W. Awdry (Wilbert Audrey)

12. Harry Potter learns he is a wizard on his birthday when he becomes what age? 
Eleventh birthday

13. "Jabberwocky" and "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" all feature in which book? 
Through the Looking-Glass - , the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

14.  Who wrote the children's novel The Wind in the Willows?
Kenneth Grahame

15.  Who wrote 'Matilda', 'The Witches', and 'The BFG'?
Roald Dahl

16.  What is the name of the snake in The Jungle Book? 
Kaa

17. In the legendary tale of 'Jack and The Beanstalk', how many magical beans did Jack swap for his cow? 
Five

18.  The Winnie-the-Pooh stories are set in the Hundred Acre Wood, which was inspired by Five Hundred Acre Wood in which forest in East Sussex?
Ashdown Forest (I’ve played golf there a lot, never seen Winnie though!)

19.  Dodie Smith was an English children's novelist best known for which 1956 novel? (Hint: Disney made it into an animated film in 1961.)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

20.  What breed of bear is Paddington based on?
Spectacled bear - also known as the Andean bear so either answer acceptable




 

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Children’s Literature Quiz

1.  What was Charlie’s surname in in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

2.  Who wrote the book that follows the antics of Peter Rabbit as he is chased around the garden of Mr. McGregor?

3.  Which fantasy novel by Mary Norton features a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house?

4.  What is the name of the dog in Peter Pan?

5.  In L. Frank Baum's original 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on which the film is based, Dorothy wears what colour shoes?

6.  The White Witch who rules Narnia made it always winter but never what?

7.  Which children's character was created by Mary Tourtel?

8. Which children's character lived at Scatterbrook farm?

9.  Which novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider?

10.  Which character created by David McKee, appears in several children's books and an animated television series created in the early seventies?

11.  Thomas the Tank Engine is the central figure in which writer's Railway Series?

12. Harry Potter learns he is a wizard on his birthday when he becomes what age? 

13. "Jabberwocky" and "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" all feature in which book? 

14.  Who wrote the children's novel The Wind in the Willows?

15.  Who wrote 'Matilda', 'The Witches', and 'The BFG'?

16.  What is the name of the snake in The Jungle Book? 

17. In the legendary tale of 'Jack and The Beanstalk', how many magical beans did Jack swap for his cow? 

18.  The Winnie-the-Pooh stories are set in the Hundred Acre Wood, which was inspired by Five Hundred Acre Wood in which forest in East Sussex?

19.  Dodie Smith was an English children's novelist best known for which 1956 novel? (Hint: Disney made it into an animated film in 1961.)

20.  What breed of bear is Paddington based on?

 

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Literature Quiz

1.  Originally published as "Het Achterhuis,” in what language was Anne Frank's Diary written?
Dutch

2. John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke is the birth name of which orphan and protagonist of popular adventure novels created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1914?
Tarzan

3. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was an animal character created by Rudyard Kipling in his anthology "The Jungle Book." What type of animal is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?
Mongoose

4. Which novelist titled his 2012 memoir "Joseph Anton" after the pseudonym he used during the time he spent in hiding, starting in 1988?
Salman Rushdie

5. What is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King's famed horror novel "It?"
Pennywise

6. Which 1981 Thomas Harris novel marks the first appearance of Hannibal Lecter who was famously portrayed by Anthony Hopkins a decade later?
Red Dragon

7.  What detective is featured in The Maltese Falcon?
Sam Spade

8.  What is the name of the tragic king in Shakespeare’s play about madness and power?
King Lear

9.  Who wrote Jane Eyre?
Charlotte Brontë

10.  What novel begins with the line, “Call me Ishmael”?
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

11.  Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
Emily Brontë - initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell".

12. What Pulitzer Prize winning novel is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama?
To Kill a Mockingbird

13. Which English writer was born Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882 and is considered one of the most important 20th century modernist writers? She's also considered a pioneer of stream of consciousness writing and wrote novels including "The Voyage Out" and "The Waves."
Virginia Woolf

14. The town of Pepin, Wisconsin is home to a museum honouring which author of the Little House books, most famously "Little House on the Prairie"?
Laura Ingalls Wilder – will accept just Laura Ingalls

15. Agatha Christie's "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" and Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" are two novels who take their titles from lines in what Shakespeare play? 
Macbeth

16. Following the life and times of eight siblings from the wealthy and prominent titular family, what 19th-century-set romance novel series written by Julia Quinn was transformed into a Shonda Rhimes-produced Netflix series in 2020?
Bridgerton

17. Charles Laughton, Burt Lancaster, and Marlon Brando have all played which nefarious titular scientist from literature, who creates animal-human hybrids using the techniques of vivisection?
Dr. Moreau

18. Which famous world leader won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953?
Winston Churchill

19. Which author created the child protagonist who promptly explains his nickname to the reader in the following manner? “My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip.”
Charles Dickens

20. What is the name of the annual award for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland?
The Booker Prize


 

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Literature Quiz

1.  Originally published as "Het Achterhuis,” in what language was Anne Frank's Diary written?

2. John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke is the birth name of which orphan and protagonist of popular adventure novels created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1914?

3. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was an animal character created by Rudyard Kipling in his anthology "The Jungle Book." What type of animal is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?

4. Which novelist titled his 2012 memoir "Joseph Anton" after the pseudonym he used during the time he spent in hiding, starting in 1988?

5. What is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King's famed horror novel "It?"

6. Which 1981 Thomas Harris novel marks the first appearance of Hannibal Lecter who was famously portrayed by Anthony Hopkins a decade later?

7.  What detective is featured in The Maltese Falcon?

8.  What is the name of the tragic king in Shakespeare’s play about madness and power?

9.  Who wrote Jane Eyre?

10.  What novel begins with the line, “Call me Ishmael”?

11.  Who wrote Wuthering Heights?

12. What Pulitzer Prize winning novel is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama?

13. Which English writer was born Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882 and is considered one of the most important 20th century modernist writers? She's also considered a pioneer of stream of consciousness writing and wrote novels including "The Voyage Out" and "The Waves."

14. The town of Pepin, Wisconsin is home to a museum honouring which author of the Little House books, most famously "Little House on the Prairie"?

15. Agatha Christie's "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" and Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" are two novels who take their titles from lines in what Shakespeare play? 

16. Following the life and times of eight siblings from the wealthy and prominent titular family, what 19th-century-set romance novel series written by Julia Quinn was transformed into a Shonda Rhimes-produced Netflix series in 2020?

17. Charles Laughton, Burt Lancaster, and Marlon Brando have all played which nefarious titular scientist from literature, who creates animal-human hybrids using the techniques of vivisection?

18. Which famous world leader won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953?

19. Which author created the child protagonist who promptly explains his nickname to the reader in the following manner? “My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip.”

20. What is the name of the annual award for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland?


 

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Although I guessed you wanted Mark Twain as the answer to Q3. I believe the real answer is that it is unattributed. Some people will have Oscar Wilde as the answer but that is probably just as doubtful as Mark Twain. This has led to a few arguments when I ran quizzes at my old golf club.

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Random Trivia 69


1. The Brooklyn Bridge in New York connects Brooklyn with which other New York borough?
Manhattan

2.  What is the male part of a flower called?
The Stamen

3.  Who famously remarked that "Golf is a good walk spoiled"?
Mark Twain

4.  What is the name of the syndrome in which hostages grow to empathise with their captors?
Stockholm Syndrome

5.  Who wrote the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo"?
Alexander Dumas

6.  In which field is the prestigious PRITZKER prize awarded?
Architecture

7.  Which, in terms of area, is the largest of Britains National Parks?
The Cairngorms

8.  Who was the compere for the first UK National Lottery draw in 1994?
Noel Edmonds

9.  Who immediately preceded Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa?
F.W. (Frederik Willem) de Klerk

10. In which archipelago would you find the islands of Sao Miguel, Terceira and Pico?
The Azores

11.  For two points name both the male actor and female actress who appeared in the most Carry On Films?
Kenneth Williams, 26 films. – Joan Sims, 24 films.

12.  What was the title of the 1990s sequel to the TV sit-com "Are You Being Served?
"Grace and Favour" [In the US it was called "Are You Being Served Again!"].

13.  Which is longer the Suez or Panama Canal?
The Suez Canal - The Suez Canal has an extension of 193 kilometres. The Panama Canal is 80 kilometres long 

14.  Which is the oldest professional football club in London?
Fulham

15.  In which English county were the "Poldark" novels and TV series set?
Cornwall

16.  Who wrote The Monkees hit "I'm A Believer"?
Neil Diamond

17.  The script of the first Tarzan film to star Johnny Weissmuller, "Tarzan the Ape Man, in 1932, was written by which Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer?
Ivor Novello

18.  Who played the role of "The Joker" in the 1960s TV series of "Batman"?
Cesar Romero

19.  Who was famously the dubbed singing voice of, amongst others, Deborah Kerr in “The King and I” and “An Affair to Remember”, Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady" and Natalie Wood in "West Side Story"?
Marni Nixon

20.  In which of Charles Dickens novels do the following characters appear [a] Uriah Heep, Mrs Bardell, [c] Jenny Wren, [d] Mr Bumble and [e] Abel Magwitch.  Point for each
[a] David Copperfield, Pickwick Papers, [c] Our Mutual Friend, [d] Oliver Twist and [e] Great Expectations



 

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Random Trivia 69


1. The Brooklyn Bridge in New York connects Brooklyn with which other New York borough?

2.  What is the male part of a flower called?

3.  Who famously remarked that "Golf is a good walk spoiled"?

4.  What is the name of the syndrome in which hostages grow to empathise with their captors?

5.  Who wrote the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo"?

6.  In which field is the prestigious PRITZKER prize awarded?

7.  Which, in terms of area, is the largest of Britains National Parks?

8.  Who was the compere for the first UK National Lottery draw in 1994?

9.  Who immediately preceded Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa?

10. In which archipelago would you find the islands of Sao Miguel, Terceira and Pico?

11.  For two points name both the male actor and female actress who appeared in the most Carry On Films?

12.  What was the title of the 1990s sequel to the TV sit-com "Are You Being Served?

13.  Which is longer the Suez or Panama Canal?

14.  Which is the oldest professional football club in London?

15.  In which English county were the "Poldark" novels and TV series set?

16.  Who wrote The Monkees hit "I'm A Believer"?

17.  The script of the first Tarzan film to star Johnny Weissmuller, "Tarzan the Ape Man, in 1932, was written by which Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer?

18.  Who played the role of "The Joker" in the 1960s TV series of "Batman"?

19.  Who was famously the dubbed singing voice of, amongst others, Deborah Kerr in “The King and I” and “An Affair to Remember”, Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady" and Natalie Wood in "West Side Story"?

20.  In which of Charles Dickens novels do the following characters appear [a] Uriah Heep, Mrs Bardell, [c] Jenny Wren, [d] Mr Bumble and [e] Abel Magwitch.  Point for each