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Who's Asking? (Part Two)

Here are the answers to yesterday's quiz, for those who have been waiting with bated breath.
Round One: Names.

1)    Gerald Wiley was a pseudonym for which famous comic actor and writer? ANSWER: Ronnie Barker.
2)    Give the Christian names of the four members of The Beatles, as they appear on their birth certificates. ANSWER: John, James, George and Richard.
3)    What is the real name of the magician ‘The Great Soprendo’? ANSWER: Geoffrey Durham
4)    Who is Richard Wayne Penniman better known as? ANSWER: Little Richard.
5)    What are the first names of the two original Blues Brothers? (Characters, not actors). ANSWER: Jake and Elwood.
6)    Name the Three Musketeers. ANSWER: Aramis, Porthos and Athos.
7)    What are the first names of The Famous Five? ANSWER: Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the Dog
8)    What is the only letter of the alphabet which does not appear in any of the names of the 50 American states? ANSWER: `Q`
9)    What are the names of the four stations on a Monopoly board? ANSWER:
Kings Cross, Marylebone Station, Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street
10) Under what stage name is John Eric Bartholomew better known as? ANSWER: Eric Morecambe.
 
Round Two: Films

1)    Who directed the Back to the Future Trilogy? ANSWER: Robert Zemeckis.
2)    What was the name of the character played by Leslie Nielsen in the ‘Naked Gun’ series? ANSWER: Lt Frank Drebbin
3)    `The Hunt for Red October`, `Patriot Games`, and `Clear and Present Danger` are all based on the novels of which author? ANSWER: Tom Clancy
4)    Name the six films in the James Bond series with one-word titles. ANSWER: ‘Goldfinger’, Thunderball’, ‘Moonraker’, ‘Octopussy’, ‘Goldeneye’ and ‘Skyfall’
5)    What is the name of the 1985 Disney sequel to ‘The Wizard of Oz’? ANSWER: ‘Return to Oz’
6)    Which 1959 comedy classic ends with the line, ‘Well, nobody’s perfect’? ANSWER: ‘Some Like it Hot’.
7)    The song ‘Smile’, most widely-associated with Nat King Cole, was co-written by which iconic actor and film-maker? ANSWER: Charlie Chaplin
8)    Who played the title role in the final installment of the Carry On series, ‘Carry On, Columbus’? ANSWER: Jim Dale
9)    What is the name of the spy that Cary Grant is mistaken for in the 1959 Hitchcock classic, ‘North By Northwest’? ANSWER: George Caplin
10) What is the title of the sixth film in the original Star Trek franchise? ANSWER: ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’.
 
Round Three: General Knowledge

1)    Who was the Teddy Bear named after? ANSWER: Theodore Roosevelt.
2)    Which Dickens novel starts with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”? ANSWER: ‘A Tale of Two Cities’
3)    How many are there in a Baker’s Dozen? ANSWER: 13
4)    Which British submarine sunk the General Belgrano during the Falklands War? ANSWER: HMS Conqueror.
5)    Which three teams have won the FA Cup Final the most? ANSWER: Manchester United (11), Arsenal (10), Tottenham Hotspur (8)
6)    What nationality is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot? ANSWER: Belgian
7)    Who wrote the novel ‘The Woman in Black’, on which both the film and stage show were based? ANSWER: Susan Hill
8)    Who played the title role Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’? ANSWER: Graham Chapman
9)    Which Shakespeare play features perhaps the finest unexplained stage direction of all time, “Exeunt pursued by a bear”? ANSWER: ‘The Winter’s Tale’.
10) What year was JFK assassinated? ANSWER: 1963
 
Round Five: Table Round: 1960s Lyrics

All of the following are taken from the lyrics of a popular sixties hit. You score one point if you can name the correct title, and another if you can name the original artist.

1)    “I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while” ANSWER: ‘Crying’ by Roy Orbison.
2)    “Life is very short and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend”. ANSWER: ‘We Can Work it Out’ by The Beatles
3)    “Over the Bridge of Sighs, to rest my eyes in shades of green”. ANSWER: ‘Itchycoo Park’ by The Small Faces
4)    “Please allow me to introduce myself”. ANSWER: ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ by The Rolling Stones.
5)    “Imagine me and you, I do’ ANSWER: ‘Happy Together’ by The Turtles
6)    “On a blanket with my baby is where I’ll be’ ANSWER: ‘Under The Broadwalk’ by The Drifters.
7)    “The pump don’t work ‘cos the vandals took the handles” ANSWER: ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ by Bob Dylan.
8)    “Flies are in your pea soup, baby, they’re waving at me”. ANSWER: ‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’ by Jeff Beck
9)    “And when I'm sad, you're a clown. And if I get scared, you're always around” ANSWER: ‘I Got You Babe’ by Sonny & Cher
10) “I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise” ANSWER: ‘I Can See For Miles’ by The Who.
11) “I got so much honey the bees envy me” ANSWER: ‘My Girl’ by The Temptations (Otis Redding)
12) “She makes the Indy500 look like a Roman chariot race now”. ANSWER: ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ by The Beach Boys.

If you got them all right, you're a smug face.
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