Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Cryptic Films

Name the films from the Cryptic clues
The numbers are how many letters in each word of the title so My Fair Lady would be (2, 4, 4)

1) Hey Colt, get your clothes on!
(3, 5, 3)

2) Hello ---- Goodbye
(5, 9)

3) I've had chickenpox for 2,556 days (3, 5, 4, 4)

4) Get down from there Yehudi!
(7, 2, 3, 4)

5) Belly pain removed by farting!
(4, 4, 3, 4)

6) These eggs could do with a good wash
(3, 5, 5)
7) Meow! Meow! Ouch my feet!
(3, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4)

8) Insomnia in north west USA
(9, 2, 7)

9) Not a homeland for male pensioners (2, 7, 3, 3, 3)

10) Was he a basketcase?
(3, 6, 3)

11) Windup mobile phone company (1 9, 6)

12) US Tart
(8, 3)

13) Angry Raincoats
(3, 3)

14) July 4th
(12, 3)

15) Negative GP
(2, 2)

16) Mr Clough's biography?
(3, 4, 2, 5)

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Fictional Addresses

1) Who lives at Cemetery Ridge?
2) Whose address is Danemead, High Street, St. Mary Mead?
3) What is Sherlock Holms home address?
4) Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
5) Who lives at 4 Privet Drive?
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1) Who lives at Cemetery Ridge?
The Addams Family
2) Whose address is Danemead, High Street, St. Mary Mead?
Miss Marple
3) What is Sherlock Holms home address?
221B Baker Street
4) Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Sponge Bob Square Pants!
5) Who lives at 4 Privet Drive?
The Dursley Family / Harry Potter

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Actresses

1) Who played Eliza Doolittle in the film My Fair Lady?
2) Who Played Rita in the Film Educating Rita?
3) Which Oscar Winning Actress is currently the MP for Hampstead and Highgate?
4) What was Julie Andrews first film?
5) Who won the best Actress Oscar in 2010?
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ANSWERS
1) Who played Eliza Doolittle in the film My Fair Lady?
Audrey Hepburn
2) Who Played Rita in the Film Educating Rita?
Julie Walters
3) Which Oscar Winning Actress is currently the MP for Hampstead and Highgate?
Glenda Jackson
4) What was Julie Andrews first film?
Mary Poppins
5) Who won the best Actress Oscar in 2010?
Natalie Portman

Pot Luck with Bonus #1

1) Which is the only vowel not found on a standard keyboard top line?

2) Chris Pattern was the last Governor of which former British territory?

3) What was the name of the records label founded by the Beatles in 1968?

4) What word can go before “holiday”, “relations” and “school”

5) What was Fred Flintstones child's name?

6) Which Comedy Series portrayed The Right Honourable Jim Hacker in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?

7) How is Rubella better known?

8) How are Brown, Colombia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania and Princeton universities collectively known?

9) Which Group had hits with I can't get no Satisfaction, Paint it Black and Jumping Jack Flash?

10) Which family of plants does garlic belong to?
Lily

Bonus: What will you be if you got all 10 question right?
(first letter of each answer)

British Charities Acronyms

What do the letters in these British Charities Acronyms stand for?
1 RSPCA
2 NSPCC
3 YHA
4 RNLI
5 WWF
6 PDSA
7 RNIB
8 RSPB
9 SSAFA
10 VSO
11 RNID
12 RoSPA
13 YMCA
14. RBL

Monday, 18 April 2011

Catchphrases:

Whose are these famous catchphrases?

1 Nice to see you; to see you .... Nice!
2 They don't like it up 'em!
3 Don't mention the war!
4 We are all doomed, aye doomed I tell ye!
5 Shut that door!
6 You plonker!
7 I don't believe it!
8 I'm Free!
9 Bernie – the Bolt!
10 Exterminate ...EXTERMINATE!
11 Doh!
12 Yabba Dabba Doo!
13 Who loves ya baby?
14 Beam me up, Scotty!
15 Fandabidozi!
16 What's up Doc?
17 Can we fix it? Yes we can!
18 That's another fine mess you've gotten me into
19 Just Like That!
20 Here's lookin' at you kid
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Answers
1 Bruce Forsythe
2 L/Cpl Jack Jones / Clive Dunn
3 Basil Fawlty / John Cleese
4 Private Frazer / John Laurie
5 Larry Grayson
6 Del Boy / David Jason
7 Victor Meldrew / Richard Wilson
8 Mr Humphries / John Inman
9 Bob Monkhouse
10 The Daleks
11 Homer Simpson
12 Fred Flintstone
13 Kojack / Telly Savallas
14 Captain Kirk / William Shatner
15 The krankies
16 Bugs Bunny
17 Bob the Builder
18 Oliver Hardy / Laurel and Hardy
19 Tommy Cooper
20 Rick Blaine / Humphrey Bogart

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Animal Homes Quiz - Questions

Animal Homes
Here is a list of Animal dwellings – which animal lives where?
Aquarium, Burrow, Cave, Coop, Den, Dray, Form, Hill, Hive, Hole, Holt, Kennel, Lodge, Mound, Nest, Pond, Set, Stud, Sty, Web
Be careful, some fish burrow, but there is only one home that is exclusive to fish, so the burrow must belong to a different creature!
1) Bee

2) Chicken
3) Badger

4) Dog

5) Ant

6) Hare

7) Bat

8) Beaver

9)Horse

10) Pig

11) Otter

12) Squirrel

13) Fish

14)Spider

15) Lion

16) Puffin

17) Hornet

18) Duck

19) Termite

20)Mole