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The theme this time is “Musical Rivers” – for each question or answer there is reference to a river (or name of a river) and a piece of music or musician. Simple!
- Q. “Ol’ Man River” is a song from which musical?
- Q. Who sang of “Fog on the Tyne” in a 1972 number 1 album?
- Q. Which song starts with the lines – “When I was a little girl I had a rag doll...”?
- Q. Who wrote “Ferry Cross the Mersey”?
- Q. Nile Rodgers is one of the most prolific record producers over many years but which disco/R&B band did he co-form and have many hits with including “Le Freak”.
- Q. Who wrote “The Blue Danube Waltz”?
- Q. Who had a number 1 hit with “Runaway” in 1961?
- Q. In the English folk song, “There was a jolly miller once lived...” - where?
- Q. Which river is central to Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” operas?
- Q. And finally....., what was the name of Doctor Who’s wife?
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For those of you who think this quiz is too low brow, the theme this time is “Art”. However, there may be the odd popular culture question thrown in!
- Q. Which artist, primarily known for his ceramic vases, has an alter ego named “Claire”?
- Q. Who was the long standing and controversial art critic of the (London) Evening Standard who died in 2015? Clue: He had a “distinctive” accent and appeared a couple of times on “Have I Got News For You”.
- Q. Which band had a hit with “Art for Art’s Sake” in 1975?
- Q. Which came first chronologically – Art Deco or Art Nouveau?
- Q. Who painted the anti-war “Guernica” and in which city could you view it?
- Q. Who had a number 1 hit with a song from the film of Watership Down?
- Q. Which major art gallery is situated on Millbank in London?
- Q. The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden is in which Cornwall town?
- Q. Who painted “The Fighting Temeraire” and for 1000 brownie points what is the full name of the painting?
- Q. Which Australian art critic, who died in 2012, wrote and presented the BBC series (and book) which is probably the definitive analysis of modern art – “The Shock of the New”.
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This time, the theme is “Cop Shows” or more formally British TV Police Dramas!
- Q, Which actress is a police sergeant in Happy Valley but has also spent 5 years in the 90s as a barmaid in Coronation Street?
- Q. Which 2 (related) series were named after David Bowie songs?
- Q. Barrington Pheloung wrote the haunting music for which series?
- Q. Which long running series was set in the fictional “Newtown”?
- Q. Which R.D. Wingfield novels were made into (another) long running series?
- Q. “Evening all” were the usual opening lines of which police series?
- Q. Which series featured PCs Tony Stamp and Reg Hollis?
- Q. Who created and wrote Prime Suspect?
- Q. Which (current) series concerns the work of AC-12, a police anti-corruption unit?
- Q. And finally, how did The Sweeney get its name?
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We have lost an unusually large number of (mostly outstanding in their field) famous people in the entertainment world this year so far. Here is a selection to test your memory!
- Q. David Robert Jones died on 10 January 2016. How was he better known?
- Q. On 14 January, we lost Alan Rickman. He appeared in many plays and films but which character did he play in the Harry Potter films?
- Q. Terry Wogan also died in January. Which quiz show did he present from 1979-83?
The next 4 people all left us in March: - Q. Ronnie Corbett was mainly famous for being (a small) half of the Two Ronnies. However, he first worked with Ronnie Barker (and John Cleese) in which mid 60’s satirical programme?
- Q. Keith Emerson was the keyboard player in prog-rock “Supergroup” Emerson, Lake and Palmer(ELP). Which band did he leave in 1970 to join ELP?
- Q. Sir George Martin was often known as “the Fifth Beatle”. Which record company was he employed by when he started working with the Beatles?
- Q. On whose chat show was Debbie McGee asked “What first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?”
....and the final 3 in April. - Q. Who was born in Minnesota and died there on 21 April, aged 57.
- Q. The Two Ronnies had a famous “Four Candles” sketch but who wrote an equally funny (funnier?) “Two Soups” (and died in April) and who performed it?
- Q. And finally…., Barry Howard died in April. In the 1980’s he appeared in Hi-de-Hi! as a ballroom dancing instructor with his screen wife. What were the names of their characters?