Here come the answers to the quiz...aah I love the smell of controversy in the morning: 1) Dallow, Spicer & Pinky are all characters in what film/novel? a. Brighton Rock 2) Number 73 was an answer to a question a few weeks ago, but in the TV show of the same name who ran the house? – a point each for the character, actor/actress and for the name of the weekly quiz a. The landlady of the house was Ethel, played by Sandi Totsvig who hosted the immortal Sandwich Quiz 3) Danger Mouse was recently announced as being revived by the BBC – but which animation company produced the original? a. Cosgrove Hall 4) In the original version of the film Casino Royale who played James Bond? a. Pretty much everyone at some point, other than Orson Wells and Woody Allen. David Niven played Sir James Bond – but the agent name of James Bond was shown to be a code name so Bernard Cribbins, Peter Sellars, Ursula Andress and a chimp were all James Bond just to name a few 5) Bernard Cribbins recently played recurring character Wilfred Mott, but on what previous occasion had he appeared in Doctor Who? a. He plays police officer Tom Campbell in Daleks: Invasion Earth 2015 – you get a single point for knowing any of that and two points if you knew it all 6) A question designed to prove that on occasion I can still be almost “with it” – which recording artist recently released their first album “Wanted On Voyage” a. George Ezra 7) Much to the chagrin of their detractors U2 recently released their new album free on iTunes, a publicity stunt that resulted in 38 million people listening to the album and untold more just deleting it – but what was the title of the album? a. Songs Of Innocence – but lose a point if you looked it up on your iPlayer/iPhone 8) What is unusual about a duck’s quack? a. Nothing whatsoever – I’m afraid it was a trick question and if you said “it doesn’t echo” then you lose a point 9) Which real-life pub in Edinburgh is Inspector John Rebus’s local boozer, as well as his creator Ian Rankin? a. The Oxford Bar. Ian Rankin tells a charming story of a tourist who found his way into The Oxford Bar and asked for food. The landlord grabbed him by the arm, led him outside and charmingly asked him where the f*&@ on the sign it said the word Restaurant. 10) A Mandolin has eight strings – starting from the top what are the notes of the strings when played open? a. Two G, two D, two A and two E strings (the opposite of a g
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