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piggy
14th May 2005, 21:46
1. What is the surname of Margot and Jerry in "The Good Life"?
2. Who plays the title role in the Yorkshire TV drama series ‘A Touch of Frost’?
3. What was the name of the Saturday morning BBC1 children's entertainment show succeeded by Live and Kicking?
4. How is the Thunderbirds character Hiram J Hackenbacker better known?
5. Which film about a plane crash has the subtitle "The Miracle of the Andes"?
6. Which pop group was formed by the winners of the first series of the ITV show Popstars?
7. Which British group won the Eurovision song contest with "Love Shine a Light" in 1997?
8. Which song, by which group contains the lines "It's your life, and you can do what you want" and "I was a lonely soul, I had nobody till I met you"?
9. Famously covered by The Fugees, Killing Me Softly was originally a hit for which artist?
10. Roy Orbison had three 1960s UK Number One hits. In August 1960, which of them came first?
11. With which team did Michael Schumacher begin his Formula 1 career?
12. Which famous rugby player has the nickname "chariots"?
13. Which phone company are the shirt sponsors of Manchester United Football Club?
14. What is Brian Lara's record score in a Test match?
15. Which nation did Britain beat in the final of the Women's Curling at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics?
16. What was Sony's video recording system called when it launched in 1975?
17. What does the XP in the name of the operating system Microsoft Windows XP signify?
18. What two letters are used in the periodic table as the chemical symbol for Tin?
19. What specifically on the human body is a hallux?
20. Who said: "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."?
21.What day is 25th April known as in Australia?
22. In the summer of which year of World War Two was the Battle of Britain?
23. Half of Henry VIII's wives had which first name?
24. Who wrote the book and presented the TV series "A History of Britain"?
25. In which year was the state of Israel founded?
26. From which creature do the Canary Islands derive their name?
27. In which English city is the John Moores University?
28. The city of Kampala stands on the shores of which lake?
29. What is the longest river in the British Isles?
30. Which ocean, on average, is the world's shallowest?

quiz answers

1. Ledbetter
2. David Jason
3. Going Live
4. Brains
5. Alive
6. Hear'Say
7. Katrina and the Waves
8.
9. Roberta Flack
10.
11. Jordan
12. Martin Offiah
13. Vodafone
14. 375
15. Switzerland
16. Betamax
17.
18.
19.
20. Albert Einstein
21. Anzac day
22. 1940
23. Catherine
24. Simon Schama
25. 1948
26. dog
27. Liverpool
28. Lake Victoria
29.
30. Arctic

vegyjones
14th May 2005, 21:57
2 = David Jason
3 = Going Live
5 = Alive ??
6 = Hear'say
11 = Jordan
13 = Vodafone

AngieS
14th May 2005, 22:10
1 Ledbetter (I think probably spelt wrong)
6 Girls Aloude
23 Catherine

bigcumba
14th May 2005, 22:56
9 Roberta Flack
10 Oh Pretty Woman??
14 - 375 if my memory serves me right
15 Betamax
20 Einstein?
21 ANZAC day?
22 - 1940
24 Simon Schama
25 - 1948
26 - Dog (Canis - latin name)
27 - Liverpool
28 - Lake Victoria in Africa
29 - Severn
30 - Arctic Ocean?

tophatter
14th May 2005, 22:58
12 =Matin Offiah

TheGoodGuy
15th May 2005, 00:14
4. Brains
7. Katrina & The Waves

Ada.

Ruby
15th May 2005, 00:20
19 a bony prominence like a bunion

Ruby
15th May 2005, 00:21
30 other half says the Indian Ocean?

presto
15th May 2005, 00:22
26. From which creature do the Canary Islands derive their name?
DOG - oops big c got there before me

piggy
15th May 2005, 13:38
just 6 left, 8, 10, 17, 18, 19 and 29

bigcumba
15th May 2005, 13:46
10 - Only The Lonely?
17 - eXPerience
18 - Sn
19 - Ruby already said a bunion - right area - I think it's to do with a joint on the big toe
29 - Shannon - forgot about Ireland!

piggy
15th May 2005, 13:48
well done big c all correct
just 8 to go

markwales
15th May 2005, 13:58
8. Tired Of Waiting For You - The Kinks

piggy
15th May 2005, 14:18
correct mark , all done