Test the Family - TV & DVD player, pp cd not given [long post]
Graham
The total prize value is £1,800.
To enter, write or type your answers [in capital letters] on A4 paper, including your n/a & dtel, and send to:
Sunday Express Christmas Quiz
Northern & Shell Building
Number 1o Lower Thames Street
London
EC3R 6EN
The winner's name and the answers will be printed in the 8 January edition.
The Questions:
HATCHED, MATCHED & DESPATCHED
1 Who did Coronation Street's Shelley jilt at the altar?
2 Nicolas Cage must think his newborn son is a "super" baby! What did he call him?
3 Which prominent couple's wedding day was beset with problems when they couldn't use their first-choice venue and the bridegroom's mother didn't attend? - Charles and Camilla
4 Anne Bancroft died this year. To which famous American was she married?
5 Which actress, famous for a pair of big knickers, married Kenny Chesney in the US Virgin Islands?
6 Sean Preston is the name of which pop princess's baby?
7 Tom Cruise and which actress have announced that they are to have a baby next year?
8 Complete the two missing words from a banner in Northern Ireland recently: Maradona good; Pele better; .........Best best [I think]..
9 Which civil rights campaigner famed for refusing to give up her seat on a bus, died this year?
10 Fifteen-year-old Debbie Dingle gave birth to Sarah in which soap opera? - Emmerdale
TRADITIONS
1 Finding a coin in your Christmas pud means forthcoming wealth. What is signified by a ring? - marriage
2 Which former member of Blue turned on the Christmas lights in Regent Street, London?
3 Which country sends the UK a giant Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square every year as a thank you for help during the Second World War? - Norway
4 At Christmas, it is traditional to kiss under what? - Mistletoe
5 A 1930s advertising campaign for which drink popularised Santa as a white-bearded man in red? - Coca-Cola
6 When was the Queen's "Annus horribilis"?
7 At a medieval Christmas, what was frumenty?
8 Where are the jolasveinar, or "yule lads", a traditional part of Christmas?
9 Where was the poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grown?
10 In the Ukraine, finding a spider in your house on Christmas morning means what?
ART & LITERATURE
1 Who was given a sweater, homemade fudge, a flute and some chocolate frogs as Christmas presents?
2 Who wrote The Father Christmas Letters?
3 Who was Ebeneezer Scrooge's late business partner?
4 Who was the artist who created The Snowman that was turned into a 1982 film?
5 Which American poet wrote this:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day,
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet,
The words repeat,
Of peace on earth,
goodwill to men!
6 A Visit From St Nicholas was the original name of which Christmas poem?
7 Who played Mr Bridger in the original Italian Job?
8 Jacopo Robusti's painting of the nativity hangs in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. By what name is he better known?
9 In which Shakespeare book will you find the words: At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's newfangled shows, But like of each thing that in season grows.
10 According to Dr Seuss, who stole Christmas?
MUSIC
1Which I'm A Celebrity contestant had the 1972 UK Christmas No 1 hit single?
2 In which year was Merry Xmas Everybody a million-selling No 1 hit for Slade?
3 Which group has had the most Christmas No 1 hit singles in the UK charts?
4 From which college chapel is a carol service broadcast annually by BBC Radio? - Kings
5 Handel's great Christmas Oratorio, Messiah, was first performed in 1742 in which European city?
6 What was Frosty the Snowman's nose made from?
7 Who reached No2 in 1975 with I believe In Father Christmas?
8 The video of the No 1 Pipes Of Peace featured a football match. On what day and in what year?
9 Name the comedy trio who released Father ChristmaS Do Not Touch Me in 1974.
10 In the song Santa Baby, what was Santa first asked to slip under the tree?
SPORTS & GAMES
1 Who was votedBBC Sports Personality of the Year? - Freddy Flintoff
2 Who inspired giggles in the crowd by performing an impromptu rallying cry at Norwich City's home game with Manchester City? - Delia Smith
3 Which Olympic athlete made it to the final of Strictly Come Dancing? - Colin Jackson
4 Paula Radcliffe was caught with her pants down during which race?
5 Who said that he'd like to see the Olympics in "my manor" ?
6 Which nation achieved the Grand Slam in the Six Nations rugby union championship? - Wales
7 Patrick Viera left Arsenal for which club?
8 Mark Nicholas presents which sport on television?
9 Which horse won the Grand National?
10 Which sportsman was honoured this year by being pictured on a Royal Bank of Scotland £5 note?
TV & FILM
1 Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?
2 Who did Morecambe and Wise dub Mr Preview in one of their Christmas specials? - Andre Previn
3 In which film did we first hear the song White Christmas?
4 Who presents the daytime TV show Deal Or No Deal? - Noel Edmunds
5 Naomi Watts, Jessica Lange and Fay Wray have all played the female lead in which film? - King Kong
6 David Tennant returns as which character in The Christmas Invasion on Christmas Day? - Dr Who
7 The tag line of which Christmas film was: Two Dads, One Toy, No Prisoners?
8 Name the actor playing the little boy left Home Alone in 1990.
9 The BBC broadcasts a series of Christmas lectures annually from which educational establishment?
10 Which singer starred in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence? - David Bowie
SAINT NICHOLAS
1 When is the feast day of St Nicholas?
2 Who has presented Just A Minute without deviation, hesitation or repetition for nearly 40 years? - Nicholas Parsons
3 What was the alias of Simon Templar on TV? - The Saint
4 In which Cornish town will you find the Tate gallery?
5 Never Ever and Black Coffee were No 1 hits for which girl band?
6 Who, earlier this year described Nicholas Witchell as awful and as a man whom he could not bear? - Prince Charles
7 Which comedian owned a St Bernard called Schnorbitz? - Bernie(?) Winters
8 Who was Saint in Saint and Greavesy? - Ian St John
9 Which is the oldest classic horse race?
10 At what occasion did the cry "Santo subito" or "Sainthood now" ring out in April 2005?
LINKED
1 Who lived from 1908 to 1999 and described himself as "one of the great stately homos of England"?
2 Who was with Martin Luther King on the day he was shot and later ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988?
3 Which film star said: "I gave my beauty and youth to men. Now I am giving my wisdom and experience, the best of me, to animals"?
4 Who makes up a television trio with John Bird and John Fortune?
5 Which celebrity chef created the restaurant Fifteen?
6 Who is the leader of the Staines Massive, who Richard Madeley once impersonated?
7 Who was born Sharon Arden in London in 1952 and married a man with the first names John Michael on July 4, 1982?
8 Name the father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence who has campaigried tirelessly for justice.
9 Whose maiden name was Bouvier and had sisters Selma and Patty? - Jackie Kennedy [Onassis]
10 Which Christmas show links all of these answers?
PYRAMID ROUND
1. Who was removed from I'm A Celebrity after collapsing twice in the first 48 hours?
2 Who have been the two Foreign Secretaries to serve under Tony Blair?
3 Name the three X-Factor judges.
4 Name the four members of the band Westlife.
5 According to the song, what gifts were given on the first five days of Christmas?
ANAGRAMS
Rearrange the letters to spell some festive words:
1. A person: This charmer's fat - Father Christmas
2 The day before Boxing Day: Starchy maids - Christmas Day
3 Born on Christmas Day: Use by jabs - Baby Jesus
4 Festive flora: Most elite - Mistletoe
5 A yuletide phrase: Starry hype, many wrap merchandise - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
--
GRENMUS
Grah...@HAMgrenmus.freeserve.co.uk
Have a HAM sandwich before you reply ;-)
G. Sumner Ormskirk
Eleanor Reid
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The Questions:
HATCHED, MATCHED & DESPATCHED
TRADITIONS
7 At a medieval Christmas, what was frumenty? >>>>>>>>>>dish of hulled wheat
boiled in milk, with sugar.served with venison
Eleanor
Eleanor Reid
The Questions:
HATCHED, MATCHED & DESPATCHED
TRADITIONS
Christmas? >>> Iceland
Eleanor
Eleanor Reid
The Questions:
HATCHED, MATCHED & DESPATCHED
TRADITIONS
grown? >>>Originally from Mexico and Central America
-
eleanor
Denise S
recorder and a copy of the 'QI Interactive DVDI Game'..
The total prize value is £1,800.
To enter, write or type your answers [in capital letters] on A4 paper,
including your n/a & dtel, and send to:
Sunday Express Christmas Quiz
Northern & Shell Building
Number 1o Lower Thames Street
London
EC3R 6EN
The winner's name and the answers will be printed in the 8 January edition.
The Questions:
HATCHED, MATCHED & DESPATCHED
1 Who did Coronation Street's Shelley jilt at the altar?<<<<Charlie Stubbs
2 Nicolas Cage must think his newborn son is a "super" baby! What did he
call him?
3 Which prominent couple's wedding day was beset with problems when they
couldn't use their first-choice venue and the bridegroom's mother didn't
attend? - Charles and Camilla
4 Anne Bancroft died this year. To which famous American was she married?
5 Which actress, famous for a pair of big knickers, married Kenny Chesney in
the US Virgin Islands? <<<<<Renee Zellweger
6 Sean Preston is the name of which pop princess's baby? <<<Britney
Spears????
7 Tom Cruise and which actress have announced that they are to have a baby
next year? <<<<<<<<<Katie Holes
TRADITIONS
ART & LITERATURE
3 Who was Ebeneezer Scrooge's late business partner? <<<<<Jacob Marley???
4 Who was the artist who created The Snowman that was turned into a 1982
film?
5 Which American poet wrote this:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day,
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet,
The words repeat,
Of peace on earth,
goodwill to men!
6 A Visit From St Nicholas was the original name of which Christmas poem?
7 Who played Mr Bridger in the original Italian Job?
8 Jacopo Robusti's painting of the nativity hangs in Boston's Museum of Fine
Arts. By what name is he better known?
9 In which Shakespeare book will you find the words: At Christmas I no more
desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's newfangled shows, But like of each
thing that in season grows.
10 According to Dr Seuss, who stole Christmas? <<<<The Grinch????
MUSIC
1Which I'm A Celebrity contestant had the 1972 UK Christmas No 1 hit single?
2 In which year was Merry Xmas Everybody a million-selling No 1 hit for
Slade?
3 Which group has had the most Christmas No 1 hit singles in the UK charts?
4 From which college chapel is a carol service broadcast annually by BBC
Radio? - Kings
5 Handel's great Christmas Oratorio, Messiah, was first performed in 1742 in
which European city?
6 What was Frosty the Snowman's nose made from?
7 Who reached No2 in 1975 with I believe In Father Christmas? <<<<Greg Lake
8 The video of the No 1 Pipes Of Peace featured a football match. On what
day and in what year?
9 Name the comedy trio who released Father ChristmaS Do Not Touch Me in
1974.
10 In the song Santa Baby, what was Santa first asked to slip under the
tree?
SPORTS & GAMES
1 Who was votedBBC Sports Personality of the Year? - Freddy Flintoff
2 Who inspired giggles in the crowd by performing an impromptu rallying cry
at Norwich City's home game with Manchester City? - Delia Smith
3 Which Olympic athlete made it to the final of Strictly Come Dancing? -
Colin Jackson
4 Paula Radcliffe was caught with her pants down during which race?
5 Who said that he'd like to see the Olympics in "my manor" ?
6 Which nation achieved the Grand Slam in the Six Nations rugby union
championship? - Wales
7 Patrick Viera left Arsenal for which club?
8 Mark Nicholas presents which sport on television?
9 Which horse won the Grand National?
10 Which sportsman was honoured this year by being pictured on a Royal Bank
of Scotland £5 note?
TV & FILM
1 Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas? <<<<Tim Burton
2 Who did Morecambe and Wise dub Mr Preview in one of their Christmas
specials? - Andre Previn
3 In which film did we first hear the song White Christmas?
4 Who presents the daytime TV show Deal Or No Deal? - Noel Edmunds
5 Naomi Watts, Jessica Lange and Fay Wray have all played the female lead in
which film? - King Kong
6 David Tennant returns as which character in The Christmas Invasion on
Christmas Day? - Dr Who
7 The tag line of which Christmas film was: Two Dads, One Toy, No Prisoners?
8 Name the actor playing the little boy left Home Alone in 1990.
<<<<<Macaulay Culkin
9 The BBC broadcasts a series of Christmas lectures annually from which
educational establishment?
10 Which singer starred in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence? - David Bowie
SAINT NICHOLAS
1 When is the feast day of St Nicholas?
2 Who has presented Just A Minute without deviation, hesitation or
repetition for nearly 40 years? - Nicholas Parsons
3 What was the alias of Simon Templar on TV? - The Saint
4 In which Cornish town will you find the Tate gallery?
5 Never Ever and Black Coffee were No 1 hits for which girl band? <<<<<<<All
saints
6 Who, earlier this year described Nicholas Witchell as awful and as a man
whom he could not bear? - Prince Charles
7 Which comedian owned a St Bernard called Schnorbitz? - Bernie(?) Winters
8 Who was Saint in Saint and Greavesy? - Ian St John
9 Which is the oldest classic horse race?
10 At what occasion did the cry "Santo subito" or "Sainthood now" ring out
in April 2005?
LINKED
1 Who lived from 1908 to 1999 and described himself as "one of the great
stately homos of England"?
2 Who was with Martin Luther King on the day he was shot and later ran for
the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988?
3 Which film star said: "I gave my beauty and youth to men. Now I am giving
my wisdom and experience, the best of me, to animals"?
4 Who makes up a television trio with John Bird and John Fortune?
5 Which celebrity chef created the restaurant Fifteen? <<<Jamie Oliver
6 Who is the leader of the Staines Massive, who Richard Madeley once
impersonated?
7 Who was born Sharon Arden in London in 1952 and married a man with the
first names John Michael on July 4, 1982?
8 Name the father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence who has campaigried
tirelessly for justice.
9 Whose maiden name was Bouvier and had sisters Selma and Patty? - Jackie
Kennedy [Onassis]
10 Which Christmas show links all of these answers?
PYRAMID ROUND
1. Who was removed from I'm A Celebrity after collapsing twice in the first
48 hours? <<<<Elaine Lordan
2 Who have been the two Foreign Secretaries to serve under Tony Blair?
3 Name the three X-Factor judges. <<<<Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon
Osbourne????
BizzyB
Kennedy [Onassis]
The link for all the answers in that section is they have each delivered the
Ch4 Alternative Chrismtas Speech
BizzyB
The Barsteward
> Win a 37inch Panasonic plasma TV, state-of-the-art Panasonic DVD video recorder and a copy of the 'QI Interactive DVDI Game'..
> The total prize value is £1,800.
> To enter, write or type your answers [in capital letters] on A4 paper, including your n/a & dtel, and send to:
> Sunday Express Christmas Quiz
> Northern & Shell Building
> Number 1o Lower Thames Street
> London
> EC3R 6EN
>
> The winner's name and the answers will be printed in the 8 January edition.
I get:
Not sure of Traditions No. 7 & 10, Art & Lit No. 1, Saint Nicholas No.
10 & Pyramid Round No. 5.
HATCHED, MATCHED & DESPATCHED
1, Charlie Stubbs
2, Kal-el
3, Charles and Camilla
4, Mel Brooks
5, Renee Zellweger
6, Britney Spears
7, Katie Holmes
8, Best best
9, Rosa "Lee" Louise Parks
10, Emmerdale
TRADITIONS
1, Marriage
2, Lee Ryan
3, Norway
4, Mistletoe
5, Coca-Cola
6, 1992
7, At a medieval Christmas, what was frumenty?
8, Iceland
9, Mexico and Central America
10, In the Ukraine, finding a spider in your house on Christmas morning
means
what?
ART & LITERATURE
1, Who was given a sweater, homemade fudge, a flute and some chocolate
frogs
as Christmas presents?
2, JRR Tolkien
3, Jacob Marley
4, Raymond Briggs
5, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
6, The Night Before Christmas
7, Noël Coward
8, Tintoretto
9, Love's Labour's Lost
10, The Grinch
MUSIC
1, Jimmy Osmond
2, 1973
3, The Beatles
4, Kings
5, Dublin
6, a Button
7, Greg Lake
8, Christmas Day, 1915
9, The Goodies
10, a Sable
SPORTS & GAMES
1, Freddy Flintoff
2, Delia Smith
3, Colin Jackson
4, the London Marathon
5, David Beckham
6, Wales
7, Juventus FC
8, Cricket
9, Hedgehunter
10, Jack Nicklaus
TV & FILM
1, Tim Burton
2, Andre Previn
3, White Christmas
4, Noel Edmunds
5, King Kong
6, Dr Who
7, Jingle All the Way
8, Macaulay Culkin
9, the Royal Institution
10, David Bowie
SAINT NICHOLAS
1, December 6
2, Nicholas Parsons
3, the Saint
4, St. Ives
5, All Saints
6, Prince Charles
7, Bernie Winters
8, Ian St John
9. St Leger
10, the Funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II
LINKED
1, Quentin Crisp
2, Jesse Jackson
3, Brigitte Bardot
4, Rory Bremner
5, Jamie Oliver
6, Ali G
7, Sharon Osbourne
8, Neville Lawrence
9, Marge Simpson
10, Channel 4 Alternative Christmas Speech
PYRAMID ROUND
1, Elaine Lordan
2 Jack Straw & Robin Cook
3, Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne
4, Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne & Kian Egan
5, 5 Partridges in a Pear tree, 8 Turtle Doves, 9 French Hens, 8 Calling
Birds & 5 Gold Rings
ANAGRAMS
1, Father Christmas
2, Christmas Day
3, Baby Jesus
4, Mistletoe
5, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
--
The Barsteward
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
--Benjamin Franklin
jeanmaunder
jeanmaunder
jeanmaunder
>sweater, homemade fudge, a flute and some chocolate Harry Potter
see http://www.darkmark.com/c.c?l=harryholiday&t=Harry%20Holidays
Christmas Gifts:
Hogwarts Year 1
Fifty-pence piece, from the Dursleys
Sweater and homemade fudge, from Mrs. Weasley
Flute, from Hagrid
Chocolate Frogs, from Hermione
Invisibility Cloak, passed down by Dumbledore
Cerian
<m...@home.com> writes
>PYRAMID ROUND
>
>1, Elaine Lordan
>2 Jack Straw & Robin Cook
>3, Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne
>4, Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne & Kian Egan
>5, 5 Partridges in a Pear tree, 8 Turtle Doves, 9 French Hens, 8 Calling
>Birds & 5 Gold Rings
I think you're right about no. 5
I've just found the thread going through these on Loquax and someone
caused a stir by saying that no-one would win using the answers listed
and then wouldn't tell anyone what was wrong!
Don't forget to do the answers in UPPERCASE.
Think TV & Film no. 3 should be Holiday Inn not White Christmas.
Not too sure about what they want for the "frumenty" question - googling
it with Christmas brings up different answers to doing it alone (oo-er
missus!)
Anyway, good luck - a lot of questions for one prizewinner and no
runners-up?
--
Cerian
charybdis
> In article <40m093F...@individual.net>, The Barsteward
> <m...@home.com> writes
>> PYRAMID ROUND
>>
>> 1, Elaine Lordan
>> 2 Jack Straw & Robin Cook
>> 3, Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne
>> 4, Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne & Kian Egan
>> 5, 5 Partridges in a Pear tree, 8 Turtle Doves, 9 French Hens, 8
>> Calling Birds & 5 Gold Rings
>
> I think you're right about no. 5
>
> I've just found the thread going through these on Loquax and someone
> caused a stir by saying that no-one would win using the answers listed
> and then wouldn't tell anyone what was wrong!
--
Mary
Zo
"charybdis" <char...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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C-------------R------------A-------------C---------------K! (you decide) ;o)
zo
Jane Willis
<if-you-can't-beat-'e...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>C-------------R------------A-------------C---------------K!
Zo, you're supposed to keep the crackers for tomorrow.
Jane
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"Jane Willis" <jm.will...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:81aqq154fisp30bke...@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:28:23 -0000, "Zo"
> <if-you-can't-beat-'e...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>>C-------------R------------A-------------C---------------K!
>
> Zo, you're supposed to keep the crackers for tomorrow.
>
> Jane
Zo can pull every day of the year;o)
Phil
Zo
> <if-you-can't-beat-'e...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>>C-------------R------------A-------------C---------------K!
>
> Zo, you're supposed to keep the crackers for tomorrow.
>
> Jane
> - -
>
re-fold the flimsy pink paper hat? Answers on a postcard........
zo
Zo
"Bonsaiman" <aop...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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Phil
Yes I can - but I love it soooooooo much better when someone pushes! ;o)
zo