Random Trivia Quiz No. 56

[Carl]

• 1. Kinpaku-iri sake contains what unusual ingredient ?

• 2. How many girls were in the pop group Steps ?

• 3. Who had a hit with the song 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' in 1984 ?

• 4. A ball that is 38mm in diameter and weights 2.5g is found in what sport ?

• 5. Who played the father of Freddy Kruger in the film 'A Nightmare On Elm Street ? Was it Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Marilyn Manson or Alice Cooper

• 6. What 'K' is slang for commotion ?

• 7. Which tennis player announced they were to quit the sport after it emerged that they tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon ?

• 8. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the novel 'Kidnapped' (1886). What was the sequel ?

• 9. Who was the first black footballer to represent England at full international level ?

• 10. What childhood word game was the inspiration for TV's very popular Wheel of Fortune ?

• 11. What was the TV show that featured Mick Jagger as a ringmaster ?

• 12. In 2006, who played the role of Chris Gardner in the film titled 'The Pursuit of Happyness' ?

• 13. Which US boy band 1990 chart toppers had five entries in the album charts at Christmas the same year ?

• 14. Whom did author Ian Fleming suggest for the role of Agent 007 in the 1962 movie Dr. No, the first of Hollywood's James bond films ?

• 15. What kind of creature is Tuppenny in the Beatrix Potter story 'The Tale of Tuppenny' ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[stowie39]

3. Wham

[elcarretero]

4 Table tennis
10 Hangman

[LucindaC]

2 3
5 alice cooper

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Kinpaku-iri sake contains what unusual ingredient ? Flakes of gold

• 2. How many girls were in the pop group Steps ? 3 - Lisa, Claire and Faye

• 3. Who had a hit with the song 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' in 1984 ? Wham

• 4. A ball that is 38mm in diameter and weights 2.5g is found in what sport ? Table Tennis

• 5. Who played the father of Freddy Kruger in the film 'A Nightmare On Elm Street ? Was it Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, Marilyn Manson or Alice Cooper ? Alice Cooper

• 6. What 'K' is slang for commotion ? Kerfuffle

• 7. Which tennis player announced they were to quit the sport after it emerged that they tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon ? Martina Hingis

• 8. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the novel 'Kidnapped' (1886). What was the sequel ? Catriona

• 9. Who was the first black footballer to represent England at full international level ? Viv Anderson

• 10. What childhood word game was the inspiration for TV's very popular Wheel of Fortune ? Hangman

• 11. What was the TV show that featured Mick Jagger as a ringmaster ? Rock N Roll Circus

• 12. In 2006, who played the role of Chris Gardner in the film titled 'The Pursuit of Happyness' ? Will Smith

• 13. Which US boy band 1990 chart toppers had five entries in the album charts at Christmas the same year ? New Kids On The Block

• 14. Whom did author Ian Fleming suggest for the role of Agent 007 in the 1962 movie Dr. No, the first of Hollywood's James bond films ? Composer-entertainer Hoagy Carmichael

• 15. What kind of creature is Tuppenny in the Beatrix Potter story 'The Tale of Tuppenny' ? Hedgehog