Great Brain Quiz 108

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( ) % of correct answers (including tie breakers) when section attempted

  1. Michael York (99)
  2. Loretta Young (100)
  3. Brigham Young (100) Mormon who founded Salt Lake City in 1847
  4. Boris Yeltsin (100) former Russian leader
  5. Michelle Yeoh (99) "Tomorrow Never Dies"
  6. Dick York (98) had to leave "Bewitched" because of back trouble
  7. Porgy and Bess (100) Gershwin
  8. NSPCC (99)
  9. Rosebuds (90) later Brownies
  10. Pyramus + Thisbe (99) legend + "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"
  11. Flinker (99) Kylie Minogue played "Charlene Robinson"
  12. Seven (70) 1955 film starring Raymond Massey who played Lincoln in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" (1940) + "How the West Was Won" (1962). Henry Fonda, the star of "Twelve Angry Men" played the US president just the once, in the somewhat whimsical "Young Mr Lincoln" (1939)
  13. Macbeth (100)
  14. Martine Beswick (40) danced in pre film credits for "Dr No" (1962); "Zora" in "From Russia With Love" (1963); "Paula Caplan" in "Thunderball" 1965. See newsletter
  15. Asparagus (100)
  16. Ernest Bevin (97)
  17. You're in the Army Now (80) the kiss between Regis Toomey + Jane Wyman, a future Mrs Reagan, took over 3 minutes and was about 4 percent of the film's total length!
  18. Stable/Tables/Ablest (95)
  19. Ashok Armritraj (65) the producer of at least 70 films since starting in 1985. His brother Vijay was in "Players" in 1979
  20. Familiar (99)
  21. Baseball (85)
  22. Hull (99) Edith/Cordell/Rod+Emu
  23. Helen Hayes (75) 1972 TV film. Josephine Hull won her only Oscar for same part in the 1951 film
  24. Acque Minerale (95) bends on Imola circuit: San Marino GP
  25. Claudius the God (80) "I Claudius" led up to his reign as Emperor
  26. Antwerp (70)
  27. Angelina Jolie (90) tattoos!
  28. Force 10 From Navarone (70) Alistair Maclean. His rather better known "Guns of Navarone" was published in 1957
  29. Centuries (99) the name of Nostradamus' book of predictions
  30. There Is No Alternative (99) Mrs Thatcher's use of this phrase earned her the nickname Tina, among many others less complimentary!
  31. Josiah Wedgwood (80) who had a leg amputated in the 1740's after contracting smallpox
  32. Paraguay (90)
  33. Orson Welles (95) narrator in these films
  34. Brannock (99) patented by Charles Brannock in the late 1920's
  35. Agag (100)
  36. 2/2 (85) ie 2 February. 4 April, 6 June, 8 August, 10 October and 12 December are all 63 days apart and thus always fall on the same day of the week
  37. Pinto (98)
  38. Pinto (50) "Lt Col Oreste Pinto" in "Spycatcher"; "Larry 'Pinto' Kroger" in "Animal House"; "Harry Pinto" 1980 film "George + Mildred"
  39. Jasmine Lydia Bligh (95) BBC announcer when TV service re-opened at Alexandra Palace after War
  40. 1588 (99) Spanish Armada
  41. Coke Stevenson (85) in a 1948 Senate election in Texas. LBJ got home by 87 votes in a clearly rigged election!
  42. Belinda Clark (80) 229* for Australia v Denmark. Bombay 16/12/1997
  43. Brian Jones (95) who owned A A Milne's former house in Hartfield, Sussex when he drowned in the swimming pool there in July 1969
  44. Chuck Yeager (95) in 1947 was first man to break the sound barrier. His Bell W-l rocket plane was named "Glamorous Glennis" after his wife
  45. = to x (90) 12 x 10 = 120. 5! is 5 factorial: 5x4x3x2x1
  46. Darbishire (80) Anthony Buckeridge books. "Jennings" is "Bennett"
  47. Eva Peron (95) in 1955 anti Peronists smuggled her body to Milan where she was buried under that name to discourage grave robbers. In the early 1970 she was transferred to Madrid
  48. Silver bells! (90) Earl has 8 silver bells on coronet; a Viscount 16
  49. Nureyev (75) who finished 1st in 1980 only to be disqualified and placed last, the race going to Known Fact. Nijinsky was 1970
  50. George Chakiris (88) "West Side Story". "Riff" on London stage; "Bernardo" in the film, where Russ Tamblyn played "Riff"
  51. Michael CHANG (92) 17 yrs 3 months. French Open 1989
  52. In Like FLINT (100)
  53. Ken HIGGS + John Snow (98) at the Oval 1966
  54. Mr BROWN (96) "The Secret Adversary"
  55. Sir Kingsley WOOD (98)
  56. Pupils at "Hogwarts" (80) "Harry Potter" books
  57. Caroline (96) his young daughter
  58. Sen David Atchison (58) James Polk's term expired on 4 March 1849 and Zachary Taylor refused to take the oath of office on a Sunday. As President Pro Tempere of the Senate, Atchison stood in for Taylor and dozed the time away in his armchair
  59. W B Yeats (96)
  60. P G Wodehouse (94) from "The Clicking of Cuthbert"
  61. Chicago White Sox (100)
  62. "Say it ain't so, Joe" (98) addressed by a young fan to "Shoeless Joe" Jackson as he left a court hearing
  63. Joe Yule (88) the father of Mickey Rooney
  64. Lancia (88) Vincenzo Lancia won the Florio Cup
  65. Krebs (94) "Drax"s henchman. Sir Hans Krebs 1953; Edwin Krebs 1992
  66. Miss Britain (66)
  67. Pristina (92) Kosova
  68. Jules Bledsoe (94) Ziegfeld Theater 27 December 1927
  69. Howler monkey (100)
  70. Eglantine Jebb, 1919 (96)
  71. Q (100) a small repertory theatre opened near Kew Bridge by the de Leons in 1924
  72. 18 (88) squares of 4, 5 etc reversed
  73. Tins, boxes etc of Nestle's "Quality Street" (96) the characters from the James Barrie play of that name are to be given a modern look
  74. Faced the underarm delivery rolled along the ground by Trevor Chappell on 1 Feb 1981 (100) NZ needed to score a six to win off the last ball
  75. Estotiland (88)
  76. King Arthur (90) Llamrei
  77. Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital (88) originally named after Alexandria Duff, the Duchess of Connaught
  78. Maureen Barinoff (66) the Birthday Giveaway spot in radio's "Rick Dees in the Morning" Show
  79. Modesty Blaise (82)
  80. A Dream Comes True (90) an 8 minute promotional short for Max Reinhardt's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  81. Pauline Chase (75) as "Peter Pan". Stringed up for flying purposes, she played the role at the DOY's every year from 1906 to 1914
  82. Eugene Ysaye (100) Belgian violin prodigy. 1858-1931
  83. Paul Morphy + Louis Paulsen (90) New York in 1857
  84. Blind in one eye (80)
  85. Oliver Cromwell (60) some of the 59 regicides and the order in which they signed Charles 1's death warrant: Venn, Wogan, Walton, Ingoldsby, Potter, Ludlow, Garland, Temple (James + Peter); Mauleverer. Cromwell signed 3rd.
  86. Germinal (94) Zola. They are ponies
  87. 1974 (88) when a horse called Charles Dickens finished third in the Grand National. Those named fell or were pulled up in the 1840's
  88. Post (80) first editions of "Saturday Evening Post"; "Washington Post"; and the British racing daily "The Racing Post"
  89. Alvin C York (97) pacifist forced to fight in WW1 more or less against his will and became America's most highly decorated soldier.
  90. Vivien Leigh (58) whose mother was Gertrude Yackjee
  91. Leicester Boy (94) he lived at Husband's Bosworth, near Leicester
  92. David Maydole (66) who invented the adze-eye hammer in the 1840's
  93. Gilmore (70) actor Mahershalalhashbaz Ali plays "Dr Trey Sanders" in "Crossing Jordan". In Utah, in 1977, Gary Gilmore was the first person to be executed in USA after the restoration of the death penalty
  94. A (70) for Amunugama. The initials and surname of a 23 year-old Sri-Lankan who has the most first names in first class cricket history
  95. Williams (97) she married Seretse Khama in 1949 -despite enormous pressure from her parents, and the British and South African governments. In 1965 Khama became the first president of Botswana
  96. Morrison (90) father of John Wayne
  97. Mlle Modiste (97) Knickerbocker Theater, Broadway, 25 December 1905
  98. M45 (90) star cluster classified M45 in the Messier list
  99. Richard III (75) 11 March 1956
  100. TGGO (60) "Thespis" or "The Gods Grown Old". Alternative titles of Gilbert + Sullivan operettas. "Patience" = "Bunthorne's Bride"; "Princess Ida" = "Castle Adamant"; "Ruddigore" = "The Witch's Curse"

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