Great Brain Quiz 109

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

  1. Anatole France (95)
  2. Kathleen Ferrier (97)
  3. Tom Finney (99)
  4. Sally Field (95)
  5. Fernandel (99)
  6. Alison Fisher (90) snooker/pool champ
  7. Febrile (99)
  8. Smith (99) later Lord Birkenhead
  9. Women and Children First (99) when HMS Birkenhead went down that February day 455 men were drowned. All women + children survived
  10. Palmerton (95) Australia's Northern Territory: 2000 was £10 note
  11. Grape Nuts (9B) created by Charles William Post
  12. Cyprus (99)
  13. Breathalyser (95)
  14. 129, 134, 140, 147 (80) progressive scores in maximum snooker break
  15. Coronation Street (99)
  16. Potter's Field (98) Matthew chi 27 refers to the money returned to the priests by Judas Iscariot after his betrayal of Jesus
  17. 1930 (97) in "Holiday" for which Ann Harding received a Best Actress Oscar nomination as "Linda Seton".
  18. Potterville (95) classic Frank Capra film "It's a Wonderful Life", starring James Stewart. I expect you've all seen it at least once!
  19. Keyhole Kate (95)
  20. Johannesburg (99)
  21. Fungi (70) out for the 1952 season after crashing at Mona in a minor event. He had raced in Ireland the previous day; flown to Paris; and then driven through the night to Italy when fog stopped the flight. ASCII was killed in 1955 on lap 3 at Curve Vial one
  22. Twenty Years After/Vingt Ans Apres (90) Alexandre Dumas
  23. Slaughter/Laughter (95)
  24. Minutes to Post (85) ie off time of race
  25. Mozart (99) "The Marriage of Figaro":"Cherubino"/Cherubini
  26. Turn it upside down (95) 108 = 6 x 18. Reluctantly accepted others!
  27. George M Cohan (90) see Newsletter
  28. Exhibition of British sculptors (95) in Whitechapel
  29. Oiseau (98) bird
  30. Hamilton (98) Neil + Christine
  31. The Golden Palace (80) sequel to "The Golden Girls"
  32. Naples (70) ie Parthenope, born 19 April 1819, who was Florence Nightingale's (b.12 May 1820) elder sister. Parthenope was a greek settlement named after a mythological siren who drowned in Naples
  33. Oliver Ortmann (85) in the Mosconi Cup last December which Europe won 12-9 over USA. Willie Mosconi was 15 times world champion at pool/bar billiards. Europe also won the Ryder Cup 15 1/2 - 12 1/2 but Sam Ryder was no more than an enthusiastic club player
  34. 5 April 1994 (80) 29JZ 644125. First £1 million Premium Bond winner
  35. Sacks (99) Dr Jonathan
  36. Cleopatra (95) the number of digits in Roman numerals I II III IV etc. On 288th go it is CCLXXXVIII
  37. Martina Navratilova (90) in January she and Leander Paes won the Australian Mixed Doubles title. She is 46. It was her 57th Slam
  38. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (85) the play by Herman Wouk preceded the famous 1954 film "The Caine Mutiny" which starred Humphrey Bogart
  39. Last Train (70) "from Bombay", "from Madrid" are film titles of 1952 + 1937; "to London", "to San Fernando" are song titles
  40. Scobie (80) Jonathon Scobie invented the rickshaw in 1869. Australian jockey Scobie Breasley won the 1951 2000 Guineas on Ki Ming
  41. 1871 + 1919 (85) 3rd son of the future Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark; 5th son (the "Lost Prince") of the future George V and Mary of Teck
  42. Rat (90) 15 Olympics were in a Year of the Rat; ie 1900, 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984 + 1996
  43. Bors, Galahad, Percival (90) knights who attained the Holy Grail
  44. The Sun (90) Sir Larry Lamb was its editor from 1969 to 1981. Actor Larry Lamb was "Matt Taylor" in "Triangle"
  45. Humphrey Davy (70) chlorine, in 1810; Karl Scheele, the Swedish chemist who isolated it in 1774 did not regard it as an element and Davy named it several years later
  46. Churchill (98) "Stagecoach", "Scott of the Antarctic", "Victim"
  47. Belfast (95)
  48. On Peter Blake's cover of the Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts" Club Band (80)
  49. Leonard Dawe (95) crossword compiler for the Daily Telegraph in the 1940's. Coincidentally these words were answers in various puzzles leading up to D Day
  50. Dame Muriel Spark (95) nee Camberg
  51. The Taming of the SHREW (98)
  52. John Cornish WHITE (96) who played for Somerset
  53. John BIRD (100) "Collected Broadcasts of Idi Amin"
  54. The Fastest GUN Alive (98) starring Glenn Ford
  55. Solomon's SEAL (94) Star of David
  56. MAN Ray (98) "Entr'acte"
  57. The ISLAND of Adventure (96) Enid Blyton
  58. Gunter GRASS (100) "The Tin Drum"
  59. Andrew CASTLE (96) 1986 v Mats Wilander
  60. PAPER (94)
  61. Elephant connections (88)
  62. Sauger/Mauger (86) the New Zealand champion speedway rider
  63. Kirsten Flagstad (98) Norwegian operatic Wagnerian soprano
  64. Gustave Flaubert (98) French author
  65. Peggy Fleming (96) great US ice skater and gold medallist at Grenoble in 1968.
  66. L Q Jones (78) character in "Battle Cry" (1955). Born Justus McQueen
  67. Cinzano (98) titles of the Leonard Rossiter/ Joan Collins commercials
  68. Cheyenne (100)
  69. Monty Python's "Philosopher's Drinking Song" (84) "Immanuel Kant was a real pissant" etc
  70. Ceres (88)
  71. States mentioned in the Perry Como song "Delaware" (84)
  72. A star in Perseus (88)
  73. Paris (84) film titles
  74. Buried more than once, ie removed from original burial place (78)
  75. Harry Llewellyn (96) of Foxhunter fame in showjumping
  76. Too Hot to Handle (88) the US title of first paperback edition
  77. Luncheon Vouchers Ltd (94)
  78. Winterfilth (98) Tolkien. The months in the "Shires"
  79. 3.10 to Yuma (66) which was filmed in Sedona, Arizona. All the others were filmed partly or completely in Yuma
  80. Heaviside (98)
  81. Emile Zola (94)
  82. Brad's Drink (100) renamed Pepsi Cola later that year
  83. Jim Narz (94) better known in US television circles as Tom Kennedy
  84. C S Forester (94) of "Horatio Hornblower" fame
  85. Alice Faye (100) popular 1930's + 1940's New York-born actress/singer
  86. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (100) German baritone
  87. Hong Kong (94) in the Bokhara in 1892
  88. Rupert Degas (90) actor who provided voiceovers for those TV ads
  89. Manufactured by H George Wells (70) had to be accurate for 3 points
  90. Gurbux Singh (100)
  91. Singleton (88)
  92. Cairo (98)
  93. Paris (90) first four European cities to operate underground systems. 1863, both 1896, 1900. Boston, in USA, was also accepted since it was the fourth such system opened (1897)
  94. 3 September 1949 (80) they lost 6-11 to Australia in Wellington with a team comprising several Maoris who were not allowed into South Africa. A few hours later the main team lost 3-9 in Durban
  95. Chastek paralysis (100) at Chastek Fur Farm, Minnesota, in 1932 they were fed raw fish which, in time, destroys vitamin B and led to a temporary paralysis
  96. Laocoon (74) the Trojan priest in Virgil's "Aeneid". "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis". ("I fear Greeks bearing gifts")
  97. Lupin/Interpolated/Immodest (66 all OK) "Footer"s son in "Diary of a Nobody"; anagram "pointed later"; Modest was Mussorgsky's first name
  98. First miniature pony used as a guide for a blind person (94) The delighted recipient is a chap called Dan Shaw
  99. Former Playboy "Bunnies" (98)
  100. UTT (66) Bingo calls. OLD = One Little Duck (2), COT*= Cup of Tea (3), MA = Man Alive (5); DO = Doctors Orders (9), SS = Sweet Sixteen (16), DAD = Duck and Dive (25); TD = Three Dozen (36), PAM = Pick and Mix (26), TOTS = Turn on the Screw (62); L = Lucky (7), S = Steps (39), UTT = Up to Tricks (46)

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