Great Brain Quiz 123

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  1. Veronica Lake (99)
  2. Jill Ireland (99) married David McCallum + Charles Bronson
  3. Ginger Rogers (99)
  4. Mary Pickford (99)
  5. Mary Astor (99 )
  6. Meniscus (98)
  7. Co. Wexford (60) Ireland. Named after the more famous Tintern Abbey which was founded in Chepstow in 1131
  8. Phileas Fogg (100) Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days"
  9. Jennifer's Diary (70) Harpers + Queen. Not the late, great Alistair Cooke
  10. Dates the USA entered WW1 + WW2 (99)
  11. Burke's Law (90)
  12. Archery (99) Federation Internationale de Tir de l'Arc
  13. Peter Thorneycroft (80) 2 June 1957
  14. Paramount News (75)
  15. Grand National (98) wording did not state that I wanted a flat race. If so, Queen Alexandra Stakes at Ascot
  16. Arleen Auger (80)
  17. Deanna Durbin (85) IMHO the best of all the child stars. The "Alleluia" in "100 Men and a Girl"
  18. Andrew Jackson (98) who received 153,544 votes (99 Electoral) whereas John Quincy Adams got 108.740 votes (84 Electoral). Two other candidates managed some 94,000 between them but, as there was no overall majority in the electoral college, the House of Representatives decided on Adams. Again, IMHO, the American voting system has not improved much in 170 years!
  19. V (75) for Vendemaire + Ventose in the French Revolutionary Calendar
  20. Ethiopia (99)
  21. Betty Wand (85) who dubbed Leslie Caron's singing voice. The others did their own thing
  22. Mr Jorrocks (80) sporting cockney grocer created by R S Surtees and "borrowed" by Dickens for "Sam Weller"
  23. Panama Canal (99)
  24. Edmund Fitzgerald (95) Gordon Lightfoot
  25. Robert Atkins (99)
  26. Berlioz (95) his brilliant overture for "Les Francs Juges"
  27. Joan of Arc (100)
  28. The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (95) from "The Tale of the Tsar Saltan" by Rimsky-Korsakov
  29. Ancestral + Lancaster (96) a handful put "North" + "Thorn" but I'm not aware of a "Thorn Gate". Sorry!
  30. Midianites (99) Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, was wife to Moses
  31. Stoops to Conga (90) Alec Templeton (1919 -1963) jazz skits
  32. Colin Dexter (90) the creator of the series who had a short walk on part a la Hitchcock in each episode. Kevin Whateley ("Sgt Lewis") did not appear in "The Wench is Dead" because of a contractual dispute
  33. 0 (75) Beaufort Scale. "Hurricane", "Storm", "Gale", "Strong Breeze", "Moderate Breeze", "Calm"
  34. Black Special (60) the so called Bikini Alert States that range from White (least) to Red (highest) which are used by British special forces to indicate the level of terrorist threats
  35. The Passion of the Christ (100) produced, directed, written, and financed by Mel Gibson
  36. Jacqueline Wilson (97) children's books author. 2 Danielle Steel; 3 Josephine Cox; 4 Catherine Cookson
  37. Tommy Cookson (99)
  38. Drew Barrymore (80) in the "Charlie's Angels" films
  39. Balanchine (99) born George Balanchivadze in St Petersburg on 9 January 1904
  40. For Your Eyes Only (70) 1981. Barry Kenneth Cossey had a sex change operation in 1974 after which he became Caroline Cossey and used the professional name of Tula. Became a successful fashion model and appeared uncredited in the film as "girl at pool". There was a protest in the tabloids and she made no more films.
  41. Field (98)
  42. Sally Field (90) Margaret Field in "The Will Rogers Story"; Jock Mahoney
  43. The Birdman of Alcatraz (98) Robert Stroud. Memorably played by Burt Lancaster in the film
  44. 4 M E (99) an old one! Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me!
  45. J F Kennedy (90) Addison's Disease
  46. Jim Cumbes (65) who played in the 1973 Benson + Hedges Cup Final at Lords for Worcestershire v Kent and, as goalkeeper, for Aston Villa v Norwich on 1 March 1975. Very bad luck if you went for Graham Cross who played for Leicester City in FA Cup finals in 1963 + 1969 and for Leicestershire v Middlesex in Benson + Hedges Cup Final on 19 July 1975
  47. Madonna of the Pinks (95) Raphael. The Duke of Northumberland received £35 million but paid £13 in capital gains. The balance came from the National Gallery and the Lottery
  48. Lionel Bart (85) born Lionel Begleiter on 1 August 1930
  49. Rossini (90) Tancredi. He was A B Tancred who scored 26* from a total of 47 in South Africa's first innings versus England at Cape Town in March 1889
  50. Cher Ami (97) most celebrated of all the WW1 carrier pigeons
  51. Gilbert SPENCER (50) younger brother of Sir Stanley
  52. 165 EATON Place (98) "Upstairs, Downstairs"
  53. Howard HUNT (94)
  54. Sir Ian HAMILTON (100)
  55. The WHITE Heather Club (96)
  56. Isabella STEWART Gardner Museum (100)
  57. William KELLY (98)
  58. Alison NICHOLAS (75) who stands at 5 foot nothing. She was born in Gibraltar in 1962 and won the US Women's Open in 1997. Rock of Gibraltar won the 2002 Guineas and Sir Alex Ferguson and the Irish connections of the horse (and Manchester United) have been in legal battles about his entitlement to the horse's stud fees
  59. WINSTON Leonard Spencer Churchill (100) "Savrola"
  60. Bill "Bojangles" ROBINSON (90) ref to "Swingtime", my favourite Astaire-Rogers film
  61. Surnames of actors in the original London cast of "Hair" in 1968 (60)
  62. Fiddler's Green (70) nautical folk lore and superstition
  63. They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! (100) 1966. Jerry Samuels was the real name of Napoleon XIV
  64. F (55) second verse of National Anthem. "O Lord our God arise, scatter her enemies, and make them fall"
  65. Edmund Campion (100) 1540-1581. Gerald Campion was "Billy Bunter" in the 1950's TV series
  66. Stefanie Powers (85) played "April Dancer" in the late 1960's TV series "The Girl from UNCLE"
  67. Avril Angers (80) "Avril" is French for April. Veteran TV and film actress, usually in comedy roles
  68. Epping + West Ruislip (96) Central line. About 34 miles without needing to change
  69. Jackson Pollock (96)
  70. Stefan Edberg + Steffi Graf (90) they were events for under 21 year olds
  71. Film titles (80)
  72. Charlton Athletic (85) in December 1957 in the old Second Division versus Huddersfield Town
  73. Charles Henry Percy (66) the film became known as "Schoolgirl Rebels" (1915). This was the nom de plume at the time of Dodie Smith who is best known for her "101 Dalmatians". I gave 1 point for "Dodie Smith"
  74. Richard Davis (90) who died, aged 37, in 2003. Played over the years for Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire, Sussex, and Warwickshire. Sussex was in one day cricket matches only
  75. Elfrieda (90) born in 1910 as Mary Elfrieda Scruggs, she adopted her stepfather's surname and became known as Mary Lou Burley until after her first marriage when she became Mary Lou Williams.
  76. Barbara Feldon (94) "Get Smart"
  77. Jeremy Paxman (94)
  78. Le Comte de Guy (0!) this was the arch villain "Carl Peterson" from the "Bulldog Drummond" novels. Drummond's battles with Peterson are collectively known as "Bulldog Drummond: His Four Rounds With Carl Peterson" and individually as "Bulldog Drummond", "The Black Gang", "The Third Round" and "The Final Count" Other aliases were "Rev. Theodosius Longmoor" (TBG), and "Edward Blackton" (TTR)
  79. Craig Russell (55) for the film "Outrageous" (1978). Russell was a former employee of Mae West and he became a tranvestite specialising in female impersonations of celebrities such as West, Talullah Bankhead, Bette Davis etc
  80. Gen. John Pershing (94) at the Presidio in San Francisco
  81. John Ireland (97) 1879-1962
  82. Edmund Rubbra (97) 1901-1986
  83. Elizabeth Lutyens (88) 1906-1983
  84. Sir Hubert Parry (97) 1848-1918
  85. Sir Malcolm Arnold (97) 1921-
  86. The Salvation Army (90) who has been left $1.5 billion by Joan Kroc, widow of the founder of McDonalds
  87. George Mathew (75) 1670-1738 at Thomastown castle in Co. Tipperary
  88. Mango (80) most have an Indian connection
  89. Sir Thomas Bodley (94) two Devon booksellers, John Lane and Charles Elkin Mathews, transferred their business to a shop in Vigo Street in 1887. There was a sign above the door with Rembrandt's head on it but Mathews, an Exeter man, had associations with locally born Sir Thomas Bodley (of Bodleian Library fame) and they changed the sign to a head shot of Bodley. Hence the start of the publishing house Bodley Head
  90. Abele/ Fallow/ Bandalores (60 all OK) another name for poplar, ie pop(u)lar; two meanings of fallow; a bandalore is an archaic word for a yo-yo, also called a quiz. Band A Lore s, ie bands (groups) round A = adult + lore = learning
  91. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (100)
  92. All nicknamed Napoleon (70) respectively "Napoleon of the West", "Napoleon of Essayists", "Napoleon of the Pacific", "Napoleon of the Prize Ring", "Napoleon of Opera", "Napoleon of Guerilla Warfare"
  93. N'Kisi (97) a New York-based African Grey. Who's a clever boy then! Prudle was an equally clever sort of bird, also an African Grey, but I think he flourished in the 1970's
  94. Neal Lancaster (97) on 28 March. Pars for holes 12-18 are 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4. He went 5, 4, 8, 7, 3, 2, 6
  95. Bittern/ Cittern/ Bittern/ Gittern (97)
  96. No Man's Land (84) Harold Pinter. Premiered at the Old Vic in 1975 with Sir John Gielgud as "Spooner" and Sir Ralph Richardson as "Hirst"
  97. Once Over Lightly (84) based on Rossini's "Barber of Seville". Six performances at the Alvin Theatre in November 1942
  98. 3 Stable Mews (Home of John Steed); 9 Lines in a Spenserian Stanza; 32 Fouettes by Odile in Swan Lake (66 all OK)
  99. Bill Wyman (97) the 52 year-old Rolling Stone married Mandy Smith (then aged 19, after a five year "courtship") in June 1989. Wyman's 30 year-old son, Stephen, married Mandy's mother, Patsy, in 1993
  100. Lisbon (97) a former name of the city was Olisipo which may or may not have anything to do with Ulysses. It probably is of Phoenician origin but the Ulysses tag persists in most references

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