Great Brain Quiz 132

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  1. Enoch Powell (100) "rivers of blood" MP who died in 1998
  2. Colin Powell (100) US soldier and political figure
  3. Jane Powell (99) US actress, singer, dancer. "Royal Wedding", "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
  4. Eleanor Powell (99) US actress and possible the best female tap dancer ever seen on the big screen
  5. Anthony Powell (99) English novelist. Author of "A Dance to the Music of Time"
  6. William Powell (100) excellent US leading man in light comedy roles, "The Thin Man", "My Man Godfrey" etc
  7. Boot (100) Boots. He lived 1850-1931
  8. Market Opinion Research International (70) definitely not "Institute" which seems to be in a few references. It may have been "Institute" in the past but has been "International" for years now
  9. Theodore Roosevelt (85) aged 42 on 14 September 1901 following the assassination of President McKinley
  10. Sat (90) which begins Saturn. The others end planet names Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Neptune
  11. Pym's (97) in Dorothy Sayers' "Murder Must Advertise". She herself worked in advertising for several years
  12. Terry Venables + Gordon Williams (99) "Hazell". The TV series starred Nicholas Ball
  13. The Bellman (75) in Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark", Fit 2, "The Bellman's Speech". This, of course, plagiarised Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in which Mark Antony does not use the word "and"
  14. Queen Mary 1 (95) died 17 November 1558, as did Cardinal Reginald Pole
  15. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (97) Col. Oliver North
  16. Why Are You Angry/ No Te Aha oe Riri (85) 1896. Sorry, can't allow "Why Are You Hungry"
  17. Theology (99) Stalin studied for the priesthood for some five years before "revolting"
  18. The Promenade Concerts/ Proms (99) "Old Timber" was an affectionate nickname for Sir Henry Wood
  19. Launch of the FTSE 100 Index/ Footsie (95) at a base level of 1000
  20. Thirteen (100) opening line of his novel "1984"
  21. Oxbridge General Hospital/ Oxbridge (98) in "Emergency-Ward 10"
  22. Edward Eagan (99) Light Heavyweight Boxing 1920 (Antwerp) and Four Man Bobsleigh 1932 (Lake Placid)
  23. Fumetto (98)
  24. Miss Kitty McKane (later Godfree) + Mrs A D Stocks (formerly Margaret McKane) (95) runners-up in 1922
  25. Only Luftwaffe pilot to escape from a British POW camp (99) "The One That Got Away" starring Hardy Kruger. Ironically von Werra died when his plane crashed off Holland in 1941 on a routine mission
  26. Mark Kingston (95) with Julie Walters as "Rita". Michael Caine took over in the 1983 film
  27. Louis XVII (99)
  28. £285 (98) a basic £15 + £3 per sq ft. £270 also accepted, albeit that the logic was a bit dodgy!
  29. Winston Churchill (99) who used this pseudonym and also "David Winter" when exhibiting his paintings
  30. Ten (60) 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 + double 1 (2) + treble 1 (3). Please realise that 1 is not a prime number
  31. Operas (95) R Strauss, R Strauss, Puccini, Charpentier, Berg, Flotow, Paisiello, Faure, Donizetti, Floyd
  32. Orthrus (90) who guarded the Geryon cattle. Cerberus was captured alive in the 12th Labour
  33. Demetrius (99) Acts 19
  34. Oman (95)
  35. Dorothy Perkins (99) others accepted
  36. D B Wyndham Lewis (70) 1917-1924 after which the rather better known J B Morton took over until 1975. The odd reference will have you believe that J G Arbuthnot is the answer which is definitely not the case. He may have worked for the Daily Express, but the Express themselves; D B W L's obituary in the Times; and various non "net" reference books will confirm the facts.
  37. AELTC/ All England Lawn Tennis Club (90) she is Sally Phillips; he Tim, who incidentally got to the semi-finals of the US Men's Doubles in the 1970's
  38. England (60) RAF Fauld, Staffs where 4000 tonnes of bombs detonated on 27/11/44 causing 80 deaths
  39. Phosphorus (95) P H Os P H O Ru S
  40. Dytiscus (95) he gave up after 9000 or so miles, off S Africa, as the vessel was not up to the task. Two years later he hit the jackpot with "British Steel"
  41. Roddy McDowall (90) who played "Ginger" in "Just William" 1940
  42. Glenn Close (70) who dubbed Andie MacDowell's voice (she had a heavy southern accent) in "Greystoke: the Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes", the last film made by Sir Ralph Richardson
  43. Two (95) England + Australia. Matches versus India, S Africa, and the West Indies were all in Australia
  44. Bill Pilkington (90)
  45. Sir Henry de Bohun (95)
  46. Old Gobbo (99) in "The Merchant of Venice": Act 2, Scene 2, line 103
  47. Robert Schumann (70) excerpts 12 and 17 from his famous "Carnaval" Opus 9
  48. Arcturus (85)
  49. Cathy O'Donnell (85) "The Best Years of Our Lives" + "Ben Hur". She was married to Robert Wyler, the brother of the great director William Wyler
  50. 2034 (75) 18:59 // 27:06:34
  51. Mike Powell (92) the current world record holder in the long jump (29 ft 4 in) set in 1991
  52. Sandy Powell (75) Oscar-winning English costume designer for "Shakespeare in Love"
  53. Bud Powell (90) influential jazz musician, composer and leading "Bop" pianist
  54. Sandy Powell (100) radio comedian famed for "Can you hear me, Mother?"
  55. Dilys Powell (98) Sunday Times film critic and reviewer of days gone by.
  56. Michael Powell (100) British film writer-producer-director, often in collaboration with Emeric Pressburger
  57. Suzy KENDALL (90) born Frieda Harrison. "Thunderball". Married to Dudley Moore 1968-1972
  58. Dixon of Dock GREEN (92) the popular Jack Warner copper was "shot" in "The Blue Lamp" (1950) by the Dirk Bogarde character if memory serves
  59. Tom RICHARDSON (90) Old Trafford 1896
  60. Mary ROBINSON (100) aka "Perdita", mistress to the future George IV; Irish President in the 1990's
  61. Table MANNERS (90) Alan Ayckbourn's 1970's trilogy "The Norman Conquest"
  62. Mary MOORE (100) married Sir Charles Wyndham
  63. Bobby JONES (96) great amateur golfing gent who retired in 1930 after his Grand Slam. For the last 20 years of his life he wasted away with a degenerative disease and weighed less than 5 stone when he died in 1971
  64. Brandon THOMAS (88) "Charley's Aunt". "Where's Charley". Ray Bolger ("Scarecrow" in "The Wizard of Oz")
  65. OWEN Wingrave (96) Benjamin Britten
  66. Grand National winning jockeys (80) "Mr Thomas" 1860/1871/1875 is how Tommy Pickernell appears in records
  67. Giles Corey (100)
  68. Mallorca Classic (86) 14 to 17 October. Won by Sergio Garcia; Carlos Garcia was 75th
  69. Chestnut (96) meaning an old, stale joke. Play was "The Broken Sword" in which "Captain Xavier" bangs on and on with a joke concerning a cork tree prompting "Pablo" to say that he's heard him tell the same boring story over 20 times and usually it's about a chestnut tree
  70. Jane Birkin (96) whose mother was Judy Campbell
  71. Paper (96)
  72. M (66) for Mickelson. Players who have scored a 59 in a recognised PGA (or LPGA) event in the USA. Al Geiberger (1977), Chip Beck (1991), David Duval (1999), Annika Sorenstam (2001), Phil Mickelson (2004)
  73. As the World Turns (92)
  74. Mars (98) Hugo Award winning novels by Kim Stanley Robinson
  75. Andy Locke (70) for Nantwich Town v Droylsden in 1995, 1st qualifying round. 2m 20s
  76. Sir Victor Dill (80) in July 1953 a gang ran a horse called Santa Amaro at Bath with the media and punters believing it was really a very modest performer called Francasal. Santa Amaro was a much better animal and won easily but the £6000 or so they had invested at odds of 10/1 was never paid after suspicions were aroused when telephone lines at Bath racecourse were cut. The gang, including Dill, were all rumbled
  77. Nawab of Pataudi/ Richard Noble (75) Winchester College 11 June 2004. India cricket captain. Leader of Thrust SSC team's world land speed record at Black Rock Desert in October 1997
  78. Ruby (58) the others are anagrams of world currencies, Bhat, Dobra, Metical, Sucre, Cedi, Pula, Loti
  79. Richard Ernst Eurich (70) HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth Harbour. Also accepted Charles E Turner (see newsletter)
  80. Desdemona (100) in "Othello"
  81. Oscar Hammerstein 11 (82) born 12 July 1895
  82. Kirsten Flagstad (80) Norwegian operatic soprano, born 12 July 1895
  83. Dick Powell (92) Hollywood crooner of the 1930's and leading man in subsequent non musical films
  84. Cecil Frank Powell (100) English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1950
  85. Olave Baden-Powell (100) wife of Sir Robert and founder of the Girl Guides
  86. Buckminster Fuller (90) born 12 July 1895, inventor of the geodesic dome and "Dymaxion" housing
  87. Cabbages and Kings (92) by O Henry
  88. Marches by Kenneth Alford (100) of "Colonel Bogey" fame
  89. Die Dreigroschenoper (90) Kurt Weill, aka "The Threepenny Opera". Text by Brecht based on "The Beggar's Opera"
  90. Hugh Lofting (70) "Dr Dolittle's Post Office". The fantasy land is "Fantippo"
  91. A P F Chapman (66) Percy Chapman. September 1925. Elham Division, Kent County Police v Hythe Brewery
  92. Naga/ Truncheons/ Laestrygones (45 all OK) nag a (a divine snake in Hindu myth); smaller than staffs; anagram
  93. Troland (90) after L Troland. Previous names include "photon" and "luxon"
  94. Adeline de Walt Reynolds (86) film was "The Ten Commandments"
  95. 118 (80) Odds 91 to 105 = 784 = 28 squared. Evens 106 to 118 = 784 = 28 squared.
  96. 3 Days for Jonah in the Belly of a Whale/ 20 Grains in a Scruple/ 297 is the Fifth Kaprekar Number (75 all OK)
  97. Leo Rosten (86) OK*a*p*l*a*n! My K*a*p*l*a*n! about "Hymie Kaplan", his Yiddish hero
  98. Glasgow Rangers (80) v Sporting Lisbon on 3 November 1971. Rangers won the first leg 3/2 at Ibrox and held on for a 2/3 loss at Lisbon. Extra time saw each team score once and at this stage Rangers should have been awarded the tie on the away goals rule, having popped in three to Spelling's two. The Dutch referee didn't know this rule and ordered a penalty shoot-out which Sporting won 3/0 with the Rangers effort ranging on the pathetic. After appeals Rangers were awarded the tie by UEFA and went on to win the Cup itself!
  99. All God's Chillun Got Wings (92) Eugene O'Neill. Paul Robeson + Mary Blair
  100. Mallaby-Deeley (70) "the fifty shilling tailor". The venture of providing cheap suits etc proved a failure and the enterprise folded. He was MP for Harrow 1910-18 and East Willesden from 1918-1922. He died in 1937

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