Great Brain Quiz 146

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  1. Freddie MERCURY (100) of Queen
  2. VENUS Williams (100) former world number one in women's tennis
  3. The Good EARTH (95) based on Pearl Buck novel Paul Muni and Luise Rainer (won "Best Actress" Oscar) seen here
  4. Jowett JUPITER (95)
  5. Kenneth MARS (100) seen here in "Young Frankenstein" as the police inspector
  6. PLUTO (100) Wait Disney creation
  7. Clive James (100) "Unreliable Memoirs"
  8. Damascus (90) in Syria Damask, Damascene, Damson, Damascene, Damask
  9. Polenta (99)
  10. Howitzer (85)
  11. Emil and the Three Twins (70) sequel to the better known "Emil and the Detectives". Bad luck if you went for "The Flying Classroom"
  12. Fletcher (99) Francis Fletcher + Fletcher Christian
  13. Five (98) "Mrs Nickleby", mother of "Nicholas" and "Kate". "Ralph Nickleby" the unpleasant uncle of the afore-mentioned "Nicholas" + "Kate". The unfortunate "Smike" who turns out to be "Ralph"s son. A poor question as it transpired. The only point of asking it was to spot "Smike" as a member of the Nickleby family. Any answer above 4 was accepted. Apologies for "wasted research".
  14. The actualite (98) ie truth
  15. Medusa (98)
  16. Dame Clara Butt (98)
  17. Simon Le Bon (95) of Duran Duran, in the Fastnet race of 1985. His yacht, called "Drum" capsized
  18. Princess Elizabeth (100) as a Second Subaltern in the ATS
  19. Lulu (99) Jordan Frieda, like Prince William an Etonian. Played the Prince in the 2002 TV movie "Prince William"
  20. Djibouti (99) capital of the country of that name
  21. Fred Haas (65) 1938 + 1953. Played a total of three matches all of which he lost. Any matches Tommy Armour may have played in were definitely unofficial precursors of the real thing. The Walker Cup was first played in 1922, and the Ryder Cup in 1927
  22. The Raven (95) Jack Nicholson as "Rexford Bedlo" in "The Raven" (1963)
  23. Nyala (99) Ayala in 1963
  24. Sir William Bowman (100) 1816-1892. "Bowman's Capsule"
  25. Anne Frank (100)
  26. Laxton's (95) crossbred apple varieties
  27. Bizet + "The Pearl Fishers" (95)
  28. 69 (85) 4761 + 328509
  29. Napoleon Bonaparte (100)
  30. Empress Josephine (100) wife of Napoleon
  31. Ortanique (95) a cross between and orange and a tangerine
  32. Ricky Ponting (99) for Australia v South Africa at Sydney in January 2006. 120 + 143*
  33. Turnstone (90) only acceptable answer as question was worded
  34. Mindy's (100) in short stories by Damon Runyon. Leo Lindemann's restaurants were called "Lindy"s
  35. A crooked cat (99)
  36. Tonbridge (80) this being Sir Sydney Haldane Olivier (1859-1943), created Baron Olivier of Ramsden after serving as Secretary of State for India in the 1924 Labour government. He was Baron Laurence Olivier's uncle
  37. Hacienda (95) which is derived via Latin from Spanish. Others are all derived from Quechuan, the language of the Incas
  38. Mercury (100) images of Venus were transmitted earlier in February 1974
  39. Erica Eieniak (95) who was somewhat smaller when appearing in "ET"
  40. Cole Porter song "You're the Top" (98) lyrics
  41. Sir Menzies Campbell (98)
  42. Ono (75) Yoko Ono
  43. Angels With Dirty Faces (99) 1938 James Cagney classic
  44. Cadbury Milk Tray adverts (90) the "James Bond" type action followed by "And All Because The Lady Loves Milk Tray"
  45. Aicazar (70) as a 10 year-old he won the 2005 Prix Royal-Oak (French St Leger) at Longchamp in October. He has had numerous injury problems over the years and has been very well trained by Hughie Morrison
  46. Love Shine a Light (98) 1997. Katrina and the Waves
  47. Queequeg (95) the harpoonist in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick"
  48. 169 (85) Pythagoras, The third side of the right-angled triangle
  49. Danish pastries (98) renamed after the caricatures furore
  50. Sir Joseph Porter (95) First Lord of the Admiralty in Gilbert + Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" who had never been to sea Smith was made First Lord of the Admiralty in 1877 having had absolutely no naval experience of any sort
  51. WILLIAM Henry Pratt (100) better known as Boris Karloff, seen here as the monster in one of the "Frankenstein" films
  52. KATE Chopin (92)
  53. BRIDGET Fonda (94) daughter of Peter, one of Henry Fonda's sons
  54. ANNETTE Kelierman (92) hugely famous Australian swimmer and show woman in early 1900's. Famous for her daring bathing costume. Went to Hollywood. Esther Williams played her in "Million Dollar Mermaid" in 1952
  55. ELIZABETH Montgomery (100) "Bewitched"
  56. FREDERICK Forsyth (100)
  57. Percy FAITH (100)
  58. SAM Simon (92)
  59. TOMMY Lee Jones (98) ref A! Gore at Harvard. Jones played in the classic 29-29 tie versus Yale in 1968
  60. Gaetano ANTONIO Gaudio (98) Argentine player Gaston Gaudio won French Open in bizarre circumstances in 2004
  61. English Classic winners (70) St Leger 1814; 1000 Guineas 1852; Oaks 1779; Oaks 1787; 1000 Guineas 1880; Derby 1829; Oaks 1781; Derby 1818; St Leger 1779; St Leger 1819
  62. Sturm und Drana (94) "Storm and Stress". Frederick Maximillian von Klinger
  63. Erik Satie (100)
  64. Christopher Isherwood (96) "William Bradshaw" was the narrator in his "Mr Norris Changes Trains"
  65. The Rainbow Jacket (98) ref "High Society" + "The Philadelphia Story" and the actor Gordon Richards
  66. Aa (100) ie AA for Automobile Association or I suppose Alcoholics Anonymous
  67. CONTROL (100) in 1960's spy spoof comedy TV series "Get Smart"
  68. Alistair Cooke (98) the subjects of his book "Six Men"
  69. Geena Davis (98) Hollywood actress. She had twins a few years ago with her Iranian husband, Dr Reza Jarrahy
  70. Rupert Psmith (100) P G Wodehouse
  71. Green (80) the hair colours sported by "Mrs Slocombe" during the various series of TV's "Are You Being Served"
  72. Leyton (80) East London. 22 November 1952. Leyton v Hereford Utd (0-0); Leyton Orient v Bristol Rovers (1-1); Leytonstone v Watford (0-2) all played the same afternoon
  73. 2190 (94) latest date possible for Easter Day, 25 April
  74. Halutzim (80) "pioneers"
  75. 7192001 (88) numbers relate to those allocated for asteroids/minor planets. "Paul" is 3525 and "Robeson" is 2328 etc "Albert" is 719 and "Einstein" is 2001
  76. He lit the Olympic flame at Wembley (100) on 29 July 1948
  77. The three main candidates were left-handed (96) Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, and Ross Perot
  78. Star of Bethlehem (100)
  79. Each was dedicated to Bryan Waller Procter (70) he was a poet and song writer with the pseudonym Barry Cornwall. He was also a barrister and worked for a time as a legal lunacy commissioner, in this capacity giving Wilkie Collins valuable guidance for "The Woman in White". Not quite sure what the Thackeray connection was though
  80. Galatea (90) Handel's "Aci, Galatea + Polifemo". Galatea was the statue created by Pygmalion in Greek myth with whom he fell in love when she came to life. G B Shaw's "Pygmalion" was, of course, the inspiration for "My Fair Lady"
  81. Dorothy McGuire (80) who played "Marmee March" in 1979 TV movie "Little Women". Janet Leigh was a popular "miss"
  82. Frances Dee (95) who played "Meg March" in 1933 film version of "Little Women"
  83. Spring Byington (92) who played "Marmee March" in 1933 film version of "Little Women"
  84. Claire Danes (95) who played "Beth March" in 1994 film version of "Little Women"
  85. Kirsten Dunst (100) who played "Amy March" in 1994 film version of "Little Women"
  86. Joan Bennett (92) who played "Amy March" in 1933 film version of "Little Women"
  87. Petruschka chord (95) derived from being used in the ballet "Petruschka"
  88. Stanley Matthews (100) 1824-1889
  89. Cenomanni (95)
  90. David Gower (100) batting average 44.25; bowling average 20.0, having taken just 1 wicket in tests. Others, as further prompted research revealed, also acceptable, are Chris Smith, Peter Richardson, and David Steele!
  91. Popeye (95) in response to the question "Are you a sailor?"
  92. 7 Branches of a Menorah/10 Cables in a Nautical Mile/ 587 Heffalumps Counted by Pooh (25 all OK)
  93. Henry Miller (100) "Tropic of Capricorn"
  94. QAPF (100) Quartz, Alkali feldspar, Plagioclase, Feldspathoid
  95. Giuseppe Pinelli (100) on whom was based Dario Fo's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist"
  96. 11 (15) for "sodium". Tom Lehrer's celebrated "Elements" song, set to the tune of "I am the very model of a modern major general" from "The Pirates of Penzance", starting here with "sulphur, californium, fermium, berkelium, mendeluvium, einsteinium, nobelium" etc. Atomic numbers substituted for the names of the elements
  97. Inion/ Barefacedly/ Milquetoast (50 all OK) in i o n, twice not out is "in" "in" with o (ie a duck) inserted; Bare f aced ly, "Bare" = empty, "aced" = took king (cards) inserted in "fly" (old type of horse drawn carriage); Milquetoast = anagram of "almost quiet"
  98. Anton Bruckner (90) nicknamed "Wagner"
  99. 2 (0) number of players by country in the Men's Singles main draw in the Australian Open Tennis Championships, in this case Henman and Murray who both lost in round 1. Obviously some countries were omitted, for example Cyprus who provided the runner-up with their sole player. If Women's had been asked for UK, answer = 0!
  100. The Little Prince/ The Slipper and the Rose (95) Wally Stott wrote the music for "Hancock's Half Hour" etc; in due he underwent a sex change and, as Angela Morley, was co-nominated in those films

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