T76 PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:16 pm1 What card game takes its name from the Spanish for “basket”?
CANASTA
2 What name is given to Bruce Forsyth’s female assistants on Play your Cards Right?
DOLLY DEALERS
3 Who was killed by Jack McCall in 1876 playing poker in a Deadwood saloon?
WILD BILL HICKOK
4 Which film saw Robert Shaw and Paul Newman playing cards aboard a train?
THE STING
5 Which card depicts a centurion’s head as its logo?
AMERICAN EXPRESS
6 Who played the treacherous politician Francis Urquhart in the TV drama House of Cards?
IAN RICHARDSON
7 What colour is the Coventry Street card in Monopoly?
YELLOW
8 In which 80s TV series did Ray Brooks play an addicted gambler called Robbie Box?
BIG DEAL
9 In which novel did Count Rostov lose a fortune playing Faro?
WAR AND PEACE
10 Which card game is contested for the Bermuda Bowl?
BRIDGE
11 What does a cartophilist collect?
CIGARETTE CARDS
12 In which card game is the 9 of trumps known as the Dix?
PINOCHE
13 Which song was a hit for Wink Martindale and Max Bygraves?
DECK OF CARDS
14 Which historical figure is the King of Diamonds said to represent?
JULIUS CAESER
15 What is the alternative name for the Hierophant in a pack of Tarot cards?
THE POPE
16 Which historical leader is the King of Hearts said to represent?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
17 Which rock group enjoyed a 1980 hit with Ace of Spades?
MOTORHEAD
18 What is the best hand in a game of poker?
ROYAL FLUSH
19 Which card game that employs a 32 card deck shares its name with the surname of a Formula One champion?
PIQUET
20 Which card game features Mr Bun the Baker?
HAPPY CARDS
21 What is Pokemon short for with regard to Pokemon cards?
POCKET MONSTER
22 Which TV show saw two of the main characters playing a card game called Fizzbin?
STAR TREK
23 Which Bond movie saw Roger Moore purchasing a number of Tarot cards depicting the Lovers?
LIVE AND LET DIE
24 Which card is known as The Curse of Scotland?
9 OF DIAMONDS
25 What are the four suits in a deck of playing cards said to have originally represented?
HEARTS = LOVE
DIAMNONDS = WEALTH
CLUBS = KNOWLEDGE
SPADES = DEATH
CANASTA
2 What name is given to Bruce Forsyth’s female assistants on Play your Cards Right?
DOLLY DEALERS
3 Who was killed by Jack McCall in 1876 playing poker in a Deadwood saloon?
WILD BILL HICKOK
4 Which film saw Robert Shaw and Paul Newman playing cards aboard a train?
THE STING
5 Which card depicts a centurion’s head as its logo?
AMERICAN EXPRESS
6 Who played the treacherous politician Francis Urquhart in the TV drama House of Cards?
IAN RICHARDSON
7 What colour is the Coventry Street card in Monopoly?
YELLOW
8 In which 80s TV series did Ray Brooks play an addicted gambler called Robbie Box?
BIG DEAL
9 In which novel did Count Rostov lose a fortune playing Faro?
WAR AND PEACE
10 Which card game is contested for the Bermuda Bowl?
BRIDGE
11 What does a cartophilist collect?
CIGARETTE CARDS
12 In which card game is the 9 of trumps known as the Dix?
PINOCHE
13 Which song was a hit for Wink Martindale and Max Bygraves?
DECK OF CARDS
14 Which historical figure is the King of Diamonds said to represent?
JULIUS CAESER
15 What is the alternative name for the Hierophant in a pack of Tarot cards?
THE POPE
16 Which historical leader is the King of Hearts said to represent?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
17 Which rock group enjoyed a 1980 hit with Ace of Spades?
MOTORHEAD
18 What is the best hand in a game of poker?
ROYAL FLUSH
19 Which card game that employs a 32 card deck shares its name with the surname of a Formula One champion?
PIQUET
20 Which card game features Mr Bun the Baker?
HAPPY CARDS
21 What is Pokemon short for with regard to Pokemon cards?
POCKET MONSTER
22 Which TV show saw two of the main characters playing a card game called Fizzbin?
STAR TREK
23 Which Bond movie saw Roger Moore purchasing a number of Tarot cards depicting the Lovers?
LIVE AND LET DIE
24 Which card is known as The Curse of Scotland?
9 OF DIAMONDS
25 What are the four suits in a deck of playing cards said to have originally represented?
HEARTS = LOVE
DIAMNONDS = WEALTH
CLUBS = KNOWLEDGE
SPADES = DEATH
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