T85 THE CRYING GAME QUIZ
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:30 pm1 Who sobbed her way through an Oscar acceptance speech for her role in Shakespeare in Love?
GWYNETH PALTROW
2 In 1997 which boxer broke down in tears during a bout with Lennox Lewis?
OLIVER MC CALL
3 Which song contains the line, “Long nights crying by the record machine”?
CROCODILE ROCK
4 What L is the name of the glands that secrete tears?
LACHRYMAL
5 What animal’s tears are said to be sign of insincere grief?
CROCODILE TEARS
6 Where was Elvis Presley crying in a 1965 chart topper?
CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
7 Who scored nil points for their rendition of Cry Baby in the Eurovision Song Contest?
JEMINI
8 In which film did Miss Moneypenny cry at James Bond’s wedding?
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
9 Which sibling duo were Crying in the Rain in 1962?
EVERLY BROTHERS
10 Which musical features the song Don’t Cry for me Argentina?
EVITA
11 Who did Denzel Washington portray in Cry Freedom?
STEVE BILKO
12 Which nursery rhyme character rapped at the windows and cried through the locks?
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
13 Who wrote the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
AESOP
14 Which 1999 film earned Hilary Swank her first Best Actress Oscar?
BOYS DONT CRY
15 Under what name did Greg and Pat Kane record?
HUE AND CRY
16 Which song has been a hit for Julie London, Mari Wilson and Denise Welch?
CRY ME A RIVER
17 In what year did Paul Gascoine cry in a World Cup semi final?
1990
18 Which 1988 film told the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, who claimed her baby had been taken by a dingo?
A CRY IN THE DARK
19 Which singer born Dave Grundy had the original 1964 hit with The Crying Game?
DAVE BERRY
20 Who said, “I cried all the way to the bank” following a libel case against the Daily Mirror?
LIBERACE
21 Who topped the UK charts in 1980 with the song Crying?
DON MCLEAN
22 Which organisations official magazine is called The War Cry?
SALVATION ARMY
23 Which singer acquired the nickname of the Sultan of Sob?
JOHNNY RAY
24 What two words make up the shortest verse in the Bible?
JESUS WEPT
25 Which song contains the line, “but baby every night I wake up crying”?
TEARS ON MY PILLOW
GWYNETH PALTROW
2 In 1997 which boxer broke down in tears during a bout with Lennox Lewis?
OLIVER MC CALL
3 Which song contains the line, “Long nights crying by the record machine”?
CROCODILE ROCK
4 What L is the name of the glands that secrete tears?
LACHRYMAL
5 What animal’s tears are said to be sign of insincere grief?
CROCODILE TEARS
6 Where was Elvis Presley crying in a 1965 chart topper?
CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
7 Who scored nil points for their rendition of Cry Baby in the Eurovision Song Contest?
JEMINI
8 In which film did Miss Moneypenny cry at James Bond’s wedding?
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
9 Which sibling duo were Crying in the Rain in 1962?
EVERLY BROTHERS
10 Which musical features the song Don’t Cry for me Argentina?
EVITA
11 Who did Denzel Washington portray in Cry Freedom?
STEVE BILKO
12 Which nursery rhyme character rapped at the windows and cried through the locks?
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
13 Who wrote the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
AESOP
14 Which 1999 film earned Hilary Swank her first Best Actress Oscar?
BOYS DONT CRY
15 Under what name did Greg and Pat Kane record?
HUE AND CRY
16 Which song has been a hit for Julie London, Mari Wilson and Denise Welch?
CRY ME A RIVER
17 In what year did Paul Gascoine cry in a World Cup semi final?
1990
18 Which 1988 film told the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, who claimed her baby had been taken by a dingo?
A CRY IN THE DARK
19 Which singer born Dave Grundy had the original 1964 hit with The Crying Game?
DAVE BERRY
20 Who said, “I cried all the way to the bank” following a libel case against the Daily Mirror?
LIBERACE
21 Who topped the UK charts in 1980 with the song Crying?
DON MCLEAN
22 Which organisations official magazine is called The War Cry?
SALVATION ARMY
23 Which singer acquired the nickname of the Sultan of Sob?
JOHNNY RAY
24 What two words make up the shortest verse in the Bible?
JESUS WEPT
25 Which song contains the line, “but baby every night I wake up crying”?
TEARS ON MY PILLOW
