T98 A PRESIDENTIALS PARADE QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

The answers to the next 25 questions all contain the surname of a US president

1 Whose debut album was entitled A Kick Inside?
KATE BUSH
2 Which Vice Chairman of Chelsea FC died in a helicopter crash in 1996?
MATHEW HARDING
3 What was the name of the high school attended by Richie Cunningham in Happy Days?
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
4 Who performed the Bond theme for Octopussy?
RITA COOLIDGE
5 Which 1971 film starring Michael Caine was remade by Sylvester Stallone in 2000?
GET CARTER
6 Which Alabama born soul music icon died in January 2006 aged 64?
WILSON PICKETT
7 Who created the character of Rip Van Winkle?
WASHINGTON IRVING
8 Which musician published the book, Always Playing in 1991?
NIGEL KENNEDY
9 Who played the head of intelligence in the film The Great Escape?
GORDON JACKSON
10 Which singer topped the UK charts in 1991?
BRYAN ADAMS
11 Who duetted with Hylda Baker in a spoof version of, You’re the One that I Want?
ARTHUR MULLARD
12 What did the Boulder Dam change its name to?
HOOVER DAM
13 What is nicknamed The World’s Most Famous Arena?
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
14 Who was the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world?
JACK JOHNSON
15 Who was the only film director to win four Oscars in the 20th century?
JOHN FORD
16 Who was crowned Miss California Artichoke Queen in 1947?
MARILYN MONROE
17 Which football club play their home matches at Sincil Bank?
LINCOLN CITY
18 Who wrote the poem The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
19 Brainwashed was the title of a 2002 posthumous album by which music legend?
GEORGE HARRISON
20 Who was the first Welsh female singer to top the charts in the USA?
BONNIE TYLER
21 Who married Anthea Turner in 2000?
GRANT BOVEY
22 Which feline was voiced by Bill Murray in a 2004 film?
GARFIELD
23 Which actor was made a Freeman of his home town of Navan in 1999?
PIERCE BRONSAN
24 Which Edinburgh born boxer was crowned World Lightweight Champion in 1971, a title he later lost to an up and coming Roberto Duran?
KEN BUCHANAN
25 Who provides the voice of Chef in South Park?
ISAAC HAYES

[JAS]

Q7 Washington Irving
Q9 Gordon Jackson
Q11 It was Arthur Mullard...was that a president????
Q12 Hoover

Regards
JAS

[Pseudo]

1 - Kate Bush
3 - Jefferson High
18 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
25 - Isaac Hayes

[JAS]

Q16 Marilyn Monroe

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q7 Washington Irving
Q9 Gordon Jackson
Q11 It was Arthur Mullard...was that a president????PRESIDENT 1881 - 1885
Q12 Hoover

Regards
JAS

ALL OTHERS CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

1 - Kate Bush
3 - Jefferson High
18 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
25 - Isaac Hayes

ALL CORRECT PSEUDO

[magpie in the 80's]

Q16 Marilyn Monroe

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[JK]

4. Rita Coolidge

[rogernumber10]

13 - Madison Square Garden
14 - Johnson

[magpie in the 80's]

4. Rita Coolidge

CORRECT CP

[magpie in the 80's]

13 - Madison Square Garden
14 - Johnson

CORRECT R10

[magpie in the 80's]

still 13Q's to answer here

[godoubleblues]

Q5 - Get Carter

[magpie in the 80's]

Q5 - Get Carter

CORRECT GDB

[JAS]

Q15 John Ford
Q21 The president would be Grant...his surname is something like Tovey never a fan of her's so didn't take much notice of who she married

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q15 John Ford................correct
Q21 The president would be Grant...his surname is something like Tovey never a fan of her's so didn't take much notice of who she married ...close enough...........BOVEY

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

The answers to the next 25 questions all contain the surname of a US president

1 Whose debut album was entitled A Kick Inside?
KATE BUSH
2 Which Vice Chairman of Chelsea FC died in a helicopter crash in 1996?
MATHEW HARDING
3 What was the name of the high school attended by Richie Cunningham in Happy Days?
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
4 Who performed the Bond theme for Octopussy?
RITA COOLIDGE
5 Which 1971 film starring Michael Caine was remade by Sylvester Stallone in 2000?
GET CARTER
6 Which Alabama born soul music icon died in January 2006 aged 64?
WILSON PICKETT
7 Who created the character of Rip Van Winkle?
WASHINGTON IRVING
8 Which musician published the book, Always Playing in 1991?
NIGEL KENNEDY
9 Who played the head of intelligence in the film The Great Escape?
GORDON JACKSON
10 Which singer topped the UK charts in 1991?
BRYAN ADAMS
11 Who duetted with Hylda Baker in a spoof version of, You’re the One that I Want?
ARTHUR MULLARD
12 What did the Boulder Dam change its name to?
HOOVER DAM
13 What is nicknamed The World’s Most Famous Arena?
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
14 Who was the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world?
JACK JOHNSON
15 Who was the only film director to win four Oscars in the 20th century?
JOHN FORD
16 Who was crowned Miss California Artichoke Queen in 1947?
MARILYN MONROE
17 Which football club play their home matches at Sincil Bank?
LINCOLN CITY
18 Who wrote the poem The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
19 Brainwashed was the title of a 2002 posthumous album by which music legend?
GEORGE HARRISON
20 Who was the first Welsh female singer to top the charts in the USA?
BONNIE TYLER
21 Who married Anthea Turner in 2000?
GRANT BOVEY
22 Which feline was voiced by Bill Murray in a 2004 film?
GARFIELD
23 Which actor was made a Freeman of his home town of Navan in 1999?
PIERCE BRONSAN
24 Which Edinburgh born boxer was crowned World Lightweight Champion in 1971, a title he later lost to an up and coming Roberto Duran?
KEN BUCHANAN
25 Who provides the voice of Chef in South Park?
ISAAC HAYES

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ