T 137 GREY MATTERS QUIZ
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:04 pm1 In which film did Jennifer Grey play Baby Houseman?
DIRTY DANCING
2 In the American Civil War which side’s armies wore grey uniforms?
CONFEDERATE
3 Which song contains the lyric, “It’s hard to make believe you’re happy when you’re grey”?
WHO LOVES YOU / THE FOUR SEASONS
4 To date who is the only footballer to have been voted PFA Young Player and PFA Player of the Year in the same football season?
ANDY GRAY
5 Which 19th century Prime Minister closely associated with a hot beverage is the subject of a statue in Newcastle upon Tyne?
EARL GREY
6 What is the title of Oscar Wilde’s only novel?
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
7 In which TV show did Bob Harris replace Richard Williams as presenter?
THE OLD GRAY WHISTLE TEST
8 Who recorded the album White Ladder?
DAVID GRAY
9 Who is known as the Nine Day Queen?
LADY JANE GREY
10 Which Tolkien creation is known as the Grey Pilgrim?
GANDALF
11 African grey is a species of what?
PARROT
12 Which poet penned Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?
THOMAS GRAY
13 Which singer was born Natalie McIntyre?
MACY GRAY
14 Who wrote the novel The Riders of the Purple Sage?
ZANE GRAY
15 Who played the master of ceremonies in the Oscar winning film Cabaret?
JOEL GREY
16 Which role was played by Linda Gray in Dallas?
SUE ELLEN EWING
17 A greylag is a species of which bird?
GOOSE
18 Which paralympian was created a Dame in 2005?
TANNI GREY - THOMPSON
19 Which newspaper is nicknamed the Grey Lady?
NEW YORK TIMES
20 In which 1999 film did Pierce Brosnan play a Canadian fur trapper who claimed to be an American Indian?
GREY OWL
21 Which left wing wizard penned the autobiography Marching On Together: My Life with Leeds United?
EDDIE GRAY
22 The Gray is the SI unit for an absorbed dosage of what?
RADIATION ENERGY
23 Who had a number four hit in 1981 with the song Grey Day?
MADNESS
24 Who created the fictional school Greyfriars?
FRANK RICHARDS
25 In He Man which castle held the source of the secret power of the planet Eternia?
GRAYSKULL
DIRTY DANCING
2 In the American Civil War which side’s armies wore grey uniforms?
CONFEDERATE
3 Which song contains the lyric, “It’s hard to make believe you’re happy when you’re grey”?
WHO LOVES YOU / THE FOUR SEASONS
4 To date who is the only footballer to have been voted PFA Young Player and PFA Player of the Year in the same football season?
ANDY GRAY
5 Which 19th century Prime Minister closely associated with a hot beverage is the subject of a statue in Newcastle upon Tyne?
EARL GREY
6 What is the title of Oscar Wilde’s only novel?
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
7 In which TV show did Bob Harris replace Richard Williams as presenter?
THE OLD GRAY WHISTLE TEST
8 Who recorded the album White Ladder?
DAVID GRAY
9 Who is known as the Nine Day Queen?
LADY JANE GREY
10 Which Tolkien creation is known as the Grey Pilgrim?
GANDALF
11 African grey is a species of what?
PARROT
12 Which poet penned Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?
THOMAS GRAY
13 Which singer was born Natalie McIntyre?
MACY GRAY
14 Who wrote the novel The Riders of the Purple Sage?
ZANE GRAY
15 Who played the master of ceremonies in the Oscar winning film Cabaret?
JOEL GREY
16 Which role was played by Linda Gray in Dallas?
SUE ELLEN EWING
17 A greylag is a species of which bird?
GOOSE
18 Which paralympian was created a Dame in 2005?
TANNI GREY - THOMPSON
19 Which newspaper is nicknamed the Grey Lady?
NEW YORK TIMES
20 In which 1999 film did Pierce Brosnan play a Canadian fur trapper who claimed to be an American Indian?
GREY OWL
21 Which left wing wizard penned the autobiography Marching On Together: My Life with Leeds United?
EDDIE GRAY
22 The Gray is the SI unit for an absorbed dosage of what?
RADIATION ENERGY
23 Who had a number four hit in 1981 with the song Grey Day?
MADNESS
24 Who created the fictional school Greyfriars?
FRANK RICHARDS
25 In He Man which castle held the source of the secret power of the planet Eternia?
GRAYSKULL
