T 141 THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Who did Donald Pleasence portray in the film The Eagles Have Landed?
HENRICH HIMMLER
2 What is the name of the patriotic eagle on The Muppet Show?
SAM THE EAGLE
3 Which sport is played by the Newcastle Eagles?
BASKETBALL
4 What five letter name is given to the home of an eagle?
EYRIE
5 Which country’s name in its own language is Shqiperia, meaning land of the eagles?
ALBANIA
6 Which hit for The Eagles ends with the line, “but you can never leave”?
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
7 Which musician is the pop star brother of Neneh Cherry?
EAGLE EYE CHERRY
8 Which female singer’s surname translates into English as eagle’s nest?
CHRISTINE AGUILERA
9 Which team were beaten in the 2005 final of the Super Bowl?
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
10 On July 20th 1969, who proclaimed “The Eagle has landed”?
NEIL ARMSTRONG
11 Over 80% of the USA’s bald eagle population is concentrated in which state?
FLORIDA
12 How many strokes under par is an eagle in the game of golf?
2 UNDER
13 In which 1986 film did Louis Gossett Jnr play an air force pilot called Colonel Sinclair?
IRON EAGLE
14 Which London football club are nicknamed The Eagles?
CRYSTAL PALACE
15 In which film did Clint Eastwood play Lieutenant Morris Schaffer?
WHERE EAGLES DARE
16 Which English county is home to an X shaped village called Eagle?
LINCOLNSHIRE
17 Who penned the novel The Eagle Has Landed?
JACK HIGGINS
18 Which country’s flag depicts an eagle with a snake in its mouth?
MEXICO
19 Who was known as the Pilot of the Future in the Eagle comic?
DAN DARE
20 Who was the first ski jumper to represent Britain in the Olympic games?
EDDIE THE EAGLE EDWARDS
21 Which two English counties are served by the radio station 96.4 The Eagle?
SURREY AND HAMPSHIRE
22 Which mythological winged spirit that took the dead to Hades has the body of an eagle and the face of a human?
HARPY
23 In which century was the bald eagle chosen as the emblem of the USA?
18TH CENTURY
24 Which film producer is often credited as SP Eagle?
SAM SPEIGEL
25 In which 1986 film did Robert Redford play District Attorney Tom Logan?
LEGAL EAGLES

[A Mum]

6) Hotel California
10) Neil Armstrong

[Interceptor]

7 Which musician is the pop star brother of Neneh Cherry? Eagle Eye Cherry
12 How many strokes under par is an eagle in the game of golf? 2
20 Who was the first ski jumper to represent Britain in the Olympic games? Eddie the Eagle

[magpie in the 80's]

6) Hotel California
10) Neil Armstrong

CORRECT MUM

[magpie in the 80's]

7 Which musician is the pop star brother of Neneh Cherry? Eagle Eye Cherry
12 How many strokes under par is an eagle in the game of golf? 2
20 Who was the first ski jumper to represent Britain in the Olympic games? Eddie the Eagle

CORRECT INTER

[Pseudo]

2 - Sam
4 - Eyrie
9 - Philadelphia Eagles
22 - Griffin ?

[magpie in the 80's]

2 - Sam
4 - Eyrie
9 - Philadelphia Eagles
22 - Griffin ?......INCORRECT

OTHERS CORRECT PSEUDO

[Peterxtc]

18. Mexico

[JAS]

Q1 The one he really really looks like Himmler
Q15 Broadsword calling danny boy Where Eagles Dare
Q19 Dan Dare ?

Regards
JAS

[Kahuna]

17/ Ken Follet

[magpie in the 80's]

18. Mexico

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 The one he really really looks like Himmler
Q15 Broadsword calling danny boy Where Eagles Dare
Q19 Dan Dare ?

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

17/ Ken Follet

INCORRECT K

[Pseudo]

2 - Sam
4 - Eyrie
9 - Philadelphia Eagles
22 - Griffin ?......INCORRECT

OTHERS CORRECT PSEUDO

OK... was 22 the Furies?

[magpie in the 80's]

2 - Sam
4 - Eyrie
9 - Philadelphia Eagles
22 - Griffin ?......INCORRECT

OTHERS CORRECT PSEUDO

OK... was 22 the Furies?

INCORRECT

[Columbo]

13. Iron Eagle

[JAS]

Q3 Ice hockey ?
Q22 Harpies
Q24 Steven Speilberg ?

[magpie in the 80's]

13. Iron Eagle

correct C

[magpie in the 80's]

Q3 Ice hockey ?
Q22 Harpies.................................correct jas
Q24 Steven Speilberg ?

other 2 incorrect

[magpie in the 80's]

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