T274 PHONETICALLY SPEAKING QUIZ
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:27 pmThe answers to the next 25 questions all contain a word that represents a letter in the phonetic alphabet
1 Which song opens with the line, “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair”?
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
2 Which entertainer is the subject of a museum in Blackpool Tower?
CHARLIE CAROLI
3 Polly Styrene provided lead vocals for which punk band?
XRAY SPEC
4 In which cop movie thriller did Kurt Russell partner Sylvester Stallone?
TANGO AND CASH
5 Which actress from a famous showbiz family played a nurse in the film Oh What a Lovely War and a maid in the film The Other Sister?
JULIET MILLS
6 Which film chronicled the Battle of Rourke’s Drift?
ZULU
7 Which tune topped the charts for Eddie Calvert in 1953?
OH MEIN PAPA
8 What is the capital of Peru?
LIMA
9 In which sport is the Eisenhower Trophy contested?
GOLF
10 Ian McCulloch was lead vocalist for which Liverpool chart band?
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
11 Which role was played by Richard Anderson in The Six Million Dollar Man?
OSCAR GOLDMAN
12 What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?
ALPHA
13 Who is the only Oscar to have won an Oscar?
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
14 Which curmudgeon lives next door to Patrick and Pippa?
VICTOR MELDRON
15 Which was the only film that earned James Cagney an acting Oscar?
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
16 Which song by Joe Cocker was a tribute to Rita Coolidge?
DELTA LADY
17 Which Shakespeare play shares its title with an 1981 hit for Dire Straits?
ROMEO AND JUILET
18 Which film starring Basil Radford was based on a novel by Compton McKenzie?
WHISKEY GALORE
19 Which cricket star penned the autobiography Opening Up?
MIKE ATHERTON
20 Where are the Plains of Abraham located?
QUEBEC
21 Which nation won the cricket World Cup in 1983?
INDIA
22 What is Wilhelm Roentgen’s most notable invention?
X-RAY
23 Which song was a hit for Madonna in 1986 and Kelly Osbourne in 2002?
PAPA DONT PREACH
24 Which character was played by Jack Klugman in TV’s The Odd Couple?
OSCAR MADISON
25 In which month of the year was John F Kennedy assassinated?
NOVEMBER
1 Which song opens with the line, “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair”?
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
2 Which entertainer is the subject of a museum in Blackpool Tower?
CHARLIE CAROLI
3 Polly Styrene provided lead vocals for which punk band?
XRAY SPEC
4 In which cop movie thriller did Kurt Russell partner Sylvester Stallone?
TANGO AND CASH
5 Which actress from a famous showbiz family played a nurse in the film Oh What a Lovely War and a maid in the film The Other Sister?
JULIET MILLS
6 Which film chronicled the Battle of Rourke’s Drift?
ZULU
7 Which tune topped the charts for Eddie Calvert in 1953?
OH MEIN PAPA
8 What is the capital of Peru?
LIMA
9 In which sport is the Eisenhower Trophy contested?
GOLF
10 Ian McCulloch was lead vocalist for which Liverpool chart band?
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
11 Which role was played by Richard Anderson in The Six Million Dollar Man?
OSCAR GOLDMAN
12 What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?
ALPHA
13 Who is the only Oscar to have won an Oscar?
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
14 Which curmudgeon lives next door to Patrick and Pippa?
VICTOR MELDRON
15 Which was the only film that earned James Cagney an acting Oscar?
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
16 Which song by Joe Cocker was a tribute to Rita Coolidge?
DELTA LADY
17 Which Shakespeare play shares its title with an 1981 hit for Dire Straits?
ROMEO AND JUILET
18 Which film starring Basil Radford was based on a novel by Compton McKenzie?
WHISKEY GALORE
19 Which cricket star penned the autobiography Opening Up?
MIKE ATHERTON
20 Where are the Plains of Abraham located?
QUEBEC
21 Which nation won the cricket World Cup in 1983?
INDIA
22 What is Wilhelm Roentgen’s most notable invention?
X-RAY
23 Which song was a hit for Madonna in 1986 and Kelly Osbourne in 2002?
PAPA DONT PREACH
24 Which character was played by Jack Klugman in TV’s The Odd Couple?
OSCAR MADISON
25 In which month of the year was John F Kennedy assassinated?
NOVEMBER
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