T58 LETS DANCE QUIZ

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15 Vic Reeves

[magpie in the 80's]

Q10 Is it something like Ruth Etting or am I confusing it with a Doris Day film

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JAS

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[magpie in the 80's]

15 Vic Reeves

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[JAS]

Q10 Is it something like Ruth Etting or am I confusing it with a Doris Day film

Regards
JAS

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Ah I was confusing it with Doris

Q4 Only show I can think of in keeping with the theme is Cuckoo Waltz.

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JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q10 Is it something like Ruth Etting or am I confusing it with a Doris Day film

Regards
JAS

CLOSE ENOUGH JAS

Ah I was confusing it with Doris

Q4 Only show I can think of in keeping with the theme is Cuckoo Waltz.

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

1 The name of which dance derives from the Portuguese for new voice?
BOSSA NOVA
2 Who had a 1983 number one hit with the song, Let’s Dance?
DAVID BOWIE
3 Which two dances represent words in the phonetic alphabet?
FOXTROT AND TANGO
4 In which TV series did Diane Keen play Fliss Hawthorne?
THE CUKOO WALTZ
5 Who, born Ernest Evans, became known as the King of Twist?
CHUBBY CHECKER
6 Which stage show was first presented by Michael Flatley at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest?
RIVERDANCE
7 In which film did Patrick Swayze play Johnny Castle?
DIRTY DANCING
8 Which famous dancer was born Margaret Hookham?
MARGOT FONTEYN
9 The mazurka is the national dance of which European nation?
POLAND
10 The film Dance With a Stranger chronicled the troubled life and subsequent execution of which woman?
RUTH ELLIS
11 Which nation won the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Wild Dances?
UKRAINE
12 Which composer was nicknamed the Waltz King?
JOHANN STRAUSS
13 Which film saw Dick Van Dyke dancing with animated penguins?
MARY POPPINS
14 Which singer was Dancing on the Ceiling in 1986?
LIONEL RITCHIE
15 Which British comedian married lap dancer Nancy Sorrell in 2003?
VIC REEVES
16 What name is given to the ceremonial dance of the All Blacks rugby union team?
HAKA
17 Which company was founded in 1776 by Peter Urussov and Mikhail Medoks?
BOLSHOI BALLET
18 Which glam rockers had a number two hit with Ballroom Blitz?
THE SWEET
19 In 1958 who was crowned Hong Kong Crown Colony Cha Cha Champion?
BRUCE LEE
20 Which dance popular in the 1920s was named after a city in South Carolina?
CHARLESTON
21 Who succeeded Torvill and Dean as British ice dance champions?
KAREN BARBER AND NICKY SLATER
22 On which island did the limbo dance originate?
TRINIDAD
23 Which dance meaning two step in Spanish represents a matador and his cape?
PASA DOBLE
24 By what nickname was the tap dancer Bill Robinson otherwise known?
BOJANGLES
25 The French group Kaoma had a world wide smash hit in 1989 with which song?
LAMBADA

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

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