Can you guess the actor/actress who appeared in these films. Can I suggest 3 points for 1 clue, 2 points for 2 clues and 1 if 3 clues are needed. Good luck

 

Clues

1) 10 Things I Hate About You

Brokeback Mountain

The Dark Knight

 

2) The Longest Day

On Golden Pond

12 Angry Men

 

3) Batman Begins

The Commuter

Schindler’s List

 

4) Batman and Robin

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

Pulp Fiction

 

5) The Big Short

Moneyball

 

Questions

1) When you take credit for someone else’s work you are said to steal their what?

 

2) Which American comedy show shares its name with an idea of how the universe began proposed by Georges Lemaitre

 

3) At 1748 sq miles, which is the largest of Britain’s National Parks?

 

4) The TV series Downton Abbey is set in which county?

 

5) What is the English equivalent to the term ‘janitor’ in america?

 

6) The Road to Wigan……what, is a book by George Orwell?

 

 

From the author and opening line, can you name the book.

 

1) Douglas Adams - Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

 

2) Louisa May Alcott - Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, resting on the rug.

 

3) Roald Dahl - These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.

 

 

Below are a series of 3 events from a particular year, but can you work out which? I suggest 2 points for the correct year and 1 point if you're only one year out.

I've repeated the clues below along with the answers.

 

Clues

1) Aberdeen FC beat Real Madrid to win the European Cup Winners Cup.

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ was shown on MTV for the first time.

‘Flashdance’ starring Jennifer Beals was one of the box office hits of the year.

 

2) The Terracotta Army was discovered in Xi’an, China

 

Here are a series of clues to famous people, past or present, whose birthday is in March. I’ve placed their birthday along with the answers below.

Clues

1) Lead singer and lyricist of the band Elbow

 

2) American filmmaker and actor who came to prominence in ‘Happy Days’ but has gone on to direct many well known films including ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Apollo 13 and won an oscar for Best Director for the film ‘A Beautiful Mind’’