WEEK 1 QUIZ ANSWERS 6th June - 12th June

Category A  Football (Anagrams)

 

1.  Align egg  (Gigg Lane)

2.  Jo on months  (John Motson or Mo Johnston)

3.  Transfer on doer  (Fernando Torres)

4.  A bob keen ire  (Robbie Keane)

5.  Anarchy bill sue  (Alan Curbishley)

 

 

Category B  TV Themes - UK Drama

 

1.  All Creatures Great and Small

2.  Auf Wiedersehen Pet

3.  Saint

4.  Follyfoot

5.  The Bill

 

 

Category C  Sport

 

1. Who captained the England Rugby Union team that won the Rugby World Cup in Australia  2003?  Martin Johnson

 

2.  (Picture Quiz) Who is this Olympic gold medallist?  James Cracknell

 

3.  In the 1990s, this Snooker player reached five consecutive World Championship finals at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, but never won the

     tournament.  Who is the unfortunate snooker player?  Jimmy White

 

4.  On a standard dartboard, what is the lowest number you can not achieve with one dart?  23

 

5.  Which Essex athlete won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992, when clocking a time of 53.22 in the final?  Sally Gunnell

 

 

Category D  Film - Musicals/Soundtracks

 

1. Billy Elliot

2. Paint Your Wagon

3. Dirty Dancing

4. Sound Of Music

5. Saturday Night Fever 

 

 

Category E  Football

 

1. Who was the youngest member of Sven Goran-Eriksson’s squad that made the trip to Germany for the 2006 World Cup finals?  Theo Walcott (17

    years)

 

2. In the season Halifax Town last made an appearance in the football league, before being relegated to the Conference, four other clubs contained

    the letter ‘x’ in their name.  Who were the four other clubs? (1 point will be awarded for four correct answers)  Wrexham, Oxford United,  Exeter, 

    Crewe Alexandra

 

3. I was born in Nottingham in 1976. As a trainee, I made my football league debut playing for Lincoln City and went on to make 28 appearances for

    the  club before moving to Newcastle United in 1995.  In 1996 I was signed by Gordon Strachan and made over 90 appearances for his club, and

     scoring 28  goals in the process. I have since played for three other clubs and I am currently plying my trade in East Anglia.  Who am I?  Darren

     Huckerby

 

4. Who was the first player to score an FA Cup final goal at the New Wembley Stadium?  Didier Drogba (Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United) 19th May 2007

 

5. At 38-years-old, this flamboyant African represented his country in the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy. He scored four goals, and each goal was

    celebrated with a jig around the corner flag.  Who is he?  Roger Milla

 

 

Category F  Pop Music (1980s)

 

1.  Wishing I Was Lucky -  Wet Wet Wet

2.  Will You  -  Hazel O’Connor

3.  Somewhere In My Heart  -  Aztec Camera

4.  Story Of The Blues  -  Wah

5.  Hold Me Now  -  Thompson Twins

 

 

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