2005 Christmas Quiz

All Sections WITH ANSWERS

Section 1 - Small Cool Star

Red Dwarf

1) Last Human Alive - Dave Lister

2) Transsexual computer - Holly/Hilly

3) Judas's alter Ego - he's a card - Ace Rimmer

4) No.1 love of his life - Christine Kochanski

5) The only thing moving on the Nova 5 - Kryten

6) The Riviera Kid - Cat

7) Green Shuttle - Star Bug

8) Uncool - Duane Dibley

9) Smeghead - Arnold Judas Rimmer

10) Insane Holographic Penguin - Mr Flibble

Section 2 - Which....

London Underground Stations

1) Is a large family of girls - Seven Sisters

2) Derives its name from an Italian battle - Maida Vale

3) Is a children's television series - Grange Hill

4) Is a Scottish Street - Caledonian Road

5) Is a make of car - Vauxhall

6) Is a game - Mornington Crescent

7) Is an area with special privileges - Borough

8) Was the location of a mid-17th Century battle - Turnham Green

9) is a queen - Victoria

10) is a shape - Oval

Section 3 - Subject of Rivalry

Brothers

(note the deliberate spelling in question 3)

1) Home of a famous carrot Lover - Bugs Bunny Warner Brothers

2) Push the button - Tom Rowlands and Ed Simmons The Chemical Brothers

3) Earlyer actor's 1930 effort - O Brother, Where art thou? George Clooney ER actor

4) On a mission from god - Jake and Elwood - the blues brothers

5) Small cat and hunting bird Dec 1903 - Wilbur and Orville - The Wright Brothers

6) Animal Crackers - Harpo, Chico, Groucho, Zeppo and Gummo - the Marx Brothers

7) From a pretty tricky situation - Brothers in arms - dire straits

8) Listen to the music - the Doobie Brothers too numerous to mention

9) Wrote uninviting folktales - Jacob and Wlhelm - the brothers Grimm

10) Orwellian intrusion - Big Brother

Section 4 - Reach for the sky

Towers

1) Finally it's "so long, architect" - Towering Inferno

2) K.L. twins - Petronas Towers

3) Advert for a square cow - Oxo Tower

4) Modelled from mash in Wyoming - Devil's Tower

5) Gustave's engineering feat - Eiffel Tower

6) Black country amusements - Alton Towers

7) Flowery Watts (anag.) - Fawlty Towers

8) Home of Reginald's Mighty Wurlitzer - Blackpool Tower

9) Fishy copy of Siena's Palazzo Publico overlooking North Sea - Grimsby Dock tower

10) Coastal fortifications originating in Corsica - Martello Towers

Section 5 - Maintaining a Balance

Status Quo

1) Lawrence Lowry's Works - Pictures of matchstick men

2) Handmade aviation - Paper Plane

3) Over and Over - Again and again

4) Take anything - Whatever you want

5) Not up again - down down

6) Precipitation - Rain

7) A bit of R'n'R - Rock and Roll

8) Being a castaway - Living on an Island

9) Marriage maybe? - What you're proposing

10) Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Just sing it - Mystery Song

Section 6 - Identify 1100 Roman names

Motorcycle names (MC being 1100)

1) Japanese Peregrine - Hayabusa - Suzuki

2) Mexican Outlaw - Bandit -Suzuki

3) Lily Savage - Drag Star - Yamaha

4) Pinion D'Or - Gold Wing - Honda

5) Overlord - Dominator Honda

6) Teachers Pet gets one - Gold Star - BSA

7) Neptune's spear - Trident - Triumph

8) Flaming Sword - Fireblade - Honda

9) Huge Beastie - Monster - Ducati

10) Amphibious Infantryman - Commando - Norton

Section 7 - Who

Men named Bill

1) was a sharp-shooter and law enforcer - Wild Bill Hickok

2) works in a fictitious bank - Bill Weasley (in Harry Potter)

3) is a comic - Bill Bailey

4) went for a walk in the woods - Bill Bryson

5) was suspended for two weeks for swearing - Bill Grundy (after interviewing Sex Pistols on BBC TV)

6) killed Nancy then later hung himself - Bill Sikes (Oliver Twist)

7) is a musician with dirty hands - Bill Wyman (Sticky Fingers)

8) wanted to borrow a horse with some friends - Bill Brewer (with old Uncle Tom Cobley and all)

9) is the 42nd - Bill Clinton

10) thought his 'ole was better - Old Bill

Section 8 - Who may have said...

Anagrams of cooks' names

1) I DISH MEAL T - Delia Smith

2) I ER... I LOVE JAM - Jamie Oliver

3) OH, I RIG SPONGES - Sophie Grigson

4) RON RODS MY AGA - Gordon Ramsay

5) BEN BOILS ALE TEA - Isabella Beeton

6) FRY HER A DUF JAM - Madhur Jaffrey

7) HI, I TRY LEAN ROAST - Ainsley Harriott

8) I LARD ROAST CHICKS WINGS - Clarissa Dickson Wright

9) MY PLANT ROAST WON HONOR - Antony Worral Thompson

10) GRILL WITH A TASTY FENNEL?...UGHH - Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall

Section 9 - Confused wasp for thought

Dogs

1. Classical name for a saint. - Beethoven (St. Bernard)

2. One of quintet. - Timmy (Famous Five stories)

3. Jaffa's Danish. - Duke (Boycie nicknamed Jaffa in Only Fools and Horses)

4. Trapdoor guardian of the stone. - Fluffy (Harry Potter)

5. Bill's give away, with a twist. - Bullseye (Oliver Twist)

6. Afloat with George, Harris and I. - Montmorency (Three men and a dog)

7. London's calling. - Buck (Jack London Call of the Wild)

8. A Darling employee. - Nana (Peter Pan)

9. Alternative Can Can companion. - Snowy (Tin-tin)

10. Atkinson's churchyard squatter. - Greyfriars Bobby ( Eleanor Atkinson)

Section 10 - This is that is.

ie endings

1. French soft option. - Brie

2. He knows who to ask, directly. - Bertie (Wooster asks Jeeves

3. Ed loves the Jersey Lily. - Lillie (Langtry mistress of Edward)

4. James' skirmish at the Pass. - Killiecrankie (Battle 1689)

5. John Birks in a whirl. - Dizzy Gillespie

6. I'm in a coloured valley, single. - Glenmorangie

7.This plant can't wait. - Busy Lizzie

8. Pica pica. - Magpie

9. Sounds like Little Polly with a dish enjoyed digging. - Flinders Petrie, archaeologist

10. She had Tibbs with all the spots. - Dodie (Smith author of 101 Dalmatians)

Section 11 - Number 1 or 2?

All answers contained a euphemism for toilet

1 Took a Walk - Lou Reed (Take a Walk on The Wild Side)

2 Do you know in the north - John Peel (D'ye ken John Peel)

3 Scarlet and gold used for formal photographs - Throne Room (Buckingham Palace)

4 French Dance - Can-Can

5 Rode to death over Jordan - Dunny (But he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his death - Garth Brooks - The Cowboy Song)

6 North Eastern Goldfield - Thunderbox Gold Deposit

7 Possibly murdered in Cheshire during Roman Times - Bog Body (Lindow Man)

8 all-terrain, all-weather vehicle with night capabilities - LAV-AT/25/M/C2 (LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLE)

9 A Final Court of Appeal - Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

10 Lucky Jim's hangover - "His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum" - Kingsley Amis

For answers, see answers to ALL sections