RBBG Quiz No 12 - Name That Place
Welcome to our latest quiz, No 12. This is a straightforward teaser, where you need answers which are geographical names or places. All you need to write is the PLACE, not the whole name. Good luck!
1 Abraham Lincoln, assassinated American President
2 Actress, Susan Hampshire , played the part of Fleur in the TV dramatisation of ‘The Forsythe Saga’
3 Burt Lancaster appearing in ‘From Here to Eternity’
4 Brian London was British & Commonwealth Heavyweight boxing champion, 1958-59
5 Comedian, pianist, film star, ‘10’, Dudley Moore
6 Dionne Warwick, American singer who sang “Walk on By”
7 Dour comedian, actor, Jack Dee
8 Male English film star, appearing in ‘Logan’s Run’ & ‘Zeppelin’, Michael York
9 English pop artist, David Essex, appeared in the film ‘Stardust’ & had hits, like
‘ Hold Me Close’ & ‘Lamplight’
10 English singer, Jackie Trent, had a big hit with ‘Where Are You, Now, (My Love)’
11 Ex-Wales and Tottenham Hotspur centre-half, Mike England
12 Lead singer of Aussie pop/folk group, Judith Durham, with songs like ‘The Carnival is Over’
13 Much loved comedian, Eric Morecambe, took his name from his home town.
14 Christine and ex-MP husband, Neil Hamilton, notorious celebrities?
15 Presenter of ITV’s long-running wrestling programmes, Kent Walton. (First name and surname)
16 Robert Carlyle starred in ‘Trainspotting’ and 'Stargate Universe' (Enter sound-alike town)!!!
17 Short novel, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’, was written by William Somerset Maugham.
18 Star of ‘It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum’, Windsor Davis.
19 Tony Blackburn played the first record on Radio 1
20 David Bedford used to be a fine, middle distance runner for GB
21 Andy Burnham, a Labour M.P., who battled against Ed Miliband for the Labour leadership, in 2010
22 John Leyton, pop singer/actor, had a No 1 hit with “Johnny, Remember Me”, in 1961
23 Rod Hull, comedian (with puppet Emu), died after falling from his roof, in 1999.
24 Kurt and Michael Douglas father and son, A list film stars
25 Joan Bakewell, TV presenter and journalist, also represented senior citizens as Pensions tsar.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following entrants, who scored 25!
ANSWERS
LINCOLN
HAMPSHIRE
LANCASTER
LONDON
DUDLEY
WARWICK
DEE
YORK
ESSEX
TRENT
ENGLAND
DURHAM
MORECAMBE
HAMILTON
KENT WALTON
CARLISLE
SOMERSET
WINDSOR
BLACKBURN
BEDFORD
BURNHAM
LEYTON
HULL
DOUBLAS
BAKEWELL
| John A | Ron C | Brian M |
| Jan O | Winner: Trudy R | Mary S |
| and | Norman W | |
| also | Pat W | scored 22/25 |
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