Question 1

• Which of the following is NOT a variety of pear?

Bosc, Bartlett, Sierra Beauty, Anjou

Its an apple

Question 2

• Wings of a Dove was a chart hit in 1983 for which English band, and at what chart position did it peak in the UK? Madness No 2

Question 3

• According to the Daily Mail, May this year saw a record 220,000 Hen and Stage Parties but which 3 UK cities were the most popular for ‘Hens’?

London Brighton and Bristol

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Question 4

• Which 4 of the original Spice Girls were scheduled to do a ‘calling it a day’ global tour in 2014 but had to ‘call it a day’ and retire for good when they failed to get the tour funded? Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunten, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm

Question 5

• Name 5 wives of Henry VIII.

• Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard.

Question 6

• A classic film often shown at Christmas time over the years is ‘The Wild Geese’ name 6 actors starring in it.

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Question 7

Name the swimmers shown in the following pictures.

Mark Spitz, Rebecca Addlington, Michael Phelps, Sharon Davies, Mark Foster,David Wilkie and Duncan Goodhew

Question 8

• In 1982 the Milk Marketing Board sponsored the Football League cup. Name 8 teams who have won this trophy from 1982 to present day (its currently known as the capital one cup). Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Chelsea, Leicester City, Liverpool, Luton Town, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oxford United, Swansea City, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur

Question 9

• Name 9 celebrity ladies who have taken part in Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly dancers• Verona Joseph• Claire Sweeney• Lesley Garrett• Natasha Kaplinsky• Carol Vorderman• Ester Rantzen• Sarah Manners• Denise Lewis• Jill Halfpenny• Siobhan Hayes• Jaye Jacobs• Gloria Hunniford• Fionan Phillips• Patsey Palmer• Zoe Ball• Mica Paris

• Georgina Bouzova• Jan Ravens• Claire King• Carole Smillie• Louisa Lytton• Emma Bunton• Stephanie Beacham• Gabby Logan• Penny Lancaster• Kelly Brook• Kate Garraway• Letitia Dean• Alesha Dixon• Gillian Taylforth• Jessie Wallace

Strictly cont.• Heather Small• Cherie Lunghi• Jodie Kidd• Christine Bleakley• Lisa Snowdon• Rachel Stevens• Martina Hingis• Lynda Bellingham• Jo Wood• Zoe Lucker• Jade Johnson• Natalie Cassidy• Laila Rouass• Ali Bastian• Tina O’Brien• Michelle Williams

• Patsy Kensit• Ann Widdicombe• Felicity Kendall • Pamela

Stephenson• Kara Tointon• Edwina Currie• Nancy Dell’Olio• Lulu• Anita Dobson• Holly Valance• Chelsee Healey• Jerry Hall• Fern Britton• Victoria Pendleton• Lisa Riley

• Dani Harmer• Denise Van Outen• Kimberley Walsh• Vanessa Feltz• Deborah Meadon• Rachel Riley• Fiona Fulleton• Abbey Clancy• Natalie Gumede• Sophie Ellis –

Bextor• Susanna Reid

Question 10

• Name 10 actors who have played the eponymous time-lord in the Doctor Who tv series. William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon

Pertwee, Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Davidson, David Tennant, Christopher Eccleson, Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Matt Smith and the new one Peter Capaldi

Question 111. Football manager who led Manchester United from 1986 to

2013, knighted in 1999. Sir Alex Fergusson

2. Scientist, and inventor of the first practical telephone. Alexander Graham Bell

3. In 2009, her debut album I Dreamed a Dream became the UK's best-selling debut album in history. Susan Boyle

4. Acting icon and producer who won an Academy Award for The Untouchables and was voted The Sexiest Man of the Century by People magazine. Sean Connery

5. Scottish chef and television personality who became notorious for his critical and oftentimes belittling demeanour on Hell's Kitchen. Gordon Ramsey

6. Professional tennis champion who won the Gold Medal in the 2012 Men's Tennis Olympics. Andy Murray

7. Born in 1881, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of penicillin. Alexander Fleming

8. He became known for his gold-certified album, I Created Disco, which yielded the singles, "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls.“ Calvin Harris

9. Scottish actor best known for playing the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series. Robbie Coltrane

10. Singer born in 1948 Marie McDonald Lawrie. Lulu

11. Formula One racing driver nicknamed the "Flying Scot", he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Championships Jackie Stewart

Tenuous link: Scotland is famed for its bagpipes but can you solve the clues to find 11 famous scots?

Question 12

• Band Aid ‘Do they know its Christmas? ’ -One of the most famous songs to reach that elusive No1 chart spot Christmas 1984. But from 85 onwards can you name 12 other acts and their songs that also hit the top spot over Christmas?

Last year it was The Justice Collective – He Ain’t Heavy He’s my Brother previous years…….

1985 : Saving All my Love For You - Whitney Houston

86: Caravan of Love – The Housemartins

87: Always on My Mind – The Pet Shop Boys

88:Mistletoe and Wine – Cliff Richard

89: Do They Know its Christmas – Band Aid II

90: Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice

91: Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

92: I Will Always Love you – Whitney Houston

93: Mr Blobby – Mr Blobby

94: Stay Another Day – East 17

95: Earth Song - Michael Jackson

96: 2 Become 1 – Spice Girls

97: Too Much – Spice Girls

98: Goodbye – Spice Girls

99: Seasons in the Sun/I have a Dream - Westlife

2000 : Bob the Builder – Can We Fix IT?

01: Somethin’ Stupid - Robbie Williams and Nichole Kidman

02: Sound of the Underground – Girls Aloud

03: Mad World – Michael Andrews/Gary Jules

04:Do They Know its Christmas – Band Aid 20

05: That’s My Goal – Shayne Ward

06: A Moment Like This - Leona Lewis

07: When you Believe – Leon Jackson

08: Hallelujah – Alexandra Burke

09: Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine

10: When we Collide – Matt Cardle

11: Wherever You Are – The Military Wives Choir

12: The Justice Collective – He Ain’t Heavy He’s my Brother

Tie breaker

• How long in metres was the biggest Christmas Cracker?