Todays Pre-Match entertainment

Engage in some light-hearted challenges to test your knowledge and wits
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Selby White
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Another connection:-

1.
In Dad’s Army, what is Captain Mainwaring’s wife’s name?
2.
Who shared a flat with a dog called Mungo and a mouse called Midge?
3.
Who starred as New York call girl Holly Golightly in the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany's” ?
4.
Who directed, wrote and starred in the 1969 classic movie “Easy Rider” ?
5.
What is the name on Marilyn Monroe’s Birth Certificate?
6.
Which actress stripped naked and got steamy in a forest with Nicholas Clay in the 1981 movie Excalibur.
7.
Who played the title role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
8.
What was the name of the character played by Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched?
9.
Who played the role of Gene Hunt in TV’s “Life on Mars”?
10.
What is the connection between these 9 answers?



And to keep you busy a 2nd one :-

1.
Who was the lead singer and guitarist in the American grunge band Nirvana?
2.
Built in 1908, one of London’s most iconic and famous Covent Garden area luxury hotels?
3.
Bubonic Plague was spread by fleas carried by which creature?
4.
Now a National League football club, they are known as ‘The Gulls’ and play at Plainmoor?
5.
A woman believed to possess the power of prophecy in ancient Greece?
6.
The fictional astronaut referenced in David Bowie’s song Space Oddity?
7.
Which nursery rhyme includes a character called Sukey?
8.
The manager of Manchester City FC who left in 2016?
9.
What leaf herb gives pesto its deep green colour and fragrant flavour?
10.
What is the Connection?
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
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Selby White wrote:Another connection:-

1.
In Dad’s Army, what is Captain Mainwaring’s wife’s name?
2.
Who shared a flat with a dog called Mungo and a mouse called Midge?
3.
Who starred as New York call girl Holly Golightly in the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany's” ?
4.
Who directed, wrote and starred in the 1969 classic movie “Easy Rider” ?
5.
What is the name on Marilyn Monroe’s Birth Certificate?
6.
Which actress stripped naked and got steamy in a forest with Nicholas Clay in the 1981 movie Excalibur.
7.
Who played the title role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
8.
What was the name of the character played by Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched?
9.
Who played the role of Gene Hunt in TV’s “Life on Mars”?
10.
What is the connection between these 9 answers?



And to keep you busy a 2nd one :-

1.
Who was the lead singer and guitarist in the American grunge band Nirvana?
2.
Built in 1908, one of London’s most iconic and famous Covent Garden area luxury hotels?
3.
Bubonic Plague was spread by fleas carried by which creature?
4.
Now a National League football club, they are known as ‘The Gulls’ and play at Plainmoor? Torquay United
5.
A woman believed to possess the power of prophecy in ancient Greece?
6.
The fictional astronaut referenced in David Bowie’s song Space Oddity? Major Tom
7.
Which nursery rhyme includes a character called Sukey? Polly put the kettle on
8.
The manager of Manchester City FC who left in 2016? Manuel Pelligrini
9.
What leaf herb gives pesto its deep green colour and fragrant flavour? Basil
10.
What is the Connection?
Fawlty Towers
Might have to take an interest in the Premier League now....
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1.
In Dad’s Army, what is Captain Mainwaring’s wife’s name?
2.
Who shared a flat with a dog called Mungo and a mouse called Midge? Mary (Wilson)
3.
Who starred as New York call girl Holly Golightly in the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany's” ?
4.
Who directed, wrote and starred in the 1969 classic movie “Easy Rider” ? Dennis (Thatcher) Hopper
5.
What is the name on Marilyn Monroe’s Birth Certificate? Norma (Major) Jean Mortenson(?)
6.
Which actress stripped naked and got steamy in a forest with Nicholas Clay in the 1981 movie Excalibur. Cherie (Blair) Lunghi (or something)
7.
Who played the title role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
8.
What was the name of the character played by Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched?
9.
Who played the role of Gene Hunt in TV’s “Life on Mars”? Philip (May) Gleniston
10.
What is the connection between these 9 answers? PM's Spouses
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Both correct, Mapperley with Fawlty Towers and Sniffer with PM's spouses (last 9 PM's not counting Edward Heath who was not married) :clap: :clap: , a few individual questions still to fill in.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
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