Barry Normans's Extra Trivia T.V. & Movies (1986)

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Found this little beauty in a Charity Store today.



Thought it  might be a bit of fun to do some Crimbo Quizzing. A card a day until Christmas. Please don't google the answers and ruin peoples fun, the answers will be revealed the next day when the new card is posted.

Categories
OS = Oscars
T.V. = TV
AR - Actors
NA = Names
AS = Actresses
M= Misecellaneous

Card No 1

OS - To whom did Eva Marie Saint present an Oscar in 1960, for his role in Spartacus
TV - Which documentry caused a full-scale diplomatic incident between Britain and Saudi Arabia
AR - Which famous dancer was trapped in The Towering Inferno
NA - In W.C. Fields and Me, who portrayed W.C. Fields
AS - Who once wore a badge that said Mary Poppins is a junkie?
M - Which film features "the oldest established, permanent floating crap game in New York"?

[Noonling]

OS - Noel Gallagher
TV - The Private Life of Plants
AR - Mikhail Baryshnikov
NA - Me
AS - The Queen
M - Titanic

[biggytitbo]

Card No 1

OS - To whom did Eva Marie Saint present an Oscar in 1960, for his role in Spartacus
Christopher Biggins

TV - Which documentry caused a full-scale diplomatic incident between Britain and Saudi Arabia
Homes under the Hammer

AR - Which famous dancer was trapped in The Towering Inferno
Anne Widdicombe

NA - In W.C. Fields nad Me, who portrayed W.C. Fields
Nicholas Lyndhurst

AS - Who once wore a badge that said Mary Poppins is a junkie?
Bungle

M - Which film features "the oldest established, permanent floating crap game in New York"?
Toy Story 3

[Small Man Big Horse]

OS - To whom did Eva Marie Saint present an Oscar in 1960, for his role in Spartacus

Kirk Douglas seems too obvious, so I'll go for Tony Curtis.

TV - Which documentry caused a full-scale diplomatic incident between Britain and Saudi Arabia

Um, was there a documentary about George Galloway being a cunt? If so, that one.

AR - Which famous dancer was trapped in The Towering Inferno

I know Shelley Winters was in it. Did she ever dance? Probaby not.

NA - In W.C. Fields nad Me, who portrayed W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

AS - Who once wore a badge that said Mary Poppins is a junkie?

Sounds like a twatty thing John Lydon would do.

M - Which film features "the oldest established, permanent floating crap game in New York"?

The Sting II?

Edit: Just checked and I got them all wrong, and Shelly Winters was in The Poseidon Adventure. I truly am an idiot.

[famethrowa]

OS - To whom did Eva Marie Saint present an Oscar in 1960, for his role in Spartacus
Jerry Lewis
TV - Which documentry caused a full-scale diplomatic incident between Britain and Saudi Arabia
I'm Your Number One Fan
AR - Which famous dancer was trapped in The Towering Inferno
Bez
NA - In W.C. Fields nad Me, who portrayed W.C. Fields
Billy Field(s)
AS - Who once wore a badge that said Mary Poppins is a junkie?
Jimmy Logan
M - Which film features "the oldest established, permanent floating crap game in New York"?
Kes

[Norton Canes]

TV: Death Of A Princess

Didn't Not The Nine O'clock News satirise it in one of their sketches?

[Harry Badger]

Famous Dancer in Towering Inferno - Fred Astaire

[MuteBanana]

Card No 1

OS - To whom did Eva Marie Saint present an Oscar in 1960, for his role in Spartacus

Charlton Heston Athletic

TV - Which documentry caused a full-scale diplomatic incident between Britain and Saudi Arabia

The Cook Report

AR - Which famous dancer was trapped in The Towering Inferno

Dean

NA - In W.C. Fields and Me, who portrayed W.C. Fields

Tom Hardy

AS - Who once wore a badge that said Mary Poppins is a junkie?

Johnny Rotten

M - Which film features "the oldest established, permanent floating crap game in New York"?

Gangs of New York

[Bennett Brauer]

Pay attention. 'AS' = actresses, yeah? I'm going with Julie Andrews for the Mary Poppins is a junkie badge, because irony seems to be implied. Or Jane Fonda. Or The Moops.

[Andy147]

M - Guys and Dolls

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So far four of the Questions have been answered correctly.

[Bennett Brauer]

I assumed it was bad form to reply if you definitely knew the answer, but I did know the WC Fields actor. (Played edgier sort!)

[Bennett Brauer]

M - there used to be some floating crap games at the old Baseball Ground. Haha shout out to Rams fans.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

OS - To whom did Eva Marie Saint present an Oscar in 1960, for his role in Spartacus
Peter Ustinov

TV - Which documentry caused a full-scale diplomatic incident between Britain and Saudi Arabia
Death of a Princess

AR - Which famous dancer was trapped in The Towering Inferno
Fred Astaire

NA - In W.C. Fields and Me, who portrayed W.C. Fields
Rod Steiger

AS - Who once wore a badge that said Mary Poppins is a junkie?
Julie Andrews

M - Which film features "the oldest established, permanent floating crap game in New York"?
The Sting

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

All of Ballad's answers being correct, there.

[biggytitbo]

Apart from the Nicholas Lyndhurst one.

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Found this little beauty in a Charity Store today.

Not exactly gone overboard on the design and packaging there, have they ? I mean, they could at least have put a picture of Barry Norman's smiling face on there.

[biggytitbo]

They could have put a picture of Barry on it with his tongue wrapped around one of his eye watering vinegary orbs.

[willpurry]

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

All of Ballad's answers being correct, there.

Woohoo!

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So the offcial answers are as follows.

OS - Peter Ustinov
TV- Death Of A Princess
AR - Fred Astaire
NA - Rod Steiger
AS - Julie Andrews
M - Guys And Dolls


New Question Card

Card 2

OS - How many nominees did Britain supply of the five nominated for Best Actor for 1983?

TV - Charles Endell Esquire was a short series that spun-off from which earlier drama series?

AR Which actor, more famous for gangster roles, was once billed as the Fastest Dancer In The World?

NA - Anhedonia was a possible title for which Woody Allen film?

AS - Which new career did Gloria Swanson take up in the her seventies?

M - In Airplan II: The sequal, what is the destination?

[biggytitbo]

Card 2

OS - How many nominees did Britain supply of the five nominated for Best Actor
Five

TV - Charles Endell Esquire was a short series that spun-off from which earlier drama series?
Spender

AR Which actor, more famous for gangster roles, was once billed as the Fastest Dancer In The World?
Tosh from the Bill (don't know the actors name)

NA - Anhedonia was a possible title for which Woody Allen film?
Terminator 2

AS - Which new career did Gloria Swanson take up in the her seventies?
Plasterer

M - In Airplan II: The sequal, what is the destination?
Pontefract

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

TV- Might be 'Budgie", AR-Might be Christopher Walken M-Erm, The Moon? (Just guessing, not googling, like you requested ).

The NA one is definitely "Annie Hall", know that for a fact, so I do.

Is the OS question complete?

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TV- Might be 'Budgie", AR-Might be Christopher Walken M-Erm, The moon? (Just guessing, not googling, like you requested ).

The NA one is definitely "Annie Hall", know that for a fact, so I do.

Is the OS question complete?

Well spotted.

[Jittlebags]

TV - definitely Budgie.
AR - James Cagney?
AS - Diplomat - although I'm probably thinking about Shirley Temple there

[LORD BAD VIBE]

AR - George Raft?

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

AS-Shagging the Prince of Monaco? (Might be getting confused here )

[Replies From View]

Not exactly gone overboard on the design and packaging there, have they ? I mean, they could at least have put a picture of Barry Norman's smiling face on there.

The coffee ring is a fine touch, though.

[MuteBanana]

Card 2

OS - How many nominees did Britain supply of the five nominated for Best Actor for 1983?

TV - Charles Endell Esquire was a short series that spun-off from which earlier drama series?

AR Which actor, more famous for gangster roles, was once billed as the Fastest Dancer In The World?

NA - Anhedonia was a possible title for which Woody Allen film?

AS - Which new career did Gloria Swanson take up in the her seventies?

M - In Airplan II: The sequal, what is the destination?

OS - 4
TV - Barchester Chronicles
AR - Frank Sinatra
NA - ?
AS - Ballet
M - Michigan

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

So the offcial answers are as follows.

OS - Peter Ustinov
TV- Death Of A Princess
AR - Fred Astaire
NA - Rod Steiger
AS - Julie Andrews
M - Guys And Dolls

Oh, I didn't get a full house after all. Well that's my Christmas fucking ruined.