Tuesday 10 February 2009

Oh, all right, then …

Oh, all right, then …

I’d usually do this, later in the evening; – but, here, have a look at the Valentines’ questions …




ROUND ONE: –  GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.


Q1) Which year  of the ’60’s witnessed the so-called “Summer of Love”?



Q2) When drunk in tea or coffee what’s supposed to reduce sexual desire?


Q3) Which sculptor’s most famous work shows two people kissing; – Donatello, Auguste Rodin, or Frederick Roth?


Q4) Name either of the 2 actors who played Casanova, in the BBC2 series.


Q5) According to Shakespeare's play, Valentine and Proteus were the “Two Gentlemen of…” where?


Q6) How many species of Love-bird are there?



Q7) On Valentines Day, 2000, NASA put a spacecraft in orbit around what, an asteroid, a comet, or the Sun?


Q8) The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates St Valentines Day on which day of February?


Q9) Which waterlogged Italian city is a destination for many honeymooning couples?


Q10) True or False; - Romeo was a Capulet?





ROUND TWO: – SLUSHY MUSIC AND SOFT LIGHTS.


Q11) Which Supremes hit was the first Motown number one in Britain?


Q12) Which song from “Buster” gave Phil Collins a No 1 hit?


Q13) According to his 1972 song, Jimmy Osmond was the Long-Haired Lover from where?


Q14) Which soul act was “Standing in the Shadow of Love” in 1967; – The Commodores, The Four Tops, or Sly and the Family Stone??


Q15) In 1986, which Hull based band reached Number One in the UK pop charts with “Caravan of Love”?


Q16) According to the song, love and marriage go together like a horse and what?


Q17) What 70s hit by the Osmonds gave Boyzone a hit in 1994?


Q18) Which Beatles song begins “There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done”?


Q19) The song, “I Don’t Know How To Love Him”, comes from which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?


Q20) Which American diva got married after a whirlwind romance, in 2008?





ROUND THREE: –  SNOGGING IN THE BACK ROW.


Q21) Which actress played the younger version of Rose in the James Cameron epic “Titanic”?


 Q22) Who played the bunny boiling Alex in “Fatal Attraction”?


Q23) Which Jane Austen novel was filmed by Ang Lee; – “Pride and Prejudice”, “Sense and Sensibility”, or “Northanger Abbey”?


Q24) Linda Kozlowski had an on-set romance with her co-star, whilst making “Crocodile Dundee”; – who was he?


Q25) Which  Nicole Kidman film featured Jim Broadbent’s bizarre interpretation of “Like A Virgin”?


Q26) Which Leonardo DiCaprio film features the line “A plague on both your houses”?


 Q27) In the 2006 film, “Casanova,” who plays Casanova?


Q28) Which 70’s film had the line “Love means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry,” on its posters?


Q29) When Demi Moore married Bruce Willis, which 50’s rock star conducted the service?


Q30) What was squeezable on the Brad Pitt model unveiled at Madam Tussaud's in 2003?





ROUND FOUR: –  WEDDING BELLS.


Q31) Who was Josef Goebbel’s best man?


Q32) Which punk rocker had a hit with “White Wedding”?


Q33) Chapel of Love” was a hit for which band; – The Dixie Cups, the Dixie Belles, or the Dixie Chicks?


Q34) Elizabeth Taylor has been married 8 times.   Name any of her seven husbands.


Q35) Tracy di Vicenzo and Aki were both married to which who? 


Q36) Adolf Hitler and Ernest Hemmingway were both keen on marrying which German actress?


Q37) In the film “Casablanca”, what is the name of Ilsa’s husband; – Victor, Heinrich, or Josef?


Q38) Name either of Sir Michael Philip Jagger’s two ex-wives?


Q39) What colour is the traditional wedding dress in China?


Q40) What does the Anglo Saxon word wed mean; – pledge, oath, or sworn?






ROUND FIVE: –  LOVE STORIES


Q41) Who was the lover of the Duke of Buckingham in “The Three Musketeers”; – Anne of Austria, Anne of Cleves, or Anne of Green Gables?


Q42) Who does the Beast fall in love with?


Q43) Name either of the two men Bridget Jones has a relationship with, in “Bridget Jones Diary”.


Q44) The childhood crush of Adrian Mole later became a self serving politician; – what was her name?


Q45) Who wrote the novel “Women in Love”?


Q46) What is the name of the enigmatic employer with whom the heroine falls in love in “Jane Eyre”?


Q47) Who wrote “Wuthering Heights”?


Q48) Who left an unfinished novel called “Sanditon”; – Jane Austen or Emily Brönte?


Q49) Which romantic novellist had Britain’s longest “Who’s Who” entry?


Q50) Which book was famously described as being ‘…not being something you’d let your wife or servants to read’?





ROUND SIX: – GENERAL KNOWLE IGNORANCE.


Q51) Who was the Greek god of passion and romance?


Q52) Who are you in love with if you have an Electra complex?


Q53) Ti Amo” means “I Love You” in which European language?


Q54) Which US city is known as “The City of Brotherly Love”?


Q55) Which well-known actor played himself in “The Love Lottery”; – Humphrey Bogart, Dirk Bogarde, or Dirk Benedict?


Q56) Who was the Roman goddess of love?


Q57) At what sport did James Hewitt, one-time lover of Princess Diana, excel?


Q58) During which century did the world’s greatest lover Casanova live; – the 17th, 18th, or 19th?


Q59) Agoraphilia means you like having sex … where?


Q60) Who gave birth th the love child of Cecil Parkinson?

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