Week 5 - Categories

Round 1 - End of Season Football Special

Tell me who and what I’m talking about in the following football related statements.

Example: Q. The pensioners pay the penalty as one-time kids triumph in Moscow.

Chelsea lose on penalties as Man Utd win the European Cup.

1. In February the Gunners had their sights set on three but miss their target again for third year running

2. the Red Devils win it and the Red Dragons slip out of it.

3. The Villans tried to pinch it but the Toffees stuck to it.

4. The Rams and the Royals go down with the Blues

5. The Seasiders and the Saints are safe on the last day but the high riding Potters hunt the Foxes down

Round 2 - Name the Children’s TV characters and the programme

1. A talking dog, a hungry hippy and a precocious puppy in the ‘Mystery Machine.’

2. A postman, his cat and a postmistress in Greendale.

3. A dog, a snail and a cow on a roundabout

4. A frog, a bear and a couple of old hecklers at a theatre show

5. A sleepy cat, a little girl, and a wooden woodpecker in a shop

Round 3 - What’s In A Name?

1. By what name is Cherilyn Sakasian La Pierre better known?

2. What famous person has the real name of Eldrick Woods?

3. Her publishers fear that boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author led J. K. Rowling to use two initials instead – What does the ‘J’ Stand for?

4. How are Edwin Eugene Aldrin and Harry Lillis Crosby more commonly known?

5. Which author has the forenames John Ronald Reuel?

Round 4 - Banned

1. The 1970 Kinks hit ‘Lola’ was banned from BBC as the lyrics were deemed to be advertising which product?

2. Which book, by Alice Walker was banned by the American Library Association for racism, but was later turned into a successful movie directed by Steven Spielberg?

3. Which book, written in 1987 by former MI5 operative Peter Wright was banned by the government?

4. Released in 1972, ‘A Clockwork Orange’ was withdrawn from UK cinemas because of copycat violence – who was the director of the film?

5. ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ was famously banned for breaking obscenity laws – who was the author?