Round 2
- Howard Carter.
- Wiltshire.
- Cartouches.
- Constantine.
- Corinthian.
- Colchester.
- Santorini (otherwise known as Thira).
- Jason and the Argonauts.
- The Titans.
- With a blast of their trumpets.
Half-time teaser
2,467.5 kilograms.
Round 3
- Del Shannon.
- ‘Back home’.
- Celine Dion.
- Telly Savalas.
- The Boomtown Rats.
- Luciano Pavarotti.
- Girls Aloud.
- Geri Halliwell.
- Take That.
- Jimmy Young.
Round 4
- Sri Lanka.
- The Grand Old Duke of York.
- 1961.
- C. S. Forester.
- Orlando
.
- New York.
- April.
- Noël Coward (who also directed the film).
- Its provenance.
- Jasper Carrott.
Jackpot
Nigel Bruce.
Quiz 88 answers
Round 1
- Handel.
- Spain.
- Chad.
- Rick Stein.
- Graceland.
- R. D. Wingfield.
- The Isle of Wight.
- Formic acid.
- The M6.
- The dead man’s handle.
Round 2
- Anne Hathaway.
- Prince Edward (the Earl of Wessex).
- Lilith.
- Timothy Laurence.
- Maryland.
- Raisa.
- Mel Brooks.
- Anthony Newley.
- Jane Asher.
- The Mayor of Casterbridge
.
Half-time teaser
399.
Round 3
- Sedgefield.
- Gerry Adams.
- The Conservative Party.
- Donald Dewar.
- Trident.
- CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament).
- Norman Lamont.
- New Hampshire.
- 35.
- Vladimir Putin.
Round 4
- Yellow.
- A young salmon.
- Pittsburgh.
- 12.
- Little Bighorn.
- Finnish.
- Alaska.
- Leon Spinks.
- Williams-Renault.
- The Spanish Civil War.
Jackpot
James Earl Ray.
Quiz 89 answers
Round 1
- King Arthur.
- Iain Duncan Smith.
- Italy.
- Marengo.
- Hawaii.
- A bell-tower.
- Baftas.
- In front of the Louvre in Paris.
- Johnny Haynes.
- (Mary Beth) Lacey.
Round 2
- ‘Rock around the clock’.
- True.
- The first international beauty contest.
- Billiards.
- Derby County (in 1946).
- David Lloyd George.
- 1893.
- Len Hutton.
- She became Britain’s first woman to be elected as an MP.
- Mark Twain.
Half-time teaser
5,034.
Round 3
- True.
- 13.
- Room 101.
- 1,000.
- Four.
- 42.
- Public Enemy Number One.
- Number eights.
- 99.
- 666.
Round 4
- Mr Micawber (in
David Copperfield)
.
- Absolutely Fabulous
.
- Bebop.
- Carlsberg.
- The Three Graces.
- The Treaty of Versailles.
- The Vietnam War.
- Newly-baked bread.
- Jim Callaghan.
- The Humber Bridge.
Jackpot
Borley Rectory.
Quiz 90 answers
Round 1
- Australia.
- Water.
- The Super Bowl (in American football).
- Senator Joseph McCarthy.
- Liberace.
- A supporting structure in buildings.
- Female.
- Mary I.
- Rwanda.
- An operetta has spoken dialogue.
Round 2
- John.
- Market place.
- The Cinque Ports.
- Bath.
- The Crown.
- HandMade Films.
- Mr White.
- Norbert.
- Cambodia.
- Reginald.
Half-time teaser
8 hours, 32 minutes.
Round 3
- Pluto.
- Diana Ross.
- Richard Gere.
- Little Women
.
- Charley’s Aunt
.
- Russia.
- Sullivan.
- The Olivier.
- Alfie.
- Carousel
.
Round 4
- Insulin.
- From oil.
- Prince Charles.
- Spanish.
- Coral.
- Alain Prost.
- Angles.
- Hollyhocks.
- The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
- Rowing.
Jackpot
Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Quiz 91 answers
Round 1
- Aslan.
- The Archers
.
- Fred Perry.
- Culture Club.
- The Ladykillers
.
- Basra.
- Jess.
- Amnesty International.
- Underwater.
- Getafix.
Round 2
- It was a power station.
- The Angel of the North
.
- Collage.
- David Hockney.
- Charles Saatchi.
- Damien Hirst.
- Francis Bacon.
- Jacob Epstein.
- Jackson Pollock.
- The Guggenheim Museum.
Half-time teaser
137.
Round 3
- Procul Harum.
- A White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
- Michael Caine.
- King Arthur.
- Gilbert White.
- Cilla Black.
- The White Ship.
- Jimmy White.
- Barry White.
- ‘Satisfaction’ (by the Rolling Stones).
Round 4
- K2.
- Alfred Nobel.
- Airborne warning and control.
- The Cenotaph.
- Marlon Brando.
- Louis Armstrong.
- The Lord Mayor of the City of London.
- Dr Hook.
- Joe Frazier.
- ‘Abide with me’.
Jackpot
In the Heat of the Night
.
Quiz 92 answers
Round 1
- Caffeine.
- Monaco.
- Light winds.
- The 100 metres hurdles.
- He is a Roman Catholic priest.
- A cob.
- Ruth Ellis.
- 44.
- Golf.
- The Brownies (younger female members of the Scouting Association).
Round 2
- Jill Dando.
- At the Reichenbach Falls.
- Robert De Niro.
- A cat burglar.
- Church bells.
- John Wilkes Booth.
- The Great Train Robbery.
- Crime and Punishment
.
- James Gandolfini.
- Bob Marley.
Half-time teaser
153.6 miles.
Round 3
- Karl Dönitz.
- London.
- Clement Attlee.
- Passport to Pimlico
.
- Coventry cathedral.
- The geodesic dome.
- The ball burst.
- He was the first man to break the sound barrier.
- Christian Dior.
- ‘From the cradle to the grave’.
Round 4
- A typhoon.
- Montana.
- 1975.
- Anderson shelters.
- Morris.
- Eric Clapton.
- The Rank Organisation.
- Snapdragons.
- Bordeaux.
- Three.
Jackpot
Neil Simon.
Quiz 93 answers
Round 1
- ‘Wannabe’.
- Gene Wilder.
- Alton Towers.
- A form of Indonesian music.
- Iago.
- The anglepoise.
- Rising Damp
.
- That World War II was over.
- Glass.
- Vietnam.
Round 2
- The electric chair.
- 1955.
- He was a doctor.
- Albert Pierrepoint.
- Dead Man Walking
.
- Judge Jeffreys.
- True.
- Gary Gilmore.
- Tsar Nicholas II.
- Sydney Carton.
Half-time teaser
256.
Round 3
- Baseball.
- Kenneth Wolstenholme.
- Italy.
- The World Cup.
- Albania.
- LA Galaxy.
- Jim Clark.
- Shorts.
- Dressage.
- Christopher Chataway.
Round 4
- True.
- Iran.
- Lurcio.
- Harold Wilson.
- ‘Peggy Sue’.
- Mrs Slocombe (played by Mollie Sugden).
- Al Fatah.
- The Parachute Regiment.
- Jackanory
.
- Michael Crichton.
Jackpot
The accordion.
Quiz 94 answers
Round 1
- Mount Ararat.
- Campaign for Real Ale.
- Its height.
- Louis XVI.
- True.
- Harold Abrahams.
- Baedeker.
- Russia.
- Mia Farrow.
- Alan Bradley.
Round 2
- Wolves.
- The king cobra.
- Sheep.
- A fish.
- One.
- A lodge.
- A bird.
- A piebald.
- Pigs.
- Butterflies.
Half-time teaser
165 kilograms.
Round 3
- George III.
- Steve Davis.
- The Black Watch.
- Stormin’ Norman.
- Queen Anne.
- Charles II.
- The Bhoys.
- General Patton.
- The Kiwis.
- Tom Finney.
Round 4
- Dublin.
- Cat.
- Flora Macdonald.
- Italy.
- Michael Hutchence.
- The tsetse fly.
- Canada.
- Steffi Graf.
- Rio Ferdinand.
- All the President’s Men
.
Jackpot
The SAS (Special Air Service).
Quiz 95 answers
Round 1
- World War II.
- Life.
- The Salvation Army.
- ‘The Londonderry Air’.
- Bing Crosby.
- The Battle of Towton (1461).
- 22.
- Miss Price.
- Electro-Convulsive Therapy.
- Napoleon.
Round 2
- It Ain’t Half Hot Mum
.
- Auntie.
- Sibelius.
- Blake’s 7
.
- Opportunity Knocks
.
- Blue Peter
.
- Aidensfield.
- ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris.
- Ready, Steady, Go!
- Royston Vasey.
Half-time teaser
4,320.
Round 3
- Carnaby Street.
- Window shopping.
- Gerald Ratner.
- Campbell’s.
- It is a cake (and thus taxed less heavily).
- 1937.
- Lyle’s Golden Syrup.
- Wal-Mart.
- ASDA.
- Marie Lloyd.
Round 4
- ’… Then I’ll begin’ (the opening of the BBC radio programme
Listen with Mother
).
- Carmina Burana
.
- Jerusalem.
- Tennessee Williams.
- Revolver
.
- Honduras and El Salvador.
- Theodore Roosevelt.
- Stephen Potter.
- Blackpool.
- The bar.
Jackpot
Richard Strauss.
Quiz 96 answers
Round 1
- Greece.
- Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador.
- Salman Rushdie.
- Britney Spears (to Jason Allen Alexander).
- Blue.
- Cumbria.
- Scrabble.
- Fish.
- Manchester.
- Boxing.
Round 2
- The Bay of Biscay.
- Helvetia.
- The Netherlands.
- Portugal.
- Liechtenstein.
- Jean-Claude Van Damme.
- None.
- Estonia.
- The Danube.
- Finland (last on eight occasions).
Half-time teaser
25 hours, 25 minutes.
Round 3
- Ice hockey.
- Polo.
- Curling.
- Table-tennis.
- Australian Rules football.
- Lance Armstrong.
- Bullfighting.
- Darts.
- Lacrosse.
- Wipe-out.
Round 4
- Hops.
- Mother Teresa.
- Cambodia.
- General Douglas MacArthur.
- Bailey bridges.
- Thierry Henry.
- Montserrat.
- An obelisk.
- C. S. Lewis.
- Geri Halliwell.
Jackpot
The Balfour Declaration.
Quiz 97 answers
Round 1
- Manderley.
- True.
- Skegness.
- Gloucestershire.
- Salem, Massachusetts.
- He was a mailman.
- Israel.
- St Petersburg.
- Twickenham rugby football ground.
- Steve Martin.
Round 2
- Carl Douglas.
- (West) German.
- The Carpenters.
- Video (in the 1979 single ‘Video killed the radio star’).
- Paper Lace.
- Phil Collins.
- Rod Stewart.
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad (the brunette).
- Bay City Rollers.
- The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band.