Melanie's Marvellous Quiz
Melanie's Marvellous Quiz
Test your knowledge with Melanie's Marvellous Quiz! Dive into a fun and engaging experience that covers a variety of topics ranging from fictional characters to powerful women in history, and much more.
Think you know your stuff? Challenge yourself and your friends with these exciting questions!
1. Which fictional character always referred to his wife as 'she who must be obeyed'?
Jerry Leadbetter (The Good Life)
Horace Rumpole (of the Bailey)
Jim Hacker (Yes Minister)
Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers)
2. What is the name of the fictional setting of Dad's Army?
West Malting
Walton-on-the-Naze
Walmington-on-sea
Westbourne-on-sea
3. Peter Falke plays the raincoat wearing, cigar smoking homicide investigator in the popular TV series Columbo. But what is his rank in the Los Angeles Police Department?
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Captain
Detective
4. Father Ted is the story of three priests sent to live on the remote Craggy Island. What is the name of the housekeeper who always wants to serve them tea?
Mrs Dougal
Mrs Doyle
Mrs Doubtfire
Mrs O'Donoghue
5. In the animated film Cars, what is the name of the run down town in which Lightening McQueen becomes imprisoned?
Radiator Falls
Piston Falls
Radium Springs
Radiator Springs
1. Who was the first Female solo artist or lead singer to headline at Glastonbury in 2016?
Adele
Kylie Minogue
Beyonce
Florence and the Machine
2. Kathryn Bigalow is the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. For which film did she win?
Zero Dark Thirty
K-19 The Widowmaker
The Weight of Water
The Hurt Locker
3. Martina Navratilova is considered one of the best female tennis players of all time. How many times did she win the Wimbledon Championship?
11
9
6
8
4. Who is the only person (and only woman to date) to win two Nobel Prizes?
Rosalind Franklin
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Marie Curie
Mary Somerville
5. Which girl band popularised the term ‘girl power’?
Destiny’s Child
Girls Aloud
Bananarama
Spice Girls
1. In the final moments of Blackadder Goes Forth, the main characters charge ‘over the top’ into which legendary World War 1 battle?
Passchendaele
Ypres
Somme
Verdun
2. Which of these actors has not portrayed Queen Elizabeth II on screen?
Helen Mirren
Emily Blunt
Samantha Bond
Claire Foy
3. The Greatest Showman, tells the story of America’s famous ringmaster, P T Barnum. What do the initials P T stand for?
Phineas Taylor
Phineas Tobias
Phillip Taylor
Phillip Tobias
4. Which Monarch, suffering with a severe stammer, is portrayed in the film The King’s Speech?
Edward VII
George VI
George V
Edward VIII
5. Which BBC comedy series, centres around a pair of high-powered career women on the London fashion scene and is reportedly based upon real life PR executive Lynne Franks?
Birds of a Feather
French and Saunders
People Like Us
Absolutely Fabulous
1. On April 30th 1952, what became the first toy to be advertised on television in the UK?
Play Doh
Mr Potato Head
Scalextric
Lego
2. What surprise hit toy made over a million sales in 1996?
Beanie Babies
Tamagotchi
Tickle Me Elmo
Teletubbies
3. In the film Toy Story (one of my all-time favourite films) what does Woody witness the neighbour Sid attempting to blow up in his back garden?
His sister’s headless doll
A slinky dog
Plastic dinosaur
Combat Carl
4. Which of these is not an official edition of Monopoly?
Bass Fishing
Dungeons and Dragons
Sheffield Wednesday
Elvis
5. Which children’s toy was so popular in the 1990’s that Blue Peter designed one you could make at home?
Batmobile
Tracey Island
Table football
Thunderbird 2
1. Which Bond film features Sam Smith’s track ‘Writing’s on the Wall’?
Spectre
No time to Die
Skyfall
Quantum of Solace
2. Which composer stayed in the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne in 1905, hiding with his mistress during a very public divorce?
Maurice Ravel
Camille Saint-Saens
Claude Debussy
Gabriel Faure
3. Fisherman’s Friends is a folk group who scored a top 10 hit album of sea shanties. Which Cornish village are they from?
Porthleven
Port Isaac
Port Quin
Perranporth
4. Finish the line of this Eurythmics song: Here comes the rain again, Falling on my head like a ………..
Melody
Constancy
Tragedy
Memory
5. If you saw 'Da Capo' (or D.C.) in a piece of music, what would you do?
Repeat the phrase
Go back to the beginning
Go back to the sign
Skip to the coda
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