Season 3 - Week 7 Flashcards
The English producer and musician Martin Glover, better known as Youth, has enjoyed a varied career. He was a member of the influential but unsuccessful band Brilliant with Jimmy Cauty, who would go on to form which electronic act with Bill Drummond? You may give any of the numerous names under which this act recorded music.
The KLF (accept JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MUMU, JAMS or, the TIMELORDS)
The Big Three was a name given to a group of basketball players who played for the Miami Heat from 2010 to 2014. They were Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and which other player? This man announced he was joining the Heat in an ESPN TV special called The Decision.
LEBRON JAMES (accept either underlined part)
The world of advertising occasionally produces some innuendo-laden straplines. The More You Play With It, The Harder It Gets was one such slogan, used by which video game manufacturer, the creator of Sonic The Hedgehog?
SEGA
Produced by MGA Entertainment, what range of dolls won Toy Retailers’ Association Toy of the Year in 2017, 2018 and 2019? With around 70 individual accessories to open, the toy is described as a ‘full-on, multi-layered unboxing experience’.
L.O.L. SURPRISE
One of many video games to reference Greek mythology, what 2020 roguelike game involves the character Zagreus repeatedly attempting to escape the Greek underworld, which is ruled by his father - the game’s title character?
HADES
Which chewy confectionery bar with an onomatopoeic name and a price of 10p per bar was originally raspberry-flavoured, lurid bright pink, and studded with pellets of sherbet?
WHAM
The 1970s was a golden age for disaster movies. Which 1974 movie centred on a fire at a newly-built San Francisco skyscraper? Paul Newman and Steve McQueen took central roles in this film, which also featured Fred Astaire playing a conman.
The TOWERING INFERNO
Tom Ford was creative director of which French fashion house between 1999 and 2004? The Algerian-born founder of this company, who was often known by his three initials, did little to hide his dislike of Ford.
Yves SAINT-LAURENT (accept YSL)
First made in 1990, which stop-motion children’s show was set in Antarctica and featured a titular bird who chiefly communicated through gibberish and honking? He lived in an igloo with his family and often got up to mischief with his best friend, a seal named Robby.
PINGU
Music has a long history of catering to pyromaniacs. Which British act had a 1996 UK number one hit with Firestarter? It featured on their album Fat of the Land the following year.
The PRODIGY
First airing in 2016, which TV show focuses on the lives of rapper Paper Boi and his cousin Earn Marks, as they navigate the underground rap scene in the titular US city?
ATLANTA
Which English children’s writer has collaborated with the German illustrator Axel Scheffler on books such as A Squash and A Squeeze, The Snail and the Whale and The Gruffalo?
Julia DONALDSON
In recent years, several one-cap wonders have made their only Test appearance for England in dead rubber games in Australia. The most recent of these was which Kent wicket-keeper batsman, who made his debut in the fifth Test of the 2021-22 series?
Sam BILLINGS
Named Toy of the Year by the Toy Retailers Association in 2016, what range of robotic creatures featured five different species: Bearakeet, Burtle, Draggle, Penguala and Owlicorn? Demand for the toys led to them being sold for inflated prices on eBay.
HATCHIMALs
Yves Saint Laurent had a long-standing rivalry with which late, eccentric, German fashion designer? Formerly a designer at Chloe, Chanel and Fendi, this man once indicated that he would marry his cat, Choupette, if it were legal.
Karl LAGERFELD
Calvin Harris was the featured artist on Dance Wiv Me, a 2008 UK number one for which rapper? This artist also had a number one with Bonkers.
DIZZEE RASCAL (accept Dylan MILLS)
After Brilliant disbanded, Youth was later an occasional member, with his schoolfriend Alex Patterson, of which ambient electronic group who reached the UK top ten with tracks like Little Fluffy Clouds and Blue Room in the early 1990s?
The ORB
First shown as part of Watch with Mother in 1952, which children’s TV series featured two small garden dwellers, as well as a yellow flower called Little Weed? You may give the names of the two characters or the description of the two characters which formed the show’s original title.
BILL AND BEN: The FLOWERPOT MEN (accept either underlined part)
Which then 79-year-old actor played Saul Bloom in the 2001 remake of Ocean’s Eleven? His son is a well-known director whose credits include When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men, but you only need to give his surname.
Carl REINER
Taken from the album Only by the Night, the 2008 track Sex on Fire was a UK number one hit for which American band?
KINGS OF LEON
Another basketball Big Three played for the Boston Celtics between 1980 and 1992. These players were Robert Parish, Kevin McHale and which other player, who is said to have inspired the name of the Twitter logo?
Larry BIRD
Which US communications company, currently the world’s largest, once advertised its products with the potentially inappropriate slogan Reach Out And Touch Someone?
AT & T, Inc.
In what series of action-adventure video games does the playable character of Kratos go on a rampage against the Olympian pantheon, after being tricked into killing his family by Ares?
GOD OF WAR
Another sweet-shop favourite that famously cost 10p was which small, caramel-filled Cadbury chocolate bar? Its name is also an onomatopoeic verb which could describe the manner in which it might be eaten.
CHOMP
