Season 3 - Week 9 - T1 FINAL Flashcards
In 1948, cowboy Jim Shoulders endorsed which brand of jeans, made by the Blue Bell Clothing Company? This popular workwear and denim brand was introduced to Europe in 1962, and was advertised with the instruction to ‘look for the Silent W’.
WRANGLER
Which actor appeared as the mercenary Bloodsport in the 2016 film Suicide Squad? This actor has also played Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is well known for his TV roles as DCI John Luther and Stringer Bell.
Idris ELBA
The Bodysnatchers and the Specials recorded on which independent record label? Founded by Jerry Dammers in 1979, the distinctive black-and-white logo of this label depicted a character named Walt Jabsco.
2 TONE Records
Armando Iannucci wrote the character of Cal ‘The Fucker’ Richards in The Thick of It for which actor, who had earlier played hapless minister Simon Foster in In the Loop? The following year, he began playing Adam Smallbone, the main character of the sitcom Rev.
Tom HOLLANDER
In Peter Pan, the title character befriends Wendy, John and Michael, who are the three children in which family?
DARLING
Which 1996 sports comedy film stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who takes up golf, a sport at which he proves more successful?
HAPPY GILMORE
Which American actress is best known for her role as Jennifer Hart, the female half of the titular amateur detective duo on the US TV series Hart to Hart? Robert Wagner played her husband Jonathan on the show, which ran from 1979 to ’84.
Stefanie POWERS
Some of the best independent video games of recent years have been made by a single creator. Scott Cawthon was the sole developer and designer behind what 2014 video game, in which the player controls a security guard at a pizza restaurant who is trying to keep himself alive until 6 a.m.? The franchise has spawned eight main sequels to date.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S
Which fish specialist was the winner of the South-West heat of Great British Menu in 2010, but lost out in the final, failing to get a dish to the banquet? A long-time collaborator with Rick Stein, this chef is the owner/operator of his namesake restaurant in Port Isaac, Cornwall, which has two Michelin stars.
Nathan OUTLAW
Currently tenth on the all-time list of highest Premier League goalscorers, which English footballer scored 150 goals between 1997 and 2013 while playing for Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United and, briefly, Stoke City?
Michael OWEN
The web-based game Wordle became an internet sensation in 2021, inspiring numerous spin-off versions. Not to be confused with the similar Globle, which of these clones gives users six guesses to identify a country from its outline on a map?
WORLDLE
Based on an L. Ron Hubbard novel and set in the year 3000, which critically panned dystopian film of 2000 starred Barry Pepper as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, pitted against the evil Terl, played by John Travolta?
BATTLEFIELD EARTH
In 2021, Bermuda became the smallest nation to ever win a gold medal at a Summer Olympics when which athlete triumphed in the women’s triathlon at the Tokyo Games?
Flora DUFFY
Which actress plays Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for Social Affairs and Citizenship, in series 3 and 4 of The Thick of It? She had previously been a core cast member on the Chris Morris series On the Hour and The Day Today, playing characters including environment correspondent Rosy May and American reporter Barbara Wintergreen.
Rebecca FRONT
Which 2018 puzzle game was created and designed by Lucas Pope, and followed on from the success of his earlier game Papers, Please? This game sees the player investigating a merchant ship that has reappeared in England after being missing for five years.
RETURN OF THE OBRA DINN
Which actress did Billy Bob Thornton marry in Las Vegas in 2000? He was the second of her three famous husbands, and the couple were known for public declarations of love such as wearing one another’s blood in vials around their neck.
Angelina JOLIE
Which brand of designer jeans caused controversy in the 1980s when it released a Richard Avedon ad campaign featuring Brooke Shields? In the advert, a 15-year-old Shields stated that nothing comes between her and this brand of jeans.
CALVIN KLEIN
Which Irishman was one of the most successful chefs on the TV show Great British Menu? His dishes made it to the final banquet in each of the first two seasons, after which he became a harsh judge on the show. He is the chef/patron of a namesake restaurant in Mayfair, and the owner of Bentley’s Oyster Bar in Piccadilly.
Richard CORRIGAN
Which rapper won the 2021 MOBO Award for Best Newcomer, as well as the inaugural Best Drill Act award? His UK top 10 hits include Commitment Issues and the PinkPantheress-sampling Obsessed with You.
CENTRAL CEE
Currently third on the list of most goals scored in the Premier League, which English footballer scored 187 goals between 1993 and 2006 while playing for Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn, Fulham, Manchester City and Portsmouth?
Andrew COLE
Which actress appeared as Harley Quinn in the 2016 film Suicide Squad? She rose to fame in the TV series Neighbours, and played Sharon Tate in the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Margot ROBBIE
Cabaret Voltaire and the Smiths recorded on which independent record label? Founded by Geoff Travis in 1976, a record store of this name still operates in London’s Shoreditch.
ROUGH TRADE Records
The main antagonist in Peter Pan is which pirate, who captains the Jolly Roger? This man’s hand was eaten by a crocodile.
Captain James HOOK
Which 1980 comedy film stars Bill Murray as Carl Spackler, a mentally unstable golf club groundskeeper, and his attempts to hunt a gopher damaging the course at Bushwood Country Club?
CADDYSHACK
Currently eighth on the list of most goals scored in the Premier League, which English footballer scored 163 goals between 1993 and 2007 while playing for Liverpool, Leeds United and Manchester City?
Robbie FOWLER
In 2019, which co-host of Countdown took advantage of Las Vegas’s streamlined marriage process to wed her partner Pasha Kovalev?
Rachel RILEY
Running from 1985 to ’86, the British crime drama Dempsey and Makepeace featured Michael Brandon in the role of Lieutenant James Dempsey, a hard-nosed New York cop working in London. Which South African-born actress played his aristocratic partner, Sergeant Harriet Makepeace?
Glynis BARBER
Another spin-off from Wordle is which game in which players are required to identify a pop song within six guesses, based on very brief clips of its intro?
HEARDLE
Which British athlete won a silver medal in the men’s triathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before going one better in the mixed relay event, where he anchored the British team to gold?
Alex YEE
Wreckless Eric and Ian Dury and the Blockheads recorded on which independent record label? Founded by Dave Robinson and Jake Riviera in 1976, this label also released the UK’s first punk single, New Rose by the Damned.
STIFF Records
Which clothing company, founded by the Marciano brothers in 1981, has run prominent advertising campaigns featuring Claudia Schiffer, Anna Nicole Smith and, more recently, Camilla Cabello? This company was an early producer of designer jeans; Marty McFly can be seen wearing both jeans and a denim jacket designed by this brand in the Back to the Future films.
GUESS
Which character in Peter Pan is a fairy who is kind and helpful to Peter? She has been given increased prominence in Disney versions of the story.
TINKER BELL
Michael York and Jenny Agutter starred in which 1976 dystopian movie, set in a society where all individuals who reach the age of 30 are killed under the guise of a so-called ‘renewal’ ritual called Carrousel?
LOGAN’S RUN
The Finnish designer Arvi Teikari, known professionally as Hempuli, was the creator of which 2019 puzzle game? The game is based around the manipulation of logical rules, such as ’WALL IS STOP‘, by moving tiles marked with words.
BABA IS YOU
The 2021 album Made in The Pyrex reached number three in the charts for which act? Tracks by this artist, who was nominated for Best Drill Act at the 2021 MOBO Awards, include Wasted and Bringing It Back, collaborations with ArrDee & AJ Tracey respectively.
DIGGA D
Which actor appeared as Amanda Waller in the 2016 film Suicide Squad? She won an Academy Award for her role in the film Fences, and was the first African-American to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having previously won both a Tony and an Emmy.
Viola DAVIS
In which Wordle variant are players required to find four words rather than one, being given nine guesses in which to do so?
QUORDLE
Which 2000 film stars Will Smith as the title character, a golf caddy who helps Rannulph Junuh, a troubled golfer played by Matt Damon, rediscover his form?
The Legend of BAGGER VANCE
The 2021 song Latest Trends peaked at number two in the UK and was nominated for the 2021 MOBO Song of the Year award. It is a track by which duo, whose increased popularity led them to feature on a second top ten hit, Coming for You, with SwitchOTR?
A1 X J1 (accept A1 AND J1)
Which actor and comedian played Blackguard in Suicide Squad? This former partner of Ariana Grande has been a member of the Saturday Night Live cast since 2014.
Pete DAVIDSON
In 1982, which actress joined the cast of T.J. Hooker as Stacey Sheridan, a rookie officer who worked alongside the title character, played by William Shatner?
Heather LOCKLEAR
Which 1997 dystopian film is set in a future society where naturally conceived or flawed individuals are deemed ’in-valids’? Ethan Hawke plays Vincent, who purchases the genes of a laboratory-engineered ‘valid’, played by Jude Law, to realise his dream of joining a space programme.
GATTACA
Peter Mannion, Nicola Murray’s opposite number in The Thick of It, was played by which actor? One of his best-known roles is DI Fred Thursday, the superior officer of the title character in ITV’s Endeavour.
Roger ALLAM
Einstürzende Neubauten and Depeche Mode recorded on which independent record label? Founded by Daniel Miller in 1978, this label’s first release was Miller’s Warm Leatherette, recorded under the alias The Normal, which was later covered by Grace Jones.
MUTE Records
Matching Alex Yee’s achievement as the most successful triathlete at a single Olympics, which British athlete won silver behind Flora Duffy in Tokyo, before also securing gold in the mixed relay?
Georgia TAYLOR-BROWN
Which chef took his simple dish of ham, egg and peas to the winners’ banquet after winning the Midlands heat of Great British Menu in 2007? His 2012 cookbook Too Many Chefs, Only One Indian reflects his Sikh heritage, and he is the patron of an eponymous two Michelin-starred restaurant in Nottingham.
Sat BAINS
In 1995, which clothing company released one of the first ad campaigns to depict a gay kiss, in which a pair of sailors recreate Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic V-J Day in Times Square photograph? This Italian company is known for its denim and currently has two fashion lines – its namesake brand, and the luxury, ready-to-wear line Black Gold.
DIESEL
The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas has seen many celebrity couples tie the knot. In 2010, former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq married which writer of Black Mirror in the chapel?
Charlie BROOKER
Peter Pan is set on which fictional island created by J.M. Barrie? Peter tells Wendy Darling that the direction to this place is “second to the right, and straight on till morning”.
NEVERLAND
(accept NEVER NEVER LAND)
Which two-time winner of the Great British Menu later became a mentor and judge on the show? His masala-spiced monkfish with red lentils prompted the Birmingham Post to call him “undoubtedly the finest chef to come from Chelmsley Wood”, and he is the patron of a Michelin-starred restaurant in Birmingham.
Glynn PURNELL
In which 1983 David Cronenberg film does James Woods play Max Renn, the CEO of a small television station, who stumbles upon a broadcast of snuff films? Debbie Harry plays the television presenter Nicki Brand in this film, which, despite its dystopian feel, is set in the same era in which it was made.
VIDEODROME
Which group won the 2021 MOBO award for Best Hip-Hop Act? Their biggest chart hit is Overseas, featuring Central Cee, which comes from the mixtape Home Alone 2.
D-BLOCK EUROPE
Toby Fox was the sole designer, developer and composer of what role-playing game, whose first chapter was released in 2018? It shares some of its narrative elements with Fox’s earlier RPG, Undertale.
DELTARUNE
Currently ninth on the list of most goals scored in the Premier League, which English footballer scored 162 goals between 2001 and 2018 while playing for West Ham United, Spurs, Portsmouth, Sunderland and Bournemouth?
Jermain DEFOE
Described as the mathematics enthusiast’s answer to Wordle, which spin-off game requires the player to form an equation from a selection of numbers and mathematical symbols?
NERDLE
Which 1996 romantic comedy film stars Kevin Costner as Roy McAvoy, a former golf professional who resumes his career with help from the clinical psychologist Molly Griswold, played by Rene Russo?
TIN CUP
In 1998, the model Carmen Electra married which flamboyant basketball player following a night out in Las Vegas? The marriage was annulled just nine days later.
Dennis RODMAN
Which British woman won a gold medal in the mixed relay triathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, alongside Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jonny Brownlee? This specialist swimmer gave the British team a strong start after racing the first leg.
Jessica LEARMONTH
The 1980s detective series Remington Steele saw Pierce Brosnan playing the title character, a conman who assumes the role of Steele to aid the struggling private investigator Laura Holt. Who played Laura Holt in the show?
Stephanie ZIMBALIST
One of the few characters to appear in all four series and both specials of The Thick of It, which actress played the officious Director of Communications Terri Coverley? Her TV roles include Ma Larkin in The Larkins and DI Viv Deering, protagonist of the Channel 4 police series No Offence, but she also won the Best Actress BAFTA last month for her role in the film After Love.
Joanna SCANLAN
