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Season 4 - Week 6 Flashcards

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Many video game franchises feature an evil doctor as their primary antagonist. Which series of games introduced the orange-moustache wearing mad scientist known as Doctor Ivo ‘Eggman’ Robotnik?

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SONIC The Hedgehog

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Proof, Bizarre and Mr Porter were part of which hip hop collective whose de facto leader was Eminem? Hits for this act included Purple Pills.

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D12 (accept DIRTY DOZEN)

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Which British make-up artist began her career assisting the legendary Mary Greenwell? Her first product was Magic Cream, which was originally worn by catwalk models but is now a worldwide bestseller.

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Charlotte TILBURY

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The drug trade is a common theme in many modern TV shows. The Salamanca family and Gustavo Fring both appear in what crime drama series? They also feature in Better Call Saul, a spin-off and prequel to this show.

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BREAKING BAD

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Which UK insurance company, that uses a red telephone as its logo, has run a number of adverts featuring actor Harvey Keitel in the role of a gangster?

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DIRECT LINE

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Betting expert Angus Loughran was better known by what nickname on the 90s TV show Fantasy Football League, where he dispensed advice on team selections while standing behind a breakfast bar in dressing gown and pyjamas?

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STATTO

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Many British Olympic champions share the same birthday, 23 March. Which rower, born on that day in 1962, won five Olympic gold medals at five consecutive games, between Los Angeles in 1984 and Sydney in 2000?

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Steve REDGRAVE

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Highgate Cemetery in London is the resting place of numerous famous people. One of these celebrities is which singer, who began his career with the band Wham! in the 1980s, and died on Christmas Day 2016 aged just 53?

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George MICHAEL

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Which band, formed in London in 1965, had four albums in the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list published in 2020, including The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall?

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PINK FLOYD

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Which spiral-shaped lolly, manufactured by Walls, consists of pineapple ice cream and lime-flavoured ice on the outside, with a strawberry ice core?

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TWISTER

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In which 1990 thriller, directed by John McTiernan, does Sean Connery play Marko Ramius, commander of the titular Soviet submarine? Alec Baldwin plays CIA agent Jack Ryan in this adaptation of a Tom Clancy novel.

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The HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

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Dennis the Menace and The Bash Street Kids are strips in which DC Thomson comic which was a great rival of The Dandy until the latter ceased publication in 2012?

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The BEANO

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The 2018 film Ocean’s 8 featured an incredible female ensemble cast. Which star of Speed and Miss Congeniality, who also won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Blind Side, played the character Debbie Queen?

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Sandra BULLOCK

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Avon Barksdale, Stringer Bell and Marlo Stanfield are all characters involved in the drug trade in what crime drama series, created by David Simon and set in Baltimore?

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The WIRE

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Which TV presenter, also buried in Highgate Cemetery, was best known for hosting namesake comedy prank shows during the 1980s and 90s, as well as early series of You’ve Been Framed?

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Jeremy BEADLE

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In which 1975 UK number two hit for the Carpenters does Karen Carpenter ask “Is there a letter in your bag for me”? This song was a cover of an original track by the Marvelettes.

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PLEASE MR POSTMAN (prompt on Mr Postman)

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Hell-bent on achieving world domination, the mad scientist Doctor Neo Cortex serves as the main antagonist to the titular marsupial in which series of video games that were originally made exclusively for the PlayStation console?

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CRASH BANDICOOT

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Which American singer’s four albums in the 2020 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list included Songs in the Key of Life and Innervisions?

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Stevie WONDER

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Which English goalkeeper, famous for the first ever penalty save in an FA Cup final while at Wimbledon in 1988, missed eight weeks of the 1993-94 Premier League season after severing a tendon in his big toe by dropping a bottle of salad cream on his foot?

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Dave BEASANT

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Which ice cream lolly, with a rhyming name, has an inner layer of chocolate ice cream and an outer layer of strawberry ice cream covered in a coating of sugar balls?

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NOBBLY BOBBLY

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Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, the Creator have all been part of which controversial rap collective that has released numerous mixtapes and starred on the comedy show Loiter Squad?

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ODD FUTURE Wolf Gang Kill Them All (accept OFWGKTA)

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What surname is shared by make-up artist sisters Nicky and Sam, whose YouTube channel PixiWoo has amassed over 2 million subscribers? Their Real Techniques range of make-up brushes and sponges has become a bestseller in the UK.

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CHAPMAN

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Now owned by Direct Line, which UK insurance company used a bulldog as a mascot during advertising campaigns throughout the 1990s and 2000s? The most memorable of these adverts featured Bob Mortimer voicing the character, often using the catchphrase “Oh yes!”

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CHURCHILL

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Which actor appeared alongside Stewart Lee and Richard Herring as Simon Quinlank, a weak lemon drink enthusiast and self-proclaimed ‘King of Hobbies’, on the 90s TV series Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy? A prolific figure in British TV comedy over the past 30 years, he also had major roles in Big Train, Hyperdrive and Chris Morris’s Jam.

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Kevin ELDON

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Another member of the Walls ice cream family is which brand of lollies, whose Exotic product consists of a soft vanilla core, rippled with an exotic swirl and a coating of sorbet made from real fruit?

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SOLERO

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In which 1973 UK top five hit for the Carpenters does Karen describe how she is “on” the titular location “looking down on creation”?

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TOP OF THE WORLD

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Another 23 March baby is which Olympic cyclist, born in Edinburgh in 1976? He won one silver medal in Sydney 2000, but subsequently won six golds at the Games in Athens, Beijing and London.

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Chris HOY

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In which 2002 historical drama, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, does Harrison Ford play Alexei Vostrikov, the commander of the Soviet Union’s first submarine equipped with ballistic missiles? The title of this box office flop incorporates a fictionalised nickname for that submarine.

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K19: THE WIDOWMAKER

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Who played the role of Lou Miller in Ocean’s 8? An Oscar winner for her roles in Blue Jasmine and The Aviator, she also played Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings movies.

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Cate BLANCHETT

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Who was the first make-up artist to be made a dame? Her product range, which features her name followed by the word Labs, became Selfridges’ bestselling beauty line in 2019.

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Pat McGRATH

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Originally depicted as the arch-nemesis of Captain Qwark, the robotic mad scientist Doctor Nefarious later became the main antagonist of the title duo in which series of platformer and third-person shooter video games created for the PlayStation?

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RATCHET AND CLANK

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Which UK insurance company, named for a town on the south coast of England, at one time had the telephone number 0800 00 1066?

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HASTINGS Direct

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Strontium Dog and Judge Dredd are strips in which British science-fiction oriented comic? It was founded 23 years before the year which constitutes its title.

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2000AD

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Another resident of Highgate Cemetery, which music impresario was the manager of the New York Dolls and, more famously, the Sex Pistols during the 1970s?

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Malcolm McLAREN

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Which Manchester United goalkeeper suffered a dislocated jaw whilst shouting at his defenders during a 1975 game against Birmingham City? He had earlier kept goal for the team when they won the 1968 European Cup final at Wembley.

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ALEX STEPNEY

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Lil’ Wayne, Drake, Tyga and Nicki Minaj have all been part of which rap collective that had a 2009 top 10 hit with Bedrock?

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YOUNG MONEY

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Which 1995 thriller, directed by Tony Scott, takes place aboard the nuclear submarine USS Alabama, as senior officers played by Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington engage in a potentially deadly battle of wills?

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CRIMSON TIDE

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During the 1990s, Children’s BBC often featured appearances from The Anorak, an infuriating, ruddy-faced know-it-all played by which presenter? A regular on CBBC during the 90s and 2000s, he was part of the original lineup of presenters on CBeebies, for whom he hosted Show Me Show Me alongside Pui Fan Lee.

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Chris JARVIS

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Which American goalkeeper knocked out his front teeth while lifting golf clubs out of his car? His career in England included spells at Millwall, Leicester - where he won the 1997 Coca Cola Cup - and Spurs, for whom he was replaced as first-choice keeper by Paul Robinson in 2005.

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Kasey KELLER

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Nas, Foxy Brown and Cormega were among the members of which rap supergroup that disbanded after their debut album, 1997’s The Album, was a big flop?

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The FIRM

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Born on 23 March 1983, which British athlete did the ‘double double’ of winning the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at both the London and Rio Olympics? He holds the British men’s record for the 1500m and the marathon.

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Mo FARAH

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Harris Tweed and Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, were strips in which British comic, which ran from 1950 to 1969 and again from 1982 to 1994?

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EAGLE

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Omar Navarro, head of the Navarro cartel, and the local heroin producers Jacob and Darlene Snell are all characters that appear in which Netflix crime drama series, set in the Missouri mountain range that gives it its name?

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OZARK

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Which British make-up artist, global creative director for Lancôme and author of Facepaint: The Story of Makeup, released her range of True Velvet lipsticks in 2018 which sold out within hours of their release?

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Lisa ELDRIDGE

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Which actress played the role of Rose Weil in Ocean’s 8? She portrayed Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter universe and the Queen Mother in The King’s Speech, and has appeared in many Tim Burton movies.

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Helena BONHAM CARTER

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Which American singer’s four albums in the 2020 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Album list include Sign O’ the Times and 1999?

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PRINCE Rogers Nelson

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Originally designed to have a similar appearance to Albert Einstein, the mad scientist Dr Wily serves as the main antagonist in which science fiction video game franchise that has spawned over 50 games?

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MEGA MAN

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In which 1973 UK number two hit for the Carpenters does Karen reminisce about listening to favourite songs on the radio, describing how “every sha-la-la, every whoa-ooh-whoa-oh still shines”?

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YESTERDAY ONCE MORE

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Formed in 2005, which UK insurance company appealed to its target audience of young female drivers with adverts featuring a trio of 1950s-style doo-wop singers?

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SHEILA’S WHEELS

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Which Canadian singer‘s four albums in the 2020 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Album list include Blue and The Hissing of Summer Lawns?

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Joni MITCHELL

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Moira Kent and The Four Marys were strips in which British comic aimed at girls and published from 1958 to 2001?

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BUNTY

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Which Spanish goalkeeper severed his big toe tendon prior to the 2002 World Cup - for which he would have been Spain’s first choice in goal – when a bottle of aftershave fell on his foot? He signed for Valencia from Real Madrid in 1998, and went on to win two La Liga titles with the club.

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Santiago CANIZARES

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Which actor, best known for his roles as Owen in The Vicar of Dibley and Trigger in Only Fools And Horses, was laid to rest in Highgate Cemetery following his death in 2014?

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Roger LLOYD-PACK

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Which ice lolly was originally released in 1967 to tap into the popularity of Thunderbirds? Now produced by Nestlé, the lolly consists of strawberry, vanilla and chocolate thirds with the chocolate segment covered in sugar strands.

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FAB

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In which 2000 historical drama, directed by Jonathan Mostow, does Matthew McConaughey play Andrew Tyler, the commander of a US navy submarine which attempts to steal an Enigma machine from the titular German U-boat? Jon Bon Jovi played Lieutenant Emmett in this film, which was criticised for a lack of historical accuracy.

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U-571

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Andy Wear played Nam Rood, a shouty, shed-dwelling man who shared cheat codes for video games by sticking them onto his shaven head, on which 1990s Children’s ITV series? Hosted for most of its run by Andy Crane and Violet Berlin, it was designed to appeal to a younger audience of gamers than Channel 4’s GamesMaster.

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BAD INFLUENCE

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In which 1972 UK top 10 hit for the Carpenters does Karen speculate that “love may grow” but “only time will tell us so”?

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FOR ALL WE KNOW

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Which actor played the role of Daphne Kluger in Ocean’s 8? Originally making her name with roles in The Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada, she won an Oscar for her performance as Fantine in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Miserables.

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Anne HATHAWAY

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Which British cyclist, born on March 23 in 1988, has nine Olympic medals to his name and married his fellow Olympian Laura Trott in September 2016? Their combined medal haul makes them the most successful married couple in Olympic history.

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Jason KENNY

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The Irish-American criminal Ryan O’Reilly and the Nigerian gangster Simon Adebisi were main players in the drug trade in what HBO prison drama series, notorious for its violence and sexual themes?

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OZ

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