Thanks again to Rye local, Vic Vicary, an avid Rye News supporter, for putting together the following 20 question quiz for us. He puts a lot of effort into doing this and we are grateful to him.
Editor's note: If you feel you would like to write an article about something which interests you just send it in to me, Nick Forman editor@ryenews.org.uk and let's see if we can get it into print for you. Good luck with the quiz!
Questions
- Who in 1972 had the number 1 hit I'd like to teach the world to sing?
- Who on the 1972 number 1 hit was The long-haired lover from Liverpool?
- Who was the jealous guy on the number 1 hit in 1981?
- You can’t hurry love by Diana Ross didn’t quite get to number 1. Who took it to number 1 in 1983?
- Who played Doc Holliday in the movie Gun Fight at OK Corral in 1957?
- What lips did Cliff Richards have in 1963?
- Who sang these lyrics "Every time I kiss you I’m still not certain that you love me"?
- The invention of the mini skirt and hot pants are credited to which designer?
- Can you unravel this anagram? THREE CRASHES (1960s pop group)
- What pop group was living next door to Alice ?
- What Elvis record did UB40 take to number 1?
- Name the film. “I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night and still have begged for more.”
- Who was Dean Martin’s comedy partner?
- What name did Tonto call the Lone Ranger?
- What famous hit taken to number 1 by several pop singers didn’t have the title mentioned in the song?
- What name was Norman Wisdom known by in many of his comedy movies?
- In the 60s what was the theme music to Juke Box Jury?
- Which daughter of a famous father starred alongside Leslie Nielsen in the Naked Gun movies?
- What become known as Wilson Gravy in the 60s?
- Can you name the seven film stars in the 1960s film The Magnificent Seven?
Answer
- New Seekers
- Jimmy Osmond
- Roxy Music
- Phil Collins
- Kirk Douglas
- Lucky lips
- Elvis (Suspicious Minds)
- Mary Quant
- The Searchers
- Smokey
- Falling in love with you
- My Fair Lady
- Jerry Lewis
- Kemo sabe
- Unchained Melody
- Pitkins
- Hit & Miss By John Barry Seven
- Priscilla Presley ( Elvis’s Daughter )
- HP Sauce after Harold Wilson
- Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz, Robert Vaughan, Brad Dexter.
