JUBILEE FUN QUIZ (ANSWERS)

Here are the answers to the Jubilee Fun Quiz specially prepared for our web visitors by Sue Clarke, of the locally renowned quiz team, the Plumber's Mates.

The entry with the most correct answers received by the closing deadline of midnight (BST) on Tuesday 4th June was by Julian Medina, with an excellent score of 44 out of 50. Runners up, with 41 correct answers, were Jack Turnbull and the regulars at Marple Cricket Club. They're going to be a little disappointed cos' they thought they'd got 49 when Jack delivered them!

Julian will receive a free copy of our limited edition Marple & Mellor calendar once it's printed. You can see the proto-type cover opposite.

Thanks for taking part and we hope you enjoyed it.

THE QUESTIONS FOLLOW, with answers in red:

1. In 1958 NASA was created. What do the letters stand for?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

2. He asked "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?" Who was he?

Charlie Brown

3. What was the Big Bopper's real name?

Jiles P Richardson

4. Who were the one-hit wonders that sang "The Book of Love"?

The Monotones

5. What was the name of the first dog in space?

Laika

6. In 1950 what card became the first Credit Card?

Diners Club

7. When did "little Suzie" finally wake up?

"The movie's over it's four o'clock"

8. Who in 1957 left the music business to become a preacher?

Little Richard

9. Tom and Jerry had a small hit with a song called "Hey Schoolgirl". What did Tom and Jerry change their names to?

Simon and Garfunkel

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11. The group was Frankie Lymon and the……………..?

Teenagers

12. Who was Don Diego de la Vega better known as?

Zorro

13. "Rock Around the Clock" was originally used in which movie?

Blackboard Jungle

14. Name the song that has this line – "A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom".

Tutti Frutti

15. What was the average price for a pint of beer in 1952?

1s 2d (about 6p)

16. Which football team won the Football League in 1952?

Manchester United (but City won it in '68!)

17. Which football team won the FA Cup in 1952?

Newcastle United

18. Which 11-Oscar winning film of the 50s cost 4 million dollars to make?

Ben Hur

19. Which 1950s film whistled Colonel Bogey as its theme?

Bridge on the River Kwai

20. Who first urged Beethoven to "roll over" in 1956?

Chuck Berry

21. Robert Menzies was Prime Minister of which country throughout the 1950s?

Australia

22. Which country became a US state in 1958?

Alaska

23. Who rode Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National?

Dick Francis

24. Which Englishman took 19 wickets in a 1956 Test against Australia?

Jim Laker

25. Who had a 50s Number 1 with "The Story of My Life"?

Michael Holliday

26. Who partnered Pearl Carr in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest for the UK?

Teddy Johnson

27. Which US island was a registration point for immigrants until 1954?

Ellis Island

28. Which company's first computer, the 701, was produced in 1953?

IBM

29. Which future Prime Minister failed to win Dartford for the Tories in 1950 and 1951?

Margaret Roberts (Thatcher)

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31. When My Fair Lady opened on Broadway in 1956 who played Eliza Doolittle?

Julie Andrews

32. In Children's TV what type of animals were Rag, Tag and Bobtail?

Hedgehog, Mouse and Rabbit

33. What was the first toy product advertised on television in 1952?

Mr. Potato Head

34. Which British Motorcyclist won the Isle of Man senior TT three times in the years 1950/51 and 55?

Geoff Duke

35. Which 1953 film of a novel told of life in a Honolulu army barracks at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour?

From Here to Eternity

36. What was the name of the aeroplane on which Buddy Holly died?

American Pie (Those who answered Beechcraft Bonanza N3794N may be technically correct but it wasn't the answer we were looking for - see the rules below ;)

37. What was stolen from Westminster Abbey on 25 December 1950?

The Stone of Scone

38. At which Royal residence did George VI die in 1952?

Sandringham

The Korean War

40. Who was British Prime Minister at the time Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation?

Winston Churchill

41. The 40s and 50s were the "big band" eras. How many players were needed for a "big band"?

13 or more

42. What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury who crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1953?

Dr. Geoffrey Fisher

43. The Arts Centre on the South Bank was built around which building – the only one remaining from the Festival of Britain in 1951?

The Royal Festival Hall

44. In which European capital city are the Sibelius Memorial, the Sibelius Academy and the 1952 Olympic stadium?

Helsinki

45. On what date was The Archers first broadcast?

1st January 1951

46. Which unpopular devices were first installed in the UK in July 1958 outside the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square London?

Parking Meters

47. In which 1953 film (and 1949 musical) does the song Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend feature?

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

48. Which American film actor played himself in the 1955 film biography To Hell and Back?

Audie Murphy

49. In 1955 which product was the first to be advertised on British TV?

Gibbs Toothpaste

50. Who produced (and starred in many of them) the Whitehall Farces in the 1950s?