SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND?

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND?

Oct 16, 2021

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND?

This is a fun little entertainment quiz with a theme!
I’m sure you will be able to guess what that is fairly early on in the questions, so what are you waiting for?

Let’s get quizzing...

QUESTIONS

1. Formed in 2007, which all girl British-Irish group consisted of Frankie Bridge, Mollie King, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes and Vanessa White, and had a Number 1 hit with, ‘What about Us’ in 2012?

2. This film theme tune won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1960 and was the first foreign language picture theme to do so since the awards began. It was composed by Manos Hadjidakis and tells the story of a woman in the Greek port of Piraeus. Petula Clark released an English version in 1965 with the lyrics, ‘Oh you can kiss me on a Monday, a Monday, A Monday is very, very good.’
What is the song’s name?

3. Who wrote Elton John’s, ‘Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting’ released in 1973?

4. Which 1989 black comedy is about two insurance company employees trying to pass off their murdered boss as alive in order to keep the party going before it’s discovered he’s dead?

5. From 1998-2001, ITV’s Saturday morning children’s TV show, SM:tv Live, was hosted by which comedy duo and their female assistant? (1 point for both of the duo’s names and 1 point for the female assistant)

6. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye is a Canadian born singer, songwriter and producer who is known famously under what name? Hint – He had the huge hit ‘Blinding Lights’ in 2020)

7. What sport is the theme behind the Oliver Stone movie, ‘On Any Given Sunday’?

8. In the 2010 song by Riton and covered by Dubskie and the Mufasa, what three words of the chorus follow, ‘It’s Friday then, then...’?

9. What 1977 film, directed by John Badham, follows the 19 year-old character, Tony Manero, as he drinks and dances away his weekends in order to gain the affection of  be girlfriend, Stephanie Mangano?

10. Which 80’s children’s TV show replaced ‘Multi Coloured Swap Shop’ with Noel Edmonds on BBC, and featured Keith Chegwin, Mike Reid and Sarah Greene with one famous phone-in which a foul mouthed tirade of abuse to their guest star, Matt Bianco?

 

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ANSWERS

1. Formed in 2007, which all girl British-Irish group consisted of Frankie Bridge, Mollie King, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes and Vanessa White, and had a Number 1 hit with, ‘What about Us’ in 2012?
THE SATURDAYS

2. This film theme tune won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1960 and was the first foreign language picture theme to do so since the awards began. It was composed by Manos Hadjidakis and tells the story of a woman in the Greek port of Piraeus. Petula Clark released an English version in 1965 with the lyrics, ‘Oh you can kiss me on a Monday, a Monday, A Monday is very, very good.’
What is the song’s name?
NEVER ON A SUNDAY

3. Who wrote Elton John’s, ‘Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting’ released in 1973?
BERNIE TAUPIN

4. Which 1989 black comedy is about two insurance company employees trying to pass off their murdered boss as alive in order to keep the party going before it’s discovered he’s dead?
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S

5. From 1998-2001, ITV’s Saturday morning children’s TV show, SM:tv Live, was hosted by which comedy duo and their female assistant? (1 point for both of the duo’s names and 1 point for the female assistant)
ANT & DEC – CAT DEELEY

6. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye is a Canadian born singer, songwriter and producer who is known famously under what name? Hint – He had the huge hit ‘Blinding Lights’ in 2020)
THE WEEKND

7. What sport is the theme behind the Oliver Stone movie, ‘On Any Given Sunday’?
AMERICAN FOOTBALL

8. In the 2010 song by Riton and covered by Dubskie and the Mufasa, what three words of the chorus follow, ‘It’s Friday then, then...’?
SATURDAY, SUNDAY, WHAT!

9. What 1977 film, directed by John Badham, follows the 19 year-old character, Tony Manero, as he drinks and dances away his weekends in order to gain the affection of  be girlfriend, Stephanie Mangano?
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER

10. Which 80’s children’s TV show replaced ‘Multi Coloured Swap Shop’ with Noel Edmonds on BBC, and featured Keith Chegwin, Mike Reid and Sarah Greene with one famous phone-in which a foul mouthed tirade of abuse to their guest star, Matt Bianco?
SATURDAY SUPERSTORE

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