Further Trivial Pursuits: Entertainment

<< Gerry Rafferty, literally waiting by his letterbox in anticipation of more royalty cheques





For those at the back not paying attention, I'm devoting 8.5 weeks' worth of facts to the newly-remembered catalyst for my love of trivia, classic board game Trivial Pursuit (to be more specific, the Genus edition, as if you had to ask). The previous post celebrated the notoriously unpopular Geography category - today it's the more mainstream pink cheese, Entertainment. Probably the most popular and accessible TP category, the big E however fills me only with a sense of trepidation. The reasons for this are multiple (well, two) - firstly, the memories of my dad carving a path to glory around the board using only judicious use of the roll again squares, and an encyclopaedic knowledge of every film or TV show ever made, leaving the rest of us trailing in his wake. Secondly, my personal knowledge of film/TV is embarrassingly patchy. To demonstrate, here are 3 films I haven't seen:





The Godfather


The Deer Hunter


Citizen Kane





Here are 3 films I have seen:





Pearl Harbour


Miss Congeniality


Addams Family Values





You get the idea with that - here's the questions (answers below - you don't have to invert the screen)





1. Which sci=fi BBC sitcom was originally intended to be a film?





2. In which leafy London suburb do Jerry Hall, David Attenborough and Richard E Grant live?





3. What was the name of Jade Goody's perfume, released shortly after her Celebrity Big Brother appearance?





4. From where does U.S. TV show 30 Rock get it's name?





5. How did Peter Andre first find fame in Australia?





6. What is Ronnie from Eastenders' real first name?





7. Which sci-fi film inspired several thousand people to create a new religion in the 2001 census?





8. What nationality is Chris Roy Taylor, the creator of The Omnipresent cartoons which feature in The London Paper?





9. Which Scottish singer started his career as a busker?





10. Which type of film did Alfred Hitchcock begin his career working on?











Deep breath, here's the answers -





1. Red Dwarf, which finally sort of got it's wish in recent 90 minute (though it felt a lot longer) special, Back To Earth, which was, in three words, weird, laboured and depressing.





2. Richmond-upon-Thames. Some would say it's not a suburb of London, and that it's a town in Surrey. They'd be wrong.





3. Controversial.





4. 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the building the show is chiefly set in.





5. He appeared on the Australian version of New Faces.





6. Veronica. I know Ronnie is short for Veronica, OK? I ran out of questions.





7. Star Wars. Thousands put 'Jedi' as their religion on the 2001 census. Many a pub quiz bore will try and tell you that had enough people claimed to be Jedi, it would have become a religion. This is not the case.





8. Australian. He has an Australian e-mail address anyway. Good enough for me.





9. Gerry Rafferty, most famous for 'Baker Street' and being one half of Steeler's Wheel, who most famously soundtracked the removal of an ear in Reservoir Dogs. Rafferty recently went missing for several weeks, before reporting he had been relaxing at his house in Tuscany. Which begs the question: how can Gerry Rafferty afford a house in Tuscany?





10. Silent movies.





Next up, it's the last cheese to be obtained in 99% of Trivial Pursuit campaigns - the unattractive bright yellow Cheddar that is History. Does anybody like this round? Apart from David Starkey, who probably collects an entire roundel filled with 6 yellow segments, despite howls of indignation from Jon Snow, Tony Robinson, and him off Grand Designs. More soon...