- Which purple children’s character often says things are “super-dee-duper”?
- What is a score of 111 known as in cricket?
- Which city did the face that launched a thousand ships come from?
- Which snooker player was described thus in the song “Snooker Loopy” by Chas and Dave; “When the light shines down on his bare crown/It’s a cert he’s gonna walk it”?
- Which artist asked “Are you gonna go my way?” in a 1993 song?
- What was the name of the roguish antiques dealer played by Ian McShane in an eponymous tv series that ran from 1986 to 1994 in the UK?
- By what name is an “operant conditioning chamber” better known? It is used to study animal behaviour, generally by allowing an animal to press a lever and obtain food.
- What is the name given to the trilogy of Bengali films by Satyajit Ray made in the late 1950s which started with Pather Panchali, a film voted the 12th best of all time by the British Film Institute in 1992?
- Which footballer spent his entire career with Everton from 1998-2016, playing at right back? Despite an excellent reputation among players and managers, he never won a cap for England.
- What is the link between the above 9 answers?
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- Which purple children’s character often says things are “super-dee-duper”?
A: Barney the Dinosaur - What is a score of 111 known as in cricket?
A: Nelson - Which city did the face that launched a thousand ships come from?
A: Troy - Which snooker player was described thus in the song “Snooker Loopy” by Chas and Dave; “When the light shines down on his bare crown/It’s a cert he’s gonna walk it”?
A: Willie Thorne - Which artist asked “Are you gonna go my way?” in a 1993 song?
A: Lenny Kravitz - What was the name of the roguish antiques dealer played by Ian McShane in an eponymous tv series that ran from 1986 to 1994 in the UK?
A: Lovejoy - By what name is an “operant conditioning chamber” better known? It is used to study animal behaviour, generally by allowing an animal to press a lever and obtain food.
A: A Skinner Box - What is the name given to the trilogy of Bengali films by Satyajit Ray made in the late 1950s which started with Pather Panchali, a film voted the 12th best of all time by the British Film Institute in 1992?
A: The Apu Trilogy - Which footballer spent his entire career with Everton from 1998-2016, playing at right back? Despite an excellent reputation among players and managers, he never won a cap for England.
A: Tony Hibbert - What is the link between the above 9 answers?
A: Simpsons characters
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