Yeah no

1) Which PM told the British people they'd "never had it so good"? Mac the Knife. You rather gave that away I'm afraid. Harold MacMillan. Might have had a brother called Pan, I dunno.

2) When released from prison in 1990, to whom did Nelson Mandela give his 1st proper interview? Trevor McDoughnut, errr, I mean McDonald

3) Which actress is the elder sister of actor Warren Beatty? Toothpaste, surely? Err, Shirley MacLaine, intut

4) Who played the parts of Lord Percy in Blackadder II and Capt Darling in Blackadder IV? Da King In Da Noooorrrrrrf Tim McInnerny, he was that nasty MI6 type in Spooks too until Harry rumbled his little game.

5) For 6 months Frank Bruno was a World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Who did he beat in Sept 1995 to win the WBC title? Kirsty MacColl, or her brother Ollie

6) He died in 2018. In 2008 he was the Republican Party's Presidential Candidate, but where was John McCain between Oct 1967 and March 1973? Doing a 10-stretch for invading da Nam, for which Trump called him a "loser".

7) When made into a film, which Alistair McClean book starred both Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood? Where Starlings Quiver. Or Where Eagles Dare. Yeah. That last one I shink.

8) The name of William McGonagall is associated with what? Fucking terrible poetry. The Tay, the Tay, the silvery Tay, which flows past Edinburgh every day or some such. Sometimes his explanatory footnotes were bigger than the actual "poem". Spike Milligan used to lampoon him mercilessly but honestly his "work" was already beyond parody.

9) Lorraine McIntosh is lead female singer with which band? Her husband is the main singer and songwriter, but to be awkward they keep different professional surnames? Oh f**kit. I was doing so well too. Definitely not Fleetwood Mac which I was expecting to come up at some point. No idea. Wasn't Sisters Of Mercy.

10) In 1975 Malcolm Macdonald scored all 5 of England's goals in a 5-0 win in a European Qualifying match against which country? He was the chief droog in A Clockwork Orange, and also managed the Pistols, starring in his own hagiography "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle", and he was shagging that Vivienne Westwood who has about as much eye for good clothing as I do, yet somehow she made a career out of it, which makes me the fool, I reckon, duntit darlin.

Posted By: Old Man on May 21st 2020 at 21:03:00

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