Magnifico, Mephisopheles

1) Name the character played by Tom Cruise in the film Top Gun? - Maverick. That ought to be a chocolate bar really, didn't it?

2) Which German City is particularly noted for its porcelain? Meissen otherwise known as Slaughterhouse 5

3) Who wrote the book 'Gone with the Wind'? Maggie, aka Margaret, Mitchell. Should have been Phil Mitchell, though. Leave it Rhett, he ain't worf it.

4) What city is capital of Belarus? Ooh! You little Minsk!

5) Which group had hits with 'All I Want', 'One Night Stand', 'B With Me' and 'Scandalous', all between 2001 and 2002? I could be wrong, I could be ... no actually I could only be wrong cos I don't know it or have a reasonable guess.

6) Name the Baker in Camberwick Green? Micky Murphy...?

7) Name the ship on which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed to America? Mayflower, or as the Queen puts it, Mayflah

8) What name was given to the Irish - Americans who murdered mine owners in the 1870's as a protest against mining conditions? Mine Murdering Motherf**kers?

9) Which Motoring Event first took place in the year 1911? First all-lane standstill of the M25 - a very notable achievement as it hadn't been built yet, nor would it be before two world wars and one world cup had passed.

10) Which battle in the English Civil War was fought on 2nd July 1644? Marston Moor

Many many thanks as ever Saucy

Posted By: Old Man, Feb 24, 20:01:24