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Famous Questions



Quiz: each answer is a question, or a famous question is in the clue


  1. Which three word question did Dr. Christian Szell ask repeatedly in Marathon Man?
  2. What's Bugs Bunny's catchphrase?
  3. Which David Bowie song with a question mark in its title was first released on the 1971 album Hunky Dory?
  4. In November 1871, who asked the question: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
  5. Which 1966 film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor was an adaptation of Edward Albee's play of the same name?






  6. Name the colour TV sequel to the mid-1960s hit featuring the characters Bob Ferris and Terry Collier?
  7. Which popular novelty song in 1953 was the first with a question in the title to reach No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart?
  8. What is the title of a series of children's puzzle books created by illustrator Martin Handford?
  9. The British television sitcom The Upper Hand was adapted from which American sitcom?
  10. "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" is a question from which William Shakespeare comedy play?
  11. What's the four word title of the 2000 UK Christmas No. 1? (It beat Westlife's "What Makes a Man" to the top spot.)
  12. What's the question most associated with the character Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver?
  13. Which British comedy game show first broadcast on 16 June 2007, stars Lee Mack and David Mitchell as team captains?
  14. Which 1969 American film is about a group of individuals desperate to win a Depression-era dance marathon?
  15. "Accrington Stanley, Who Are They?" was a question used in an advert for which product?
  16. In which film did Tommy DeVito say: "I’m funny how, funny like a clown?"?
  17. "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?" is the first line of which sonnet by William Shakespeare?
  18. Which Bee Gee's song was released as a single in the UK on 29 December 1977?
  19. Which British sitcom is set in the department store of Grace Brothers?
  20. "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" is a line from which film?


Answers



  1. "Is It Safe?"
  2. "What's Up, Doc?"
  3. Life on Mars?
  4. Journalist Henry Morton Stanley
  5. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  6. Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
  7. How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
  8. Where's Wally? (called Where's Waldo? in the USA and Canada)
  9. Who's the Boss?
  10. The Merchant of Venice
  11. Can We Fix It? (Bob the Builder)
  12. "You Talking To Me?"
  13. Would I Lie to You?
  14. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
  15. Milk
  16. Goodfellas
  17. Sonnet 18
  18. How Deep Is Your Love?
  19. Are You Being Served?
  20. Dirty Harry