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This And That

In this quiz, either the answer or the question contains the word 'this' or 'that'.


Questions

  1. "Is this the real life?" are the first five words of which song?
  2. Which BBC radio comedy programme, running from 1939 to 1949, was commonly abbreviated to ITMA?
  3. Whose spoke the opening words when the British daytime magazine programme This Morning first aired on 3 October, 1988?
  4. Who famously sang the song "That Old Black Magic" in her 1956 film Bus Stop?




  5. The will of Mel Blanc stated his desire to have the what inscription on his gravestone? (Hint: Blanc was nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Voices".)
  6. Which three words have been added to the famous Liverpool FC sign above the stairs leading down to the pitch?
  7. In which 1999 American mafia comedy film does Billy Crystal play a reluctant psychiatrist?
  8. This Sporting Life is a 1963 British kitchen sink drama film set in which mining city in Yorkshire?
  9. Which 2006 British drama film about young skinheads in 1983 was written and directed by Shane Meadows?
  10. Which waterfalls in Africa are nicknamed 'Mosi-oa-Tunya', which means 'the smoke that thunders'?
  11. Which well known singer sang to Andrew Neil "Nobody Does it Better" on the final episode of the BBC One politics TV programme This Week?
  12. "Do I not like that..." is a famous touchline quote from which football manager?
  13. Which journalist was known for his departing catchphrase, "And that's the way it is"?
  14. Which Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise film was among the 15 most popular films at the British box office in 1966?
  15. How many points would the word 'THIS' score in a game of scrabble if all the tiles were on single-letter scores?
  16. What decorated statuette was Humphrey Bogart holding when he said the closing line, "The stuff that dreams are made of"?
  17. "All That Jazz" is the opening song of which musical?
  18. "This Be The Verse" was written around April 1971 by which English poet?
  19. Which BBC television drama, broadcast in 1996 and 1997, centres on the lives of law graduates Egg, Anna, Milly, Miles and Warren?
  20. Which William Shakespeare play is the only one to have either the word 'THIS' or 'THAT' in the title?

Answers:

  1. Bohemian Rhapsody
  2. It's That Man Again
  3. Richard Madeley
  4. Marilyn Monroe
  5. That’s All Folks (the catchphrase that of Blanc's character, Porky Pig)
  6. THIS IS ANFIELD
  7. Analyze This
  8. Wakefield
  9. This Is England
  10. Victoria Falls
  11. Mick Hucknall
  12. Graham Taylor
  13. Walter Cronkite
  14. That Riviera Touch
  15. 7
  16. The Maltese Falcon (playing detective Sam Spade)
  17. Chicago
  18. Philip Larkin
  19. This Life
  20. All's Well That Ends Well