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WELCOME to Superbrain 2007 - the North-East's toughest trivia quiz with a total of over Ł500 to be won. This year's competition is now closed.

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11. Dusty Bin was the dreaded booby prize on which quiz show?

12. "Stand by for action . . . anything can happen in the next half hour" always began which kid's series?

13. How was April Dancer better known?

14. Barnacle Bill is the title of the theme tune to which long-running programme?

15. What was the name of the Jetsons’ family dog?

16. Which comedy was originally set in 1955 at RAF Skelton?

17. How was the spy Robert McCall better known?

18. What was the spin-off comedy from Are You Being Served called?

19. In 1978 Maria Aitken was the first to portray which TV reporter?

20. Which US cops had the call sign Zebra Three as they drove around in a red Ford Torino?

21. Which two hugely successful series came from a 1973 BBC project called Seven of One?

22. The famous author Michael Crichton was responsible for the creation of which medical drama?

23. Mary Craig, often referred to as the Dark Lady, was the original timekeeper and scorekeeper on which quiz programme?

24. Giant versions of which two Magic Roundabout characters once terrorised the Goodies?

25. Which show only lasted for four series and one Christmas special, yet saw 30 different actors and actresses portray the six main roles?

26. Which famous comedy actor, when he passed away in 1983, left a self penned obituary for the Times which read that he "wishes it to be known that he conked out on November 15th. He sadly misses family and friends"?

27. In which series did we meet Au Pair girls called Danielle and Ingrid?

28. In Lilies, what is the first name of the Moss sister who has the middle name of Mary?

29. What names -one for a boy and one for a girl- did Raquel Watts always say she would call her children?

30. In which series did David Jason appear dressed as Robin the Boy Wonder?

31. "He made U-turns on a busy street, crashed through safety barriers, crossed road divider markings and failed to signal a single turn." This is a description of a character once voted the worst driver ever on TV. What is the character’s name?

32. Which actress did Adrien Brody kiss when he received his 2002 Oscar?

33. Which Carry On character observes: "I'm sure I'll never get my draws off as quickly as that"?

34. In which film is Patrick Macnee invisible?

35. Name the characters who were the two main villains in Batman and Robin (1997)?

36. Who is generally considered to be the first ever victim of the cinematic pie in the face gag?

37. On the set of which film did Courtney Cox and David Arquette meet and fall in love?

38. Aladdin was revamped in order to make the title character "more Tom Cruise and less..." who?

39. For which film did Anna Scott win her Oscar?

40. Who famously sang Happy Birthday Mr President to JFK on his 46th birthday?

41. Betty Boop played which role in 1933, a part that was soon to become synonymous with Disney?

42. What are the names of Donkey’s three offspring in Shrek 3?

43. The title role in Pretty Woman, as played by Julia Roberts, was turned down by which Bratpacker?

44. Which actress goes from being the first daughter in Mars Attacks! to a Queen of Naboo?

45. In which film does Porky Pig demand a better deal from the head of animation at Warners?

46. In 1963 which actress played a character whose name was actually her real name?

47. Which actress is Liam Neeson married to?

48. Which Abbott and Costello film spoofs The Wizard of Oz?

49. Who considered herself as "the young Lauren Bacall"?

50. Who is to play the mother of the young Spock in the latest Star Trek movie, set for release in late 2008?


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11. Under what name does Theodore Giesel write his children’s stories of cats and ham?

12. What nationality was the detective who solved crimes with the help of his little grey cells?

13. Which book was allegedly translated from the "original equine"?

14. A full time secretary is still employed to handle mail sent to 221B Baker Street and addressed to whom?

15. How old is Tracy Beaker when we first meet her?

16. Which fruit was Jeanette Winterson sexing?

17. What is the full name of the young witch who marries Harry Potter?

18. Which criminal has a butler called Butler?

19. Whose large body of works includes a book of children’s fairy stories called The Happy Prince?

20. Who is the recipient of The Four Feathers, in the book of that name?

21. "That thou, light winged dryad of the trees, in some melodious plot of beechen green, and shadows numberless, singest of summer in full throated ease." Which bird inspired these lines?

22. "There with fantastic garlands did she come, of crow-flowers, nettles, Daisies and long purples." Which fair maiden is being described?

23. Who, according to parish records, was "slaine by Ffrancis Ffreezer"?

24. Which British poet died after catching a fever he caught while walking in a thunderstorm?

25. Love, curiosity, doubt and what else were the four things that Dorothy Parker would have been better without?

26. What is the name of Hamlet’s mother in Shakespeare’s play of that name?

27. Which Belgian writer created the pipe smoking Parisian detective Jules Maigret?

28. Who is the narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island?

29. Which Rossetti poem tells the story of two sisters tempted by forbidden fruit?

30. What are the names of the two coaches that are usually pulled by Thomas the Tank Engine?

31. How is the butler to Lord Loam better known in the play by JM Barrie?

32. Other than the choice of white or brown bread, which other food stuff do the people of the town offer the Lion and the Unicorn in the Lewis Carroll poem?

33. Charlie Higson writes about the young adventures of which spy?

34. Which conflict acts as the background to the Boris Pasternak novel, Doctor Zhivago?

35. Which lisping screaming girl is William Brown often forced to let accompany him and his fellow Outlaws?

36. Who said that kind hearts are more than coronets?

37. What was the name of the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court?

38. A recipe for French fudge is printed at the back of the last chapter of which Ian Fleming novel?

39. How was the First Baron Tweedsmuir better known to the readers of his books?

40. What was the title of the sequel to John Masefield’s book The Midnight Folk?

41. Appley Dapply and Cecily Parsley are the main characters in a collection of nursery rhymes written by whom?

42. Which two writers are said to be the founding fathers of science fiction?

43. Who is the only person to be a member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team for the first six years that Harry Potter spends at Hogwarts?

44. Who said that she always gave money to charity for each and every fan letter that she did not reply to?

45. Which detective fell from the Titanic and met GK Chesterton?

46. Which writer’s works were not decoded until 1825?

47. Which author invented a prehistoric language for a 1981 film?

48. Who eventually dies of the burns she suffers in a fire at Satis House?

49. Who originally only published his poetry to finance his family’s emigration to Jamaica?

50. Who is originally loathed from shore to shore but finds favour because nobody can bear a grudge against fudge?


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11. Which uplifting item celebrated its 100th birthday?

12. Katsusuke Yanagisawa became the oldest person to achieve which feat?

13. Queen Elizabeth II achieved a lifetime ambition when she attended which famous horse race?

14. Which MP is Westminster’s highest earner, due to extra earnings from three directorships and numerous after dinner speeches?

15. Who allegedly created history when she received no votes in a local council election, despite various family members having voted for her?

16. Which late replacement controversially won the Miss Durham beauty contest?

17. Who paid Ł8,000 from his own pocket to pay for a fleet of taxis to take stranded football supporters home?

18. Who claimed that, during a drugs binge, he had snorted his own father’s ashes?

19. What was the name of the last surviving deep mine pit pony, which died aged 36?

20. What was the name of the Yorkshire terrier that caused much consternation for the then manager of Chelsea Jose Mourinho?

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22. Thirteen-year-old Ella Murphy was attacked by which kind of creature as she was surfing off Australia’s west coast?

23. Which hostelry was voted the Automobile Association’s English Pub of the Year?

24. Kevin Reynolds pleaded guilty to having an altercation with, and punching, which sporting figure?

25. Who became Sedgefield Borough Council’s first female leader?

26. What was the name of the only female among the seamen captured and accused by Iran of crossing into their waters for the purpose of intelligence gathering?

27. Which former politician shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

28. Which long running TV programme was celebrated by a set of Royal Mail stamps?

29. Which celeb released a brand of perfume called Darling?

30. Who mopped floors for five days as punishment for throwing a mobile phone at her maid?

31. What is the name and the breed of the dog voted Britain's ugliest?

32. Who was appointed as the Tower of London’s first female beefeater?

33. Which was the first US city to ban plastic shopping bags?

34. Jonathan Evans is the new head of which organization?

35. What was the flavour of the new line of marmite introduced back in February?

36. A Colt Python .357 Magnum was sold at auction for Ł12,000. Who was its famous former owner?

37. Which private school became the first in Britain to suffer strikes by teachers over the dismissal of a colleague?

38. John Redpath retired after 17 years doing which job?

39. Who was named Britain’s best dressed man by GQ magazine

40. Which two North-East towns were celebrating the return of a direct rail link after 42 years without one?

41. Which supermarket giant became the first to fine drivers that parked illegally in priority parking places?

42. Which politician uttered the words: "Today we have begun to plant and we await the harvest”?

43. Which record was broken by a Helphire employee called Brady?

44. Who snubbed a place in the final of The Apprentice, citing the reason as not wanting to uproot her family?

45. Who died half-a-mile from his home while piloting a Squirrel?

46. Which County Durham landmark celebrated its 150th anniversary?

47. Which organization did David Heaton leave after 16 years?

48. Which politician featured in a sketch alongside Catherine Tate for Comic Relief?

49. What was voted as the nation’s favourite regional food by the readers of Good Housekeeping magazine?

50. Whose hiking, biking, pedaloing, kayaking and roller blading journey came to an end after 13 years?


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11. Which member of the band Duran Duran was from the region?

12. Which TV series first made Ant and Dec, as well as Donna Air, famous?

13. Where was the Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill, Francis I’Anson, born?

14. Former manager Senor Rino Pepi is said to haunt which establishment?

15. Which town is known to the locals as Barney?

16. What was the name of Durham Tees Valley airport in the days when it served as an RAF station?

17. Who is Hartlepool cartoonist Reg Smythe’s most famous creation?

18. To which town did people attending the once annual Barnaby Fair take their horses?

19. What was the maiden name of singer Cheryl Cole?

20. What was the name of the ship that hit Westscar reef off Redcar on the December 27, 1906?

21. Fruit wise, hoggins or wicks are northern dialect for what?

22. In which town’s market place does the Watchman blow his horn each night?

23. In which town did the Battle of the Blue Heaps take place?

24. Which County Durham village was washed away by floods in November 1966?

25. Where are the Cat and Dog steps to be found, enjoyed by many on a trip to the seaside?

26. For which sport in particular has Scorton been famous since 1673?

27. Which Northern record producer was part of the number one hit making outfit the Buggles?

28. In which town was short story writer and novelist Sid Chaplin born?

29. In which town will you find a church that reputedly was part financed by Marks and Spencer shares?

30. Which TV and film character was Go North East’s D4 service, between the Arnison Centre and Millburngate, named after?

31. Which author allegedly wrote the mysterious On The Dole In Darlington which Colin Dexter references in his last Morse novel?

32. Where was map maker Aaron Arrowsmith born?

33. Which local structure is also called Radical Jacks Folly?

34. What was the trade of "Lang Jack" English?

35. Which sort of fair did Egton Bridge become famous for, holding the occasion every year on the first Tuesday in August?

36. The Middleham jewel, discovered close to the castle of the same name, has which precious gem as its centrepiece?

37. Who was killed in Owhyee, according to his gravestone?

38. Which poet is thought to have been born at Coxhoe Hall in 1806?

39. Who or what has many other names, including Journey into Space and Dog?

40. The singing lady, a young Victorian farm girl who took her own life over a local lead miner, is said to haunt where?

41. What was the name of the Forest Hall budgie that won the BBC’s Talking Bird competition in 1958?

42. Which Whitby lad wrote a number one hit single reputedly about the Olympic flame?

43. A Ken Russell BBC documentary in 1959 featured which band?

44. How much did a copy of the first ever South Shields Gazette cost in 1849?

45. What was the highest placing in the World Rankings ever achieved by ice skater Joanne Conway?

46. Which number one record was allegedly written at the Imperial Hotel in Jesmond?

47. Frequently known as the Iron Church, in which town is St David’s church?

48. Which town has been described as "champion country: very fruitful though of stiff clay"?

49. Which famous author sojourned in Carlton between 1944 and 1945?

50. According to the Bishopton Parish Register of 1752, John Wright remembers having seen fairies draped in green and tells how they brought his mother what?


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11. Which Adam and the Ants off-shoot was fronted by teen singer Annabella Lwin?

12. In which Beatles song is Semolina Pilchard to be found climbing up the Eiffel Tower?

13. Which singer was backed by the Revolution?

14. Buster Bloodvessel fronted which band?

15. What is the sub-title of Simon and Garfunkel’s tune The 59th Street Bridge Song?

16. Which duo were Carrie Askew and Jacquie Blake?

17. "London, Paris, New York, Munich - everybody talk about..." What?

18. In the Carly Simon song You're So Vain, what colour was the scarf?

19. Whose dancing skills were not up to passing the audition for a place in S Club Juniors?

20. Under which name did Marta Marrera have several chart hits?

21. What was the stage name of the former drummer with Prince who was in love with the Belle of St Mark?

22. Which female artist has twice sang on hits with Peter Gabriel?

23. Paul McCartney enlisted the help of his then neighbour to help him finish the lyrics to Yellow Submarine. What was that neighbour’s name?

24. Which granny farmer was the undisputed king of the slums?

25. Which modern band took their name from the track listing of David Bowie's Hunky Dory album?

26. Who was the first pop star to perform in front of a reigning Pope?

27. Which member of Heaven 17 had not been part of the Human League?

28. Who are Danny, Dougie, Harry and Tom?

29. Lily Allen, Depeche Mode and the Flaming Lips have all recorded songs in which language?

30. The lead singer of which band married Anne Martin in 1982?

31. Who are referred to as "The four kings of EMI" in the Monkees’ Alternate Title?

32. On which classic number one does Steve Gregory play the legendary sax line?

33. She was first heard of in 1968 and this happily married mother of two worked on a market stall as well as continuing a singing career. What was her name?

34. Dave Ball was the synthesiser part of which chart topping duo?

35. Which of his top ten hits never appears on an official David Bowie greatest hits package?

36. A former member of which band held the title of Miss Wiggle in 1984?

37. Which hit begins with a phone call to Jimmy Carter, only to find he is not in?

38. After the author’s death in 2001, which band dedicated their web site to Douglas Adams?

39. Which star sometimes replaces the I with an exclamation mark in a personalised form of her name?

40. Which lady made it to number one in the British charts, five years after representing Switzerland at Eurovision?

41. What was the title of the first British hit to feature the vocal talents of Stacy Ferguson?

42. Who once held a pyjama party for 1,500, for which guests had to arrive with their teddy bears?

43. Which number two single originally had Searchin for the Spirit in brackets after its title?

44. Which band’s last top ten hit of the Eighties included a veiled instruction to Paul Weller to abandon the Style Council and reform the Jam?

45. Other than Snot Rap which top ten UK hit features the vocal talents of Kenny Everett?

46. Who said Semper Fi just before he died in 1965?

47. On which one of their hits do Roxette first give themselves a name check?

48. What was the name of the woman "who was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar"?

49. Abba’s name was created by using their four Christian names initials. Which successful band could therefore have called themselves JAMS?

50. Their debut album began well and finished with a bang. Who were this Eighties band?


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11. Which tennis star wore a red Nike dress complete with more than 600 Swarovski crystals on the neckline at the 2007 US Open?

12. Which is the only non-British team in the Rugby League Super League?

13. Which Premiership goalkeeper has at times been nicknamed Calamity?

14. Which golfer won the first of his five majors in 1979?

15. Which Aiden O’Brien filly won four Group 1 races this year?

16. Jayce Robinson is Britain’s hottest prospect for years in which sport?

17. In which sport could you watch the King of Shaves?

18. Which baseball player hit his 756th home run to finally eclipse the record of 755 set by Hank Aaron?

19. Which athlete is billed as the "fastest man on no legs"?

20. Who, in 1993, became the first overseas player to play cricket for Yorkshire?

21. Apart from Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick, who has Roger Federer beaten in a Wimbledon Singles final?

22. Of which Formula 1 racing team is Rod Nelson the chief operations engineer?

23. Which Premiership side is the "official professional soccer club" of the Walt Disney Company?

24. Who finished fourth in the 2007 Women s 10,000 metres World Championship final?

25. Which World Superbike competitor achieved the first ever sub two minute lap at Brno in the Czech Republic?

26. Which cricketer hit nine sixes in an Ashes test match in 2005?

27. Which boxer was nicknamed "The Wild Bull of the Pampas"?

28. Which Rugby Union coach made his England debut as a player against Australia in 1988 and made a further seven appearances for the national team?

29. Which Australian golfer walked into the propeller of a Cessna plane and lost his right arm and right eye?

30. Which athlete ran a wind assisted 9.76 in the men’s 100 metres this year?

31. In football, in what year did the throw-in replace the kick-in?

32. Who made his debut for Manchester United on September 21, 1994, scoring both goals in a 2-1 victory?

33. What is Tim Brabants’ sport?

34. Which boxer said that he was so fast that he could turn off the light in his hotel room and be in bed before it was dark?

35. Who was One Day International Cricketer of the Year in 2000?

36. Which English international co-owns Manor House Stables?

37. What was the name of the boat that won the 2007 America’s Cup?

38. Who was called "The Iron Horse of Kansas"?

39. In which sporting event is Osleidys Menendez a world record holder?

40. Who was the first cyclist to wear the coveted Tour De France yellow jersey in 2007?

41. Which manager once persuaded which player to join his club by telling the player that Tyneside was closer to London than Middlesbrough was?

42. Which tennis player was accused of throwing a game against Martin Vassallo Arguello?

43. On which golf course will you find the High (out) and High (in) holes?

44. Who won the new look Shergar Cup at Ascot in 2007?

45. Which national football team has recently rejected a Ł340 million sponsorship deal with sports giants Nike?

46. Which British sportsman has shorn sheep in New Zealand, camped in the Himalayas and walked the streets of Basra with a rifle in his hands?

47. With which sport would you associate the Liverpool Victoria Championship Trophy?

48. On the eve of the 1938 World Cup football final, each member of the Italian side received a telegram from Mussolini. What did it say?

49. Only one man has won gold at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Who?

50. One hit wonders Partners in Kryme were top of the charts when which bespectacled cricketer made his test match debut?

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This year we've included video of a mystery North-East personality, identify that person and you could win an extra £25.
The mystery person will also be used as a tiebreaker, so don't forget to have a look. If the video doesn't play on your machine then contact us at newmedia@nne.co.uk

For the third year running, the quiz has been set by former Superbrain champions DAVID CHISHOLM and DAVE TUCKER of Aycliffe in County Durham.

There are six categories of questions: Current Affairs, North-East, Literature, Sport, Pop, Film and TV. Each category also includes ten picture questions, and whoever identifies the most of the total of 60 pictures will be crowned King of the Pictures and will win £25.

RULES
1. You can enter just one category - say Pop - or just the picture round or even just the mystery person. Or you may want to enter a couple of categories. Or you may want to enter the entire quiz. It is up to you - but you don't have to answer every question.
2. Answers will only be accepted on the grid published today on the back of the Sport round or on the on-line answersheet.
3. Send your completed grids by post to Superbrain, The Northern Echo, Priestgate, Darlington DL1 1NF. On-line, just put your answers in the boxes provided, fill in your details and click 'Enter'.
4. The closing date is midday on Friday, January 12, 2007. Answers will be published on Saturday, January 20 and the winners will be announced on Saturday, January 27.
5. The winner will receive £250; the runner-up £100, and each of the six category winners will receive £25. The King of the Pictures will also receive £25, plus the winner of the Mystery Person will receive £25. These prizes are only available to people living within the North-East and North Yorkshire. On-line, there will be an additional £50 prize for the highest score coming from outside our region.
6. The winner is the person who, in the judges' opinion, has the most correct answers. In the case of a tie, whoever has identified the mystery person correctly will be the winner. If still a tie, lots will be drawn.
7. The editor's decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into.

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