And here are the answers: 1) Stephen Fry is now synonymous with QI – but who was the producers’ first choice to present the show? a. Michael Palin 2) Most of what we know of Van Gogh’s life is through the letters that he wrote to his brother – but what was his brother’s name? a. Cath pointed out that due to the wording of the question you could technically get away with replying “Van Gogh” (for which you can have half a point for cheekiness if you said it) – but the answer I was looking for was Theo 3) What was the name of the radio-only sequel to Dad’s Army (and there’s an additional point if you can tell me which characters were involved) a. Really all you needed to do here to get a point was name a few characters from Dads Army that you thought were mainstream enough to get into a sequel and you wouldnt have been far wrong - the comedy was called It Sticks Out Half A Mile – which told the story of how Air Raid Warden Hodges (Bill Pertwee) and Frank Pike (Ian Lavender) get a bank loan from Arthur Wilson (John LeMesurier) to buy and renovate the Pier at Frampton-on-Sea. Originally the series was set to star Arthur Lowe – but was re-cast after his death, but you can have half a point if you said him because he was in the pilot episode. 4) The Commitments is the first book in a loose trilogy by Roddy Doyle – for a point each what are the names of the other two books and what is the name of the trilogy? a. The Snapper & The Van are the other two books and the trilogy is The Barrytown Trilogy 5) From where does the painting American Gothic get its name? a. In the painting, behind the ever-so scary couple, is a building in the Carpenter Gothic style. The window in the house is in the American Gothic style – so I’lll accept either the house or the window as the answer 6) How many different presidents of the USA have there been including the present incumbent Barack Obama? a. 49 different presidents – although Barack Obama is the 50th President Grover Cleveland was President twice over non-consecutive innings – making him both President number 22 and 24 – the only person to have achieved this (and since it’s Christmas you can have half a point if you said 50) 7) What was Scott of the Antarctic’s full name? a. Robert Falcon Scott 8) What is the title of the qualification and process that governs change, release and incidents in IT? a. ITIL – the Information Technology Infrastructure Library – and it looks like I owe Cath a fiver after all! 9) What colour combination is Bagpuss? a. Pink and white. He was supposed to be marmalade but due to an error with the dye he came out pink…so you only get half a point if you said marmalade (red or orange and white) 10) Who took over as presenter of The Crystal Maze from Richard O’Brien? a. Edward Tudor-Pole of punk band Tenpole Tudor – is that lyric really “we’re going to drink a barrel of fudge”? Can’t be…
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