I Hear an Echo Trivia Quiz

Answer: Duran Duran

Duran Duran have won many major awards over their long career, among them two Grammy Awards in the Best Music Video category, two Brit Awards, three Ivor Novello Awards and, in 2003, the MTV Video Lifetime Achievement Award. Their theme song of the same name from 'A View To a Kill', the fourteenth film in the 'James Bond' franchise, received a Grammy nomination. The band's first studio album, self-titled 'Duran Duran', was released in 1981, followed by their second, 'Rio', the following year.

Duran Duran were inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

Answer: Yum Yum

Lilian Jackson Braun (1913-2011) created the feline characters Koko and Yum Yum along with their adoptive owner, former reporter Jim Qwilleran, known to one and all as Qwill. The cats are not related to one another; Koko makes his debut in the first novel in the series, 'The Cat Who Could Read Backwards' and Yum Yum makes her first appearance in the second, 'The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern', which sees her also being adopted by Qwill.

The series comprised 29 books, written between 1966 and 2007. A thirtieth had been expected, but following Lilian Jackson Braun's death was never published.

Answer: Chi Chi

Chi Chi was caught when young from the wild in China in 1955. For a while she was exhibited in the Beijing Zoo until she and a male panda were purchased by Russia for Moscow Zoo in the hope that they would breed. This was unsuccessful and she was later moved around various European zoos before finding her permanent home in London Zoo in 1958, where she was cared for until her death in 1972.

The giant panda logo for the World Wide Fund for Nature was initially inspired by Chi Chi. After her death, her remains were stuffed by a taxidermist and she is still an 'exhibit', this time at the Natural History Museum in London, a sad end for a beautiful animal.

Answer: Lulu

Lulu, as she became known, was born in Scotland in 1948 and has had a varied and successful career. She first came to the public's notice alongside her backing group The Luvvers with her hit single 'Shout' in 1964, which charted at number seven in the UK. Her debut film was in 1967's 'To Sir, With Love', starring Sidney Poitier, where she played the role of Barbara Pegg, and sang the theme song of the same name, which charted at number one in the USA and Canada.

At the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Madrid, Lulu was a joint winner with her song 'Boom Bang-A-Bang', which ended in a controversial four-way tie between the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and France; this was in the days before the tie-breaker was allowed. She is one of just a handful of singers to have recorded a 'James Bond' theme song, with 'The Man With the Golden Gun' in 1974.

Lulu was formerly married to Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb and also hairdresser John Frieda, with whom she had one son. Later known as Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, she was honoured by being appointed to the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000, followed by the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2021.

Answer: Never Never

'Never Never', co-authored by James Patterson and Candice Fox, was published in 2016 and is the first book in the series featuring Detective Harriet 'Harry' Blue, set in Candice Fox's home country of Australia. The second in the series, 'Fifty Fifty', was published the following year and the third book, 'Liar Liar', appeared on bookshelves in 2018.

James Patterson is famous for his 'Alex Cross', 'Michael Bennett' and 'Women's Murder Club' (co-authored with writer Maxine Paetro) series, among many others. He often collaborates with other authors, as is the case with Candice Fox and the 'Harriet Blue' series.

Answer: pawpaw

The pawpaw has the scientific name of Asimina triloba. It is able to flourish in cooler temperatures than many similar fruits. Belonging to a group of fruits known as the custard apple family, it comes from a deciduous tree which can grow successfully in even quite dense shade. Pawpaws have quite a sweet taste which is sometimes likened to the banana, and are a healthy snack as they are low in calories and contain Vitamins A and C, as well as magnesium and other minerals.

The pawpaw is the state fruit of Ohio. Its name is sometimes confused with the papaya, which originated further south, in the warmer climates of South America and Mexico, and belongs to a different botanical family.

Answer: Mirror Mirror

The film is a light-hearted comedy take on the well-known fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, first published in 1812. The title, 'Mirror Mirror' relates to the Evil Queen in the tale looking into her mirror and uttering the well-known phrase 'Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?'

The name of the Evil Queen in this amusing version of the film is Clementianna. She is played to great effect by Julia Roberts, and English actress Lily Collins is cast as Snow White. The traditional 'handsome prince', Prince Andrew Alcott, is played by American actor Armie Hammer and yes, it does have a happy ending!

Interestingly, in the early English translation of the fairy tale, the phrase 'looking-glass' is used, which used to be the name of the reflective glass that we now call 'mirror'.

Answer: Tintin

Georges Prosper Remi, using the pen name Hergé, was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1907 and died in 1983. He created the characters of Tintin and Snowy, his faithful fox terrier, with whom Tintin shared many adventures over the course of several years. They visited many countries around the world and even went to the moon! Regular characters in the comics were Tintin's friends Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus, among others.

The adventures of Tintin and Snowy started off in comic books, making their first appearance in 1929, and later progressed to other media including film and television. More recently, the 2011 computer-animated film 'The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn' was directed by Steven Spielberg with a voice cast including Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis and Toby Jones. The role of Tintin was played by Jamie Bell, who first came to prominence as the title character in the 2000 film 'Billy Elliott'.

Answer: Jar Jar

The character Jar Jar Binks, a Gungan, featured in the 'Star Wars' prequels and also the television series. He came from a planet from the 'Star Wars' world called Naboo, which was shared with land-dwelling humans, with the Gungans inhabiting advanced underwater cities.

Initially, Jar Jar was banished from his home city of Otoh Gunga following his clumsy behaviour, but after many adventures he went on to prominence as a general in the Gungan army and then to a political career, where he was appointed a senator. The character was intended originally to provide a light touch of humour and had a big role in the first 'Star Wars' prequel 'Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace', but was generally unpopular and had a lesser role in the next two prequels.

Answer: bye bye

So many words that can be used to express a farewell! Bye bye is an informal remark short for 'goodbye' which expresses the same sentiment, usually used between friends and people you know quite well rather than in a more formal setting.

The word 'bye' in its singular form is a term that can be found in a sporting match or other competition where a player can advance to the next stage in a tournament without playing.