Performing Arts Trivia Quiz

Answer: Top of the Pops

Janice was the first woman to present the entire show. She joined Radio One in December 1982 hosting her own evening show and presented her first 'Top of the Pops' on the 30th of that month. Her other famous connection is she is Keith Chegwin's elder sister.

Answer: Snow Treasure

The film was made by Irving Jacoby and based on a Marie McSwigan story. She in turn sourced her book from reports of a shipment of smuggled gold on a Norwegian freighter, 'The Bomma', in 1940. The Nazis were searching for it in cars and trucks, but after test runs with toboggans were ignored, it was transported to the seafront and concealed in snowmen before the sailors transferred it onboard.

Answer: Neil Kinnock

He played a Labour activist conducting a questionaire on a housing estate. He agreed to the appearance because his daughter was a fan of Tracy's.

Answer: Lauren Bacall

Shimon Peres is a former Prime Minister of Israel and also the present President. Lauren's Jewish Mother emigrated to America through Ellis Island and her Father was the son of Russian emigrants.

Answer: The Four Cohans

The quartet consisted of Jeremiah Cohan, wife Helen Costigan, son George, and daughter Josie. They became part of the Benjamin Franklin Keith Roadshow in 1893. By the early years of the twentieth century, George had begun writing Broadway shows in his own right: 'The Governor's Son' (1901), 'Running for Office' (1903) and 'Little Johnny Jones' (1904). George J. Lober sculpted a statue of Cowan in 1957 which can be seen in Times Square, New York. 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' was a tribute to George. 'We Four' is a fictional group.

Answer: Kirk Alyn

Kirk Alyn playes the role a couple of times before George.

George began his career in 1939 as an admirer of Scarlet O'Hara in 'Gone with The Wind'. He first put on the suit in a full length film, 'Superman and the Mole Men'. On the strength of it, 105 episodes, each half an hour long, were produced from 1954-58. A further series was scheduled, but sadly George was found dead three days before his wedding to Leonore Lemmon.

Eddie Mannix was an MGM executive with suspected mob links. His wife, Toni, was thought to have had an affair with Reeves and either the mob or Toni were thought to be behind the killing.

Answer: Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue

The pair performed together for the first time since they were on Australian soap, 'Neighbours'. Kylie was also honoured for her 25 years in music at a show set to her music on New Years Eve in Sydney. The organisers designed a sparkling semi-quaver firework and provided a welcome home cake for her.

Answer: The Impossible

Starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Tom Holland, Geraldine Chapman and Oaklee Pendergast, it is a dramatically vivid portrayal of the force of a tsunami. At the centre of it is a family longing for survival.

Answer: Len Goodman

Despite his reputation for speaking out on the show, he was just the opposite about the wedding. It was a surprise ceremony for thirty guests who thought they were going to be at a quiet Sunday meal. The only one who knew was his 96 year old mum. His new wife, Sue Barratt, was a dance teacher and they had been together for ten years.

Answer: Kate Winslet

Her third husband, Ned Rocknroll, was Sir Richard Branson's nephew. Though much is known about her acting career, her personal life remains relatively secret.