A Very English Conversation Trivia Quiz

Answer: Thunderclap Newman

Pete Townshend, legendary guitarist for The Who, played bass for Thunderclap Newman under the alias Bijou Drains. The band was formed to showcase this one song, written bya roadie for The Who, John "Speedy" Keen who did the vocals and played drums on it. Thunderclap Newman was the piano player for the band.

Answer: Rainbow

"Rainbow" ran from 1972 to 1997. It helped kids with language and number skills using short sketches and repetitive songs. Long time presenter Geoffrey Hayes attempted to keep the puppets in order with help from musical group Rod, Jane and Freddy. There is a famous Christmas tape made by the show, but never aired, known as the "Twangers Episode" which features the puppets performing "Carry On" style humour.

Answer: Sunny

The elevator attendant sends Sunny to Holden's room and although she removes her dress and attempts to seduce him, he declines sex, saying he can't as he has just had an operation on his clavichord. The actual reason is because she is so young, "young as hell" according to Holden and is obviously forced into prostitution, making Holden consider her as an individual not just a prostitute.

Answer: Snow

Snow is only sold in China, but in 2008 it overtook Bud Light as the biggest selling beer. It costs the equivalent of 49 cents for 330ml in 2018, but as one consumer reported, "some beers you buy because they taste great and others you buy because they are cheap. Snow fills the latter category quite nicely."

Thanks to qz.com for the interesting info.

Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning

Lecavalier and St. Louis were team captains before Steven Stamkos took over the role in 2014 and both played in the 2004 Stanley Cup finals when the Lightning defeated Calgary Flames 4-3. Boston Storm are a women's lacrosse team, Trenton Thunder play minor league baseball, and Phoenix Suns play in the NBA.

Answer: Foggy

Brian Wilde had many small roles, such as parts in "Hancock's Half Hour", "Carry On Doctor" and "Elizabeth R" before striking gold as prison warder Mr. Barrowclough in "Porridge" alongside Ronnie Barker. While still in "Porridge", he won the role of Foggy Dewhurst in "Last Of The Summer Wine" and played this part from 1976-1985, returning to the show in 1990 and continuing to 1997, and retiring at 70 years old.

Answer: Stormy Daniels

Daniels has won adult movie awards both as a performer and director and has also appeared in the video for "Wake Up Call" by Maroon 5 as well as in Steve Carell movie "The 40 Year Old Virgin". In March 2018, she filed a lawsuit against President Trump, claiming that the nondisclosure agreement she had signed regarding their alleged affair never came into effect because Trump never signed it.

Answer: Hurricane

The story goes that due to difficulties importing scotch during World War II, bar owners were made to buy up to 50 cases of rum in order to secure a single case of whisky. The barmen at Pat O'Brien's came up with the Hurricane recipe to to try and use up some of the rum, and it took off when they started serving it in a hurricane glass.

A New Orleans hurricane is 2 oz white rum, 2 oz dark rum. 1 oz lime juice, 1 oz orange juice, 2 oz passion fruit juice, a half oz simple syrup and a half oz grenadine.

Answer: Tornado

According to a company sales brochure from the late 50s, the 2 litre Thunderbolt, with a top speed of 120 mph and a 0-60 time of 10 seconds, could be yours for just £1305. Most of their cars are hard to find today, as there were only about 400 Typhoons built and even less Tempests, as there were only approximately 15 of these made.

Their cars were available in kit form though, where Tornado provided the shell and you, as the builder sourced the engine and chassis so there may be a few more than first thought out there.

Answer: Brass Monkeys

When it is particularly cold in UK, a popular expression is "it's brass monkey weather". There is a popular myth that this arises from the practice of 17th century warships to store cannon balls on a brass plate, called a monkey. When the weather was cold, the plate would contract, causing the balls to fall off, leading to the expression--although this has been largely debunked by many historians and the U.S. Navy.