...And So to Bed Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bedrock

Fred Flintstone, his wife Wilma and baby daughter Pebbles resided in the fictional town on Bedrock, in "The Flintstones"(1960). Bedrock was a Stone Age-era midsized city, with both residential and 'downtown' areas. On the show, the Flintstone family lived next door to their best friends, Barney, Betty and Bam Bam Rubble.

Answer: Murphy Bed

Murphy beds are metal or wooden frames with a mattress on top. The design is very simple but extremely useful in small homes or apartments. Pull it down for sleeping and the rest of the time, it hides in the wall and conveniently opens up the living space.

Answer: Bed of Lies

BED OF LIES (1992 TV MOVIE)
Based on a true story, waitress Vickie Daniel (Susan Dey) shoots her abusive rich husband Marion Price Daniel III (Chris Cooper). Her trial confirms incidents of domestic abuse by her husband and she is eventually acquitted.

BED OF ROSES (1996)
Romantic drama about two people (Mary Stuart Masterson and Christian Slater) who find solace in flowers and eventually each other while dealing with loneliness within their lives.

THE BURNING BED (1984 TV MOVIE)
This movie was based on a true story. After years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband Mickey, Francine Hughes (Farrah Fawcett) sets fire to his bed while he is sleeping and he is killed and their home destroyed. Francine later drives with her children to her local police station to confess her crime. She is subsequently found innocent by reason of temporary insanity.

BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (1971)
This Walt Disney produced, animated and live action film stars Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowell and David Tomlinson. It involves a witch, three children and a magician conman who search for the missing part to a magic spell which helps to protect Great Britain.

Answer: His wife, Anne Hathaway

Shakespeare's will was written about a month before his death (in April 1616). It is a perfunctory document with little or no embellishments to the instructions. It contains three examples of Shakespeare's signature and is kept in The British National Archives.

The bulk of Shakespeare's wealth went to his elder daughter Susannah with his other daughter Judith receiving £300 (a sizeable amount in those days). His wife, Anne, received little else but the "second best bed". Although some see this as being an insult to his wife most now hold the view that the bed was their marriage bed and William wanted to ensure that Anne kept it.

The best bed would have kept for guests. Ben Johnson was a friend of Shakespeare; it was at a 'merry party' thrown by Johnson that Shakespeare caught the fever from which he was to die.

Answer: Hit the sack

The idiom hit the sack probably derives from America in the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries. Mattresses for some people were often just simple sacks stuffed with hay or straw (a parallel expression is to hit the hay).
To hit the floor usually means to get up and dance although there is a more violent connotation.
To hit the road means to begin a journey or, as in the Ray Charles song, it might mean to politely tell someone to go away.
To hit the spot means anything that fulfills its duty effectively, often applied to food and drink, e.g. "That glass of beer hit the spot".

Answer: Squeeze

Squeeze are a band formed in London in 1974 who still perform to this day, after many changes in their line up. Their best known member is probably Jools Holland, a well-respected pianist/composer who is much in demand as a session musician.

Answer: Fred & Wilma Flintstone

In the early days of television, there was a very strict moral code limiting what could and could not be seen on television. One of these moral rules was that all married couples of the '50s & '60s were to be seen in twin beds.
"The Hays Code" (also called the Motion Picture Production Code) stated that a couple could be seen in the same bed together, but if that sort of scene happened, one of the actors had to have one foot on the floor at all times.
In 1947, a sitcom entitled "Mary Kay and Johnny" alluded to the often-seen single bed, which viewers presumed the couple shared, but they were never actually seen in the bed together. It was the Bedrock couple who broke the taboo first in cartoons. Yabba Dabba Doooo!

Answer: Bed of roses

"Bed of roses" is an old English expression that was and is still used to
describe "the good life", or a life of ease and peacefulness. The rose was used for its symbolic representation of both love and happiness. The words could well have come from the 1599 published poem by Christopher Marlowe, in which he wrote, "And I will make thee beds of roses..." The saying is also the title of songs by such artists as Bon Jovi and The Statler Brothers.

Answer: Clinophobia

Clinophobia is an overwhelming fear of going to bed. Most sufferers of this phobia actually want to sleep but fear what could happen to them while sleeping such as: wetting the bed, having terrible nightmares and possibly, even dying in their sleep. This phobia is believed to be caused most often by some traumatic experience or an underlying medical condition such as "sleep apnea" and its sometimes fatal effects, if left untreated. So great is this fear that people will experience symptoms ranging from dry mouth and nausea to a full-fledged panic attack and will avoid the inevitable bedtime at all cost. If a person is actually able to get into bed, they will often lie awake or sleep for very small amounts of time and wake up often throughout the night.

It is much more than insomnia. Severe cases interfere with the person's ability to function and carry out even the simplest activities. Once major illnesses have been ruled out, clinophobics can be helped through such treatments as hypnotherapy, relaxation and desensitization.

In very severe cases, anti-anxiety medications may be the answer.

Answer: Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys (1633 - 1703) kept a detailed diary from 1660 until 1669. His diary contains first hand accounts of both The Great Plague (1665) and The Great Fire of London (1666) and other important events in British Restoration history. It is viewed as a valuable document not only for those major events but also as an insight to the social and political ethics and morals of the time. Pepys frequently would sign off his entry with "...and so to bed." but there were a great many variants on that basic theme.
Pepys' diary contains some 1.25 million words but that is dwarfed by the 37.5 million words which Robert Shields left to posterity! Shields (1918 - 2007) opened his diary in 1972 and detailed his life more or less every five minutes until 1997 when ill-health prevented him from making any more entries.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish playwright and novelist well known for his brilliant one line observations and witticisms. He also kept a detailed diary for much of his life and makes reference to this in "The Importance of being Earnest": "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."
Charles Pooter is a fictional diarist and is the protagonist in "The Diary of a Nobody" by George Grossmith (1847 - 1912).