Easy Quiz

Answer: easyJet

Established in 1995, EasyJet serves 103 destinations in 27 countries and has made Sir Stelios an estimated, mind-boggling £1.29 billion.

Answer: pain stole

Performed by Commodores, 'Easy (Like Sunday Morning)' reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.

It tells the story of a break-up of a relationship and the nonchalance of the protagonist/narrator. He shrugs it all off, insisting that he is "Easy like Sunday morning".
The song appears on the game 'Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol' and has been covered by numerous artists including Faith No More, Taylor Hicks and Westlife.

Answer: Financial security

'Easy Street' is also the name of a film starring the late, great Charlie Chaplin. Made in 1917, it tells the tale of a tramp, (Chaplin) rescued from the gutter and given a second chance at life. He is offered a job at the local police station and, as you can imagine, the results are hilarious!

Answer: An illegal drinking establishment

The term 'Prohibition' refers to the period from 1920 to 1933 in United States history during which the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol were banned.

Answer: Peter Fonda

"A man went looking for America and couldn't find it anywhere."

The 1969 "road film", 'Easy Rider', was a very successful, low budget film starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as two bikers travelling from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of the 'real America'. Featuring sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, it grossed over 19 million dollars in 1969 and appears at number 88 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years, 100 Movies.

Answer: Ernie Els

Theodore Ernest Els is known affectionately as 'The big easy' by fellow competitors and fans alike because of his laid back attitude to the game and his physical stature - the South African stands at 6ft 3in.

When not playing, Els has a golf course design company, a charitable foundation which supports golf among underprivileged children in South Africa, and a highly respected wine-making business called, imaginatively, Ernie Els Wines.

Answer: Light or popular compositions, usually having a prominent melody and a quiet or blended arrangement

Easy listening is a genre of popular music that emerged in the mid-20th century, evolving from swing and big band music.

Answer: Eazy-E

Eric Lynn Wright, better known by the stage name Eazy-E, was a rapper, producer, and record executive from Compton, California who openly admitted to being a drug dealer and gang member during his teenage years.

His work was always controversial, profiling sex, drug abuse, police brutality and racism and he is regarded in the music world as being the original 'gangsta rapper'.

Eazy-E died of AIDS related complications in March, 1995 at the age of thirty-one.

Answer: pie

"Come take my hand,
Understand that you can,
You're my man and I need you tonight.
Come make my dreams,
Honey hard as it seems
Loving me is as easy as pie...."

"Love Machine" reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in 2004.

Answer: lemon squeezy

Launched in 1959 by the Anglo-Dutch company, Unilever, 'Sqezy' was a brand of washing-up liquid which inspired a commercial with the "Easy peasy Lemon Sqezy" slogan.

Unilever is also responsible for other iconic advertising campaigns including the PG Tips chimpanzees, Chicken Tonight (I feel like Chicken Tonight) and Calve Pindakaas (peanut butter) in the Netherlands.