It's All OK In The End Trivia Quiz

Answer: A fairground

"The Fugitive" in which Dr. Kimble is accused of the murder of his wife, started life as a 1960s black and white telelvision series. It starred David Janssen as Richard Kimble and Barry Morse as Lt. Gerrard, the policeman who pursues him when he escapes from custody to find the real killer. It ran for four series and was probably the most popular television series of the time. It is estimated that the final episode, where Richard Kimble battles with the one armed man at the top of a fairground tower, was watched by around 78 million Americans and about 20 million Britons.

It was remade as a film in 1993 with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones as Kimble and Gerrard respectively. Although a good film it did, inevitably, lack some of the suspense that built during the television series, although it did retain all of the key elements and scenes.

Answer: Suicide

"Jane Eyre", by Charlotte Bronte, is the story of a governess who falls in love with her employer, Mr Rochester, only to find he already has a wife. She is alive but insane and is locked in the attic. Jane leaves him and falls on hard times. Eventually though her fortunes improve, but something draws her back to Mr Rochester.

She finds that his wife has escaped, burnt down the house, and committed suicide by throwing herself from the top of the burning building while he tried to rescue her. He has been left badly injured.

They marry and one hopes they live happily ever after.

Answer: White Christmas

"White Christmas" (1954) stars Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as a successful song and dance act and Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen as a sisters singing act. They meet and find they are all going on holiday to a ski lodge in Vermont. When they arrive the boys find it is run by General Waverly, their old commanding officer.

The inn is failing due to lack of snow. They set about contacting other ex members of the military to bring business to the inn. Along the way there are various romantic entaglements and misunderstandings.

In the end though the boys get the girls, it snows, and Bing sings "White Christmas".

Answer: Running Scared

Co-written by Roy Orbison this 1961 song is unusual because it has no chorus. Instead there are a series of verses telling of his fear that his love will leave him for her previous boyfriend if he ever shows up again. In the end she chooses him. This was originally released on the album "Crying".

The B-side was "Love Hurts" that the Everly Brothers also recorded. The much respect disc jockey John Peel listed "Running Scared" as one of the songs he wanted played at his memorial service.

Answer: Cool Runnings

"Cool Runnings" (1993) is very loosely based on the debut of the Jamaican bobsleigh team in the 1988 winter Olympics. In the film the team have to overcome the disdain of their rivals, the fact that they have never actually been in a bobsleigh, and that they have a manager who was himself disqualified from competition for cheating.

In the end however they make the finals, only to have disaster strike on the final run when their sled breaks. Despite that they manage to cross the finish line carrying the sled, to the admiration of the audience and other teams.

Answer: Jim Lovell

Apollo 13 was intended to be the third flight to land on the moon. Two days after launch an oxygen tank exploded. This left the capsule without cabin heating, short of drinking water, and with the crew having to jury rig a carbon dioxide removal system.

The moon landing was immediately aborted, and everything was then focused on getting the crew safely home. They had to come round the moon, which was accomplished safely. The real worry was (a) could they achieve the correct trajectory to enter the atmosphere without burning up, and (b) even if they did, was the craft so damaged it would burn up anyway. Once they entered the upper atmosphere all radio contact was lost, and millions around the world were glued to their radio and television sets waiting for news.

As we all now know they made it safely home.

Answer: Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I had a turbulent youth. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed when she was only two. Her father, Henry VIII, later declared both her and her half sister, Mary, illegitimate. When her half brother, Edward VI came to the throne he cut both of them out of the succession. Mary later took the throne, and Elizabeth was imprisoned for over a year suspected of plotting against her. Mary considered her execution more than once.

Despite all of this she ascended the throne of England in 1558 and ruled until her death in 1603. During her reign the Spanish Armada, sent to invade Britain, was defeated, and her rule is considered one of the high points in English history.

Answer: Shaun of the Dead

Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his friend Ed (Nick Frost) spend most of their time at the pub. After breaking up with his girlfriend he and Ed are so hungover the next morning it takes them a while to realise zombies are overwhelming the town. When they do so they set off to rescue Shaun's girlfriend and mother.

They end up taking refuge in the pub (where else?). Ed is bitten and turns into a zombie, Shaun and his girlfriend are rescued just in time by the Army. Six months later zombies are being used as cheap labour and Shaun has Ed chained in his shed where they spend all day playing video games.

Answer: The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Based on the real life love story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, two noted English poets, this 1934 film starred Norma Shearer and Frederic March. Norma Shearer was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress for this film. In real life the two did have a love affair, which was opposed by her father.

She was considered to be "delicate" and he wanted her to stay at home. In truth he was opposed to any of his children marrying and leaving home. In 1846 they married in secret and eloped to Italy, where they lived happily until her death in 1861.

Answer: Ronnie Biggs

In 1963 a gang of robbers held up a mail train escaping with over two million pounds (around forty million in current terms). They were quickly captured and imprisoned. In 1965 Ronnie Biggs escaped from Wandsworth prison, climbing over the wall on a rope ladder and dropping into a waiting van. After a spell in Australia he fled to Brazil, where he stayed until 2001 when, in failing health, he returned to the U.K. He was immediately arrested and sent back to prison to finish his sentence. In August 2009 he was released on compassionate grounds due to his failing health.

All of the incorrect answers were members of the gang who robbed the mail train.