It's Silly Enough to Be True 9 Quiz

Answer: True

Sir Bruce Forsyth formerly hosted the English game show 'The Generation Game'. He later went on to present the popular 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Actor Bruce Willis (Walter Bruce Willis) was born in West Germany, March 19, 1955, and became synonymous with playing tough action heroes.

Musician Bruce Springsteen, 'The Boss', was born 23 September 1949 in New Jersey, USA. He was often seen 'Dancing in the Dark' in the 'Streets of Philadelphia', singing 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'. Did I mention he was 'Born in the USA'?

Answer: False

'Punch and Judy' was a traditional British seaside entertainment with plenty of audience participation. I'm not sure what attracted Judy to Mr Punch, as he usually had a hunched back, hooked nose, and a curved chin. He also carried a club which he often used to hit his wife, Judy.

A swazzle was used to produce the high-pitched voice of Mr Punch. Toby was the name of the dog in the 'Punch and Judy' show, and was normally a real dog. If you got this question correct, I would salute you, by using Mr Punch's catchphrase of "That's the way to do it".

Answer: True

The group Led Zeppelin were to play a concert in Singapore during the 1970s. They stopped here on the way to Australia, but were kept on the aeroplane as they refused to cut their long hair. The Scottish group Middle of the Road were prepared to trim their hair before being allowed to play in the Hyatt, at Orchard Road. I wonder if the authorities regretted their decision when they played 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep', 'Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum' and 'Soley Soley'.

Answer: True

The first episode of 'Top of the Pops' was presented by Sir Jimmy Saville and Alan Freeman from a converted Manchester church. Status Quo appeared 87 times on 'Top of the Pops' between 1964-2006, with Sir Cliff Richard making about 160 appearances. 'I Wanna Be Your Man' by The Rolling Stones was the opening song on the very first show, New Year's Day, 1964.

Answer: False

George Formby (George Hoy Booth) was born 26 May, 1904 in Wigan, Lancashire, England. Officially he played the banjo ukelele (banjolele), which was a hybrid of the Hawaiian guitar and the American banjo. His saucy lyrics and his use of double entendres made him one of Britain's top box-office attractions during the 1930s and early 1940s. Only Gracie Fields was more popular than George.

Despite appearing in numerous movies, he only had one single, which reached No. 40 in the British Hit Singles chart.

This was called 'Happy Go Lucky Me' / 'Banjo Boy'. Alas, he died from a heart attack on 6 March 1961.

Answer: True

Not exactly the 'Dynamic Duo', but Neil Hamilton played the character of Police Commissioner James Gordon and Stafford Repp played Chief Miles O'Hara.

The 1960s television programme 'Batman' was associated with Burt Ward (Robin) and Adam West (Batman). Batman and Robin lived at Wayne Manor, about 14 miles outside Gotham City. Their arch-enemies included the Joker, the Riddler, Penguin and Catwoman. Mr Freeze (Otto Preminger), King Tut (Victor Buono), Egghead (Vincent Price) and the Bookworm (Roddy McDowall) were minor villains.

'Holy drain pipe', it's time to end this 'Wham!', 'Pow!', 'Biff!', and 'Thwack!', and move onto the next question.

Answer: False

JLS is an abbreviation for 'Jack the Lad Swing'. Their British hit singles include 'Everybody in Love', 'The Club Is Alive' and 'She Makes Me Wanna'. They were originally called UFO. What with their charismatic personalities and energetic dance routines on stage, they certainly aren't unidentified flying objects anymore. Actually, the UFO stood for Unique Famous Outrageous.

Answer: True

All these words contain a male or female forename. Other names of this ilk include: billycan (a pot for boiling water over a camp fire), bobcat (a North American feline), clairvoyant (having great insight) and the American states of Maryland and Kentucky.

Answer: True

Ron Grainer was a talented composer who was born 11 August 1922 in Queensland, Australia. Composer Delia Derbyshire was born in Coventry, England, and assisted by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, she played the iconic theme tune to the sci-fi series of 'Doctor Who'.

Ron composed the theme music of 'Old Ned' for the situation comedy of 'Steptoe and Son', They owned a rag and bone business at 24 Oil Drum Lane in Shepherd's Bush, London.

Ron also created the haunting theme tune to 'Tales of the Unexpected'. Originally, Roald Dahl introduced the programme, using many of his own short stories. These tales of black humour were notorious for their unsuspected twist at the end of the story.

Answer: False

Theodore Livingston was born 5th March, 1963 in the Bronx, New York, USA. He was an American hip hop disc jockey who went by the name 'Grand Wizzard Theodore'. His claim to fame is being associated as the inventor of scratching vinyl records. This is moving a vinyl record on a turntable, back and forth. 'Grandmaster Flash' perfected this technique to create a new style of music. How y'all doing? So keep on grooving and improving, my brothers and sisters. You cool dudes out there, learn about the rap lingo and get educated. Hope you learnt something new, and this quiz was up to scratch.