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Pockets! Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about pockets, apart from that they're very useful and often full of lint? Not a hint of lint here! But every question has a pocket connection. Rummage in the pockets of your mind and see what you can remember!

A multiple-choice quiz by MaggieG. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
MaggieG

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
195,420

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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1789

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which musical does a character sing "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"? Hint

Les Miserables

Into the Woods

Sweeney Todd

Oliver!

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which famous director's last film was "Pocketful of Miracles" in 1961? Hint

William Wyler

Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

Elia Kazan

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of the German pocket battleship which took part in the Battle of the River Plate? Hint

Scharnhorst

Admiral Graf Spee

L�tzow

Admiral Scheer

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which novel by Charles Dickens does Herbert Pocket, described as a 'pale and interesting young man', appear? Hint

Hard Times

David Copperfield

Oliver Twist

Great Expectations

5. In the UK children walking to school are assisted across the road by a "lollipop lady" or a "lollipop man" who wear a special uniform and carry a stick with a round sign on the top saying "Stop - children crossing". But what item must they always have in their pockets? Hint

A mobile phone

A bag of sweets

A whistle

A piece of chalk

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Question 6 of 10

6. For about four years before her trip to the Crimea, Florence Nightingale frequently had this in her pocket. What was it? Hint

An owl

A dictionary

A catapult

A photograph of Queen Victoria

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Question 7 of 10

7. Scotsmen are famous for the showy pocket they wear over their kilts. What is the correct spelling of this fashion accessory? Hint

sporren

sporen

sporan

sporran

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who urged you to "Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket," in 1958? Hint

Perry Como

Frank Sinatra

Dean Martin

Al Martino

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which British Prime Minister spoke of "the pound in your pocket" in his speech in November 1967, explaining that the devaluation of the pound wouldn't affect the average man in the street? Hint

Harold Macmillan

James Callaghan

Edward Heath

Harold Wilson

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which crime novelist wrote "A Pocket Full of Rye"? Hint

Agatha Christie

Ngaio Marsh

Dorothy L. Sayers

Ruth Rendell

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which musical does a character sing "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"?

Answer: Oliver!

Ron Moody played the part of Fagin to perfection in the 1968 film of the Lionel Bart musical based on the Charles Dickens story of Oliver Twist.

2. Which famous director's last film was "Pocketful of Miracles" in 1961?

Answer: Frank Capra

Starring Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, Capra's last film was a remake of his 1933 film "Lady for a Day", based on a story by Damon Runyan.

3. What was the name of the German pocket battleship which took part in the Battle of the River Plate?

Answer: Admiral Graf Spee

The most famous of all the pocket battleships, the Graf Spee was responsible for sinking many ships, but was eventually cornered by HMS Exeter, Ajax and HMNZS Achilles. It succeeded in severely disabling the Exeter and escaped to Uruguay, where the captain of the ship scuttled his vessel.

4. In which novel by Charles Dickens does Herbert Pocket, described as a 'pale and interesting young man', appear?

Answer: Great Expectations

When the hero of the book, Philip Pirrip, first encounters Herbert Pocket, it is when they are children, and they have a fight over Estelle. They meet up later when they are grown up and become good friends.

Answer: A piece of chalk

On their "lollipop" sign, there is a black band with a matte surface like a blackboard. The "lollipop person" is able to record the number of any car which fails to stop, or which creates a problem by illegal parking etc.

6. For about four years before her trip to the Crimea, Florence Nightingale frequently had this in her pocket. What was it?

Answer: An owl

Florence rescued the baby owl on a trip to Greece, where it had fallen from a nest in the Parthenon in Athens. She looked after it and managed to tame it. It became her constant companion for the next four years and frequently traveled in her pocket.

7. Scotsmen are famous for the showy pocket they wear over their kilts. What is the correct spelling of this fashion accessory?

Answer: sporran

Although it's technically known as a pouch or bag, I like to think of it as a pocket! Originally these items were made simply from fur or leather, but have become increasingly ornate in modern costumes, or as part of the Highland Regiment dress uniform, often having silver or metal rims, and sometimes being made of long horsehair.

8. Who urged you to "Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket," in 1958?

Answer: Perry Como

Perry Como's unmistakable voice and relaxed style of singing kept him a firm favourite on both sides of the Atlantic for many years. He was still making hit records in his sixties. He died in 2001.

9. Which British Prime Minister spoke of "the pound in your pocket" in his speech in November 1967, explaining that the devaluation of the pound wouldn't affect the average man in the street?

Answer: Harold Wilson

The 14% devaluation of the pound in 1967 caused a furor at the time, coming, as it did, from a Government which had strongly denied that it would ever undertake such an action. The phrase "pound in your pocket" became a stock phrase, frequently used by impressionist Mike Yarwood whose impersonations of Harold Wilson were almost as good as the real thing - but usually a good deal funnier.

10. Which crime novelist wrote "A Pocket Full of Rye"?

Answer: Agatha Christie

One of the most popular Miss Marple mysteries, this book takes its title from the children's nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of Sixpence".

Source: Author MaggieG

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