The 100 quiz

Answer: Bob Hope

Bob Hope was born as Leslie Townes in Eltham South East London England. He married Delores in 1934 and they remained married until 2003 when he died. Bob starred in 54 feature movies, and was a well loved stand up comedian and compere. His work during World War II travelling the world to visit Allied troops abroad is legendary.

Answer: Joe Brown

Joe Brown, backed by his band The Bruvvers had a big hit in 1962 with the song 'It Only Took a Minute'. The first line was the sentence in the question, but he went on to sing 'but it only took a minute baby to fall in love with you'. Joe started his career in the late 1950s and it amused him to tell people that the Beatles once opened for him.

Answer: Tchaikovsky

The 'Sleeping Beauty Ballet' which was choreographed by Marius Petipa is always very popular around Christmas. It was first performed in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Many leading ballerinas have danced the part of Aurora, the princess, including Margot Fonteyn and Monica Mason.

Answer: A.A. Milne

A.A. Milne was the father of the real life Christopher Robin, and one might think that he had an idyllic childhood spending lots of time with his father, but in truth A.A. Milne was a remote and distant person writing in his study. Christopher Robin's mother would play with him and supply the material for the books by telling her husband about it.

As the boy grew up he was exploited for his fame being made to sit for countless photographs and make personal appearances, and he felt eclipsed by his fictional version.

Answer: Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin was a Russian Jew who came to the U.S.A. when he was five years old. His first hit was 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' and he went on to write approximately 1,100 songs. This included the songs for over twenty Broadway shows. It is widely believed that Irving could not read music and was an extremely bad pianist.

Answer: Gabriel García Márquez

This book tells the story of six generations of one family whose males very confusingly all share the names Jose Arcadio or Aureliano. The author was born in Columbia and the book is considered ground breaking. He is considered one of the greatest authors in the Spanish language of 20th century, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

Answer: 116 Years

A series of conflicts between 1337 and 1453 between the Valois in France and the Plantaganents and the House of Lancaster in England, became known as the 100 years war. They all wanted control of France which was the largest kingdom in Western Europe. Such famous battles as Agincourt and Crecy were part of this conflict, and Joan of Arc was burned by the English during it.

Answer: Yellow

In 1973 Tony Orlando and Dawn had a big hit with 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the Old Oak Tree'. The story is of a young man who has been released from prison and has asked his girlfriend to tie a yellow ribbon round the tree if she still wants him. When the time comes there are a hundred yellow ribbons round the tree.

The tradition of the yellow ribbon is thought to have come from the practice by some women in 19th century of wearing them to signify their devotion to their husbands who were away at war, the idea has evolved to include any returning veteran of a war.

Answer: A spinning wheel spindle

The story was published by Charles Perrault in a collection of folk tales in 1697. Originally it was a very dark tale which included a rape. Later the Grimm brothers revised it and now it is a very popular ballet with music by Tchaikovsky and one of Britain's favourite pantomimes.

Answer: Elinor J. Pinczes

'A Hundred Hungry Ants' is a children's maths book. The ants are off for a picnic and divide themselves into many different groups and formations to illustrate to pre-school children the concept of division and is fun to read. Bonnie MacKain illustrated the book.