The Cuckoo in the Nest Trivia Quiz

Answer: A clay court Grand Slam tennis arena

The All England Tennis Club at Wimbledon holds its annual Grand Slam tennis event exclusively on grass courts.

"Wimbledon" is a 2004 film based around the Wimbledon tennis Championships, the FA Cup winners of 1988 were Wimbledon Football Club, and sing along with the song; "Underground, overground, Wombling free, the Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we".

Answer: A country to the south of England

Scotland is to the north of England.

There is a "quaint little village" in Pennsylvania called Scotland, Jason Scotland is a Trinidadian footballer who started his professional career in the USA before moving, ironically, to Scotland. Forest Whitaker played the lead role in the 2006 film "The Last King of Scotland". The role, of course, was Idi Amin, the Ugandan dictator - you'll have to watch the film to get the explanation!

Answer: The bird of prey known as "milvus milvus" in Latin

"milvus milvus" is the Latin name for the Red Kite.

The Philadelphia Eagles are a famous American Football team who play in the East division of the National Football League (NFL). The Eagles are an American rock band who had a string of hits on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970's and 80's, and there really is an Aussie Rules team based in Canada called the Toronto Eagles!

Answer: A northern English county whose county town is Morpeth

Morpeth is one of two town's (along with Alnwick) who lay claim to being the county town of Northumberland - which is to the north of Yorkshire.

A Yorkshire Pudding is made from savoury batter, and is traditionally served with roast beef. The Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe) waged his reign of terror in south and west Yorkshire, finally being convicted in 1981 of murdering 13 women over a 6 year period, and a Yorkshire Terrier is a small terrier first bred in Yorkshire in the early 19th century.

Answer: A large city in the state of Illinois

The large city called Philadelphia is in the state of Pennsylvania.

Neil Young sang the eponymous theme tune to the film "Philadelphia" - not to be confused with Bruce Springsteen's Oscar winning song from the same film, called "The Streets of Philadelphia". It is also the brand name of a type of cream cheese (I prefer the one with chives, if you're asking!), and it is also the name given to a chromosomal abnormality associated with leukaemia, discovered in Philadelphia in 1960.

Answer: A type of Blue Bear (Ursus Thibetanus)

Asian Blue Bear? No such thing - there's the Asian Black Bear though!

Asia Argento is an Italian film star, daughter of the famed Italian Horror film Director, Dario Argento. "Asia" was a British based "supergroup" formed in 1981, and included members from bands including Yes, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles. The continent of Asia covers 8.6% of the world's total surface - and 29.9% of the world's land area.

Answer: Country singer with a string of number one hits in the 1960s

The country singer is Jim Reeves.

The Reeve's tale (a Shire Reeve was an official - the title later became shortened to "Sheriff") is a bit of a tirade from a character described as "skinny and bad-tempered". The late Christopher Reeve played "Superman" in four films from 1978 to 1987. Arthur B. Reeve is an American mystery writer, best known for his character Professor Craig Kennedy "The American Sherlock Homes" who appeared in 17 novels and 82 stories published in "The Cosmopolitan Magazine" from 1910 to 1918.

Answer: The name of nine different towns in the USA

There are 17 towns called "Paris" in the USA - and three "New Paris"-es. There are also two in Russia and Canada.

There is another one in France of course - it is the capital, that lies on the River Seine. Paris was the son of Priam (King of Troy) in Greek legend. Willaim "Bubba" Paris won three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers in the 1980s.

Answer: The atomic number of Potassium

The atomic number of Potassium is 19.

The magazine "Seventeen" was first published in 1944, whilst Janis Ian, "At Seventeen" learnt, amongst other things, the truth that "love was meant for beauty queens and High School girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and then retired". "The Alarm" started as a punk band in North Wales in 1977 called "The Toilets". Then they bacame a mod band, and changed their name to "Seventeen". The morphed genres again to become an alternative rock band called "The Alarm" - and had a string of minor hits on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1980s under this name.

Answer: The old name for Cornwall

Cornwall was known for a while as "West Wales". "wealas" was the Anglo Saxon word for "foreigners" - and anyone from not within their own square mile became known as such. Cornwall was "West Wales" because it was west of Wessex, the Anglo Saxon stronghold in the 6th and 7th centuries. At the same, Cumbria, north of Wessex, became known as "North Wales". As for the little country at the west of the British Isles - they were just straightforward, unclassified geographically, "foreigners". Plus ca change- but we like it that way down here in Cymru! Incidentally, there are 10 places called "Wales" in the USA, mainly down the East Coast - where we "foreigners" landed when we ran away from the hordes of Wessex!

This also probably goes some way to explaining why there is a village in Yorkshire (in the north of England) known as "Wales". "Wales" are big, thick bits of wood used to clad the outside of ships - and Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales from Alabama is one of the co-founders of Wikipedia - an invaluable source for dredging up some of these obscure quiz questions!