The Holly and the Ivy Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ilex

Holly is often used for Christmas decorations, particularly the red berried varieties, as green and red are traditional colours for this time of year. An ibex is a wild goat, an ibis is a wading bird and an iris is a flowering plant.

Answer: Sidney Poitier

The film is a romantic comedy, where a white family tries to stop their black maid, Ivy, leaving them by arranging for her to be romanced by Jack Parks, the Sidney Poitier character. The couple fall in love and marry and the film is notable for showing the black characters in a positive light. All the options given as answers are well known African-American actors/directors.

Answer: Allan Clarke

Allan Clarke was lead singer from 1962 - 1971 and from 1973 - 2000, when he retired. Mikael Rikfors, from Sweden, took his place between 1971 & 1973 when Allan was trying to establish a solo career. The group also originally contained Graham Nash, who found fame as part of Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young). Eric Burdon was from 'The Animals', Ray Davies from 'The Kinks' and Steve Marriott fronted 'The Small Faces'.

Answer: Truman Capote

The part was played by Audrey Hepburn in the film, and Holly as personified by the actress is one of the iconic images of the era. 'Moon River', featured on the soundtrack, won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1962. It was written by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. All the choices are authors active around this time.

Answer: Tossing and Turning

The group was characterised by its close harmony vocals, and these four songs are the ones which made the charts. 'Funny How Love Can Be' reached number 8, also in 1965 and 'Tossing and Turning' managed a lowly number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA.

Answer: Batman

Botanist Pamela Isley is transformed into 'Poison Ivy' following an attempt to kill her using rare herbs. This gives her immunity to poisons, and she uses her powers to hold cities to ransom until 'Batman' saves the day. The character was portrayed by Uma Thurman in the film 'Batman and Robin', released in 1997.

Answer: The Piano

Hunter played the part of Ada McGrath, a mute woman, whose only interest is her piano playing. The film also starred Sam Neill, Harvey Keitel and a young Anna Paquin as Ada's daughter. The other films all featured Holly Hunter: 'Broadcast News' is from 1987, 'O Brother' from 2000 and 'Thirteen' from 2003.

Answer: Lieber & Stoller

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller were among the most prolific songwriters of the 1950s and 1960s. As well as 'Poison Ivy', they also wrote 'Yakety Yak' for 'The Coasters'. They are also responsible for 'Hound Dog', 'Kansas City' and 'Stand By Me'.

Answer: As You Like It

The song is sung by the character Amiens and appears in the same scene as Jaques famous speech beginning 'All the world's a stage'. The song is about man's ingratitude and the failure of friends to live up to expectations. All the options are classified among Shakespeare's comedies

Answer: Hedera

Ivy is classed as an evergreen climber and can be very invasive. Lonicera is the genus for honeysuckle and clematis includes many different types of flowering vine. Wisteria is another vine, usually with purple or lilac coloured flowers.