"T"ry to find the correct "T" word Quiz

Answer: Rod Stewart

"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart peaked at number one from November 13, 1976 to January 1, 1977. Rod Stewart's girlfriend at the time was Britt Ekland and the song features a French spoken part by Britt.
"Tonight's the Night" was a studio album released in 1975 by the Canadian musician Neil Young. "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" was a song by John Legend in 2012. "Tonight's the Night" was a BBC entertainment show in the UK from 2009 presented by actor and singer John Barrowman.

Answer: Tuvalu

Tuvalu was formerly known as the Ellice Islands, which was a Polynesian nation between Australia and Hawaii. It was a British Protectorate until gaining independence in 1978.

Tonga is a Polynesian state consisting of 169 islands of which 39 are inhabited. It gained independence from Britain in 1970. Togo is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana, Benin and Burkina Faso. It gained independence from France in 1960. Trinidad & Tobago is a twin island nation off the north eastern coast of Venezuela. It gained independence from Britain in 1962 and became a republic in 1976.

Answer: Richard Todd

Richard Todd (1919-2009) was a British soldier, film and stage actor. During the war he was in a Parachute Battalion that was involved in Operations Tonga and Overlord. He appeared in many films and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1949. However, it is for his role as Guy Gibson in "The Dam Busters" that he is best remembered.

Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) was an American actor who was nominated nine times for the Academy Award for Best Actor, winning on two occasions. Russ Tamblyn is an American film, stage and television actor. He had leading roles in "Tom Thumb" (1958) and "West Side Story" (1961). Mike Todd (1909-1958) was the third husband of Elizabeth Taylor but was also a film producer best known for the Academy Award for Best Picture for the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 Days".

Answer: Teal

The teal is a small freshwater duck. The greenish band on the wing is very noticeable when the duck is in flight.

A tern is a seabird usually found around the sea, rivers or wetlands. A tomtit is a small bird mainly found in the islands of New Zealand. A twite is a small brown bird in the finch family and breeds in northern Europe and across Asia.

Answer: The Bridge on the River Kwai

The "Colonel Bogey March" was written by a British Band Master, Lieutenant F.J. Ricketts (1881-1945). Although a marching tune, it became popular during WWII by adding various lyrics to the tune. The English composer Malcolm Arnold used the "Colonel Bogey March" in his score for the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957); it is sometimes miscredited as the "River Kwai March".

"The Sting" (1973) was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning seven. The film was set in the 1930s and the music included several of Scott Joplin's ragtime compositions. "The Deer Hunter" (1978) was a war drama taking place during the Vietnam War. The film won five Academy Awards. "The Broadway Melody" (1929) was a musical film and the first sound film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Answer: Tess of the d'Urbervilles

"Tess of the d'Urbervilles" was written in 1891 by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) who was an English poet and author. His most famous novels are "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874) and " The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886).

"The Tempest" is a play written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) in 1610-11 and is set on a remote island. "The Taming of the Shew" is a comedy thought to be written by Shakespeare around 1590-92. It has been adapted numerous times for stage, theatre, opera and even into film with the 1967 film "Kiss Me, Kate starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. "Twelfth Night" is also a comedy by Shakespeare written around 1601-02.

Answer: Tagus

The Tagus River is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It is 1,038 km in length and empties into the Atlantic Ocean neat Lisbon.

The Tiber River is the third longest river in Italy and is the main watercourse of Rome. The Tigris River is 1,850 km in length and rises in the mountains of south-eastern Turkey bordering Syria, through Iraq, and empties into the Persian Gulf. The Taiya River is in Alaska and is only 27 km in length.

Answer: Thousand Oaks

Thousand Oaks is a city south-eastern Ventura County, California about 56 kms from Los Angeles. It is named after the many oak trees in the area and the city seal is an oak.

Tempe is in Arizona and named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. In 2010 it was reported to have a population of over 160,000. Topeka is the capital of the state of Kansas and has a population of over 125,000 inhabitants. Tacoma is a city in the state of Washington and has a population of nearly 200,000 inhabitants.

Answer: Tadpole Galaxy

The Tadpole Galaxy is within the Draco Constellation that can be seen in the far northern skies. The galaxy resembles that of a tadpole with its long tidal tail. A tadpole is the larval stage in the life cycle of a frog or toad.

There are no such galaxies named Tiger, Turtle or Tortoise.

Answer: Trugo

Trugo was invented in the Newport railway workshops during the 1920s. It consists of a pitch the length of a railway carriage and the goal posts were the distance between the seats, The idea was to strike a rubber ring (with a mallet) between the goal posts.

TREC is short for the French "Techniques de Randonnée Équestre de Compétition" is a test of the skills and discipline of a rider and horse. Tejo is a traditional Colombian sport which consists of throwing a metal puck (called a tejo) at a metal frame from a distance of approximately twenty metres. Tamburello is a court sport invented in the northern provinces of Italy. It consists of five players per side and is similar to squash. However, the court is about 90 metres long and 45 metres wide. Each player carries in their hand a Tamberelli (similar to a tambourine).