QUIZ OF THE WEEK

ALL THINGS MERSEYSIDE

1. Tranmere native Patricia Routledge, pictured right, is best known for playing the role of Hyacinth Bucket in which BBC sitcom?

2. According to the popular song, what mode of transport might you use to cross the Mersey?

3. What iconic venue in the city of Liverpool has earned global recognition due to its historic association with The Beatles?

4. Which football club plays their home games at Prenton Park?

5. Actress Kim Cattrall is best known for her role as Samantha Jones in which US comedy-drama series?

6. Born in Liverpool in 1809, who is the only person to have had four terms as Prime Minister of the UK?

7. Although future incentives are likely to mean the deal was worth a lot more, whose initial £60,000 move from Sligo Rovers to Everton is hailed as one of the Premier League’s greatest bargain buys? He is pictured below.

8. Billy Corkhill and Sheila

Grant were among the most memorable characters who appeared in which long-running TV show?

9. Ian McCullough is the lead singer of which new wave band who had a string on top 10 hits in the Irish charts in the mid-1980s?

10. The Royal Albert Dock is named after the prince consort to which queen?

11. What is the name of the Liverpool-born Sligo resident who had a 30-year career in broadcasting with channels such as Sky News and Channel 4?

12. Which snooker player beat Jimmy White in 1991 for his one and only World Snooker Championship final victory?

13. Richard Starkey is the real name of which famous drummer?

14. Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine are among the best known works of which prolific dramatist?

15. Gerry Marsden, who passed away earlier this month, was the lead singer of which band?

16. Which 1980s and 1990s sitcom focused on the Boswell family?

17. Matt Dawson is a former England international in which sport?

18. Which actor, born in 1926, is best remembered for his roles in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and Rising Damp?

19. The title of which song by

The Beatles was inspired by Paul McCartney’s subconscious memory of a name he read of a headstone in a local cemetery years earlier?

20. For many years Lily Savage was the alter-ego of which entertainer from Tranmere?

21. Musicians from Liverpool have been known to flock to

Rosses Point every summer to take part in which festival?

22. Who is the current captain of Liverpool FC?

23. In which James Bond film did Daniel Craig make his debut as the secret agent?

24. Natasha Hamilton found fame in the early 2000s as a member of which girl group?

25. Liverpool-born actress Jean Alexander is best remembered for decades-long portrayal of which iconic Coronation Street character?

26. Actor Craig Charles rose to fame as Dave Lister in which sci-fi sitcom?

27. William ‘Holly’ Johnson was the lead vocalist of which new wave band which enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1980s?

28. Priscilla White was the real name of which popular singer and presenter?

29. Former Sligo Rovers manager Paul Cook most recently managed which League One side in England?

30. John Conteh was a prominent name in which sport in the 1970s?

31. Which Cleopatra and

My Fair Lady star was born in Liverpool in 1908?

32. 16th century artist George Stubbs is best known for his detailed and anatomically accurate masterpieces featuring which kind of animal?

33. Liverpool’s airport is named after which member of The Beatles?

34. In 2000, Craig Phillips was the winner of the first ever series of which reality show?

35. Which major horse race is held at Aintree Racecourse every year?

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