General Chat

Hi Ann, I thought Bullseye was black and red because he used to say "keep out of the black and in the red, there's nothing in this game for two in a bed"!! I can remember that! Rosemary, i still don't think we're sure about Q22 and Q24 are we. Still, everyone's done really well with the others. I think the quiz has to be in for next week so i'll try and get a copy of the answers, put everyone's minds at rest! Meanwhile, lets keep going. Tracey

Could the question about orange and black refer to the darts quiz 'Bullseye'? Ann H

Tracey Just thought of three more detective series from way back. There was Lord Peter Whimsey. Also there was "Cluff" set in Yokshire, very gentle apart from the dead bodies in the ginnels! . Then there was Gideon, but I'm not absolutely sure whether the latter was a TV series. Having been brought up in a family addicted to detective novels it may simply be that I remember the book titles. Gideon has dig in it. Rosemary(Essex)

Sue, I think the norse god Thor was the hammer of the gods. Does that help with rude teen? I haven't managed to make anything with the letters yet. The only programme I can think of to do with thunder is Thunderbirds. Rosemary(Essex)

Re: 22 Could the 'ultimate state' be USA - Uncle SAM? Just a thought! Re:24 An anagram of 'rude teen' and the first 2 letters of Danes hammer makes 'thundered'. Trouble is, I can't think of a TV programme that it fits! LOL Sue

Sylvia, You want to see the size of my ironing basket!! That is one job i don't like doing so doing this quiz gives me a good excuse... Rosemary, Sam spade rings a bell. I think he was a private detective played in the film by Humphrey Bogart. I think we've only got to find answers for Q16 and Q24 now, everyone has done really well!

Tracey, Was there a detective called Sam Spade? This could be the "No Digger" and perhaps refer to a card game. Just a thought! Rosemary(Essex)

Tracey,This quiz is most distracting... it's putting me off my ironing! Re number 22, I keep thinking of Detective shows. I have come up with Shoestring, Kojak, Columbo, Petrochelli (mentioned earlier as a different answer),Maigret, 77 Sunset Strip, Streets of San Fransisco, Perry Mason, Ironside, the Rockford Files, Hawaii 5-0, to mention a few. Perhaps one of us can make sense of one of these in relation to the question. Sue

Sue I used to watch Billy Bunter, but I didn't remember that the name of his class was 'Remove' - but I'll take your word for it! Thanks for the explanation! Janet

Hi Janet, In answer to your query about Billy Bunter. "Remove" was the class he was in and "owl" I think refers to his round spectacles and was a nickname. The actor who played BB used to own a lovely restaurant near me,he was the chef!! Sue

Hi Rosemary, I don't know about billiards but there isn't in snooker. The colours are yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black

Sorry to show my ignorance, but is there an orange ball in Snooker or billiards? There used to be a programme on BBC2 called Pot Black. You don't seem to happy with the Golden Shot so I wondered if Pot Black might fit? Rosemary(Essex)

Nice one Rosemary! You could be right there. Tracey

This makes me feel very old! I think no.15 may be "I Love Lucy" I can't remember the full name of the actress involved but she had red hair. It's an anagram of Love! You'll. Rosemary(Essex)

Hi Janet, My, you are keeping busy!! You're not gonna give up with it are you? I'll be honest , i haven't got much of a clue when it comes to old TV programmes but everyone is doing so well to get so far with it! Tracey

Question No. 20. Can someone explain how the answer Billy Bunter was found from the clue? Am I missing something?

I've been doing a bit of research! There wasn't a programme called Gamma Garments, but there was a spin off called 'Pardon the Expression'. This is what I found:- Pardon The Expression 1 9 6 5 - 1 9 6 6 (UK) 39 x 30 minute episodes This sitcom from Grenada was a spin -off of sorts from the king of all soap operas, Coronation Street . Arthur Lowe starred as Leonard Swindley, the assistant manager of a branch of a national chain department store called Dobson and Hawks. Other characters were played by Joy Stewart, Robert Dorning, Betty Driver and Paul Dawkins (as store manager Walter Hunt). Constant displays of bumbling ineptitude in the retail trade were rewarded when everyone received their dismissal from the store at the end of the series. Script writers included Jack Rosenthal and (the legendary) Vince Powell. I think the answer to this quiz, however, must be 'Coronation Street', as Gamma Garments didn't feature in Pardon the Expression - it was 'Dobson and Hawkes'. Leonard Swindley had left Gamma Garments and Coronation Street and moved on - hence the spin off.

As Janet said, Gamma Garments was the emporium which "employed Miss New-gent" in Coronation St. The second letter of the Greek alphabet is Beta (hence alpha-bet). Omega was the last letter ("from alpha to omega" - the full range).

Question 11 I can see where the answer The Omega Man comes from - Omega is the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet and gent - man. However I thought The Omega Man was a 1971 film starring Charlton Heston. Coronation Street - Gamma - is greek, strange emporium, Gamma Garments, employing Emily Nugent (new gent). There was no actual programme called Gamma Garments ( I think) Not sure about Question 6 I can't remember anything about orange and black in the Golden Shot and it was eventually in colour. Janet

Hi Geoff Was there actually a programme called Gamma Garments then?