Reverse quiz

[GuyBarry]

10: What "J" is the name of a company that my grandfather worked for?

That not allowed? Rubbish

Sorry, not good enough. The "B" and "F" answers are OK, which means that only "C", "G" and "J" are left.

[Iain]

3) Who invented the "C" programming language?

Didn't twig without Kernighan

[GuyBarry]

Yes, that's right. Only "G" and "J" to go now.

[Urzzz1871]

7) G-Man (short for Government Man) is slang for what?

[Iain]

10) who manufactures the J cloth?

[GuyBarry]

(7) is right and (10) is nearly right. The question I had in mind was "who were the original manufacturers of the J Cloth?" (I don't think they make them any more.) Alternatively it could have been "where does the name 'J Cloth' come from?"

That went pretty well. Does anyone want to have a go at setting another one? The questions don't necessarily have to run in sequence, but there should be a theme connecting them all that isn't obvious from the answers.

[GuyBarry]

No takers so far so here's another one. Only seven answers this time:

(1) Moscow
(2) 1689
(3) "Fly Fishing" by J.R. Hartley
(4) The football results
(5) Since 1958
(6) Duke Ellington (again!)
(7) Ena Sharples

As before, you need to find the hidden theme running through the associated questions and then the questions themselves. Please post all suggestions in the thread.

[Nigel]

Not sure if I should post a complete answer, but I think I've got it.

The link is colours of the rainbow

1. In what city is Red Square?
2. In what year did William of Orange take the English throne?
3. In a TV advert for Yellow Pages, what was the second hand book that its author was trying to find a copy?
4. Charlotte Green has succeeded James Alexander Gordon in reading out what on the radio?
5. Blue Peter has been on TV since which year?
6. The jazz song Mood Indigo had music written by whom?
7. Violet Carson played which character in Coronation Street?

[GuyBarry]

Brilliant! Absolutely nothing to add.

Would you like to set the next one?

[Nigel]

Would you like to set the next one?

Possibly - I have an idea for one. But I'm going to be away for most of the rest of this week, so won't have time for a while. If anyone else would like to construct one in the meantime, please go ahead.

[Urzzz1871]

I’ll have a go.

8 answers this time:

1) Zanzibar
2) Sydney 2000
3) Michael Jackson
4) War
5) Red Dwarf
6) General Motors
7) Gerard Depardieu
Trident

[GuyBarry]

I think I've got them all, but I'll disguise them:

(1) In which country was Freddie Mercury born?
(2) When did Venus Williams last win the women's singles gold medal at the Olympic Games?
(3) Which performer recorded "Earth Song"?
(4) Of what is Mars the Roman god?
(5) Which TV sitcom featured the Jupiter Mining Corporation?
(6) Of which company was the Saturn Corporation a subsidiary?
(7) Who was the star of the 1990 French film Uranus?
(8) What weapon is associated with the Roman god Neptune?

[Urzzz1871]

Maybe in future it would be best not to list questions in their "natural" order.

Bang on with all of them in ridiculously good time!

[GuyBarry]

Maybe in future it would be best not to list questions in their "natural" order.

That's a good idea. This time I've also left some out so you don't get a clue from the number:

(1) 1936
(2) Queen
(3) Tom Clancy
(4) Edina's mother
(5) Glenn Ford and Marlon Brando
(6) The letter "N"
(7) A transsexual model and restaurant hostess
(8) Pilot
(9) Kurt Weill

[Urzzz1871]

A couple of them jumped straight out:

3) Who wrote The Hunt for Red October
4) Which character did June Whitfield play in Absolutely Fabulous?

For question 1 surely there are thousands of "correct" answers as a lot happened in each month.

For Instance:
Edward VIII became king in January of which year?
George VI became king in December of which year?