christmas Trivia Quiz # 12

Der Bingle. Ba-ba-ba-boo, ba-ba-ba-boo. Great voice. 'Interesting' family life.

Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones realise that they were meant for each other. And they all lived happily ever after...

Bach wrote the work during his period as Kantor of St Thomas Church in Leipzig. These days the six cantatas are normally played as a complete set. Bach, however, originally wrote them to be performed singly, on different holy days between Christmas Day and Epiphany.

Tim Allen plays Luther Krank. He gets the bright idea to skip Christmas on account that this will be his daughter's first year away from home.

The name of the tanning salon was Tans Forever. You read the name of it when Luther went in to sign up for a tanning package. He had signed both him and Nora up for one so they would look good in time for the trip that they learned later on wouldn't be happening.

Del and Rodney organise a surprise party at the Nag’s Head, for Uncle Albert’s birthday. Everyone is amazed when Trigger joins a dating agency. Del also joins the Technomatch Dating Agency, under the name Derek Duval. He is paired with a Raquel Turner.

Widow Twankey doesn't appear in the original Aladdin story but takes her name from a once popular brand of tea. She has been played in pantomime by various actors from John Inman of TV's "Are You Being Served" to Ian McKellan of the "Lord of the Rings" films. In panto, the title role is often a male (called the Principal Boy) played by a sexy female in tight shorts, while the main role is the Dame, usually a middle-aged man in drag. Another common feature is the appearance of two people in a horse or cow costume. To someone from outside Britain, all this can look rather odd!

Sharks were greatly feared, and even if the beaches were netted, the shark bell would send people scurrying from the water. Rips or strong currents were identified by watching water patterns, and occasionally the lifesavers would move the flags, so that swimming conditions were safer. The bronzed guardians of our safety would often call people in if they swam out too far, and occasionally swimmers would get into difficulty and have to be rescued.

The best thing about the beach as far as I was concerned, was the black inner tube I used to float in. Then, when I graduated to an inflatable rubber surf plane and could ride the waves in, I thought I was invincible. The worst thing about summer at the beach, was the inevitable sunburn and the sand which stuck to the white zinc cream on my nose.



I went back to King's Beach as an adult. It seemed much smaller, and high rise buildings fringed most of the foreshore area. I inhaled the familiar salty air. Once again the beach was full of happy families, and escaping beach umbrellas cartwheeling along the sand. "Volare" blared across the water in time with the waves. In the pale winter sunshine I could still feel my sticky salty hair, sandy feet and the hot sun blistering my freckled shoulders.

The tree fell on Richie as he was photographing a model at Arnold’s.

It was hard to determine who was who (no pun intended) in the costumes. I thought this was a nice role for her as she was just starting her acting career. She was born on March 2, 1981 in Dallas, Texas. Her parents are Ron and Cheryl Howard. Bryce Howard appeared in "Apollo 13" (1995) in an uncredited role. She also appeared in the 2005 movie "Manderlay". Jones was Hugh Who in the movie "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Schellhardt and Lloyd appeared in the movie "Apollo 13".