Entertainment 130409

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1   Who followed Chris Moyles as presenter of the Radio One Breakfast Show in September 2012?
A   Nick Grimshaw

2   Which teen idol and his Little White Bull peaked at number 6 in the charts in December 1960?
A   Tommy Steele – It was included on the EP Tommy the Toreador from the film of the same name in which Steele also starred

3   How many children did John and Olivia have in the American historical drama television series The Waltons, about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression?
A   Seven (John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Ben, Erin, Jim Bob and Elizabeth)

4   The U.S. TV series ‘Elementary’, features a modern-day Sherlock Holmes living in which city?
A   New York

5   Who plays the Earl of Grantham in the period drama series, Downton Abbey?
A   Hugh Bonneville

6   In the 1966 film ‘Carry on Cowboy’, who plays The Rumpo Kid?
A   Sid James – the eleventh in the series of 31 Carry On films

7   Which actor played George Cowley in ITV’s crime-action-drama series, ‘The Professionals’?
A   Gordon Jackson (aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983)

8   Which cartoon character has the vital statistics 19-19-19?
A   Olive Oyl – she was the long-time love interest of the sailor Popeye

9   Who played the title role in the 2012 ITV drama series ‘Mrs Biggs’?
A   Sheridan Smith – about her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963’s Great Train Robbery

10   Which long-running panel game on Radio 4 created by Ian Messiter, has opening music composed by Frédéric Chopin?
A   Just A Minute (The Minute Waltz “without repetition, hesitation or deviation”)