1994 film starring John Travolta as Vincent Vega |
Pulp Fiction |
1999 TV programme cancelled after its guests were shown to be fake |
The Vanessa Show |
A forerunner of the bicycle |
VELOCIPEDE |
Actor who played Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Minister |
Nigel Hawthorne |
Advance ___ Fair is this country’s national anthem |
AUSTRALIA |
American business which ceased its telegram service in 2006 |
Western Union |
American non-intervention policy of 1823 |
Monroe Doctrine |
Australian distance runner who set 17 world records in the 1960s |
Ron Clarke |
Author depicted in the 1985 film Leave All Fair |
Katherine Mansfield |
Belgian film, Palme d’Or winner at Cannes in 2005 |
The Child |
Bird which, uniquely, eats with its bill upside-down |
FLAMINGO |
British racing driver who won 31 Grands Prix |
Nigel Mansell |
Capital of Morocco |
RABAT |
Captain ____ made the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand |
COOK |
Chef whose first restaurant was Ménage à Trois |
Antony Worrall Thompson |
Comedian once thought to have made the UK’s first mobile phone call |
Ernie Wise |
Composition used by Torvill and Dean in the 1984 Winter Olympics |
BOLERO |
David ____, four-time manager of Tottenham Hotspur |
PLEAT |
Difficult breathing (US spelling) |
DYSPNEA |
Dogs noted for their spotted coats |
DALMATIANS |
Element named, in 1789, after a recently discovered planet |
URANIUM |
Fashion designer, born Maria Adélaide Nielli |
Nina Ricci |
Film actor who played Mike Young in Neighbours |
Guy Pearce |
First of the noble gases in the periodic table |
HELIUM |
Former capital of Nigeria |
LAGOS |
Graphical symbol which can be clicked to launch a command or program |
ICON |
Hair ointment originally scented with mashed apples |
POMADE |
Iconic Raleigh bicycle of the 1970s |
CHOPPER |
In analytical geometry, the x-co-ordinate |
ABSCISSA |
In military slang, to finish or kill |
NAPOO |