Double D

1.     His catchphrase was ‘Drat and double drat’ , who was the driver of the Mean Machine in the Wacky Races?

2.    Which beer was advertised in the 60’s and 70’s as ‘works wonders’?

3.    What was the nickname of the soap character who handed his wife divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986?

4.    What name is given to a period in economics where a recession is closely followed by a second recession, ( also going back into a communal item of food using the same spoon twice)?

5.    Which comic book character has a reinforced bed with a pillow filled with building rubble and a beard so tough that he shaves with a blowtorch?

6.    Which cartoon character has the middle name of Fauntleroy?

7.    Who played agent Fox Mulder in the X-Files?

8.    Who had a 1969 UK number 1 with the song ‘The Israelites’ which was parodied for the 1987-95 advert for Vitalite margarine?

9.    Which singer/actress had the real surname of Kappelhoff. Her most famous film was Pillow Talk and best-selling hit was  ‘Move Over Darling’?

10. What happened on 6^th June 1944?

11.  Former name of the international airport in the Indian city of Calcutta which shares its name with a type of bullet?

12. Which footballer holds the record for scoring 60 goals for Everton in the 1927-28 season ?

13. Who took over from Eamonn Andrews as presenter of ITV’s World of Sport in 1968 and stayed until 1985?

14. Skipping with 2 ropes, talking gibberish  or a hit for Malcolm McLaren?

ANSWERS

1.     DICK DASTARDLY                           2.DOUBLE DIAMOND

3.    DIRTY DEN                               4. DOUBLE DIP

5.DESPERATE DAN                   6.DONALD DUCK

7. DAVID DUCHOVNY               8.DESMOND DEKKER

9. DORIS DAY                            10. D-DAY

11. DUM DUM                              12. DIXIE DEAN

13. DICKIE DAVIES                    14. DOUBLE DUTCH