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Today’s Answers
Six questions today. The first five answers are all names, and the forenames, and in some cases nicknames or monikers, are a clue to assist with question six.
One
Who is the songwriter and singer whose single Walk on the Wild Side was released as a double A-side with Perfect Day?
Answer: Lou Reed.
Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, became his signature hit. Its lyrics describe Factory figures including Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling, addressing taboo themes such as transgender people and drugs.
Two
Who, lyrically, ‘Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door’?
Answer: Eleanor Rigby.
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
— The Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby
Three
This long-reigning English Tudor monarch was known by a moniker which began ‘Good Queen …’: What was her regnal name and the moniker?
Answers: Elizabeth I; Bess.
Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, ruled England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603. After being declared illegitimate and later restored, she succeeded her half-sister Mary I following imprisonment. She governed with advisers led by William Cecil.
Four
Who is the landlady who rents an attic apartment to the Solomon family for the duration of 3rd Rock from the Sun?
Answer: Mrs Mamie Dubcek.
Mrs Dubcek, the Solomon family’s landlady, rents them an attic and lives below. Portrayed as carefree with many partners, she serves as an unlikely guide for their love lives.
Five
The 1966 novel Valley of the Dolls is one of the best-selling books in publishing history.
Who was the author?
Answer: Jacqueline Susann.
Valley of the Dolls, the 1966 debut novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann, became the best-selling novel of its year. Despite receiving largely negative reviews, it has sold over 31 million copies by 2016, making it one of the best-selling fictional works in publishing history.
Six
If the forenames which answer the five preceding answers are listed in the above order, they form a chronological list. What links these given names and who would be next on this chronological list?
Answer: First Ladies of the United States; Claudia ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson
- Lou Hoover: wife of Herbert Hoover
- Eleanor Roosevelt: wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Elizabeth ‘Bess’ Truman: wife of Harry S. Truman
- Mary ‘Mamie’ Eisenhower: wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Jacqueline Kennedy: wife of John F. Kennedy
- Claudia ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson: wife of Lyndon B. Johnson
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