The USA and the UK have a unique relationship. We speak the same language, eat the same foods, and fight the same wars. We are, our politicians tell us, allies and friends.
It hasn’t always been that way however. In 1773 America got upset because the UK failed to RSVP to their tea party in Boston and the relationship soured. The spat was soon over (although not until the French, Spanish, and Dutch stuck their big noses in), but some residual bitterness remains.
Well now it’s time to reopen old wounds so they can heal again without a scar. Time to thrash it all out and find out who indeed is the best nation.
Ladies and Gentelmen, it’s time for World War III.
Here’s how it will work. I will post a set of questions each weekend. Saturdays questions will be for British people, and Sundays for the Americans. If you are neither of these nationalities then quite frankly I have no sympathy for you. Just get off the fence for goodness sake and pick a side.
Bloody foreigners, coming onto our blogs and whinging that they aren’t catered for. Send them all back to where they came from, that’s my oppinion.
Saturdays questions for the British team will be posted at 12 noon London Time (currently GMT +1). Sunday’s questions for the American Team will be posted at 12 noon Chicago time (currently GMT –5).
The winning team will be the ones who answer the most questions correctly. In the case of a tie the team which has taken the shortest amount of time to answer their questions correctly will be the winner. The contest will be open for exactly one week. There is no prize other than basking in the glorious knowledge that your nation is truly superior to all others.
So here we go with the UK’s questions for this week.
Name the TV show to go with the following theme tunes.
I’ll warn you now, some of them aren’t easy. There is a way to cheat on this quiz (not your iTunes version Phil, I fixed that). If you do know how to cheat, please don’t as it spoils the fun for everyone. We may be at war, but we still have to play fair.
Tomorrows theme tunes will be for the Americans and will all be US shows.
Tune 1
Tune 2
Tune 3
Tune 4
Tune 5
Tune 6
Tune 7
Tune 8
Tune 9
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Some of these are toughies!! But what I have so far is:
1. Willo the Wisp
2. Hetty Wainthrop
3. ???
4. ???
5. Mr Men
6. ???
7. University Challenge
8. Magic Roundabout
9. On the Buses
You are right on four of them.
1. Willo the wisp
5. Mr Men
8. Magic Roundabout
9. On the Buses
I didn’t think anyone would get On the Buses!
Still needed are 2,3,4,6 & 7
4. Lovejoy?
7. Give us a clue
Oli – 4 isn’t Lovejoy. And I can’t give you a clue for number seven. HoHo I knew what you meant, but no, it’s not that.
Keep guessing, your country needs you.
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Funny thing, 2, 4 and 6 are the most familiar to me.
I KNOW 6…I just don’t know it.
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I know what number 2 is, nyah, nyah, nyah.
Of course I have no clue about the other 8.
Here’s hoping the ones for the US team aren’t as hard or I’m sunk.
And it won’t help me that my parents threw away the TV when I was six.
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Adding to the successful answers:
2 is Jonathan Creek
I think 6 might be The (New?) Adventures of Heidi
7 is Call My Bluff
Haven’t got the foggiest on 3 and 4. While some were a doddle (does anyone NOT know the Magic Roundabout) the remaining ones are very tricky. You’ve picked a good selection here. Bravo Dan!
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No. 8 is Magic Roundabout. I vaguely remember some of them but no clue as to what they are called.
I think I was too busy playing in the woods, climbing trees and making dens to watch TV.
Sorry, don’t think I’m one for the front line.
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as a Dutchman, I’d love to stick my nose in, but I don’t know any of those shows. Maybe I’ll side with the Americans if I know those shows better..
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Xbox – I’d be useless at this if I didn’t know the answers in advance. I’d just be saying “I know this one” over and over
JJ Daddy-O – I imagine many of them are especially hard for you because they were only ever shown over here.
Pandora – number two isn’t jonathan Creek I’m afraid. But you are right on Heidi and Call my Bluff. I can’t believe I’ve stumped the mighty Pandora.
Gail – Too busy playing in the woods, climbing trees and making dens to watch TV? What a wasted childhood.
Ok, so the right answers we have so far are:
1 – Willo the Wisp
2 – ?
3 – ?
4 – ?
5 – Mr Men
6 – Heidi
7 – Call my bluff
8 – Magic Roundabout
9 – On the Buses
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Arjan – I think you might know a few of the American ones.
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No. 2 is Sherlock Holmes. No 4 makes me think of a sitcom, the crashing glass half way through makes me think of someone going D’oh or whatever phrase we used pre-simpsons.
Kerry – Number two is indeed Sherlock Holmes.
I swear that Kerry got that off her own back and there was no cheating involved. Now there is only numbers three and four left. Can it be done before midnight? Possibly not as those two are the hardest ones.
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Ooh, tomorrow’s our turn. Damn Brits and your weird-ass TV show names.
We were just going to put Sherlock Holmes for 2 too, in fact Isa got it straight away but we were busy checking out the others.
3. Dr Findlay’s casebook
4. Home to Roost
(Do the other 3 count still if they are Scottish?)
Avitable – I expect you to get all nine tomorrow.
The Malcolms – Number three is right – Dr Findlay’s casebook. Four isn’t though.
Only number four left to go. How exciting.
4. Rumpole of the Bailey…..
Rachael – Nope
ooh ooh – Robins Nest or Robin Snest as it wa soften known?
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Gail – Nope.
Dan – are you three quarters american or something? Shouldn’t you have given us easy ones and them hard ones? Now I know where the Indiana Jones obsession comes from!
Damn, back to the drawinhg board, I was convinced it was a robin twittering at the end of the clip.
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Can I just say, Dan, my dear old friend….that you have ruined my evening…this has been driving me mad….and I won’t tell you how I got to the answer as it may appear that I am slightly sad…..and as you know I am a cool guy….
here it is….
Never the Twain!!
What do I win..!?
Gail – If you think I’ve got an Indiana Jones obsession you should hear me talking about Lord of the Rings
Neil – Hurrah! It is indeed Never the Twain. A classic sitcom if ever there was one.
Stop the clock at 10 hours 14 minutes.
Thanks very much Neil for getting that, now Bobby can go for a smoke having spent 2 hours sweating over what that bloody tune was! However we have had a laugh watching him re-enact several sitcoms in an attempt to convince us he had guessed the correct one.
Thank God they were guessed! As you said Dan, I sat there saying “I know this I know this” and then not being able to name anything except The Magic Roundabout!!
Yayy for the Brits ;o)
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The Malcolms – I can’t help wondering how you act out Never the Twain.
Penelope – Indeed, yay for the Brits. I’m hoping that I didn’t make it harder for us than i did for them out of an over enthusiastic desire not to be biased.
Lest we forget
I thought I’d successfully erased all memories of the atrociousness that was Never The Twain, curse you Dan for bringing it back to my mind.
I’ll have to watch the Munsters box set now to get my equilibrium back.
Whoa, I’m so glad that we don’t have to pick just one person from the American team…we have so many it would be hard to choose.
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I would never have got those!
I got Call My Bluff just before I scrolled down to see Pandora’s answer, but other than the obvious ones, I was stumped.
And as Chris Tarrant says, they’re only obvious if you know the answer.
Arriving rather late to the party here but I see I have to pick a side. Well I’m a Brit living in the US so I think I’ll mix it up and be on one side one week and the other side the next week. Or something.
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