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The Light at the End of the Tunnel
  The Light at the End of the Tunnel...   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
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...is the light of an oncoming train. Fancy irking the purists, doing the Len Ganley stance and digging out your Dukla Prague away kit? This lyrics quiz is dedicated to the Wirral's finest sons, Half Man Half Biscuit.
Easier, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jun 02 18
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  Half Man Half Biscuit   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
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The British band Half Man Half Biscuit have been delighting their fans with their mixture of biting satire and downwright silliness since the mid-eighties. Ten questions about the band and their songs.
Average, 10 Qns, Mutchisman, Mar 10 16
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  Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit    
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Who said comedy records can't be credible? How much do you know about the Wirral-based Indie fun-merchants HMHB?
Average, 10 Qns, spaceowl, Mar 10 16
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Half Man Half Biscuit Trivia Questions
1. What are the gates on Friday night?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Low, and it's raining

'Friday Night and the gates are low and its raining' A hymn to the joys of supporting a lower league football team in these post terrace days, from 'Some Call it Godcore'.

2. Half Man Half Biscuit are originally from which location?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Birkenhead

Writer and singer for the band, Nigel Blackwell is very proud of his Birkenhead roots. He supports the local football team, Tranmere Rovers, and there are are several references to places in the town and surrounding areas in both his songs and album titles.

3. Where did the invasion of Hebden Bridge by the Chattering Classes force our heroine to flee to?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: South East Wales

'Ever since the chattering classes invaded Hebden Bridge And priced the likes of me and mine To the pots of the Pennine Ridge To South East Wales I was forced to flee And now I have no job...' From 'Lord Hereford's Knob' on 'CSI Ambleside'. Finest use of a double entendre since the days of the Carry On team. From: Half Man Half Biscuit: Lord Hereford's Knob - lyrics http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/csi-ambleside/lord-herefords-knob/#ixzz1j4MmEKre

4. What was Half Man Half Biscuit's first album called?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Back in the DHSS

"Back in the DHSS" is a take on The Beatles "Back in the USSR" and refers to the boys' employment status at the time: namely on the 'dole'. "Four Boys that Shook the World" is another Beatles reference, whilst "Cammel-Laird Social Club" is a parody of Ry Cooder's "Buena Vista" project. ACD is a reference to rock band AC/DC.

5. What, in the band's opinion, do ninety-nine percent of gargoyles look like?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Bob Todd

Bob Todd, British comedy actor of the sixties and seventies. A little cruel, perhaps, but a quick look on the internet shows that they might have had a point... From 'Back in the DHSS', back in 1986

6. Who is described as "TV's first emetic" on their first album sleeve?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Lionel Blair

The sleeve of "Back in the DHSS" contains a list of none too gentle prods at a variety of people including the all-singing, all-dancing Lionel Blair. Whether or not he was the 'first' TV emetic is open to debate but it is hard to argue with their overall assessment.

7. Who is missing from this album title, 'Mcintyre, Treadmore and...'?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Davitt

Released in 1991. All of the names are taken from the Monty Python team's 'Ripping Yarns' comedy TV series episode 'Golden Gordon'. They are the names of footballers from the fictional Barnstoneworth United.

8. Which legendary radio DJ first championed Half Man Half Biscuit and brought them to the attention of a wider audience?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: John Peel

John Peel loved the irreverant attitude of HMHB's songs and their lampooning of minor celebrities. It was John Peel who first broadcast their songs on national radio and called them into the studio for some live recordings.

9. Which famous BBC Radio DJ championed the band?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: John Peel

The late, great John Peel, who liked the Biscuits almost as much as The Fall, which is saying something. They recorded twelve sessions for his show. Tony Blackburn apparently hated the band. So they must be good.

10. Jools Holland wanted Half Man Half Biscuit to perform on his TV show "The Tube" but the band refused the offer. What was the reason given for their non-appearance?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: It would have meant missing a Tranmere Rovers football match

Jools really wanted HMHB on the show but it was to be recorded on the same night as a Tranmere home match. Nigel Blackwell couldn't bear to miss his football and even though Jools offered to send a helicopter to pick the boys up, they stayed put.

11. After you danced a while for Andy on 'Editor's Recommendation', what did you do?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Crashed his Cadillac

'I'm a vendor of quack nostrums born in a Kansas shack I came down to Greenwich Village with a tea chest on my back I danced a while for Andy and crashed his Cadillac And now I'm just waiting for my ban' From 'New York Skiffle' From: Half Man Half Biscuit: New York Skiffle - lyrics http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/editors-recommendation-ep/new-york-skiffle/#ixzz1j4UeLQZD

12. "There is nothing better in life than..." How does this piece of homespun philosophy finish according to the song "The Best Things in Life"?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Writing on the soles of your slipper with a biro

More specifically: "Writing on the soles of your slippers with a biro, on a Saturday night instead of going to the pub!" The other three answers are all referenced in the same song.

13. A serious one for a change - what year did Neil Crossley and Nigel Blackwell form the original Half Man Half Biscuit?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: 1984

And they've been going ever since, admittedly with an ever changing line up. And a break between 1986 and 1990. Not bad for a band who are often seen as a novelty act.

14. Which former England cricketer were the band very surprised to see in the 'local store'?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Fred Titmus

"I was walking round my local store. Searching for the ten pence off Lenor, When suddenly I bumped into this guy; On seeing who he was I gave a cry: '(Expletives deleted), it's Fred Titmus'!" Fred Titmus was a successful spin bowler for Middlesex and England.

15. Which "Carry On" star is the main target in the Half Man Half Biscuit song "Carry On Cremating"?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Hattie Jacques

I guess the boys are not big fans of the 'Carry On' style of humour. They go for Hattie in a 'big' way on this track.

16. According to the photo on the sleeve notes of 'CSI Ambleside', what does Nigel's guitar kill?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Wasps

Wasps, apparently. It's a parody of the famous graffiti on Woody Guthrie's guitar, 'This Machine Kills Fascists'. Although maybe it does kill wasps too, you never know...

17. "All I want for Christmas is a ______________ away kit" Which football team completes this Half Man Half Biscuit song title?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Dukla Prague

One of the few songs, if not the only one, written about the Subbuteo table football game. This one lad's uncle was able to obtain a Dukla Prague away kit because 'his uncle kept a sports shop and kept it to one side'. both Borussia and Honved appear in other HMHB songs.

18. Finally, thinking back to question one - who are the lower league English football team that HMHB famously support?

From Quiz Elevate! It's Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Tranmere Rovers

They are Rovers supporters, to the point of refusing to appear on the big eighties UK music show 'The Tube' because Tranmere were playing a Friday evening match, even when the producers offered to fly them there by helicopter. Take note - THAT'S keeping it real.

19. In which childrens' TV show was there a riot according to a Half Man Half Biscuit song title?

From Quiz Half Man Half Biscuit

Answer: Trumpton

"The Trumpton Riots" was issued as a single but sadly didn't make the mainstream charts (it is recorded as being Number One in the 'Indie' charts, thanks "Wikipedia"). Camberwick Green was also parodied in the HMHB song "Time Flies by When You're the Driver of a Train". Keep 'em coming Nigel!

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