We Spy With Our Little Eye: 'B' Words Quiz

Answer: Balzac

Balzac went to different shops in Paris to purchase his preferred varieties of coffee beans. One of his favorite blends was composed of Martinique, Bourbon and Mocha beans.

Question submitted by Dagny1.

Answer: Break on Through

'Break on Through (To the Other Side)', to give the track its full title, was released in 1967 and was taken from the band's debut album ('The Doors').
'Break on Through' is a very well-known track, but did not do very well in the charts, only reaching 126 on the US Billboard 100 and 64 in the UK.

*Useless information* The recording company, Elektra Records, objected to a line in the song 'She gets high' due to the implied drug taking connotations. All recordings up until the 1990s had the offending word removed. Jim Morrison was known as Mr Mojo Risin' an anagram of his name.

Question submitted by DaveH1960.

Answer: Bulman

Don Henderson's character of George Kitchener Bulman appeared in three television series: 'The XYZ Man', 'Strangers' and 'Bulman'.

Question submitted by Dagny1.

Answer: Big Fish

'Big Fish' (2003) is the story of dying father Ed Bloom (Finney) who tells amazing tales of his younger days, which are played out flashback style with McGregor as the young Ed Bloom. Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi and Danny DeVito are also part of a great cast.

Question submitted by Zippy826.

Answer: Barry Lyndon

William Makepeace Thackeray, author of 'Vanity Fair', wrote 'The Luck of Barry Lyndon: A Romance of the Last Century' in 1844. It was first published in 'Fraser's Magazine'.

Question submitted by Dagny1.

Answer: False

Beluga Caviar is taken from the Beluga Sturgeon, a large freshwater fish usually found in the Caspian and Black seas. The Beluga Whale is one of the smallest species of whale (discounting dolphins and porpoises), growing to approximately 16 feet long (5 metres).

*Useless information* The largest, generally accepted, record for a Beluga sturgeon was 24 feet (7.2 metres) long and weighed in at 3,250 lb (1,476 kg). They have been known to live for to about 120 years old.

Question submitted by DaveH1960.

Answer: Bounty

Bounty is manufactured by Mars Incorporated, but is not sold in the United States because of its similarity to Mounds, which is manufactured by the Hershey Company.

Question submitted by Dagny1.

Answer: Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana USA. 'Me and Bobby McGee' was originally a number twelve country hit for Roger Miller in 1969.

*Useless information* Janis Joplin recorded the song a few days before her death in 1970. It became her only number one hit and only the second posthumous number one on the Billboard charts.

Baton Rouge is said to have gotten its name after a French explorer (Sieur d'Iberville) discovered a red cypress tree which was hung with the bloody remains of dead fish and animals. He called this, and the area in which it was located, Le Baton Rouge. This 'red stick' marked the boundary of the hunting areas of two different native American tribes.

Question submitted by DaveH1960.

Answer: Bernaillo

Bernaillo is a county in the state of New Mexico. The largest city in Bernaillo county is Albuquerque. Bell, Bee and Bandera counties are three of the 254 counties found in the State of Texas.

Question submitted by ronfromplano.

Answer: Blackpool

Blackpool FC was founded in 1887 and they have been playing at Bloomfield Road since 1901. Over the years such greats as Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortensen, Jimmy Armfield and Alan Ball have donned the tangerine strip for the club. At the end of the 2009/2010 season they were promoted to the Premier League via the play-offs.

Question submitted by Sad-Woman.