Another Common Bond? Oh Yes It Is! Quiz

Answer: Aladdin Sane

'Aladdin Sane' was Bowie's follow-up to his hugely successful 1972 album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' and, compared to its critically lauded predecessor, 'Aladdin Sane' was met with more lukewarm reviews on its release.

However, it has gone on to be widely regarded as one of Bowie's greatest album. Although Bowie created Aladdin Sane as a new character to accompany this album, he did have thematic and aesthetic connections to Bowie's previous character, with the star describing Aladdin Sane as 'Ziggy goes to America'.

Answer: Puss 'N Boots

'Puss 'N Boots' was the lead single taken from Adam Ant's 1983 album 'Strip'. 'Strip' saw the beginning of a decline in Adam Ant's record sales and 'Puss 'N Boots' would provide the singer with his final top ten hit in the UK.

Adam Ant was born Stuart Leslie Goddard in London in 1954 and, along with his backing band, The Ants, was one of the most influential and commercially successful British pop acts of the early 1980s. The distinctive tribal drumming found on many of Ant's best known singles and Ant's idiosyncratic style of dress had a considerable influence on the look and style of many contemporary bands, particularly in the post-punk and new romantic genres. Adam and the Ants had a string of hit singles in the early 1980s including 'Goody Two Shoes', 'Prince Charming', 'Stand and Deliver' and 'Antmusic'.

Answer: Babes in Toyland

The operetta, 'Babes in Toyland', with music by Victor Herbert and lyrics by Glen Macdonough, was first performed in 1903. Although Laurel and Hardy's 1934 film of the same name is based on the operetta, there are certain key differences between the two versions.

'Babes in Toyland' is a delightful festive film filled with Laurel and Hardy's trademark wit and charm, a cast of whimsical characters and some very funny and creative set pieces. The film is set in Toyland, a magical kingdom filled with characters from fairytales and nursery rhymes, and follows the adventures of Laurel and Hardy who work for a toy-maker but are fired when they mix up an important Christmas order of toy soldiers for Santa Claus, meaning they and their friend Bo Peep face eviction from their shoe-shaped house.

Answer: Red Buttons

Red Buttons began his career as a teenager when he got a job as a performing bellhop at Ryan's Tavern in the Bronx. It was here that he earned the nickname under which he would perform for the rest of his career. The name was inspired by his red hair and the shiny buttons on his bellhop uniform. Buttons soon became a popular comedian and Vaudeville star, performing in numerous stage reviews and acting as master of ceremonies at various burlesque cabarets. Buttons made his big screen debut in the 1944 film 'Winged Victory' and, in 1952, he began hosting his own television variety show which proved popular and ran for three years. Buttons' role as Joe Kelly in 1957's 'Sayonara', which won him his Oscar, was something of a departure from the more light-hearted and comedic roles for which he was famous, being a more serious drama film.

Answer: Goldilocks zone

The Goldilocks zone is named after the fairytale 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', in which a naughty little girl enters an empty house, eats the porridge she finds in the kitchen, breaks one of the chairs in the living room and finally falls asleep on one of the beds only to get a nasty shock when the cottage's inhabitants return home and turn out to be a family of bears.

The Goldilocks zone is so called because, like the baby bear's porridge in the story which Goldilocks eats, it is 'just right', not too hot or too cold, the ideal temperature to potentially support life on the planets that fall within it. Earth falls within the sun's Goldilocks zone.

Answer: Goose bumps

Goose bumps, also sometimes known as goose flesh or goose pimples, are small lumps which can form on a person's skin, at the base of hairs, typically when the person is cold, scared or excited. Goose bumps are so named because of their resemblance to the bumps left on a goose's skin after its feathers have been plucked.

It is not entirely understood why we develop goose bumps, though some scientists have suggested that it may be a vestigial response left over from the days when our ancestors were covered in fur and might have tried to puff out their fur to make them appear bigger and more intimidating when threatened.

Answer: Giants in the Sky

This enchanting musical made its Broadway debut in 1987, has won several awards, undergone numerous revivals and was made into a 2014 animated film Starring Meryl Streep. 'Into the Woods' follows the less than 'happily ever after' outcomes of characters from well-known fairytales and features the songs 'Giants in the Sky', 'Our Little World' and 'Maybe They're Magic'.

Answer: Wicked

'Wicked' was written by Stephen Schwartz and made its debut in San Francisco in 2003. The events of 'Wicked' take place both before and after Dorothy's visit to Oz and tells the stories of some of the characters from 'The Wizard of Oz'. The show principally focuses on the uneasy friendship between Elphaba, who will become the 'Wicked Witch of the West' and Galinda who later becomes known as 'Glinda the Good Witch'.

Answer: Cinderella

DJ Spinderella, as she became known, joined the band Salt-N-Pepa as their DJ in 1986 when she was just sixteen years old. Because of her age, Spinderella had to get her parents permission to travel on tour with the band. The other members of the band were Cheryl 'Salt' James and Sandra 'Pepa' Denton.

The band formed in 1985 in New York City and went on to become one of the most influential hip-hop acts of the 80s and 90s. With their positive, joyful sound and their overtly feminist lyrics Salt-N-Pepa are considered to have done a great deal to tackles perceptions of women and female artists in the rap and hip hop scenes.

They had a number of international hit singles including 'Let's Talk About Sex', 'Shoop' and 'Push It'.

Answer: pantomime

Love it or hate it, what would a British Christmas be without a trip to the panto? Dames, principal boys, pantomime cows and washed up soap stars doing ropy versions of the latest pop hits, how could Shakespeare, Wilde or Pinter ever compete with that?

Question 1 refers to the pantomime and its eponymous character, 'Aladdin', while question two refers to the pantomime 'Puss in Boots'. Question three refers to the pantomime 'Babes in the Wood' while question four relates to the character Buttons from 'Cinderella'. Question five is about the panto 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' while question six refers to the character and panto 'Mother Goose'. Question seven references the giant from 'Jack and the Beanstalk' while question eight could refer to any number of pantomime villains whose names contain the epithet 'wicked', including the 'Wicked Queen' from 'Snow White' and the 'Wicked Step-mother' from 'Cinderella'. Question 9 obviously refers to the panto 'Cinderella'.