Hope Springs Eternal Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wild in the Country

Elvis played a troubled young man who was referred to a psychologist, played by Hope Lange, who encouraged him to follow his dream of a becoming a writer. The film also starred Tuesday Weld, and was one of the last 'proper acting' roles for Elvis, with most of his subsequent ones being lightweight musicals.

Answer: Frank Sinatra

'High Hopes' was written by Sammy Kahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for the film 'A Hole in the Head', in which Sinatra starred. The song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Sinatra's recording reached the charts in both the USA and UK and a revised version of the song was used (sung by Sinatra) for John F. Kennedy's Presidential campaign.

Answer: Smithsonian Natural History Museum

The Hope Diamond is believed to have originated in India, and was owned at various times by several monarchs of France and, possibly, by a king of England. The stone was acquired by an American jeweller named Harry Winston in 1947, and he gave it to the Smithsonian in 1958, where it has been kept on display, apart from a few loans to other exhibitions.

Answer: Liverpool

The distinctive Catholic cathedral, known locally as 'Paddy's Wigwam', starts a journey along one of Liverpool's most interesting streets. As well as the buildings mentioned in the question, you can also find the Philharmonic Dining Rooms, with their marble urinals and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, founded by Paul McCartney.

The street was named for a local merchant, William Hope, who used to live where the Philharmonic Hall now stands.

Answer: The Prisoner of Zenda

Anthony Hope created the fictional world of Ruritania, with 'The Prisoner of Zenda' being the first of his novels to be set there. He published a follow up, 'Rupert of Hentzau', in 1898, and both books have been adapted for film on several occasions. He wrote many other novels, but the Ruritanian ones are the best remembered and gave their name to a particular genre. 'The Woodlanders' was by Thomas Hardy, 'Catriona' by Robert Louis Stevenson and 'The Invisible Man' by H. G. Wells, all of them being published in the late nineteenth century.

Answer: Falkland Islands

The Englishness of the name should have helped, as the Falkland Islands have been British since 1833. Ownership is also claimed by Argentina, who call the islands Malvinas, a dispute which led to the brief war between Britain and Argentina in 1982. Hope Harbour is situated on the island of West Falkland and is classed as an 'Important Bird Area' due to its colonies of Gentoo Penguins and the endangered Black-browed Albatross.

Answer: Leslie

Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope. His family emigrated to the USA in 1908 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Hope began his entertainment career by busking and was given a start by Fatty Arbuckle. His career took him into all areas of show business, from vaudeville to film, via radio. Hope's partnership with Bing Crosby in the 'Road to' films was successful, and he also performed for American troops abroad on numerous occasions. Bob Hope died in 2003, soon after reaching the milestone of one hundred years of age.

Answer: Breast

The words come from Pope's poem 'An Essay on Man', published in 1734. The full couplet is 'hope springs eternal in the human breast; man never is, but always to be blessed', and the poem also includes the lines 'the proper study of mankind is man'. Among Pope's other works are 'An Essay on Criticism' and 'The Rape of the Lock'.

Answer: Bacharach and David

Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote many songs for Dionne Warwick and 'Wishin' and Hopin'' originally appeared on the B-side (remember those?) of 'This Empty Place', released in 1963. Dusty Springfield then recorded the song, which reached the US Billboard Hot 100 at a high of number six.

It wasn't released as a single in the UK as Dusty was already in the charts with 'I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself'. The other duos listed were also prolific songwriters of the time.

Answer: Boxing

The film starred James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson and was based on the play of the same name by Howard Sackler, who also wrote the screenplay. The story was loosely based on the real life boxer Jack Johnson, a black boxer who held the World Heavyweight title.

The film title refers to the search for a white boxer to defeat Jefferson, amid the racial prejudice of the early twentieth century.