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The Great Pretender



This weeks Dementia Cafe Quiz is a straightforward facial recognition picture quiz, complicated by the fact that the famous people pictured are dressed as their opposite gender. So all members have to do is to name the real person and say in which context they cross-dressed.


Have some fun with it. Allow time for discussion and play video clips to break up the session. I have included some below ...


Please do let me know how this works in practice. I love feedback and am always happy to take constructive criticism.







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Questions:


  1. Name the character & the comedian? What was her catchphrase?

  2. Name the singer? What music video is this picture from?

  3. Name the character & the actor?

  4. Name the character & the actor?

  5. Name the character & the comedian? What was her catchphrase?

  6. Name the character & the actor?

  7. Name the character & the comedian?

  8. Name the character & the comedian?

  9. Name the movie & the actor?

  10. Name the character & the TV show?

  11. Name the character & the actor? Name the movie?

  12. Name the character & the actor?

  13. Name the character & the actor? Name the musical?

  14. Name the drag artist?

  15. Name the celebrity?











Questions:


  1. Name the characters & actors?

  2. Name the characters & actors?

  3. Name the characters & the actors? Name the TV series?

  4. Name the characters & the actors? Name the movie?

  5. Name the actors & the movie?

  6. Name the actors & the TV series?

  7. Name the actors & the movie?

  8. Name the actors & the TV series?

  9. Name the actors & the TV series?

  10. Name the actors & the TV series?

  11. Name the actors & the movie?

  12. Name the actors & the movie?











Questions:


  1. Name the actor & the movie series?

  2. Name the Scottish comedian?

  3. Name the actor & the movie?

  4. Name the actor & the movie?

  5. Name the actor & the movie?

  6. Name the actor & the movie?

  7. Name the comedian?

  8. Name the character & the actor? Name the TV series?

  9. Name the singer & what is her nationality?

  10. Name the actor?

  11. Name the artist?

  12. Name the comedian?

  13. Name the actress & the movie?

  14. Name the musician & the song?

  15. Name the musician & the album?




Bonus round. Some other pretenders ...





Let me know if I have missed anyone?



Questions:


  1. Name the characters & actors? Name the TV show within a show?

  2. Name the character & actor?

  3. Name the character & actor?

  4. Name the character & actor?

  5. Name the character & comedian?

  6. Name the character & comedian?

  7. Name the characters & actors?

  8. Name the characters & actors? Name the movie?









Some song suggestions ...




'The Great Pretender', The Platters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwfmbXJEBtY

'I Want To Break Free', Queen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Mc-NYPHaQ

'Rise Like A Phoenix' Conchita Wurst - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaolVEJEjV4

'Man I Feel Like A Woman', Shania Twain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg

'Englishman In New York', Sting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk

'The Great Pretender', Freddie Mercury - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk








  1. Name the character & the comedian? What was her catchphrase? CUPID STUNT / KENNY EVERETT / "IT'S ALL DONE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE"

  2. Name the singer? What music video is this picture from? FREDDIE MERCURY / "I WANT TO BREAK FREE"

  3. Name the character & the actor? EUPHEGENIA DOUBTFIRE / ROBIN WILLIAMS

  4. Name the character & the actor? AGNES BROWN ('MRS BROWN'S BOYS') / BRENDAN O'CARROLL

  5. Name the character & the comedian? What was her catchphrase? MANDY / DICK EMERY / "OH YOU ARE AWFUL, BUT I LIKE YOU!"

  6. Name the character & the actor? VICTOR ('VICTOR VICTORIA') / JULIE ANDREWS

  7. Name the character & the comedian? LILY SAVAGE / PAUL O'GRADY

  8. Name the character & the comedian? DAME EDNA EVERAGE / BARRY HUMPHRIES

  9. Name the movie & the actor? 'LIFE OF BRIAN' / TERRY JONES

  10. Name the character & the TV show? CORPORAL KLINGER / 'M.A.S.H.'

  11. Name the character & the actor? Name the movie? NORMAN BATES / ANTHONY PERKINS / 'PSYCHO'

  12. Name the character & the actor? TOOTSIE (DOROTHY MICHAELS) / DUSTIN HOFFMAN

  13. Name the character & the actor? Name the musical? FRANK-N-FURTER / TIM CURRY / 'THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW'

  14. Name the drag artist? RU PAUL

  15. Name the celebrity? QUENTIN CRISP



  16. Name the characters & actors? CISSIE & ADA / ROY BARRACLOUGH & LES DAWSON

  17. Name the characters & actors? DAME EVADNE HINGE & DAME HILDA BRACKET / GEORGE LOGAN & PATRICK FYFFE

  18. Name the characters & the actors? Name the TV series? EMILY & FLORENCE / MATT LUCAS & DAVID WALLIAMS / 'LITTLE BRITAIN'

  19. Name the characters & the actors? Name the movie? JOSEPHINE & DAPHNE / TONY CURTIS & JACK LEMMON / 'SOME LIKE IT HOT'

  20. Name the actors & the movie? ERIC IDLE & ROBBIE COLTRANE / 'NUNS ON THE RUN'

  21. Name the actors & the TV series? DAWN FRENCH & JENNIFER SAUNDERS / 'FRENCH & SAUNDERS'

  22. Name the actors & the movie? TERENCE STAMP, GUY PEARCE & HUGO WEAVING / 'THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT'

  23. Name the actors & the TV series? AGNES & GRACE / BILLY CONNOLLY & KENNY EVERETT / 'THE KENNY EVERETT TELEVISION SHOW'

  24. Name the actors & the TV series? WINDSOR DAVIES & MELVYN HAYES / 'IT AIN'T HALF HOT MUM'

  25. Name the actors & the TV series? JOHN CLEESE & GRAHAM CHAPMAN / 'MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS'

  26. Name the actors & the movie? BING CROSBY & DANNY KAYE / 'WHITE CHRISTMAS' ("SISTERS")

  27. Name the actors & the movie? SUSANNAH YORK & BERYL REID / 'THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE'




  28. Name the actor & the movie series? ALISTAIR SIM / 'ST TRINIAN'S'

  29. Name the Scottish comedian? STANLEY BAXTER

  30. Name the actor & the movie? JOHN TRAVOLTA / 'HAIRSPRAY'

  31. Name the actor & the movie? GENE HACKMAN / 'THE BIRDCAGE'

  32. Name the actor & the movie? EDDIE REDMAYNE / 'THE DANISH GIRL'

  33. Name the actor & the movie? PATRICK SWAYZE / 'TO WONG FOO'

  34. Name the comedian? BENNY HILL

  35. Name the character & the actor? Name the TV series? TUBS / STEVE PEMBERTON / 'LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN'

  36. Name the singer & what is her nationality? CONCHITA WURST / AUSTRIAN

  37. Name the actor? DANNY LA RUE

  38. Name the artist? GRAYSON PERRY

  39. Name the comedian? EDDIE IZZARD

  40. Name the actress & the movie? BRABRA STREISAND / 'YENTL'

  41. Name the musician & the song? KATE BUSH / 'CLOUDBUSTING'

  42. Name the musician & the album? DAVID BOWIE / 'THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD'




  1. Name the characters & actors? Name the TV show within a show? MRS OVERALL & MISS BERTA / JULIE WALTERS & VICTORIA WOOD / 'ACORN ANTIQUES

  2. Name the character & actor? ALAN PARTRIDGE / STEEVE COOGAN

  3. Name the character & actor? MRS MERTON / CAROLINE AHERNE

  4. Name the character & actor? ALI G / SACHA BARON COHEN

  5. Name the character & comedian? GERALDINE / PETER KAYE

  6. Name the character & comedian? DEREK / CATHERINE TATE

  7. Name the characters & actors? WORZEL GUMMIDGE & AUNT SALLY / JON PERTWEE & UNA STUBBS

  8. Name the characters & actors? Name the movie? TIN MAN, DOROTHY GALE, SCARECROW & COWARDLY LION / JACK HALEY, JUDY GARLAND, RAY BOLGER & BERT LAHR / 'WIZARD OF OZ'






 

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