10. Vadim's villain.
The villain in Roger Vadim's movie Barbarella was... Durand Durand.
Condemning the 80s with one single video.
9. Half a drum, half a Scottish sunbeam.
Half a Tom Tom... plus a Mc-Ray.
8. Will Pakistan get zebras, Trudy wonders? The answers lie within.
The image above is, as revealed by Walter, Alain Delon and Romy Schneider, who have nothing to do with Brazil... though they did feature prominently in an image search for these guys...
Will PakiSTAN GET ZebrAS, TRUDy wonders?
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
Amazingly, despite having done this quiz for over 4 years, that's only the third time I've posted a wrong picture.
7. They sound like silly Scots.
Guillemots rhymes with Silly Scots... doesn't it?
6. Good bee lost in window doors.
The Good Bee would be Johnny, as in Johnny B. Goode.
"winDOW Doors"
5. There's no end to this Beach Boy after he joins a big band.
Mike Love was the Beach Boy.
The Love Unlimited Orchestra - Brazilian Love Song
(With Barry conducting, obviously.)
4. Airblown Mary.
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Although it's named after the Brazilian beach, the Copacabana nightclub can't be in Brazil, since it's the hottest spot north of Havana. I'm not brilliant at Geography, but even I can work that one out.
3. Mad king steps down the peer.
Mad King George goes down the peerage to become a Duke.
George Duke - Brazilian Love Affair
2. Barbed conductor.
Wire is a conductor. That's how we get electricity into our homes. It can also be barbed.
1. Lithe mechanism.
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Michael Nesmith - Rio
Well done Rol - and George
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Glad you explained the Copacabana. The Mrs. and I were going through the clues last night, and she was disturbed about it showing up here as a Brazil clue when the club was in Havana. Pleased to see Michael Naismith’s Rio here. A big favorite in this house.
ReplyDeleteI have to be on my guard and explain fully with things like that, Brian. You guys are all too sharp otherwise!
DeleteI've missed the last two editions of this bit of weekly fun but like Brian can check in later on. Yes the Copacabana was a long-running nightspot in New York which (I have just looked it up) finally closed its doors in 2020 - Bloody covid.
ReplyDeleteThe pic of Mike Nesmith floored me - Where is his wooly hat. The (perfectly natural) aging process has been really freaking me out of late.