Here's Denzel Washington with the answers to this week's quiz. I almost used his photo yesterday, but you guys are getting a bit too smart when it comes to the top of the page pic, so I went with Warren Beatty instead. Warren is a city in Ohio. There's also a Warren in Michigan. And one in Cheshire. Probably some others too.
Here are 15 more places that begin with W... Washington, Wales and Wuhan were conspicuous by their absence. Maybe in tomorrow's spillover edition...
15. Slightly longer than a Buzzcock.
Pete Shelley was a Buzzcock. This is almost his Namesake...
14. Useful for campanologists.
That's a handy bell!
That's a great tune from the Erasure dude.
13. Tastes like Homer's beer.
12. Revolutionary War singer, without his comrades.
60s band Paul Revere and the Raiders were named after a famous soldier from the American Revolutionary War. The band were also named after their keyboard player, whose real name was Paul Revere Dick. He dropped the surname on stage. Can't think why.
The lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders was...
Mark Lindsay – Windy Wakefield
I've no idea why he's singing about a town just a few miles down the M1 from me.
11. Lard, Sweet Pea & Ivy.
Lard was, of course, the nickname used by DJ Marc Riley when he worked with Mark Radcliffe in the 90s. He was also in The Fall. But whenever Mark E. Smith kicked him out, he returned to his own band...
Marc Riley With The Creepers - Bard of Woking
10. Found in the back of a taxi and on short British Airways flights.
Back of a cAB... and on BA flights.
9. Looming over a Norfolk Festival.
Weavers used looms - or wanted to smash them. The Norfolk music festival is held at Houghton Hall... although these guys actually came from Westhoughton in Greater Manchester. Which might explain how they spotted the UFOs below...
The Houghton Weavers - The Martians Have Landed In Wigan
8. Confused, but they still made a rich packet.
"Rich packet" was an anagram.
Cheap Trick – A Long Way To Worcester
I had to listen carefully to make sure Cheap Trick weren't signing "A long was to Wor-chester". Actually it sounds more like they sing "Wister" than "Wuster", but close enough, I guess.
No idea why though.
7. AU + a short Friar + Spider-Man, initially.
AU is Gold. The abbreviation for a Friar is Fra. Spider-Man is Peter Parker.
Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse
Whitehorse is the capital of Canada's Yukon territory.
6. Lapwings dressed as lambs.
We needed a native band to sing about the capital of New Zealand.
5. Modern American Music Hall players.
New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral
4. Globe loathing.
Theatre Of Hate - Do You Believe In The Westworld?
I didn't say they had to be real places.
3. The Pink... Parsons.
Lily The Pink meets Alan Parsons.
The Pet Shop Boys were disqualified for upsetting George.
2. Curt is always with them.
Ian Curtis, that is.
1. Regularly received mail from strangers.
Thank you Rol. I was baffled by the Beatty connection.
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