This week, Trivia Detectives Helen and Bill begin their journey of discovery with Vincent van Gogh, which leads them to Clive Dunn and a hand grenade down his trousers to Christina Aguilera and Ben Elton, via Eastenders and Abba’s performance at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest.
Related Links:
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, MOMA New York City:
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-starry-night/bgEuwDxel93-Pg?hl=en-GB
Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night: Great Art Explained on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk9L1N9bRRE
You can visit the house Vincent lodged at, in Brixton 1873–74
Don MacLean performs Vincent live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrNFDxCRzU
Vincent’s The Red Vineyard, the only painting he sold while alive:
Vincent’s most expensive painting, The Portrait of Dr. Gachet:
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/portrait-of-dr-gachet.jsp
List of most expensive paintings ever sold:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_paintings
Dad’s Army episode The Deadly Attachment, featuring a hand grenade down Lance Corporal Jones’ trousers:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5sdx1f
Ethel Skinner is having trouble with her Willy in Eastenders:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCmNgaSqX9Y
Clive Dunn performs Grandad on Top of the Pops. The song was written by Herbie Flowers (who played the iconic bass line in Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wildside), and features Rick Wakeman on keyboard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC5fqzKxau8
One of the funniest answers ever given on Pointless, featuring Alexander Armstrong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjTTvn2muRM
Opening theme tune to the original Danger Mouse, written by folkie/comedian, Mike Harding sung by Sheila Gott (not Myfanwy Talog), featuring Penfold (hamster, not mole):
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