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-GBVincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night: Great Art Explained on youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk9L1N9bRREYou can visit the house Vincent lodged at, in Brixton 1873–74 https://vangoghhouse.co.uk/Don MacLean performs Vincent live:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrNFDxCRzUVincent’s The Red Vineyard, the only painting he sold while alive:https://joyofmuseums.com/museums/russian-federation/moscow-museums/pushkin-museum/the-red-vineyard-by-vincent-van-gogh/Vincent’s most expensive painting, The Portrait of Dr. Gachet:https://www.vincentvangogh.org/portrait-of-dr-gachet.jspList of most expensive paintings ever sold:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_paintingsDad’s Army episode The Deadly Attachment, featuring a hand grenade down Lance Corporal Jones’ trousers: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5sdx1fEthel Skinner is having trouble with her Willy in Eastenders:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCmNgaSqX9YClive 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=XC5fqzKxau8One of the funniest answers ever given on Pointless, featuring Alexander Armstrong:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjTTvn2muRMOpening 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):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMXYJwjL51w Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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