War by numbers
1066, William Vs Harold
The Battle of Hastings
Butch Cassidy, The Sting, The Way we Were...
Robert Redford
Famously declared 'there will not be a hurricane'
Michael Fish
Now it's Istanbul, not
Constantinople
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Echo & the Bunnymen, Gerry & the pacemakers...Beatles
Liverpool
1936 - 1939, fought between the Republicans and Nationalists, which for some reason had loads of famous writers involved
Spanish Civil War
Rocky Horror, Thelma and Louise, Dead Man Walking
Susan Sarandon
UK's longest serving female weather presenter, was at one time engaged to Lembit Opik before losing out to the cheekygirls
Sian Lloyd
Even old New York, was once
New Amsterdam
Duran Duran, Judas Priest, Moody Blues...and Black Sabbath
Birmingham
Fought between GB and Spain from 1739 to 1748, revolving around a sea captain's body part
War of Jenkins' Ear
Contempt, And God Created Woman
Brigitte Bardot
Welsh drummer who would be worth less points if only you could remember exactly what his name is
Owain Wyn Evans
Chennai's former name has a chicken curry named after it
Madras
ABC, Def Leppard, Pulp and...Arctic Monkeys
Sheffield
Fought between Xerxes and various Greek states, there were a lot more than 300 people involved
Thermopylae (The Hot Gates)
The Prestige, Slap Her, She's French!...Coyote Ugly
Piper Perabo
Born Florence but known by her middle name (ish, Winsome) she was ITV's first female weather presenter and had a role as an adjudicator on Treasure Hunt
Wincey Willis
Tokyo
Edo
Soft Cell, Sisters of Mercy and...Kaiser Chiefs
Leeds
Conflict between 1701 and 1714, fought between Philip of Anjou and Archduke Charles of Austria (following the death of Charles 2nd - no not that one)
War of the Spanish Succession
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Memoirs of a Geisha and of course... Rush Hour 2
Ziyi Zhang
Subject of 'A Tribe of Toffs' hit single
John Kettley
Gdansk once shared a name with this heavy metal singer (Misfits)
Danzig
Showaddywaddy, Cornershop and...Kasabian
Leicester