Q 01/05

Which future Oscar-winning film composer co-wrote the theme tune for the daytime quiz Going for Gold?

A) John Williams

B) Hans Zimmer

C) Danny Elfman

D) Howard Shore

Answer · why

B) Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer wrote the theme with Sandy McClelland in 1987, a year before his score for Rain Man made his name in Hollywood.

Q 02/05

Which Irish broadcaster hosted Going for Gold throughout the original run from 1987 to 1996?

A) Eamonn Holmes

B) Gay Byrne

C) Henry Kelly

D) Des Lynam

Answer · why

C) Henry Kelly

Henry Kelly fronted all ten series, having started out as a newspaper journalist reporting from Belfast in the early 1970s.

Q 03/05

Contestants from across Europe had to answer every Going for Gold question in which language?

A) English

B) French

C) Spanish

D) Italian

Answer · why

A) English

English was the only language used, yet players from the Continent still won six of the nine series that were open to all of Europe.

Q 04/05

Which Australian soap's lunchtime showing usually came just before Going for Gold?

A) Home and Away

B) The Young Doctors

C) Sons and Daughters

D) Neighbours

Answer · why

D) Neighbours

Neighbours had reached British screens only a year earlier, in October 1986, as part of a revamped daytime schedule.

Q 05/05

Which British network showed Going for Gold at lunchtime for almost nine years from October 1987?

A) ITV

B) BBC2

C) S4C

D) BBC1

Answer · why

D) BBC1

BBC1 gave the quiz a regular 1.50pm slot, and during the early series repeated each edition the following morning.