WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 27/08/12 - Questions & Answers |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
27/08/2012 | I'm a Celebrity.... | 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity. The celebrity's first name and surname is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers. | |
1. |
Who won the first medal for Team GB at the 2012 London Olympics? (surname gives the anagram letter) |
Lizzie Armitstead (silver for the Women’s Road Race) |
2. |
Released in 1984 what was Black Lace’s biggest UK hit record? |
Agadoo |
3. |
Roy Figgis, Archie Glover and Norman Binns were central characters in which ITV sitcom? |
Only When I Laugh |
4. |
The Co-operative Group’s new Head Office at 1 Angel Square (opposite the CIS tower in Manchester City Centre) is the first stage of a major property development project for the area. What is the project called? |
NOMA |
5. |
According to Pliny the Elder the ancient Greeks thought this animal’s parents were a camel and a leopard so they called it a camelopard. What do we call it? |
Giraffe |
6. |
What word links major events that took place in these years: 1666, 1851 and 1963? |
Great (the Great Fire of London; the Great Exhibition and the Great Train Robbery) |
7. |
Which capital city has a Concert Hall named after the composer Aram Khatachurian and a railway system operated by South Caucasus Railways? |
Yerevan |
8. |
What is the name of the open source computer operating system developed by a Finnish American who was named by his parents in memory of an American Nobel prize-winning Chemist called Pauling? |
Linux (Linus Torvalds, its developer, was named after Linus Pauling) |
9. |
Which Oscar-winning actor turned down the role of Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, but made several subsequent appearances as the character DCI Roy ‘the Slag’ Slater? (surname required for the anagram) |
Jim Broadbent |
10. |
What is the name of the German federal-state that has Potsdam as its capital and completely surrounds the separate federal-state of Berlin? Its name is probably best known as the title of a group of 18th century musical compositions? |
Brandenburg (Brandenburg Concertos by Bach) |
and the celebrity is the sports presenter... Gabby Logan
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