Withington Pub Quiz League - ACQ - Celeb - 29/12/14

Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
29/12/2014	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.	Questions without Answers
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1.	Known as ‘The King of Cocaine’, he is widely regarded as the wealthiest criminal in history, with an estimated net-worth of US$30 billion by the early 1990s. Who was he? (surname required for the anagram)	Pablo Escobar (Colombian drug lord)
2.	Cole Porter wrote one of his best known songs after receiving a challenge from some friends with whom he was lunching to write something based on the next thing they heard in the restaurant. It turned out to be the words of the waiter conveying a message to the occupants of the adjacent table. What was the name of the subject of this 1934 Cole Porter song? (surname required for the anagram)	Miss Otis (from the song Miss Otis Regrets)
3.	In which large English town are the headquarters of Barclaycard?	Northampton
4.	Which soft ductile metallic element (atomic number 41) takes its name from the daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology?	Niobium (Tantalus’ daughter was called Niobe)
5.	Between the first and the second battles of El Alamein in 1942 Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery took control of the Allies 8th Army. Who did he take over from? (surname required for the anagram)	General Claude Auchinleck
6.	Who played the part of Holly Martins in a celebrated 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed? (surname required for the anagram)	Joseph Cotten (the film was The Third Man)
7.	The village of Dorchester-on-Thames actually sits on the River Thame (not Thames) just upstream from its convergence with another river to form the Thames. Nowadays this other river is usually called the Thames right back to its source but what was it known as traditionally?	Isis (‘Thames’ is a merger of the words ‘Thame’ and ‘Isis’)
8.	Taking the Metrolink out of Piccadilly Station towards Ashton-under-Lyne which stop – related to sporting activities – comes after the Etihad Campus stop?	Velopark
9.	Which is the UK’s largest food wholesale company?	Booker Group
10.	Who celebrated his 19th birthday in style in London on May 29th 1968 in front of 92,225 people? (surname required for the anagram)	Brian Kidd (by scoring in Manchester United’s 4-1 defeat of Benfica in the European Cup Final)
and the celebrity is the actor... Kevin Bacon