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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 28/09/15 - Questions & Answers |
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| 28/09/2015 | 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. | |
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Following the 1997 General Election results who was famously quoted as saying: “... and Sir James... has got nothing to be smug about, and I would like to say that 1,500 votes is a derisory total. We have shown tonight that the Referendum Party is dead in the water, and Sir James can get off back to Mexico knowing your attempt to buy the British political system has failed!”? (the surname provides the celebrity name letter) |
David Mellor (after the result of the Putney count) |
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Which film can be summarised thus: “It is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor.”? |
Avatar |
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What’s the name of the British retailer specialising in activewear for women that was founded in 1998 by Tamara and Simon Hill-Norton with the aim of “inspiring women to find empowerment through fitness”? |
Sweaty Betty |
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The famous movie line: “They call me Mister Tibbs” comes from which film? |
In the Heat of the Night |
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Which parent company owns the Costa Coffee chain? |
Whitbread plc |
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Of the football teams that have always been in the Premiership which has recorded the least number of wins? |
Aston Villa |
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Because of the cultural significance of its magnificent Art Deco buildings which city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007? |
Napier (in New Zealand) |
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What is the Scottish Gaelic word for isthmus which has become the name of a number of appropriately placed Scottish towns and villages - notably at the northern end of the Kintyre peninsula and on the Isle of Harris where the ferry from the Isle of Skye docks? |
Tarbert |
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The group of chemical elements symbolised as F, Cl, Br, I and At are collectively known as what? |
Halogens |
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What is the term describing the technique for applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to an object of bronze? |
Ormolu |
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and the celebrity is the athlete... Iwan Thomas
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