WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 30/11/15 - Questions & Answers |
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30/11/2015 | I'm a Celeb.... | 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity. The celebrity's name is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers. | |
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Which Hull-born milling magnate is, nevertheless, best remembered for a totally different sort of business he developed at Heatherden Hall near Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire, a property he acquired in the 1930s? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
J Arthur Rank (Heatherden Hall became Pinewood Studios) |
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Which Scottish town, designed in 1788 as a fishing port by Thomas Telford, is now an important transport terminus and sits on the eastern shore of Loch Broom? |
Ullapool (terminus for ferries to Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis) |
3. |
Lying second in the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest Movie Quotes what does Marlon Brando (as Vito Corleone) say in The Godfather? |
“I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." |
4. |
During and just after World War 2 former Newcastle boxing promoter Soloman Sheckman, with his wife Esther and his daughter Dorothy bought up a number of old cinemas and rebranded them with a new name that was to become familiar across the nation throughout the post war years. What was this new name? |
Essoldo (a name formed from their 3 forenames: ESther, SOLoman and DOrothy)
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5. |
There are two famous single malt distilleries next to each other on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay, both of which start with the same letter. Name either. |
Laphroaig or Lagavulin |
6. |
In 1930 US food magnate, Frank Mars, was looking for a name for a new product. He decided to name it after the Mars family’s favourite horse. What was the horse called? |
Snickers |
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Which broadcasting journalist, widely regarded as the man who ended the 1950s McCarthy anti-communist purges in the US, made his name during World War 2 with his bulletins from London which always ended with the phrase “Good night and good luck.”? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
Ed Murrow |
8. |
Which is Australia’s largest inland city? |
Canberra |
9. |
Which 1964 hit single, with the alternative title C’Est La Vie, starts with these lyrics: “It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished them well / You could see that Pierre did truly love the Mademoiselle / And now the young Monsieur and Madame have rung the chapel bell…”? |
You Never Can Tell (by Chuck Berry) |
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What mythical creature is defined as an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction? It also happens to be the name of an American Ivy League University? |
Yale |
and the celebrity is the entertainer.... Miley Cyrus
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