WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 28/12/15 - Questions & Answers |
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28/12/2015 | 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. | |
1. |
Who owns and uses the ‘swoosh’? |
Nike (it’s the official name for their ‘tick’ brand logo) |
2. |
Rated by Rolling Stone magazine the fifth greatest Beatles song ever after: Hey Jude, Yesterday, I Want to Hold Your Hand and Let It Be, which composition started life as a gentle recollection by John Lennon of his childhood years going on to include a reference to the death of his friend Stuart Sutcliffe? |
In My Life (“Some are dead and some are living/In my life I've loved them all”) |
3. |
Which of the Great Train Robbers gang was widely regarded as the mastermind behind the robbery?(surname gives the anagram letter) |
Bruce Reynolds |
4. |
Which is the most southerly of all the UK Horse racing venues? |
Newton Abbott |
5. |
Merida is the capital of which of Spain’s Autonomous Communities? |
Extremadura |
6. |
In which Scots county is Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel (now a Terence Davis film) Sunset Song set? |
Aberdeenshire |
7. |
Torchon, Mechlin, Valenciennes and Carrickmacross are all types of what? |
Lace |
8. |
Which band (still performing after nearly 50 years) had an original 1968 line-up that included: Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Peter Banks, Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford? |
Yes |
9. |
Where is the eponymous Bridge of Spies referenced in the current film on general release? |
Berlin (the Glienicke Bridge where the Soviet/Western spy exchanges used to take place in the Cold War) |
10. |
On May 10th 1941 who was apprehended by local ploughman David McLean at Eaglesham just south of Glasgow? (surname gives the anagram letter) |
Rudolf Hess (Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler after parachuting from his plane) |
and the celebrity is the politician... Hilary Benn
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