WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 30/01/17 - Questions & Answers |
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30/01/2017 | I'm a Celebrity.... | 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity. The celebrity's surname is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers. | |
1. |
Who wrote the following:
(surname provides the anagram letter) |
W H Auden |
2. |
Which US State borders Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia? |
Idaho |
3. |
After Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad which is the fourth largest city in Pakistan by population size? |
Rawalpindi |
4. |
The influential Irish Folk Group of the 1960s, The Clancys, were famed for wearing what item of clothing when they were together performing on stage? |
Aran jumpers |
5. |
Whose middle names were Ronald Reuel? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
J R R Tolkien |
6. |
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his work in helping to rebuild Europe after World War II? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
George Marshall |
7. |
Who currently (i.e. November 2016) sponsors Chelsea FC’s shirts? |
Yokohama Rubber Company (tyre manufacturer) |
8. |
In the Monty Python film, The Life of Brian, the founder of the film’s production company played a small cameo role credited as ‘Mr Papadopoulos’. Who was this cameo actor? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
George Harrison |
9. |
Which British actor has played starring roles on TV within the past 12 months in Happy Valley, War and Peace and Grantchester? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
James Norton |
10. |
Ruth Handler’s son was said to have grown up embarrassed and humiliated as a result of being represented as having no hint of genitalia. He died in 1994 but his alter ego continued his famous platonic relationship until a split up with his girlfriend in 2004. What was Ruth Handler’s son’s first name? |
Ken (as in Barbie and Ken – Ruth Handler was the creator of the Barbie doll for Mattel) |
and the celebrity is the footballer... (Henrikh) Mkhitaryan
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