WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 27/08/18 - Questions & Answers |
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27/08/2018 | 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 band’s original line up consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler? |
Guns N’ Roses |
2. |
The TV crime drama Trapped broadcast on the BBC in 2015 was made in which country? |
Iceland |
3. |
The English National league (i.e. the fifth tier) football club formerly known as Gravesend & Northfleet is now known by what name? |
Ebbsfleet United FC |
4. |
Which model of car was famously described in the 1970s by Car magazine as a "Cortina in drag"? |
Capri (made by Ford) |
5. |
Lanfranc was the first Archbishop of Canterbury following the Norman invasion in 1066. Which celebrated theologian, philosopher and Benedictine monk succeeded him? He was later canonised. |
Anselm
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6. |
The former Labour government minister Peter Mandelson is the grandson of which politician who was leader of the London County Council between 1934 and 1940? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
Herbert Morrison |
7. |
German East Africa was a colony of Germany between the 1880s and the end of World War One. It consisted of mainland Tanzania, Burundi and which other modern day African nation? |
Rwanda |
8. |
16th century French writer François Rabelais wrote a series of novels about a pair of giants. One was called Pantagruel. What was the name of the other? |
Gargantua |
9. |
Which 1977 hit song contains the lyrics: “No more carefree laughter / Silence ever after / Walking through an empty house, tears in my eyes / Here is where the story ends, this is goodbye”? |
Knowing Me, Knowing You (by Abba) |
10. |
What word, meaning a chauvinistic sabre-rattling patriotism, derives from a 19th century music hall song about the British reaction to the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78? |
Jingoism (the song contained the phrase “We don't want to fight but by Jingo if we do”) |
and the celebrity is .... Mick Jagger
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