WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 25/02/19 - Questions & Answers |
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25/02/2019 | I'm a Celebrity.... | 10 general knowledge questions alongside a part-picture of a celebrity. The celebrity's name (first name and surname) is formed from an anagram of the first letters of the 10 answers. | |
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Which notorious public school has a school song containing this stanza: “The battle’s to the strongest, might is always right. Trample on the weakest, glory is their plight. Let our motto be broadcast, get your blow in first. She who draws the sword last always comes off worst.” |
St Trinian’s |
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An American artist, known for paintings of flowers, shells and rocks that were thinly disguised representations of female genitalia. Who is this? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
Georgia O’Keeffe |
3. |
Derived from the Latin word meaning ‘to carry away’ what is the name of the grammatical case used in certain languages that is equated to a noun preceded by the prepositions ‘by’, ‘with’ or ‘from’ in English? |
Ablative |
4. |
Meaning ‘slightly out of tune’ in Portuguese what is the name of the song with music composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1959, which has become a standard dance tune? |
Desafinado |
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Which Italian city with the only Serie A team based in the north eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the second largest city in this region after its capital, Trieste? |
Udine |
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Which Coventry-born poet wrote the poems Toads and Church Going included in his first major book of poetry The Less Deceived published in 1955? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
Philip Larkin |
7. |
In the Lake District which lake is directly west of Helvellyn? |
Thirlmere |
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Which surname is shared by 2 English International Footballers: an Arsenal player of the 1990s and a Chelsea player of the 1980s? |
Dixon (Lee and Kerry) |
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Derived from Latin for ‘twisted nose’ what is the genus of plants to which watercress belongs? |
Nasturtium |
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The dish rogan josh originates from which area of the Indian subcontinent? |
Kashmir |
and the celebrity is EU politician.... Donald Tusk
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