WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 29/07/19 - Questions & Answers |
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29/07/2019 | 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. | |
1. |
Pateley Bridge is a small town in North Yorkshire close to Harrogate. In which of the Yorkshire Dales is it situated? |
Nidderdale |
2. |
For which constituency does Boris Johnson currently sit as MP? |
Uxbridge and South Ruislip |
3. |
Which Scottish League football club plays its home games furthest north? |
Elgin City |
4. |
In Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby what was the first name of Nicholas’ Uncle, the book’s chief antagonist? |
Ralph |
5. |
The Russian Federation is divided up into 46 political entities. What is the generic name of each? |
Oblast |
6. |
Willie Gallagher was elected as MP for the constituency of West Fife in 1935. He was the first MP to represent which party? |
Communist |
7. |
Which European city was known to the Romans as Lugdunum? |
Lyon |
8. |
At some time between 1943 and 1948, before they achieved fame, Jimmy Savile, Eric Morecambe, Brian Rix and Peter Shaffer all worked on which wartime scheme? This scheme was officially commemorated in 2008 with Veteran’s Badges presented by Gordon Brown to its participants for their dedicated service? |
Bevin Boys Scheme |
9. |
Which 1976 chart hit song starts with these 4 lines: “On a morning from a Bogart movie / In a country where they turn back time / You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre / Contemplating a crime”? |
Year of the Cat (by Al Stewart) |
10. |
In 1917 Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico that undertook that should the US enter the war against Germany and subsequently be defeated then Germany would restore Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico. The communication proposing this was famously known by which name? |
Zimmermann telegram |
and the celebrity is the English International footballer... Lucy Bronze
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