WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES I'm a Celeb - 25/11/19 - Questions & Answers |
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25/11/2019 | 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 wrote the music for Rule Britannia!? (surname provides the anagram letter) |
Thomas Arne |
2. |
Which pop song has the lyrics: “Sitting on a cornflake / Waiting for the van to come / Corporation tee-shirt / Stupid bloody Tuesday.”? |
I Am the Walrus (by The Beatles) |
3. |
What was the name of the island where the Jaws films were set? |
Amity Island |
4. |
What was the name of the album started by the Beach Boys in 1966 but left unfinished and then eventually completed by Brian Wilson and released in 2004? |
Smile |
5. |
In Oliver Postgate’s children’s cartoon Ivor the Engine what is the name of the small, red Welsh dragon who sings in the choir for a time? Having been hatched from an egg in Ivor's fire, he lives with his wife Olwen and their twins, Daian and Blodwen, in the extinct volcano Smoke Hill. |
Idris |
6. |
Which ‘newspaper’ has been successively edited since 2000 by Rosie Boycott, Chris Williams, Peter Hill and Hugh Whittow and is currently edited by Gary Jones? |
Daily Express |
7. |
In the South Manchester gang wars of the 1990s what was the name of the gang that started life as the Pepperhill Mob and then changed their name when the Pepperhill pub was shut down to a name that reflected the Moss Side Close where they met? |
Doddington Gang |
8. |
Which musical celebrates the music of an 85 year-old American from Newark along with his 4 singing partners? |
Jersey Boys (about the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons) |
9. |
69AD was the year of the 4 Roman Emperors. Who was the last of these who went to rule for 10 years founding the Flavian dynasty? |
Vespasian |
10. |
What is the Arabic word often heard these days which literally means ‘striving’ or ‘struggling’? |
Jihad |
and the celebrity is the Tory politician... Sajid Javid
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