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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - What's attractive about Manchester? - Qs & As |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - What's attractive about Manchester? - Qs & As |
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28/04/2014 |
What's attractive about Manchester? |
Each answer is the name of one of the Greater Manchester attractions as listed on the TripAdvisor website.
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Which singing knight took his stage name from two members of the blues band Bluesology? |
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Elton John (from Elton Dean and Long John Baldry) |
Rye |
Library |
Lance Armstrong |
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John Rylands Library |
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Randy Newman wrote the film music for which series of Disney films? |
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Toy Story |
Mona Lisa |
Gore Vidal |
Tony Soprano |
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Gorton Monastery |
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Which long-running UK TV police series started life as a one-off drama called Woodentop in 1983? |
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The Bill |
Ref Huge |
Dingo |
Quality Assurance |
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Refuge Assurance Building |
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Which group had a hit with the song All Mine? |
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Portishead |
Stock |
Fire |
Duck |
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Stockport Viaduct |
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Which well known singer was cousin to Dionne Warwick? |
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Whitney Houston |
Helen Worth (playing Gail Platt in Coronation Street) |
TV gallery |
Joe Hart |
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Whitworth Art Gallery |
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Which series of films is introduced by the tune A Grand Day Out composed by Julian Nott? |
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Wallace and Gromitt |
Banned |
on the wall |
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Band on the Wall |
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7. |
In 1962 where did Marilyn Monroe sing Happy Birthday, Mr President during President Kennedy's 45th birthday party? |
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Madison Square Gardens in New York |
Kate Moss |
Dexter Fletcher
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Fletcher Moss Gardens |
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8. |
Which Schiller poem is the inspiration for the 4th movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony? |
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Ode to Joy |
Jayne Torvill |
Tony Rome |
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Velodrome |
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Which band had a hit with the song My Perfect Cousin in 1979? |
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The Undertones |
Keith Moon |
Waterloo Station |
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The Moon Under Water |
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In 1988 Dave Hemingway formed the group The Beautiful South which other musician? |
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Paul Heaton |
Nick Park, film maker |
Michelle Heaton |
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Heaton Park |
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