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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - Big Read Best Read - Qs & As |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - Big Read Best Read - Qs & As |
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27/03/2017 |
Big Read Best Read |
In April 2003 BBC’s Big Read programme canvassed listeners views on the nation’s 100 best loved novels. Each answer is the title of one of the novels on that list. |
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What is the popular name in English for Bizet's aria Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre from his opera Carmen? |
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March of the Toreadors |
The middle one of the March sisters (from Little Women) |
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Middlemarch by George Eliot - No. 27 |
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What was the name of the ITV drama series aired between 1979 and 1988 based on short stories written by Roald Dahl? |
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Tales of the Unexpected |
Leicester City v Manchester City |
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens – No. 63 |
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What's the title of the album that features the hit song Hometown Glory? |
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19 (by Adele) |
Haiti (Eighty) |
Fore! (four)
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1984 by George Orwell - No.8 |
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What was the nickname of the American jazz musician who wrote the tune Ornithology? |
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Bird (the nickname of Charlie Parker) |
Tequila (To Kill a) |
mocking |
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - No. 6 |
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The Sousa march usually played at US Presidential inaugurations is most commonly known in the UK for its use in which TV show? |
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Monty Python’s Flying Circus (it's called Liberty Bell) |
Chris Martin’s toe (Cristo) |
Christopher Lee as Count Dracula |
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - No. 44 |
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The Travelling Wilbury's band consisted of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and which other musician? |
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Tom Petty |
Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) in Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun |
Mr T from The A-Team |
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Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian - No. 49 |
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Completed in 1893 what is the popular name for the Ninth Symphony written by a well-known Czech composer? |
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New World Symphony (by Dvorak) |
Merida in Disney film Brave |
Brendan Gleeson in Braveheart |
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - No. 87 |
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Which band had a hit with the song After the Love Has Gone? |
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Earth, Wind and Fire |
Will McKenzie, character from The Inbetweeners |
hose |
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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame - No. 16 |
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What was the title of Gerry and the Pacemakers' second number one hit? |
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I Like It |
Manchester Town Hall |
Alice Liddell (basis for Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson’s Alice) |
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A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute - No. 37 |
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What is the nickname for Vaughan Williams' First Symphony? |
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The Sea Symphony |
(J)ulie Christie as Lara in Dr Zhivago |
Carpe Diem (= seize the day) |
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Ulysses by James Joyce – No. 78 |
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