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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - Nation's Favourite Dish - Qs & As |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - Nation's Favourite Dish - Qs & As |
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29/01/2018 |
Nation's Favourite Dish |
Each answer is the name of a well-known British dish (from any part of any meal). |
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What was the name of the popular 1970s/80s dance troupe formed by former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips? |
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Hot Gossip |
Sri Lanka |
Dick van Dyke (as Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) |
Shere Khan (in The Jungle Book) |
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Lancashire Hot Pot |
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2. |
Which band had a hit in 1973 with a song that was thought at the time to ridicule the relationship between Government and organised labour? |
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The Strawbs (singing Part of the Union) |
Chuck Berry |
Halle Berry |
Berry Gordy (Motown founder) |
Mary Berry |
hand cream |
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Strawberries and Cream |
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3. |
The singer who performed My Country, 'Tis of Thee at President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony was known throughout the music industry by what nickname? |
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The Queen of Soul (Aretha Franklin) |
Vladimir Putin |
Vladimir Putin |
Vladimir Putin |
Vladimir Putin |
“off!” |
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Queen of Puddings |
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Which band formed by two brothers from Muswell Hill in 1964 also included members Pete Quaife and Mick Avory? Their third single reached number one in the UK charts. |
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The Kinks |
Len Goodman |
Lenin |
Len McCluskey |
Len Hutton |
Battle of Culloden |
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Cullen Skink |
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5. |
Whose album Crazy Love reached number one in the UK album charts in 2009? |
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Michael Bublé |
Hans Christian Andersen (author of The Ugly Duckling) |
Quee(n)k |
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Bubble and Squeak |
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6. |
Which Irving Berlin song includes these lines:
"Dressed up like a million dollar trooper, |
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Puttin' on the Ritz |
Everton FC (nickname ‘The Toffees’) |
“We’re in the stickiest situation since Sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun” ….from Blackadder Goes Forth |
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Sticky Toffee Pudding |
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7. |
Bryan Adams featured on a 2000 hit song called Don't Give Up. Which group had this hit? |
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Chicane (Chicken) |
Mo Salah (masala) |
ticker (tikka) tape parade (in New York) |
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Chicken Tikka Masala |
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8. |
The title of Scott McKenzie's 1967 hit has which phrase in brackets after the words 'San Francisco'? |
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'Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair' |
Kenneth Colley (in Star Wars) |
multiple symbols for t’ai chi |
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Cauliflower Cheese |
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9. |
The song Moon River was written for which film? |
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s |
Rowan Atkinson as Johnny English |
a raspberry fool (full) |
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Full English Breakfast |
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10. |
Which group had a hit with the song John Wayne is Big Leggy |
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Haysi Fantayzee |
the 1994 sci-fi film Starg(ate) |
pi (or ∏) – ratio of circumference to diameter |
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Stargazy Pie |
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