WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - 'Opera-Win-Three Points' - Questions & Answers |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
24/09/2018 |
'Opera-Win-Three points' |
Each answer is the name of a well-known opera (in the language by which it is usually known to English speakers) |
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Accompanied Shakira on Hips Don't Lie |
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Wyclef Jean |
"You!" |
one gin |
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Eugene Onegin (by Tchaikovsky) |
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A 1966 film whose original title ended with the words 'Il Cattivo' with music by Ennio Morricone |
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
Boris Johnson |
The World is Not Enough (Bond film) |
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Boris Godunov (by Mussorgsky) |
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A long-running TV show starring (amongst others) John Goodman as Dan Conner |
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Roseanne |
comic hero Dan Dare |
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel |
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Der Rosenkavalier (by Richard Stauss) |
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Had a number one UK hit in 1975 with Whispering Grass. |
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Windsor Davies and Don Estelle |
Joe Pesci |
Reg Varney |
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Don Giovanni (by Mozart) |
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2000s UK pop group including Tom Fletcher and Harry Judd |
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McFly |
Madame Tussauds |
butternut squash |
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Madame Butterfly (by Puccini) |
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Singer Norah Jones' musician father |
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Ravi Shankar |
(Ei)lat |
Harry Arter |
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La Traviata (by Verdi) |
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Original composer of the music used in the film Platoon |
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Samuel Barber (Adagio for Strings) |
Las Setas in Seville |
Plaza de España in Seville |
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The Barber of Seville (by Rossini) |
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Music famously used to advertise Hamlet cigars |
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Air on a G String (by Bach) |
gavel |
Mr Rusty (Magic Roundabout) |
Ghana |
Carol Vorderman ‘Rear of the Year’ winner 2011 & 2014 |
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Cavalleria Rusticana (by Mascagni) |
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Hoagy Carmichael song; includes the lyric:
"Here we are |
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Two Sleepy People |
rand |
Dot Cotton (from EastEnders) |
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Turandot (by Puccini) |
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British singer who had a 2001 hit with the song Thank You |
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Dido |
the knights who say "Ni!" (from Monty Python and The Holy Grail) |
an ass |
Andy Carroll | |
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Dido and Aeneas (by Purcell) |