WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - Art famous - Questions & Answers |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
26/11/2018 |
Art famous |
Each answer is the name of a well-known painting and the surname of the painter. . |
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Who had a Number One hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1966 with the song When a Man Loves a Woman? |
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Percy Sledge |
exhibition stands |
memory stick |
D + Arley Hall |
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The Persistence of Memory Dali
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In Gustav Holst's Planet Suite which planet is characterised as 'The Bringer of Peace'? |
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Venus from The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst |
Frank Leboeuf |
Percy Bysshe Shelley |
B + (p)otty |
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The Birth of Venus Botticelli
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What music was used as the background for over 30 years to advertise Hamlet cigars? |
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Air on the ‘G’ String by J S Bach |
River Tamar (Brunel’s bridge at Saltash) |
Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas |
actress Lacey Turner |
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The Fighting Temeraire Turner
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Which well-known singer from the 1980s and 1990s was born with the surname Panayiotou? |
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George Michael |
Adam Sandler
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Angelo Dundee |
logo for Creation records |
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The Creation of Adam Michelangelo
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Following the success of Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin's next major commission was for a full scale concerto. Based on his time in Europe during the 1920s what was this piece called? |
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An American in Paris |
goths |
Woody Guthrie |
Graeme Hick |
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American Gothic Wood
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Which group had a hit with the song Imitation of Life in 2001? |
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R.E.M. |
Jo Brand |
BBC TV Watchdog team |
Knight Rider (David Hasselhoff) |
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The Night Watch Rembrandt
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Which was Jackie Wilson's first solo record after he left The Dominoes in 1957? Its success helped the composer (Berry Gordy) found Motown Records. |
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Reet Petite |
The Sun |
Isle of Man |
half of a magpie (i.e. ‘mag’) |
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The Son of Man Magritte
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Felix Mendelssohn wrote an Overture and Wedding March to accompany which of Shakespeare's plays? |
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Coleman Hawkins (‘The Hawk’) x 2 |
grasshopper |
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Nighthawks Hopper
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What is the last line of the song that starts with the words: "When a felon's not engaged in his employment"? |
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"A Policeman’s lot is not a happy one" (Policeman = Constable) |
David Haye |
the weigh-in |
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The Hay Wain Constable
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Many consider River Deep - Mountain High to be the best record ever produced by Phil Spector. Who had a hit with it in 1966? |
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Ike and Tina Turner |
Arnold Ridley |
Albert Finney |
Van Morrison |
portrait (not landscape) |
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Arnolfini Portrait Van Eyck
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