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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - States and Capitals - Qs & As |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - States and Capitals - Qs & As |
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25/02/2019 |
States and Capitals |
Each answer is the name of a US State and the name of its Capital. |
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Who sang the Bond theme song from The Man with the Golden Gun? |
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Lulu |
Honor Blackman |
Hay-on-Wye |
A-ha |
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Hawaii - Honolulu |
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In 1975 Lindsey Buckingham and his girlfriend joined a pop group just before they released their album Rumours. Who was his girlfriend? |
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Stevie Nicks (the band was Fleetwood Mac) |
A young Harry Kane meets David Beckham |
sonar |
Granny McPhee |
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Arizona - Phoenix |
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In Hoboken, New Jersey there are parks and streets named after which well known musician? |
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Frank Sinatra (Sinatra was born in Hoboken) |
O L(T)ucky Man (Lindsay Anderson film) |
Ken Stott |
Thought bubble |
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Kentucky - Frankfort |
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4. |
Who wrote the lyrics to the Manchester City anthem Blue Moon? |
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Lorenz Hart |
Only Connect (TV quiz programme logo) |
ticket |
a young Harrison Ford |
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Connecticut - Hartford |
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Who was the first to have a hit with the song which includes the line: "Someone left the cake out in the rain"? |
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Richard Harris (the song is Macarthur Park) |
Henning Berg (former United player)
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Vane
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ear of wheat
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pencil moustache
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Pennsylvania - Harrisburg |
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Which Scottish band took their name from a 1984 Wim Wenders film? |
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Texas (the film was Paris, Texas) |
Steve Austin (footballer)
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Austin Healey (Rugby player)
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Austin Mitchell (former MP)
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Steve Austin (Six Million Dollar Man (played by Lee Majors) |
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Texas - Austin |
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7. |
Who had a 2014 hit with the song Tough Love? |
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Jessie Ware |
Jeremy Deller (2004 Turner Prize winner; 2017 election poster) |
Dover sole |
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Delaware - Dover |
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8. |
Which Justin Hurwitz song won the 2016 Best Original Song Oscar? |
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City of Stars (from the film La La Land) |
Misery (track from Please Please Me by The Beatles |
William Jefferson Clinton |
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Missouri – Jefferson City |
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Singer Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE was better known by which stage name? |
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Dusty Springfield |
Illy (brand of coffee) |
Kenneth Noye (road rage murderer) |
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Illinois - Springfield |
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Singer Jacqui Abbott had a 1996 hit with the song Don't Marry Her. Which band did she front? |
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The Beautiful South |
Dakota Fanning |
Pierre Trudeau (former Canadian PM) |
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South Dakota - Pierre |
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