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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES GK theme - Virtually Europe - Questions & Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES GK theme - Virtually Europe - Questions & Answers |
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| Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
| 26/11/2007 | Virtually Europe | "Using only my computer to guide me I recently embarked on a somewhat tortuous virtual trip from the UK to Russia visiting 10 countries en route. Apart from leaving the UK, I only crossed the land borders of adjacent European countries. Each of the 10 answers in this round is of 2 words and represents, in sequence from the UK, one of the 10 countries I visited (excluding the UK and Russia) by having the 2 words start with, respectively, the 2 letters which form the Internet suffix for the country concerned." | |
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Between 2002 and 2006 Serbia and Montenegro were still called Yugoslavia – but which 2 words preceded the words ‘of Yugoslavia’ in their official name? |
Federal Republic (FR = France) |
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2. |
Which Australian, born in 1982, has won more Olympic Gold medals than any other Australian? |
Ian Thorpe (IT = Italy) |
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3. |
The film actor John Charles Carter has a screen name that sounds like a description of a journey across London from east to west, from a valley to a traveller’s rest. What is this screen name? |
Charlton Heston (CH = Switzerland) |
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4. |
What is roughly 2,000 miles long and extends from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine? |
Appalachian Trail (AT = Austria) |
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5. |
Who,
since 1992, has been the regular host of the Dawn Patrol
programme on Radio 2? |
Sarah Kennedy (SK = Slovakia) |
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6. |
Which film actress, whilst playing the character Honey Ryder, was said to resemble the Birth of Venus, the famous Botticelli painting? |
Ursula Andress (in Bond film, Dr No) (UA = Ukraine) |
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7. |
The first Governor of the State of Utah was also President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints between 1847 and 1877. Who was he? |
Brigham Young (BY = Belarus) |
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8. |
An area adjacent to Allerton Road and Smithdown Road in Liverpool is prone to constant thefts of municipal property – usually by visitors. What is its better known name? |
Penny Lane (PL = Poland) |
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9. |
In Mathematics a left hand chevron or angle bracket indicates what? |
Less Than (LT = Lithuania) |
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10. |
The 2001 film Ocean’s Eleven was set primarily in which city? |
Las Vegas (LV = Latvia) |