WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Initial Headlines - Annus Horribilis - Qs & As |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
30/05/2011 |
Annus Horribilis |
1992 was the year memorably summed up by Queen Elizabeth II with this phrase. Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following 1992 headlines. There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question. |
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1. |
HSDM resigns over affair with ADS |
Heritage Secretary David Mellor; Antonia de Sancha |
2. |
PP wins the GN |
Party Politics; Grand National |
3. |
An IS emerges from disintegrating SFROY |
Independent Slovenia; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
4. |
Publication of IBNCR which starts with the memorable sentence “IWTDMGE” |
Iain Banks’ novel Crow Road; It was the day my Grandmother exploded |
5. |
FLFD ends with LU on top |
Football League First Division; Leeds United |
6. |
EG by TS tops the charts |
Ebeneezer Goode; The Shamen |
7. |
No hanging about as AP, British CE, dies |
Albert Pierrepoint; Chief Executioner |
8. |
SR becomes the first FDGOMIF |
Stella Rimmington; Female Director General of MI5 |
9. |
Last series of ROTB screened starring LM |
Rumpole of the Bailey; Leo McKern |
10. |
BB becomes first woman SOTHOC |
Betty Boothroyd; Speaker of the House of Commons |