WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Initial Headlines - Picking up the Bill - Questions & Answers |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
25/03/2013 | Picking up the Bill |
There are 3 separate sets of initials per statement and in each statement at least one of the missing words is the name William, Bill, Billy, Will, etc. |
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1989: WH elected to R,NY succeeding FHSLB |
William Hague; Richmond, North Yorkshire; former Home Secretary Leon Brittan |
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1922: First appearance in print of WB and his friend V-EB who threateningly lisps: “ITATATTIT” |
William Brown; #Violet-Elizabeth Bott; “I’ll thcream and thcream and thcream ‘til I’m thick” |
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1881: SPG killed BTK at FS,NM |
Sheriff Pat Garrett; Billy the Kid; Fort Sumner, New Mexico |
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1983: BJ hits top spot with UG said to be about his RWEM |
Billy Joel; Uptown Girl; relationship with Elle Macpherson |
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1976: BGAPA start M based in A,NM |
Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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1997: W.I.A changes name of his HHB to TBEP |
will.i.am; hip hop band; The Black Eyed Peas |
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1963: WZKHC with a cane in a BH as BD was later to tell the world |
William Zantzinger killed Hattie Carroll; Baltimore hotel; Bob Dylan |
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1910: RVWC world premiere of his FOATBTT at TCFIGC |
Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral |
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2005: BP debuts as RT in DW |
Billie Piper; Rose Tyler; Doctor Who |
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1297: WWDTE at TBOSB and goes on to sack the COY |
William Wallace defeats the English; the Battle of Stirling Bridge; City of York |