WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Initial Headlines - Rankers - Questions & Answers |
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WQ Archive | Comments | Question papers |
Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
26/09/2016 | Rankers | There are 3 separate sets of initials per statement and in each statement at least one of the sets includes the name of a rank in the British army. | |
1. |
1936: HBBBW becomes ‘GM’ appearing on all JARF |
Heavyweight boxer Bombardier Billy Wells; Gong man; J Arthur Rank films |
2. |
1947: Announcement by HTSOSGM of the ERP to rebuild the EOWE |
Harry Truman’s Secretary of State George Marshall; European Recovery Plan; economies of Western Europe |
3. |
1956: Release of biopic RFTS about BOBAGCDB played by KM |
Reach for the Sky; Battle of Britain ace Group Captain Douglas Bader; Kenneth More |
4. |
1961: PE launched by RIWRCBAPF all OBOSS |
Private Eye; Richard Ingrams, Willie Rushton, Christopher Booker and Paul Foot; Old Boys of Shrewsbury School |
5. |
1961: POCTT by JH featuring the CMMMM |
Publication of Catch-22; Joseph Heller; character Major Major Major Major |
6. |
1970: Named after an ACD hero BG wins TTTG |
Arthur Conan Doyle; Brigadier Gerard; the Two Thousand Guineas |
7. |
1972: MOD by LP becomes ONOTFAMAS |
Mouldy Old Dough; Lieutenant Pigeon; only Number One to feature a mother and son |
8. |
1990: SBI pushes PCJS to one side outside BEIP |
Sir Bernard Ingham; Political Correspondent John Sergeant; British Embassy in Paris |
9. |
2005: D’TK’R wins THAFTP on GKQWWTBAM |
Dave ‘Tremendous Knowledge’ Rainford; two hundred and fifty thousand pounds; general knowledge quiz Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? |
10. |
2011: After HIAD rebels CAK former LLCMG |
Hiding in a drainpipe; capture and kill; Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi |