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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Initial Headlines - Seasons - Questions & Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Initial Headlines - Seasons - Questions & Answers |
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| Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
| 26/06/17 | Seasons | There are 3 separate sets of initials per statement and in each statement at least one of the sets includes the name of one of the seasons (in singular or plural form). | |
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1676: HL published stating that when you compress AS the FAD of compression is proportional |
Hooke’s Law; a spring; force and distance |
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2. |
1725: AV(TRP) publishes TFS including CNF(W) |
Antonio Vivaldi (The Red Priest); The Four Seasons; Concerto No. 4 (Winter) |
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1820: Publication of TA by JK which starts “SOMAMF” |
To Autumn; John Keats; "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" |
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1916: IOBST advancing GMTBAH between MAO |
Introduction of British Summer Time; Greenwich Mean Time by an hour; May (or March) and October |
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1938: Publication of RBDDM which opens with TSMDW saying “LNIDIWTMA” |
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier; the second Mrs de Winter; "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" |
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1950: AS the setting for NS new NATLA |
Alice Springs; Nevil Shute’s; novel A Town Like Alice |
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1968: PS starts with election of AD and ends with SIOC |
Prague Spring; Alexander Dubček; Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia |
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1968: POTAKH star as KHTSAEOA in TLIW |
Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn; King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine; The Lion in Winter |
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1970: First ASS opens in L selling STAL |
Ann Summers store (or shop); London; sex toys and lingerie |
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10. |
2008: TQEGPP marries a C called A |
The Queen’s eldest grandson Peter Phillips; Canadian; Autumn |