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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Initial Headlines - Tube Headlines - Questions & Answers |
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| 27/08/2018 | Tube Headlines |
There are 3 separate sets of initials per statement and in each statement at least one of the sets includes the name of a London Underground line. Warning! Question one relies on some local Manchester knowledge |
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1. |
1755:
MRI
built in
WINPG
remaining until its 1910 move to
OR
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Manchester Royal Infirmary; what is now Piccadilly Gardens; Oxford Road |
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2. |
1887: In June
QVCHGJ
by
inviting
FEKAP
to
a
BABP
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Queen Victoria celebrates her Golden Jubilee; fifty European kings and princes; banquet at Buckingham Palace |
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3. |
1892:
NV
become
FM
of the
FLSD
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Northwich Victoria; founder members; Football League Second Division |
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4. |
1905: Formation of
TMC
whose current
MIDM
wife of
TLPD
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The Magic Circle; members include Debbie McGee; the late Paul Daniels |
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5. |
1921:
CONI
from the
POU
minus the
COCDAM
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Creation of Northern Ireland; province of Ulster; counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan |
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6. |
1948:
TCCC
by
BB
given its first
EL
premiere
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle; Berthold Brecht; English language |
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7. |
1951:
TPD
with its
HPAKS
designated the
UKFNP
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The Peak District; highest point at Kinder Scout; UK’s first National Park |
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8. |
1976:
PBOTCAR
declares himself
E
and renames
HCTCAE
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President Bokassa of The Central African Republic; Emperor; his country The Central African Empire |
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9. |
2013:
NT
hosts its
FTM
when
APBAD
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Northern Territory; first Test Match; Australia play Bangladesh at Darwin |
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10. |
2017:
CD
becomes
COTMP
succeeding
BH-H
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Cressida Dick; Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police; Bernard Hogan-Howe |