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29/10/2018 Impossible

Each 2-part question has 9 candidate answers: 3 are right (they fit both parts of the question), 3 are wrong (they fit the first part of the question but not the second part) and 3 are impossible (they do not even fit the first part of the question).

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1.

Which of these Oxford College names…is also a Cambridge College name?

 

Hereford - University - All Saints - Jesus - Trinity - St Paul’s - Magdalen - New - Corpus Christi

2.

Which of these Irish counties….has no coastline?

 

Tipperary - Connemara - Leitrim - Leinster - Cavan - Westmeath - Louth - Aran - Meath

3.

Which of these Doctor Who ‘companion’ actors…appeared regularly with David Tennant’s Doctor?

 

Alex Kingston - Connie Huq - Freema Agyeman - Kara Tointon - Jodie Whittaker - Elisabeth Sladen - Bonnie Langford -

Jenna Coleman - Noel Clarke

4.

Which of these string instruments… are principally played with a bow?

 

Bazouki - Sitar - Trumpet marine - Ocarina - Rebec - Flageolet - Psaltery - Viola da Gamba - Cor anglais

5.

Which of these England Test captains…played cricket for Sussex?

 

Denis Compton - Mike Denness - Keith Fletcher - Ted Dexter - David Sheppard - Ken Barrington - Arthur Gilligan -

Wally Hammond - Godfrey Evans

6.

Which of these Labour Ministers… served in Blair and Brown cabinets?

 

Chris Smith - Hilary Benn - Danny Alexander - Lucy Powell - David Laws - Douglas Alexander - Stephen Byers - Estelle Morris -

Des Browne

7.

Which of these football league stadiums…lie north of the M62?

 

Kirklees Stadium - Moss Rose - DW Stadium - Moss Lane - Oakwell - Gigg Lane - Crown Ground - Headingley Stadium -

Odsal Stadium

8.

Which of these German cities…were in the GDR (East Germany)?

 

Jena - Dortmund - Königsberg - Poznań - Potsdam - Wiesbaden- Strasbourg - Lübeck - Leipzig

9.

Which of these Oscar ‘Best Director’ winners…has won more than once?

 

Peter Jackson - Miloš Forman - Ang Lee - Sidney Lumet - Alfred Hitchcock - Sam Mendes - Martin Scorsese - Oliver Stone -

Stanley Kubrick

10.

Which of these Rodgers & Hammerstein songs…appeared in Carousel?

 

Ol’ Man River - On the Street Where You Live - Younger than Springtime - Hello Young Lovers - Surrey with the Fringe on Top -

True Love - You’ll Never Walk Alone - June is Bustin’ Out All Over - If I Loved You