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26/11/2018 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).

Warning! Question 3 relies on some local Manchester knowledge

Questions with Answers

Format index

 

1.

Which of these African capital cities…lies south of the equator?

 

Brazzaville - Lagos - Manama - Libreville - Bujumbura - Juba - Antananarivo - Dar es Salaam - Bangui

2.

Which of these John le Carré novels...features the character George Smiley?

 

The Russia House - The Quiet American - The Honourable Schoolboy - The End of the Affair - A Perfect Spy -

The Night Manager - Call for the Dead - Berlin Game - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

3.

Which of these Manchester Metro stops…serves just one tram line?

 

Firswood - North Chadderton - Pomona - Weaste - Withington - Denton - Cheetham Hill - Cornbrook - Exchange Square

4.

Which of these chemical elements…is named after a Nobel Prize winner?

 

Fermium - Faradium - Brass - Nobelium - Bohrium - Seaborgium - Holmium - Manganesium - Copernicium

5.

Which of these Wimbledon Men’s singles winners… has won just once?

 

Andre Agassi - Ivan Lendl - Stefan Edberg - Ken Rosewall - Lew Hoad - Goran Ivanišević - Jim Courier - Don Budge - Pat Cash

6.

Which of these EU currencies…has the euro replaced?

 

Dinar - Hryvnia - Lek - Forint - Markka - Zloty - Litas - Lev - Tolar

7.

Which of these Man United players…have also played for Man City?

 

Owen Hargreaves - Sammy McIlroy - Nat Lofthouse - Eddie Gray - Ted McDougall - Kevin Davies - Gordon McQueen -

Mark Hughes - Wyn Davies

8.

Which of these Strictly contestants…went on to win the Glitterball trophy?

 

Richard Madeley - Tom Chambers - Matt Baker - Lisa Snowdon - Bonnie Langford - Jay McGuiness - Simon Webbe -

Lacey Turner - Caroline Flack

9.

Which of these Hitchcock-directed films…starred James Stewart?

 

To Catch a Thief - Key Largo - Rope - Cape Fear - The Verdict - Notorious - Strangers on a Train - Vertigo -

The Man Who Knew Too Much

10.

Which of these Oasis songs…appeared on the Definitely Maybe album?

 

Live Forever - End of a Century - Common People - Everybody’s on the Run - Digsy’s Dinner - Some Might Say - Supersonic -

Stand By Me - Don’t Look Back in Anger -