WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Impossible - 26/11/18 - Questions |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
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 |
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Which of these African capital cities…lies south of the equator? |
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Brazzaville - Lagos - Manama - Libreville - Bujumbura - Juba - Antananarivo - Dar es Salaam - Bangui |
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Which of these John le Carré novels...features the character George Smiley? |
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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 |
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Which of these Manchester Metro stops…serves just one tram line? |
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Firswood - North Chadderton - Pomona - Weaste - Withington - Denton - Cheetham Hill - Cornbrook - Exchange Square |
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Which of these chemical elements…is named after a Nobel Prize winner? |
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Fermium - Faradium - Brass - Nobelium - Bohrium - Seaborgium - Holmium - Manganesium - Copernicium |
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Which of these Wimbledon Men’s singles winners… has won just once? |
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Andre Agassi - Ivan Lendl - Stefan Edberg - Ken Rosewall - Lew Hoad - Goran Ivanišević - Jim Courier - Don Budge - Pat Cash |
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Which of these EU currencies…has the euro replaced? |
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Dinar - Hryvnia - Lek - Forint - Markka - Zloty - Litas - Lev - Tolar |
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Which of these Man United players…have also played for Man City? |
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Owen Hargreaves - Sammy McIlroy - Nat Lofthouse - Eddie Gray - Ted McDougall - Kevin Davies - Gordon McQueen - Mark Hughes - Wyn Davies |
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Which of these Strictly contestants…went on to win the Glitterball trophy? |
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Richard Madeley - Tom Chambers - Matt Baker - Lisa Snowdon - Bonnie Langford - Jay McGuiness - Simon Webbe - Lacey Turner - Caroline Flack |
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Which of these Hitchcock-directed films…starred James Stewart? |
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To Catch a Thief - Key Largo - Rope - Cape Fear - The Verdict - Notorious - Strangers on a Train - Vertigo - The Man Who Knew Too Much |
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Which of these Oasis songs…appeared on the Definitely Maybe album? |
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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 - |
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