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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Impossible - 26/11/18 - Questions & Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Impossible - 26/11/18 - Questions & Answers |
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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 |
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Which of these African capital cities…lies south of the equator? |
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Bujumbura |
Juba |
Manama |
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Brazzaville |
Libreville |
Lagos |
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Antananarivo |
Bangui |
Dar es Salaam |
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2. |
Which of these John le Carré novels...features the character George Smiley? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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The Honourable Schoolboy | The Night Manager | The Quiet American |
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Call for the Dead | A Perfect Spy | The End of the Affair |
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | The Russia House | Berlin Game |
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3. |
Which of these Manchester Metro stops…serves just one tram line? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Withington | Firswood | North Chadderton |
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Weaste | Pomona | Denton |
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Exchange Square | Cornbrook | Cheetham Hill |
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4. |
Which of these chemical elements…is named after a Nobel Prize winner? |
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Wrong |
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Seaborgium | Nobelium | Faradium |
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Fermium | Copernicium | Manganesium |
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Bohrium | Holmium | Brass |
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5. |
Which of these Wimbledon Men’s singles winners… has won just once? |
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Goran Ivanišević | Stefan Edberg | Ken Rosewall |
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Pat Cash | Lew Hoad | Ivan Lendl |
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Andre Agassi | Don Budge | Jim Courier |
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6. |
Which of these EU currencies…has the euro replaced? |
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Tolar | Forint | Hryvnia |
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Markka | Lev | Lek |
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Litas | Zloty | Dinar |
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7. |
Which of these Man United players…have also played for Man City? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Sammy McIlroy | Gordon McQueen | Kevin Davies |
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Owen Hargreaves | Ted McDougall | Nat Lofthouse |
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Wyn Davies | Mark Hughes | Eddie Gray |
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Which of these Strictly contestants…went on to win the Glitterball trophy? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Jay McGuiness | Simon Webbe | Richard Madeley |
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Tom Chambers | Lisa Snowdon | Bonnie Langford |
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Caroline Flack | Matt Baker | Lacey Turner |
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Which of these Hitchcock-directed films…starred James Stewart? |
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Rope | Notorious | Cape Fear |
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Vertigo | To Catch a Thief | Key Largo |
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The Man Who Knew Too Much | Strangers on a Train | The Verdict |
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Which of these Oasis songs…appeared on the Definitely Maybe album? |
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Live Forever | Some Might Say | End of a Century |
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Supersonic | Stand By Me | Common People |
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Digsy’s Dinner | Don’t Look Back in Anger | Everybody’s on the Run |
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