WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Impossible - 28/01/19 - Questions & Answers |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
28/01/2019 | 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 South American capital cities…lies south of the equator? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Quito |
Bogota |
Valparaiso |
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Asuncion |
Caracas |
Rio de Janeiro |
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La Paz |
Paramaribo |
Tegucigalpa |
2. |
Of the 24 official EU languages…which belong to the Slavic family? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Slovak |
Hungarian |
Albanian |
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Slovenian |
Estonian |
Russian |
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Bulgarian |
Lithuanian |
Sorbian |
3. |
Which of these London Underground stations…lies on the Central line? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Hanger Lane |
Park Royal |
North Kensington |
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Shepherd’s Bush |
Bayswater |
Leyton East |
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Holborn |
Goodge Street |
Lombard Street |
4. |
Which of these Booker prize winners…is Australian? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Peter Carey |
Keri Hulme |
Peter Ackroyd |
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D B C Pierre |
John Banville |
William Trevor |
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Richard Flanagan |
Eleanor Catton |
Andrea Levy |
5. |
Which of these current Football League grounds…is south of the Thames? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Selhurst Park |
Craven Cottage |
Plough Lane |
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The Valley |
Griffin Park |
White City |
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The Den |
Vicarage Road |
Upton Park |
6. |
Which of these James Bond films…starred Pierce Brosnan? |
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Right |
Wrong |
Impossible |
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The World Is Not Enough |
A View To A Kill |
For Your Ears Only |
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Die Another Day |
Octopussy |
The Perfect Spy |
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Goldeneye |
The Living Daylights |
Man of Mystery |
7. |
Which of these national flags (a to i)…represents an Asian country |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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d - Sri Lanka
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a – Macedonia
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b – Catalonia
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e – Laos
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c – Guyana
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f - Orkney Isles
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h – Mongolia
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I – Gabon
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g – Texas
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8. |
Which of these Take That singles… reached number one in the UK charts? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Greatest Day |
Rule The World |
Forever Love |
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Patience |
The Flood |
Sing |
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Babe |
Could It Be Magic? |
Rock DJ |
9. |
In which of these David Lean-directed films…did Alec Guinness appear? |
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Right |
Wrong |
Impossible |
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Great Expectations |
Ryan’s Daughter |
David Copperfield |
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Doctor Zhivago |
Summertime |
The Third Man |
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Lawrence of Arabia |
In Which We Serve |
A Room With A View |
10. |
Which of these US Presidents…was President in a year ending ‘00’? |
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Wrong |
Impossible |
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Bill Clinton |
Thomas Jefferson |
Benjamin Franklin |
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William McKinley |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Jefferson Davis |
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John Adams |
George W Bush |
John Foster Dulles |
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