|
1. |
|
Post WW2 England football
captains 5+ times
(at Dec 2015) |
|
Times |
England
Captain |
Times |
England
Captain |
|
90 |
Billy Wright |
15 |
Tony Adams |
|
90 |
Bobby Moore |
10 |
Ray Wilkins |
|
65 |
Bryan Robson |
10 |
Stuart Pearce |
|
59 |
David Beckham |
10 |
Wayne Rooney |
|
40 |
Steven Gerrard |
9 |
Michael Owen |
|
34 |
Alan Shearer |
8 |
Gerry Francis |
|
34 |
John Terry |
8 |
Mick Mills |
|
31 |
Kevin Keegan |
7 |
Terry Butcher |
|
23 |
Emlyn Hughes |
7 |
Paul Ince |
|
22 |
Johnny
Haynes |
7 |
Rio Ferdinand |
|
19 |
David Platt |
6 |
Alan Ball |
|
18 |
Gary Lineker |
6 |
Phil Thompson |
|
15 |
Jimmy Armfield |
5 |
Ronnie
Clayton |
|
15 |
Peter Shilton |
|
|
|
2. |
|
Fawlty Towers
Episode titles
|
|
Series 1 |
Series 2 |
|
A Touch of Class |
Communication Problems |
|
The
Builders |
The Psychiatrist |
|
The Wedding Party |
Waldorf Salad |
|
The Hotel Inspectors |
The Kipper and the
Corpse |
|
Gourmet Night |
The Anniversary |
|
The Germans |
Basil the Rat |
|
|
3. |
|
UK Secretary of State for
Defence since 1964
(as at Dec 2015) |
|
From |
Defence
Minister |
From |
Defence
Minister |
|
1964 |
Peter Thorneycroft |
1992 |
Malcolm Rifkind |
|
1964 |
Denis Healey |
1995 |
Michael Portillo |
|
1970 |
Lord Carrington |
1997 |
George Robertson |
|
1974 |
Ian Gilmour |
1999 |
Geoff Hoon |
|
1974 |
Roy Mason |
2005 |
John Reid |
|
1976 |
Fred Mulley |
2006 |
Des Browne |
|
1979 |
Francis Pym |
2008 |
John
Hutton |
|
1981 |
John Nott |
2009 |
Bob Ainsworth |
|
1983 |
Michael
Heseltine |
2010 |
Liam Fox |
|
1986 |
George Younger |
2011 |
Philip Hammond |
|
1989 |
Tom King |
2014 |
Michael Fallon |
|
4. |
|
Regions of mainland France
by population size
(at Dec 2015) |
|
Pop. |
Region
name |
Pop. |
Region
name |
|
11m |
Île-de-France |
1.9m |
Picardy |
|
6.2m |
Rhône-Alpes |
1.8m |
Alsace |
|
4.9m |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur |
1.8m |
Upper Normandy |
|
4.0m |
Nord-Pas
de Calais |
1.8m |
Poitou-Charentes |
|
3.6m |
Pays de la Loire |
1.6m |
Burgundy |
|
3.3m |
Aquitaine |
1.5m |
Lower Normandy |
|
3.2m |
Brittany |
1.3m |
Auvergne |
|
2.9m |
Midi-Pyrénées |
1.3m |
Champagne-Ardenne |
|
2.6m |
Languedoc-Roussillon |
1.2m |
Franche-Comté |
|
2.5m |
Centre |
0.7m |
Limousin |
|
2.4m |
Lorraine |
|
|
|
|
5. |
|
Tracks from Adele’s latest
album
25
|
|
|
Track
title |
|
1 |
Hello |
|
2 |
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) |
|
3 |
I Miss You |
|
4 |
When We Were
Young |
|
5 |
Remedy |
|
6 |
Water Under the Bridge |
|
7 |
River Lea |
|
8 |
Love in the Dark |
|
9 |
Million Years Ago |
|
10 |
All
I Ask |
|
11 |
Sweetest Devotion |
|
6. |
|
Radio 4
Today Programme
presenters
(at Dec 2015) |
|
From |
Presenter |
From |
Presenter |
|
1958 |
Jack de Manio |
1984 |
Sue MacGregor |
|
1964 |
Robert Hudson |
1987 |
John Humphrys |
|
1964 |
John Timpson |
1989 |
Anna Ford |
|
1971 |
Robert Robinson |
1994 |
James Naughtie |
|
1974 |
Barry Norman |
1999 |
Ed Stourton |
|
1974 |
Des Lynam |
2002 |
Carolyn
Quinn |
|
1975 |
Brian Redhead |
2004 |
Sarah Montague |
|
1976 |
Gillian Reynolds |
2007 |
Evan Davis |
|
1976 |
Nigel Rees |
2009 |
Justin Webb |
|
1978 |
Libby
Purves |
2013 |
Mishal Husain |
|
1983 |
Peter Hobday |
2015 |
Nick
Robinson |
|
1985 |
Jenni Murray |
|
|
|
|
7. |
|
Mercury prize winners
since 2006
(up to 2015) |
|
Year |
Performer(s) |
Album
title |
|
2006 |
Arctic Monkeys |
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not |
|
2007 |
Klaxons |
Myths of the Near Future |
|
2008 |
Elbow |
The Seldom Seen Kid |
|
2009 |
Speech Debelle |
Speech Therapy |
|
2010 |
The xx |
xx |
|
2011 |
P
J Harvey |
Let
England Shake |
|
2012 |
Alt-J |
An Awesome Wave |
|
2013 |
James Blake |
Overgrown |
|
2014 |
Young Fathers |
Dead |
|
2015 |
Benjamin Clementine |
At Least for Now |
|
8. |
|
Roman Emperors
from 27BC to 192AD |
|
Start |
Emperor |
Start |
Emperor |
|
27BC |
Augustus |
79 |
Titus |
|
14AD |
Tiberius |
81 |
Domitian |
|
37 |
Caligula |
96 |
Nerva |
|
41 |
Claudius |
98 |
Trajan |
|
54 |
Nero |
117 |
Hadrian |
|
68 |
Galba |
138 |
Antoninus Pius |
|
69 |
Otho |
161 |
Marcus
Aurelius |
|
69 |
Vitellius |
161 |
Lucius Verus |
|
69 |
Vespasian |
177 |
Commodus |
|
|
9. |
|
United Artists full length
feature film
directed by Charlie
Chaplin |
|
Year |
Film title |
|
1923 |
A Woman of Paris |
|
1925 |
The Gold Rush |
|
1928 |
The Circus |
|
1931 |
City Lights |
|
1936 |
Modern
Times |
|
1940 |
The Great Dictator |
|
1947 |
Monsieur
Verdoux |
|
1952 |
Limelight |
|
10. |
|
London West End
Theatres with seating capacity of 1,000 or greater
(omitting last words of ‘Theatre’) |
|
Cap. |
Theatre name |
Cap. |
Theatre name |
|
2384 |
Apollo Victoria |
1283 |
Cambridge |
|
2286 |
London Palladium |
1200 |
Piccadilly |
|
2196 |
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
1176 |
Aldwych |
|
2100 |
Lyceum |
1161 |
Her Majesty’s |
|
2001 |
Dominion |
1160 |
Prince
of Wales |
|
1618 |
Prince Edward |
1158 |
Savoy |
|
1517 |
Victoria Palace |
1143 |
Novello |
|
1436 |
Adelphi |
1108 |
New London |
|
1400 |
Palace |
1099 |
Queen’s |
|
1400 |
Shaftesbury |
1000 |
Phoenix |
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