|
1. |
|
Lancashire County Cricket Captains since 1965
(as at Jan
2016) |
|
From |
Captain |
From |
Captain |
|
1965 |
Brian Statham |
1994 |
Mike Watkinson |
|
1968 |
Jack Bond |
1998 |
Wasim Akram |
|
1973 |
David Lloyd |
1999 |
John Crawley |
|
1978 |
Frank Hayes |
2002 |
Warren Hegg |
|
1981 |
Clive Lloyd |
2005 |
Mark Chilton |
|
1984 |
John Abrahams |
2008 |
Stuart Law |
|
1986 |
Clive Lloyd |
2009 |
Glen Chapple |
|
1987 |
David Hughes |
2015 |
Tom Smith |
|
1992 |
Neil Fairbrother |
2016 |
Steven Croft |
|
2. |
|
Top selling original
albums in UK in 1970s
(excluding ‘Greatest
Hits’, ‘Singles Collections’ etc.) |
|
|
Album name |
Artist(s) |
|
1 |
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
Simon and Garfunkel |
|
2 |
Tubular Bells |
Mike Oldfield |
|
3 |
Saturday Night Fever |
Original Soundtrack |
|
4 |
Arrival |
Abba |
|
5 |
The Dark Side of the Moon |
Pink Floyd |
|
6 |
Grease |
Original Soundtrack |
|
7 |
Band on the Run |
Paul McCartney and Wings |
|
8 |
Rumours |
Fleetwood Mac |
|
9 |
Parallel Lines |
Blondie |
|
10 |
Atlantic Crossing |
Rod Stewart |
|
|
3. |
|
Groups or solo artists who
sang on the 1984 single
Do They Know It’s
Christmas? |
|
Group/Solo
artist |
Group/Solo artist |
|
Bananarama |
Spandau Ballet |
|
The Boomtown Rats |
Status Quo |
|
Culture Club |
The Style Council |
|
Duran Duran |
Ultravox |
|
Genesis |
U2 |
|
Heaven 17 |
Jody
Watley |
|
Kool and
the Gang |
Wham |
|
Marilyn |
Paul Young |
|
The Police |
|
|
4. |
|
Federal States of Germany
by population size
(as at Jan 2016) |
|
Pop. |
State
name |
Pop. |
State
name |
|
17.8m |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
2.8m |
Schleswig-Holstein |
|
12.5m |
Bavaria |
2.5m |
Brandenberg |
|
10.8m |
Baden-Würtemberg |
2.3m |
Saxony-Anhalt |
|
7.9m |
Lower Saxony |
2.2m |
Thuringia |
|
6.1m |
Hesse |
1.8m |
Hamburg |
|
4.1m |
Saxony |
1.6m |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
|
4.0m |
Rhineland-Palatinate |
1.0m |
Saarland |
|
3.5m |
Berlin |
0.7m |
Bremen |
|
|
5. |
|
Characters from
Twelfth Night |
|
Character |
Character |
|
Viola |
Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
|
Sebastian |
Feste |
|
Duke Orsino |
Fabian |
|
Olivia |
Antonio |
|
Malvolio |
Valentine |
|
Maria |
Curio |
|
Sir Toby Belch |
|
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6. |
|
Roads off Wilmslow Road
driving from Fog Lane to the traffic lights in
Withington Village, Manchester |
|
To the
left.... |
To the
right.... |
|
Ballbrook Avenue |
Westholme Road |
|
Redcourt Avenue |
Old Broadway |
|
Mayville Drive |
Ferndene Road |
|
The Circuit |
Rathen Road |
|
Oak Road |
Kinnaird
Road |
|
Tatton
Grove |
Cotton Lane |
|
Marriott Street |
Arnfield Road |
|
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7. |
|
General Secretaries of the
TUC since office began (as at Jan 2016) |
|
From |
Name |
From |
Name |
|
1921 |
C
W Bowerman |
1973 |
Len Murray |
|
1923 |
Fred Bramley |
1984 |
Norman Willis |
|
1925 |
Sir Walter Citrine |
1993 |
John Monks |
|
1946 |
Sir Vincent Tewson |
2003 |
Brendan Barber |
|
1960 |
George Woodcock |
2013 |
Frances O’Grady |
|
1969 |
Vic Feather |
|
|
|
8. |
|
First 20 Agatha Christie
novels
(omitting the word ‘The’) |
|
Year |
Title |
Year |
Title |
|
1920 |
Mysterious Affair at Styles |
1930 |
Giant’s Bread |
|
1922 |
Secret Adversary |
1931 |
Floating Admiral |
|
1923 |
Murder on the Links |
1931 |
Sittaford Mystery |
|
1924 |
Man in the Brown Suit |
1932 |
Peril at End House |
|
1925 |
Secret of Chimneys |
1933 |
Lord Edgware Dies |
|
1926 |
Murder of
Roger Ackroyd |
1934 |
Why Didn't
They Ask Evans? |
|
1927 |
Big Four |
1934 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
|
1928 |
Mystery of the Blue Train |
1934 |
Unfinished Portrait |
|
1929 |
Seven
Dials Mystery |
1935 |
Three Act Tragedy |
|
1930 |
Murder at the Vicarage |
1935 |
Death in the Clouds |
|
|
9. |
|
Winners of the UK ‘Beard
of the Year’ award since 2000 |
|
Year |
Winner |
Year |
Winner |
|
2000 |
Frank Dobson |
2007 |
Robert Plant |
|
2001 |
Jeremy Corbyn |
2008 |
Rowan Williams |
|
2002 |
Charles Clarke |
2009 |
Zach de la Rocha |
|
2003 |
(not
awarded) |
2010 |
Gerry Adams |
|
2004 |
Andrew Flintoff & Paul Mackney |
2011 |
Jay Rayner |
|
2005 |
Andrew Flintoff |
2012 |
Robin Lustig |
|
2006 |
Monty
Panesar |
2013 |
Gareth Malone |
|
10. |
|
Time Magazine Person the
Year
1970 to 1989 |
|
Year |
Person of
the Year |
Year |
Person of
the Year |
|
1970 |
Willy Brandt |
1980 |
Ronald Reagan |
|
1971 |
Richard Nixon |
1981 |
Lech Walesa |
|
1972 |
Nixon & Henry Kissinger |
1982 |
The Computer |
|
1973 |
John Sirica |
1983 |
Reagan &
Yuri
Andropov |
|
1974 |
King Faisal |
1984 |
Peter Ueberroth |
|
1975 |
American women |
1985 |
Deng Xiaoping |
|
1976 |
Jimmy Carter |
1986 |
Corazon
Aquino |
|
1977 |
Anwar Sadat |
1987 |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
|
1978 |
Deng Xiaoping |
1988 |
The Endangered Earth |
|
1979 |
Ayatollah Khomeini |
1989 |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
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