|
1. |
|
Olivier
award for Best Actress
2006 to 2015 |
|
Year |
Actress |
Play |
|
2006 |
Eve Best |
Hedda Gabler |
|
2007 |
Tamsin Greig |
Much Ado About Nothing |
|
2008 |
Kristin Scott Thomas |
The Seagull |
|
2009 |
Margaret Tyzack |
The Chalk Garden |
|
2010 |
Rachel Weisz |
A
Streetcar Named Desire |
|
2011 |
Nancy Carroll |
After the Dance |
|
2012 |
Ruth Wilson |
Anna Christie |
|
2013 |
Helen Mirren |
The Audience |
|
2014 |
Lesley Manville |
Ghosts |
|
2015 |
Penelope Wilton |
Taken at Midnight |
|
2. |
|
UK Top
10 on the day that Princess Diana died
(31/07/1997) |
|
|
Song |
Artist |
|
1 |
Men in Black |
Will Smith |
|
2 |
Tubthumping |
Chumbawamba |
|
3 |
Honey |
Mariah Carey |
|
4 |
I
Know Where It’s At |
All
Saints |
|
5 |
Traveller’s Tune |
Oceans Colour Scene |
|
6 |
I’ll Be Missing You |
Puff Daddy &
Faith Evans ft 112 |
|
7 |
Free |
DJ Quicksilver |
|
8 |
Karma Police |
Radiohead |
|
9 |
Freed From Desire |
Gala |
|
10 |
When Doves Cry |
Ginuwine |
|
|
3. |
|
Government
Chief Whips
since 1974 |
|
From |
Chief Whip |
From |
Chief Whip |
|
1974 |
Bob Mellish |
2001 |
Hilary Armstrong |
|
1976 |
Michael Cocks |
2006 |
Jacqui Smith |
|
1979 |
Michael Jopling |
2007 |
Geoff Hoon |
|
1983 |
John Wakeham |
2008 |
Nick Brown |
|
1986 |
David Waddington |
2010 |
Patrick McLoughlin |
|
1989 |
Tim Renton |
2012 |
Andrew
Mitchell |
|
1990 |
Richard
Ryder |
2012 |
Sir
George Young |
|
1995 |
Alastair Goodlad |
2015 |
Michael Gove |
|
1997 |
Nick Brown |
2015 |
Mark Harper |
|
1998 |
Ann Taylor |
|
|
4. |
|
Top 20
Channel 4 sitcoms of all time as voted for by
C4
audience |
|
|
Sitcom
title |
|
Sitcom
title |
|
1 |
Father Ted |
11 |
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace |
|
2 |
The IT Crowd |
12 |
Trigger Happy TV |
|
3 |
Peep
Show |
13 |
Fonejacker |
|
4 |
Black Books |
14 |
Vic Reeves
Big Night Out |
|
5 |
Inbetweeners |
15 |
Absolutely |
|
6 |
Spaced |
16 |
Drop the Dead Donkey |
|
7 |
Green
Wing |
17 |
The Comic Strip
Presents…. |
|
8 |
Brass Eye |
18 |
The
Adam and Joe Show |
|
9 |
Phoenix
Nights |
19 |
Bo'
Selecta! |
|
10 |
Da Ali G Show |
20 |
Smack the Pony |
|
|
5. |
|
Tracks
on Beatles’
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP |
|
Side 1 |
Side 2 |
|
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Within You Without You |
|
With a Little Help From My Friends |
When I’m Sixty-Four |
|
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds |
Lovely Rita |
|
Getting Better |
Good Morning Good Morning |
|
Fixing a Hole |
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band (Reprise) |
|
She’s Leaving Home |
A Day in the Life |
|
For the Benefit
of Mr Kite |
|
|
6. |
|
Manchester Councillors for Didsbury
(as at Feb
2016) |
|
Didsbury
East |
Didsbury
West |
|
David Ellison |
Bridie Adams |
|
Carl Ollerhead |
Andrew Simcock |
|
Josie Teubler |
James Wilson |
|
|
7. |
|
Italy’s
Regions by population size |
|
Pop.(m) |
Region
name |
Pop. (m) |
Region
name |
|
10.00 |
Lombardy |
1.66 |
Sardinia |
|
5.89 |
Lazio |
1.58 |
Liguria |
|
5.87 |
Campania |
1.55 |
Marche |
|
5.09 |
Sicily |
1.33 |
Abruzzo |
|
4.93 |
Veneto |
1.28 |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
|
4.45 |
Emilia-Romagna |
1.06 |
Trentino-South Tyrol |
|
4.43 |
Piedmont |
0.90 |
Umbria |
|
4.08 |
Apulia |
0.58 |
Basilicata |
|
3.75 |
Tuscany |
0.31 |
Molise |
|
1.98 |
Calabria |
0.13 |
Aosta Valley |
|
8. |
|
Most appearances as England Goalkeeper
(as Feb 2016) |
|
App. |
Goalkeeper |
App. |
Goalkeeper |
|
125 |
Peter Shilton |
24 |
Bert
Williams |
|
75 |
David Seaman |
23 |
Gil Merrick |
|
73 |
Gordon Banks |
23 |
Nigel Martyn |
|
61 |
Ray Clemence |
21 |
Samuel Hardy |
|
57 |
Joe Hart |
19 |
Vic Woodley |
|
53 |
David James |
19 |
Frank Swift |
|
43 |
Chris
Woods |
14 |
Ed
Hopkinson |
|
41 |
Paul Robinson |
12 |
Rob Green |
|
33 |
Ron
Springett |
11 |
Tim
Flowers |
|
25 |
Henry Hibbs |
11 |
John Robinson |
|
|
9. |
|
Characters from Shakespeare’s
The
Merchant of Venice |
|
Character |
Description |
Character |
Description |
|
Antonio |
Merchant |
Jessica |
Shylock
daughter |
|
Bassanio |
Friend of Antonio |
Tubal |
Shylock
friend |
|
Gratiano |
Friend of Antonio |
Lancelot Gobbo |
Shylock ex-servant |
|
Lorenzo |
Friend of Antonio |
Old Gobbo |
L Gobbo’s father |
|
Portia |
Rich heiress |
Leonardo |
Bassiano’s
slave |
|
Nerissa |
Portia’s maid |
Duke of Venice |
Presiding judge |
|
Balthazar |
Portia’s servant |
Prince of Morocco |
Portia’s suitor |
|
Stephano |
Balthazar’s law clerk |
Prince of Arragon |
Portia’s suitor |
|
Shylock |
Moneylender |
|
|
|
10. |
|
Films
in which Michael Caine appeared
2006-2015 |
|
Year |
Film |
Year |
Film |
|
2006 |
Children of Men |
2012 |
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island |
|
2006 |
The
Prestige |
2012 |
The Dark Knight Rises |
|
2007 |
Flawless |
2013 |
Now You See Me |
|
2007 |
Sleuth |
2013 |
Mr
Morgan’s Last Love |
|
2008 |
The Dark Knight |
2014 |
Stoneyhearst Asylum |
|
2008 |
Is Anybody There? |
2014 |
Interstellar |
|
2009 |
Harry Brown |
2015 |
Kingsman: The Secret
Service |
|
2010 |
Inception |
2015 |
Youth |
|
2011 |
Gnomeo and Juliet |
2015 |
The Last Witch Hunter |
|
2011 |
Cars 2 |
|
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