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26/11/2018 Listomania 10 Lists each with 3 items reduced to initials.  Identify these 3 items in each List.

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1.

2005: England v Australia at Edgbaston

England

Australia

Marcus Trescothick

Justin Langer

Andrew Strauss

Matthew Hayden

Michael Vaughan

Ricky Ponting

Ian Bell

Damien Martyn

Kevin Pietersen

Michael Clarke

Andrew Flintoff

SK

GJ

Adam Gilchrist

Ashley Giles

Shane Warne

MH

Brett Lee

Steve Harmison

Jason Gillespie

Simon Jones

Michael Kasprowicz

2.

List of Blackadder episode titles

Blackadder the Third

Blackadder Goes Forth

Dish and Dishonesty

Captain Cook

Ink and Incapability

CP

NaN

Major Star

Sense and Senility

Private Plane

Amy and Amiability

General Hospital

Dual and Duality

G

 

3.

Oscar winners 1980-89

 

Film

Director

1980

Ordinary People

Robert Redford

1981

Chariots of Fire

HH

1982

Gandhi

Richard Attenborough

1983

TOE

James Brooks

1984

Amadeus

Miloš Forman

1985

Out of Africa

Sydney Pollack

1986

Platoon

Oliver Stone

1987

The Last Emperor

BB

1988

Rain Man

Barry Levinson

1989

Driving Miss Daisy

Bruce Beresford

4.

Government Chief Whips 1997-2018

From

Gov. Chief Whip

Party

May ‘97

Nick Brown

Lab

Jul ‘98

Ann Taylor

Lab

Jun ‘01

Hilary Armstrong

Lab

May ‘06

JS

Lab

Jun’07

Geoff Hoon

Lab

Oct ‘08

Nick Brown

Lab

May ‘10

Patrick McLoughlin

Con

Sep ‘10

AM

Con

Oct ‘12

Sir George Young

Con

Jul ‘14

Michael Gove

Con

May ‘15

MH

Con

5.

UK Number One hits from January 1st 2000

From

Artist

Song title

19/12/99

Westlife

I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun

16/01/00

Manic Street Preachers

The Masses Against The Classes

23/01/00

Britney Spears

Born To Make You Happy

30/01/00

Gabrielle

R

13/02/00

Oasis

Go Let It Out

20/02/00

All Saints

Pure Shores

05/03/00

Madonna

American Pie

12/03/00

CfBA

Don't Give Up

19/03/00

Geri Halliwell

BIU

26/03/00

Melanie C & Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes

Never Be The Same Again

6.

Major characters from Dickens' Bleak House

Character

Character

Esther Summerson

WG

Honoria, Lady Dedlock

Inspector Bucket

JJ

Mr George

Richard Carstone

Caddy Jellyby

Ada Clare

K

Harold Skimpole

Jo

Lawrence Boythorn

Allan Woodcourt

Sir Leicester Dedlock

Grandfather Smallweed

Mr Tulkinghorn

Mr Vholes

Mr Snagsby

Conversation Kenge

Miss Flite

 

 

7.

UK’s most downloaded iPhone apps in Sept 2018

 

Logo

App name

1

WhatsApp Messenger

2

HG

3

Paper.io 2

4

GF

5

Messenger

6

Wind Rider

7

Facebook

8

Tornado.io!

9

HS

10

Merge Plane

8.

Regions of Metropolitan France & their capitals

Region

Capital(s)

Grand Est

S

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Bourdeaux

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Lyon

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Besançon & Dijon

Brittany

Rennes

Centre-Val de Loire

Orléans

Île-de-France

Paris

Occitanie

T

Hauts-de-France

Lille

Normandy

Caen & Rouen

PdlL

Nantes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Marseille

Corsica

Ajaccio

 

9.

Founders of English Football’s Division 2 in 1892

Team name in 1892

Team name in 1892

A

Lincoln City

Bootle

Northwich Victoria

Burton Swifts

Port Vale

Crewe Alexandra

Sheffield United

D

SH

Grimsby Town

Walsall

10.

1990 to 1999 Glastonbury headlines acts

Year

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

1990

TC

Happy Mondays

Sinéad O'Connor

1991

No Festival held

1992

Carter USM

Shakespears Sister

Youssou N'Dour

1993

The Black Crowes

CM

Lenny Kravitz

1994

Levellers

Elvis Costello

Peter Gabriel

1995

Oasis

Pulp

The Cure

1996

No Festival held

1997

Radiohead

The Prodigy 

Ash

1998

Primal Scream

Blur

Pulp

1999

R.E.M.

Manic Street Preachers

SA