WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Wordle Rounds - Famous texts - Questions & Answers |
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28/03/2011 | Famous texts | Decode the Wordles of the well-known texts and answer the 2 questions against each Wordle. | |
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a) Who speaks this? b) What are the first 6 words of the speech? |
a) Who wrote and spoke this? b) On the steps of which building were the words spoken? |
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a) Hamlet b) “To be or not to be” |
a) Martin Luther King b) Lincoln Memorial in Washington |
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a) What is this? b) Whose signature was the largest? |
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a) What is the title of this poem? b) Who wrote it? |
a) American Declaration of Independence b) John Hancock |
a) Composed on Westminster Bridge (September 3rd 1802) b) William Wordsworth |
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a) Who wrote and delivered this speech? b) Where was it delivered? |
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a) From which work is this taken? b) In which English county was this text supposedly spoken? |
a) Winston Churchill b) House of Commons (June 4th 1940) |
a) Fawlty Towers (Communication Problems episode) b) Devon (Torquay) |
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a) Who delivered this speech? b) Who played the part in the film? |
a) From which work does this speech come? b) What is the title of the speaker at the time of the speech? |
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a) King George VI (to a worldwide radio audience) b) Colin Firth (in The King’s Speech) |
a) King Richard III (by Shakespeare – “Now is the winter…”) b) Duke of Gloucester |
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a) What is the name of this poem? b) Who now lives in the building referred to? |
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a) What is the name of this work? b) Which group reached No. 2 in the charts with it in 1977? |
a) The Old Vicarage, Grantchester b) Mary & Jeffrey Archer |
a) God Save the Queen b) Sex Pistols |