WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Wordle Rounds - Famous texts (2) - Questions |
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25/04/2011 | Famous texts (2) |
Decode the Wordles of the well-known texts and answer the 2 questions against each Wordle. (Beware the text at Q2 might only be well-known to the teams that first tackled this round back in 2011!) |
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a) What is this religious text? b) Where was the original version of this text first adopted? |
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a) What does this text describe? b) In what year might this text have first been relevant? |
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a) Of which work of literature is this the first page? b) What is the first name of the leading male character? |
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a) What was the real surname of the person who wrote this? b) For which ‘collection’ was it written? |
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a) In which stage show did this first appear? b) What was the name of the ‘less advantaged’ character? |
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a) Who made this speech and in what year? b) Where was the speech delivered? |
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a) Who made this speech? b) Where is his family home? |
a) What are the first 2 words of this text? b) Where specifically does this text first appear? |
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a) Who made this statement in February 2002? b) The “unknowns” were the absence of evidence of what? |
a) What does this purport to explain? b) …and what did they conclude “died for nothing”? |