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25/07/2011

'Hey You!'

15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter.  Each answer includes a word that sounds like a letter in the alphabet and no letter occurs more than once.  Make your choice.

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1.

Genetics

Gregor Mendel ‘the father of modern genetics’ developed his theories from cross-breeding which plants?

Pea plants

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2.

1960s pop music

Who is singing this song?  (click to play)

Bobby Vee

(Take Good Care of My Baby)

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3.

Publishing

Which is the world’s largest circulation fashion magazine?

Elle

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4.

British geography

What connects Builth Wells, Hereford and Symond’s Yat?

River Wye

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5.

1970s pop music

To which 1975 UK number 2 hit is this the introduction?  (click to play)

Lovin’ You

(by Minnie Ripperton)

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6.

TV personalities

Who is this?

Kay Burley

(Sky News presenter)

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7.

Tourist attractions

Which well known tourist attraction has been sponsored by British Airways, Merlin Entertainments and, most recently, EDF Energy?

London Eye

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8.

Classical music

What is the name of this well known orchestral interlude from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan?  (click to play)

Flight of the Bumble Bee

(by Rimsky Korsakov)

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9.

TV comedy

Who writes and stars in the TV comedy The Lead Balloon?

Jack Dee

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10.

Post-war novels

Which bestselling 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat was made into a film starring Jack Hawkins and Donald Sinden?

The Cruel Sea

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11.

Whitehall comedy

With Jonathan Lynn who co-wrote the TV comedies Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister?

Sir Anthony Jay

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12.

Comedians

Who is this former impressionist and comedian?

Dustin Gee

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13.

Poetry

What line follows:

 “Stands the church clock at ten to three”

 in Rupert Brooks’ famous poem The Old Vicarage, Grantchester?

“And is there honey still for tea?”

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14.

Theatre

Which long-running theatrical revue takes its name from the French phrase for “What an arse you have!”?

Oh! Calcutta!

 (“O quel cul t’as”)

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15.

Film

Which film character has been portrayed by Peter Burton, Desmond Llewelyn, John Cleese, Geoffrey Bayldon and Alec McCowen?

Q

 (in the James Bond series of films)

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