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Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
31/10/2011	Vive La France!	Each answer contains the name of a town, city, department or region of France.	Format index


Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. Each answer contains the name of a town, city, department or region of France.
1.	Metropolitan phrase	2.	South Africa	3.	Beatles songs	4.	Railway travel	5.	Transport
6.	1960s films	7.	Humorous novels	8.	1970s TV ads	9.	Radio 4	10.	Air travel
11.	Ophthalmology	12.	Scottish islands	13.	1960s pop music	14.	TV drama	15.	Lake District


1.	Metropolitan phrase
In Paris it’s “Attention à la marche”, in Berlin it’s “Bitte beachten Sie beim Aussteigen die Lücke zwischen Zug und Bahnsteigkante” but what is it London?
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2.	South Africa
In which province is the city of Bloemfontein?
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3.	Beatles songs
By what name did everyone know the girl in the next room with Dan? (click to play)
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4.	Railway travel
In 1841, Leicester Campbell Street Station to Loughborough Station was the first of what?
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Transport

What is the usual name for this vehicle?

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6.	1960s films
Who played the role of Lolita in Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 film of Nabokov’s book of the same name?
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7.	Humorous novels
What was the name of the dog in Jerome K Jerome’s book Three Men in a Boat?
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8.	1970s TV ads
Which TV celebrity in reply to “Were you truly wafted here from paradise?” used to reply “Nah, Luton Airport!”?
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9.	Radio 4
What is the name of the Radio 4 programme, hosted by Sue MacGregor, in which people who played a part in a moment of modern history are brought together again some years later?
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10.	Air travel
What is the name of the Polish national airline?
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11.	Ophthalmology
In 1887 what was first constructed and fitted by German ophthalmologist Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick?
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Scottish islands

Where George Orwell wrote 1984, which Scottish island is this?

13.	1960s pop music
Todmorden-born keyboard player Keith Emerson played with which English progressive rock band before joining Emerson, Lake and Palmer? (click to play)
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14.	TV drama
What brought actors Celia Imrie, Terence Alexander and Louise Jameson amongst others to Saint Helier in the 1980s?
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15.	Lake District
What is the name of the small enclosed stretch of water above Great Langdale which is overlooked by the Langdale Pikes and Pavey Ark?
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