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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 29/10/12 - Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 29/10/12 - Answers |
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29/10/2012 |
European cities |
Each answer contains the name of a well-known European city. |
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American songbook |
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Jerome Kern
(Pick Yourself Up from Swing Time) |
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Manchester |
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Who’s this taking a break in Sackville Park, Manchester?
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Alan Turing |
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MPs |
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What’s the name of the Conservative MP for Hitchin & Harpenden who served as Trade and Industry Secretary between 1990 and 1992 under Margaret Thatcher? |
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Peter Lilley |
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Musicals |
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What’s the name of the Lerner/Loewe musical about a pair of Americans who stumble across a mysterious Scottish village that only appears for one day every 100 years? |
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Brigadoon |
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Football |
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Brazil won the 1962 Football World Cup Final 3-1. Who did they defeat in the final? |
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Czechoslovakia |
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TV Soaps |
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Which actress currently plays the part of Denise Fox in EastEnders and previously played DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill? |
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Diane Parish |
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Fraud |
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Which former NASDAQ Chairman operated a Ponzi scheme believed to be the largest recorded fraud in American history? He went to jail in 2009. |
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Bernie Madoff |
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TV |
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What TV Show has been won in successive years by: Gaynor Faye, Kyran Bracken, Suzanne Shaw, Ray Quinn, Hayley Tamaddon, Sam Attwater and Matthew Wolfenden? |
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Dancing on Ice |
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Hollywood stars |
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Who is this American film star, now (i.e. in 2012) 91 years old?
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Nancy Reagan |
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1960s films |
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What 1967 film starred Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J Pollard and Gene Hackman? |
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Bonnie and Clyde |
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1990s films |
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Which company features in the 1999 Ewan McGregor film Rogue Trader? |
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Barings Bank |
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Art |
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Who painted this?
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Leonardo da Vinci (Virgin of the Rocks) |
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Margaret Thatcher |
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Before becoming a Conservative MP in 1959 Margaret Thatcher worked as a chemist on methods for preserving ice cream. Who was her employer? |
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J Lyons & Co. |
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French singers |
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Charles Trenet (singing La Mer) |
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Children’s books |
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In the Paddington Bear stories Paddington often visits his friend Mr Gruber who is an antique dealer in Notting Hill. On which road is his shop? |
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Portobello Road |
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