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29/10/2012

European cities

Each answer contains the name of a well-known European city.

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Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number.  Each answer contains the name of a well-known European city.

1.

American songbook

2.

Manchester

3.

MPs

4.

Musicals

5.

Football

6.

TV soaps

7.

Fraud

8.

TV

9.

Hollywood stars

10.

1960s films

11.

1990s films

12.

Art

13.

Margaret Thatcher

14.

French singers

15.

Children's books
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 American songbook

Who wrote this song being performed here by Diana Krall?  (click to play)

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Manchester

Who’s this taking a break in Sackville Park, Manchester?

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MPs

 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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Musicals

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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5.

Football

Brazil won the 1962 Football World Cup Final 3-1. Who did they defeat in the final?

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TV Soaps

Which actress currently plays the part of Denise Fox in EastEnders and previously played DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill?

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Fraud

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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8.

TV

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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Hollywood stars

Who is this American film star, now (i.e. in 2012) 91 years old?

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1960s films

What 1967 film starred Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J Pollard and Gene Hackman?

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1990s films

Which company features in the 1999 Ewan McGregor film Rogue Trader?

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12.

Art

Who painted this?

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Margaret Thatcher

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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French singers

Which popular French singer of the 1930s,1940s & 1950s can you hear?  (click to play)
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15.

Children’s books

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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