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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 26/11/12 - Answers |
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26/11/2012 |
Signs of the Zodiac |
Each answer contains the name (in English or in Latin) of a sign of the zodiac – each sign appears at least once. |
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Marching music |
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Lillibullero
Bull - Taurus |
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2. |
Theme music |
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With what might you associate the tune Barwick Green, a maypole dance from the suite My Native Heath, written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood? |
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It’s the theme tune to The Archers Archer - Sagittarius |
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Famous paintings |
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What’s the name of the painting by William Holman
Hunt held in the Manchester Art gallery that depicts a well known
scene from the Book of Leviticus?
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The Scapegoat Goat - Capricorn |
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4. |
Children in Need |
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In the 2007 Children in Need campaign which actress appropriately appeared in a sketch as a potential new manager for Hotel Babylon (the hotel in the BBC drama series)? |
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Prunella Scales (aka Sybil Fawlty) Scales - Libra |
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British Overseas Territory |
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Road Town on the island of Tortola is the capital of which British Overseas Territory? |
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British Virgin Islands Virgin - Virgo |
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American inventions |
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What was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts, an American, in 1938 and is literally worth 14? |
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Scrabble (the letters of which score 14 in a game of Scrabble) Crab - Cancer |
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Connected names |
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What connects the names: Keppel, Edwards, Brydges, Gibson and Wilcox? |
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They are the 5 contestants up to November 2012 who have won the £1 million top prize on the UK version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Lion - Leo |
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Book titles |
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What is the name of the 1976 book on evolution written by this man?
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The Selfish Gene (the author pictured is Richard Dawkins) Fish - Pisces |
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Executive transport |
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What followed the Granada in 1994 – targeted at the executive transport market? |
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Ford Scorpio car Scorpion - Scorpio |
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Australian animals |
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Which wild animals are currently regarded as the greatest threat to the natural habitat of central Australia resulting in plans to cull large numbers of them? |
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Dromedaries Ram - Aries |
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Baseball |
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What is the name of the baseball team based in Minneapolis that represents Minneapolis and St Paul’s in the Central Division of America’s National Baseball League? |
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Minnesota Twins Twins - Gemini |
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Anniversaries |
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Which 60th anniversary was celebrated on September 15th 2000? |
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Battle of Britain Lion - Leo |
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Modern buildings |
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What is this building?
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The British Library (on Euston Road, London) Scales - Libra |
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14. |
1970s TV |
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What was the name of the 1970s LWT arts magazine programme that was variously presented by Russell Harty, Humphrey Burton and Peter Hall? |
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Aquarius Water-bearer - Aquarius |
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1970s music |
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The Ramones (singing Baby I Love You) Ram - Aries |
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