WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 26/11/12 - Questions |
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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. |
Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. 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 |
Film music |
Famous paintings |
Children in Need |
British Overseas Territories |
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American inventions |
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Connected names |
Book titles |
Executive transport |
Australian animals |
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Baseball |
Anniversaries |
Modern buildings |
1970s TV |
1970s music |
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Marching music |
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Theme music |
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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Famous paintings |
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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Children in Need |
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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British Overseas Territory |
Road Town on the island of Tortola is the capital of which British Overseas Territory? |
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American inventions |
What was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts, an American, in 1938 and is literally worth 14? |
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Connected names |
What connects the names: Keppel, Edwards, Brydges, Gibson and Wilcox? |
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Book titles |
What is the name of the 1976 book on evolution written by this man?
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Executive transport |
What followed the Granada in 1994 – targeted at the executive transport market? |
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Australian animals |
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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Baseball |
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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Anniversaries |
Which 60th anniversary was celebrated on September 15th 2000? |
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1970s TV |
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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1970s music |
Which group can you hear singing this 1970s hit? (click to play) |
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