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Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
25/02/2013	At the Races	Each answer contains an adjective for a nation (e.g. ‘English’ or ‘Chinese’).	Format index


Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. Each answer contains an adjective for a nation (e.g. ‘English’ or ‘Chinese’).
1.	Lyrics	2.	TV comedy	3.	Brahms	4.	US cities	5.	Foodstuffs
6.	Markings	7.	Films	8.	Music Hall	9.	World War 1	10.	English composers
11.	Botany	12.	Dogs	13.	Traditional music	14.	London Underground	15.	Trees


1.	Lyrics
Which song contains the lyric: “We share the same biology, regardless of ideology”?
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2.	TV comedy
Who played Mr Harman in the TV comedy Are You Being Served?
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3.	Brahms
What’s the name of this piece of music by Brahms? (click to play)
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4.	US cities
Which US city has a football team called the Colts and a basketball team named the Pacers?
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5.	Foodstuffs
What is the more common name for lokum, a foodstuff often flavoured with rosewater, mastic, Bergamot orange or lemon?
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Markings

In what activity would you use an area marked as in this diagram?

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7.	Films
Based on a Dashiell Hammett novel which 1941 film noir starred amongst others Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet?
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Music Hall

What phrase completes this music hall song:

“We've been together now for forty years, / An' it don't seem a day too much, / There ain't a lady livin' in the land / As I’d swop for …..”?

9.	World War 1
What was the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary force for the first 2 years of World War I?
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10.	English composers
Which 20th century English composer wrote the operas Merrie England and Tom Jones?
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Botany

What is this plant used as herb, spice, and, in many parts of the world, especially India, as a vegetable?

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12.	Dogs
Which breed of curly-haired dog got its name from helping trawlermen in the Atlantic herd their fish into nets?
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13.	Traditional music
What is the name of this traditional melody being played by Keith Jarrett? (click to play)
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14.	London Underground
What’s the name of the tube station that lies between Finchley Road and St John’s Wood on the Jubilee Line?
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