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Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
29/04/2013	UK Olympic Gold	Each answer contains the surname of a UK 2012 Olympics Gold medallist.	Format index


Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. Each answer contains the surname of a UK 2012 Olympics Gold medallist.
1.	Test cricket	2.	Folk music	3.	University of Manchester	4.	Irish towns	5.	US singers
6.	Coal mining	7.	US Presidents	8.	English art	9.	Local government areas	10.	UK pop bands
11.	Oscar winners	12.	1980s British films	13.	Australia	14.	British actors	15.	Wrestlers


1.	Test Cricket
In the 5th Ashes Test in 2009 who became the 18th English player to make a century on his Test debut?
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Folk music

Name this Irish American folk group from the 1960s

3.	University of Manchester
In 2006 the Coupland building at the University of Manchester was renamed in honour of which Nobel laureate and former Manchester University scientist?
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4.	Irish towns
Which Irish town is the county town of County Clare, is situated 12 miles from Shannon airport and lies on the River Fergus?
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5.	US singers
Who can you hear singing this? (click to play)
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6.	Coal mining
Which Greater Manchester coal mine had the deepest shafts in Great Britain at the start of the 20th century?
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7.	US Presidents
Nominally, what links the 2nd and the 6th US Presidents?
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English art

Which English artist painted this self portrait?

9.	Local government areas
Cumbria is divided into 6 Boroughs: Barrow, Carlisle, South Lakeland, Allerdale, Eden and which other?
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10.	UK pop bands
Which band is singing this hit? (click to play)
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11.	Oscar winners
Who is the only French actor to have won a ‘Best Actor’ Oscar?
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12.	1980s British films
Which 1981 film set in Cumbernauld was featured in the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony?
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13.	Australia
What forms the bulk of the State border between Victoria and New South Wales?
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14.	British actors
Who played the title roles in the TV biopic Hancock and Joan and the TV adaptation of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus novels?
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15.	Wrestlers
Which wrestler (known as ‘Leon Arras the man from Paris’) was at the same time a school teacher in Barnsley until his first big acting role came along in a notable Ken Loach film?
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