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25/08/2014

Monopoly

Each answer contains (often hidden) a word that occurs in one of the squares on a Monopoly board.

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1.

British actors

Which actor played Tom in Four Weddings and a Funeral and then Hugo Horton in the TV series The Vicar of Dibley?

James Fleet
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2.

Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols got together in 1972 but for the first 3 years of their existence they used a different name. What was it?

Strand
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3.

1930s music

Killed in 1941 by a Luftwaffe bomb which dropped near his flat in London, which crooner is performing this 1930s hit song?   (click to play)

Al Bowlly

(singing Love is the Sweetest Thing)
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4.

Rugby league

Until 1998 Oldham Rugby League Club played its home games at which stadium?

The Watersheddings
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5.

1980s pop music

Which pop duo can you hear singing this song?   (click to play)

Go West

(singing We Close Our Eyes)
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6.

17th century portraits

Originally known as John Churchill, who is depicted in this Peter Lely portrait?

The Duke of Marlborough
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7.

Footballers

What is the name of the Norwegian team captain currently (i.e. in 2014) playing as a central defender for Crystal Palace in the Premiership?

Brede Hangeland
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8.

Beatles lyrics

The person being described by the Beatles’ lyrics “…made her look a little like a military man” was standing next to what?

A parking meter

(from Lovely Rita)
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9.

TV comedy actors

Who plays Alfie Wickers in the TV comedy series Bad Education?

Jack Whitehall
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10.

Diseases

‘Mad Cow Disease’ is more formally known as BSE.  What does BSE stand for?

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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11.

Cigarettes

Which brand of cigarettes were launched with the following slogan: 'A good smoke at a fair price'?

Mayfair
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12.

16th century games

In this reconstruction what 16th century game is being played?

Pall-mall
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13.

Mystery location

Over the past 10 years where would you have seen the following:

Model for a Hotel 2007, One & Other, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle, Powerless Structures Fig. 101, Hahn/Cock?

Trafalgar Square

(works of art occupying the 4th plinth)
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14.

Local officials

What position of local importance has been occupied by the following people:

Sir William Mansfield Cooper, Sir Arthur Armitage, Sir Mark Henry Richmond, Sir Martin Harris, Alan Gilbert, Nancy Rothwell?

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester
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1920s operettas

Which 1920s operetta, written by Rudolf Frimi, was based on a fictionalized episode in the life of the 15th-century poet and thief François Villon?  It enjoyed long runs on Broadway and in London.

The Vagabond King
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