Withington Pub Quiz League - ACQ - YourChoice - 25/08/14

Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
25/08/2014	Monopoly	Each answer contains (often hidden) a word that occurs in one of the squares on a Monopoly board.	Format index


Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. Each answer contains (often hidden) a word that occurs in one of the squares on a Monopoly board.
1.	British actors	2.	Sex Pistols	3.	1930s music	4.	Rugby League	5.	1980s pop music
6.	17th century portraits	7.	Footballers	8.	Beatles' lyrics	9.	TV comedy actors	10.	Diseases
11.	Cigarettes	12.	16th century games	13.	Mystery location	14.	Local officials	15.	1920s operettas


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?
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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?
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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)
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4.	Rugby league
Until 1998 Oldham Rugby League Club played its home games at which stadium?
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5.	1980s pop music
Which pop duo can you hear singing this song? (click to play)
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17th century portraits

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

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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?
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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?
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9.	TV comedy actors
Who plays Alfie Wickers in the TV comedy series Bad Education?
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10.	Diseases
‘Mad Cow Disease’ is more formally known as BSE. What does BSE stand for?
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11.	Cigarettes
Which brand of cigarettes were launched with the following slogan: 'A good smoke at a fair price'?
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16th century games

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

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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?

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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?

15.	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.
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