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24/11/2014 |
One Hundred |
Each answer starts with the consecutive letters 'T-O-N'. This round was first delivered as part of the 100th Albert Club Monthly Monday Quiz night. |
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Humorous books |
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Whose third book, One Hit Wonderland, culminates in the author performing on Albanian television with Norman Wisdom and Tim Rice? |
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Tony Hawks |
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US companies |
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Which US company changed its name in the late 1940s from Mound Metalcraft to a name based on the Dakota Sioux word for ‘great’ or ‘big’? |
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Tonka Toys |
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3. |
Creole |
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In the Creole culture there is a traditional bogeyman whose name translates into English as ‘Uncle Gunnysack’. What is the original Creole name? |
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Tonton Macoute
(the nickname for the greatly feared Haitian militia created by Papa
Doc Duvalier) |
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4. |
World capitals |
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Which country has a capital city called Nukuʻalofa? |
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Tonga |
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5. |
High street outlets |
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What is the trade name for the high street chain founded in 1963 by brothers Giuseppe and Gaetano Mascolo? |
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Toni and Guy (hairdressers) |
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6. |
1960s UK politics |
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In Harold Wilson’s 1964 Government who, as Postmaster General, oversaw the opening of London’s Post Office Tower, then the UK's tallest building? |
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Tony Benn |
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7. |
Words |
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What can be classified as: pharyngeal or lingual or palatine? |
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Tonsils |
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8. |
1950s/60s TV themes |
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Tonight
(BBC current affairs programme presented by Cliff Michelmore) |
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9. |
Actors |
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For which acting role is this man best known?
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Tonto (Jay Silverheels in the TV series The Lone Ranger) |
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10. |
Footballers |
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Who is this player who scored twice in Germany’s 7-1 demolition of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semi-final?
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Toni Kroos |
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WWII entertainment |
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Mary Perry, the actress and theatre director, organised the ‘Stage Door Canteens’ in WWII providing entertainment to servicemen in several American cities. How is she famously commemorated? |
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Tony awards
(her middle name was Antoinette and the annual US theatre Tony
awards are named after her) |
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12. |
Types of painting |
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What is the usual name for this type of picture?
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Tondo (1487 work by Sandro Botticelli entitled Madonna of the Pomegranate – ‘tondo’ is the Italian word for circular) |
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13. |
Novelists |
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Who wrote the 1987 novel Beloved? |
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Toni Morrison |
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14. |
1970s albums |
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(click to play) |
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Tonic for the Troops (the single was Rat Trap) |
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15. |
Pop song lyrics |
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Which popular song opens with these words: “Stay away from my window, Stay away from my back door too, Disconnect the telephone line, Relax baby and draw that blind”? |
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Tonight’s the Night (by Rod Stewart) |
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