Withington Pub Quiz League - ACQ - YourChoice - 24/11/14

Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
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.	Format index


Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. Each answer starts with the consecutive letters 'T-O-N'.
1.	Humorous books	2.	US companies	3.	Creole	4.	World capitals	5.	High Street outlets
6.	1960s UK politics	7.	Words	8.	1950s/60s TV themes	9.	Actors	10.	Footballers
11.	WWII entertainment	12.	Types of painting	13.	Novelists	14.	1970s albums	15.	Pop song lyrics


1.	Humorous books
Whose third book, One Hit Wonderland, culminates in the author performing on Albanian television with Norman Wisdom and Tim Rice?
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2.	US companies
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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3.	Creole
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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4.	World capitals
Which country has a capital city called Nukuʻalofa?
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5.	High street outlets
What is the trade name for the high street chain founded in 1963 by brothers Giuseppe and Gaetano Mascolo?
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6.	1960s UK politics
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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7.	Words
What can be classified as: pharyngeal or lingual or palatine?
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8.	1950s/60s TV themes
Which TV programme was regularly introduced with this theme tune? (click to play)
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Actors

For which acting role is this man best known?

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Footballers

Who is this player who scored twice in Germany’s 7-1 demolition of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semi-final?

11.	WWII entertainment
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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Types of painting

What is the usual name for this type of picture?

13.	Novelists
Who wrote the 1987 novel Beloved?
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1970s albums

What was the name of the 1978 Boomtown Rats album that featured this hit single?

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