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Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
29/12/2014	Rank Insiders	Each answer contains the name of a rank in the British Armed Forces.	Format index


1.	Fictional locations
The Llandoger Trow public house in Bristol is believed to be the model for which fictional location?
Admiral Benbow Inn (from Treasure Island)
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2.	1970s pop music
Which artists are singing this 1970s hit? (click to play)
Captain & Tennille (Do That To Me One More Time)
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3.	Lake District
What is the name of the Langdale peak described thus by Alfred Wainwright: “it is so prominent an object and offers so compelling a challenge ..… in great contrast to the grassy dome of nearby High Raise”?
Sergeant Man
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4.	Conan Doyle stories
What’s the name of the French Hussar in the Napoleonic Wars who is the hero of a series of Conan Doyle short stories - and who shares his name with a British sporting hero of the early 1970s?
Brigadier Gerard
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5.	TV Cops
What was the name of the TV series starring Amanda Burton as a member of the Met’s Serious Crimes Squad which ran over a series of stories from 2003 to 2008?
*The Commander*
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6.	TV Sitcoms
Which TV Sitcom character was (A) in this well-known exchange: (A) “I must have been keen on her because I took her to see India”; (B) “India?”; (A) “At The Oval”
Major Gowen (played by Ballard Berkeley in Fawlty Towers)
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7.	Golf & Films
What name started life in the 19th century as a jokey characterisation of a golfing opponent and went on to inspire composer Malcolm Arnold in his score for a 1957 film?
Colonel Bogey (part of the score for Bridge On the River Kwai)
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8.	1940s/50s History
In operation from 1948 to 1952 the ERP was widely known by which name?
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program)
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9.	Maritime signalling
A widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code, was devised by someone well-known for a semi-autobiographical novel. What was the novel called?
*Mr Midshipman Easy*
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10.	Film themes
Of which film is this the score? (click to play)
*Saving Private Ryan*
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11.	Coventry pensioners
In 1999 this Coventry pensioner/1970s chart-topper Hilda Woodward died. What was her group called?
Lieutenant Pigeon (of Mouldy Old Dough fame)
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12.	Keyboard device
What was this device called?
Commodore 64
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13.	Footballers
After the inevitable Peter Shilton who is the most capped England International Goalkeeper of all time?
David Seaman
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14.	2015 films
A new comedy film based on Britain in the 1940s is currently being shot in Yorkshire. What role in this film is being played by Tom Courtenay?
Lance-Corporal Jack Jones (in a remake of Dad’s Army for the big screen)
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15.	Folk music
Pete Seeger’s folk song The Bells of Rhymney is based on a Welsh poem about which 20th century event?
The British General Strike (of 1926)
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