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29/12/2014

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Each answer contains the name of a rank in the British Armed Forces.

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Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number.  Each answer contains the name of a rank in the British Armed Forces.

1.

Fictional locations

2.

1970s pop music

3.

Lake District

4.

Conan Doyle stories

5.

TV cops

6.

TV sitcoms

7.

Golf & Films

8.

1940s/50s History

9.

Maritime signalling

10.

Film themes

11.

Coventry pensioners

12.

Keyboard device

13.

Footballers

14.

2015 films

15.

Folk music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Fictional locations

The Llandoger Trow public house in Bristol is believed to be the model for which fictional location?

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1970s pop music

Which artists are singing this 1970s hit?   (click to play)

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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”?

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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?

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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?

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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”

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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?

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1940s/50s History

In operation from 1948 to 1952 the ERP was widely known by which name?

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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?

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Film themes

Of which film is this the score?   (click to play)

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Coventry pensioners

In 1999 this Coventry pensioner/1970s chart-topper Hilda Woodward died. What was her group called?

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Keyboard device

What was this device called?

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Footballers

After the inevitable Peter Shilton who is the most capped England International Goalkeeper of all time?

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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?

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Folk music

Pete Seeger’s folk song The Bells of Rhymney is based on a Welsh poem about which 20th century event?

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