WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 29/12/14 - Questions |
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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. |
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. |
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Fictional locations |
1970s pop music |
Lake District |
Conan Doyle stories |
TV cops |
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TV sitcoms |
7. |
Golf & Films |
1940s/50s History |
Maritime signalling |
Film themes |
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Coventry pensioners |
Keyboard device |
Footballers |
2015 films |
Folk music |
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Fictional locations |
The Llandoger Trow public house in Bristol is believed to be the model for which fictional location? |
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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:
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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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Coventry pensioners |
In 1999 this Coventry pensioner/1970s chart-topper Hilda Woodward died. What was her group 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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