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26/01/2015

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Each answer contains the keyword from the name of a UK newspaper (current or defunct).

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1.

19th century inventions

Based on the Greek words meaning ‘measure’ and ‘law’ what did Johann Maelzel invent in 1815 to “improve the performance” of certain types of entertainers?

Metronome
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Technology

In 1971, using ARPANET, US citizen Ray Tomlinson was the first to do what?

Send an email
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20th century poetry

Which well known poem published in the 1960s was written during a train journey south from Hull during a Bank Holiday weekend?

Whitsun Weddings

(by Philip Larkin)
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1930s films

In a 1935 film a character called Richard Hannay escapes capture by disguising himself as a milkman and travelling north by which mode of transport?

The Flying Scotsman train

(in The 39 Steps)
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5.

1970s UK pop music

Which group is performing this hit song?   (click to play)

Liverpool Express

(You Are My Love)
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6.

Dickens

In 1836 Dickens published his very first work – a series of short stories gathered together under what title?

Sketches by Boz
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Mathematics

In statistics and probability theory, what is represented by the Greek letter sigma (σ)?

Standard deviation
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French geography

Nice is the most populous city in which French Department?

Alpes-Maritimes
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Semaphore

 What is represented in semaphore in this picture?

The letter i
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French art

What’s the title of this famous Delacroix painting?

Liberty Leading The People
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1970s US pop music

Who’s performing this?   (click to play)

Edwin Starr

(War)
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Manchester City Council

In 2015 Henry Cooper represented Moston on the City Council and was the only councillor at that time not designated as ‘Labour’. To which party did he belong?

Independent Labour
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13.

Bible

Which two books of the Bible follow the two Books of Kings and precede Ezra-Nehemiah?

Books of Chronicles
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14.

Detective fiction

Which Agatha Christie novel takes its title from a line in a Tennyson poem: “Out flew the web and floated wide / --------------------------------------------- / ‘The curse is come upon me,’ cried / The Lady of Shalott”?

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
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Disasters

In 1987 David Lewry was involved in a major disaster. What was his specific position of responsibility?

Captain of The Herald of Free Enterprise

(the ferry that sank just outside Zeebrugge harbour leading to the deaths of 193 people)
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