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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 25/05/15 - Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 25/05/15 - Answers |
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25/05/2015 |
Not Coming Back |
Each answer contains the surname of a well-known MP that stood down, or was defeated, at the 2015 General Election. |
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1. |
TV Comedy Shows |
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Apart from Paul Merton, Ian Hislop and Angus Deayton who has made the most appearances on the TV show Have I Got News For You? |
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Alexander Armstrong Douglas Alexander & Danny Alexander |
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2. |
1970s pop music |
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Anita Dobson
(Queen's We Will Rock You written by Brian May Dobson's
husband)
Frank Dobson |
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3. |
Local Government areas |
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What is the name of the Region in the far South West of Scotland which has Stranraer as one of its chief towns? |
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Dumfries & Galloway
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4. |
Spy films |
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Based on a spy thriller by Ken Follett, from which 1981 film is this still taken?
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Eye of the Needle (starring Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan) Tim Yeo |
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5. |
TV family |
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What is the family name of the pair of TV personalities of whom the brother is known as ‘The Analyst’, and the sister as a presenter of history programmes? |
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Hughes
(Simon, cricket analyst; Bettany, historian)
Simon Hughes |
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6. |
Action and Reaction |
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“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” is the third of what? |
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Newton’s Laws of Motion David Laws |
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7. |
Bridges |
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How is this, the oldest bridge across the Danube in Budapest, popularly known?
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The Chain Bridge Peter Hain |
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8. |
Quotes |
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Who wrote the famous lines: “Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, / Or what's a heaven for”? |
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Robert Browning
(from his poem Andrea del Sarto)
Gordon Brown |
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9. |
Folk music |
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Stephen Foster (The Old Folks at Home) Don Foster |
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10. |
Broadcasting |
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“That’s the fastest time ever run – but it’s not as fast as the world record.”; “A truly international field, no Britons involved.”; “The Republic of China – back in the Olympic Games for the first time.” …..are all examples of what? |
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Colemanballs Ed Balls |
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Tony Bennett |
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Powell-Mason, Powell-Dixon and California Street are the three constituent parts of what system serenaded by Tony Bennett? |
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San Francisco Cable Car system Vince Cable |
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12. |
Local pubs |
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What’s the name of the pub about 200 metres from the Sale Water Park tram stop on the banks of the River Mersey? |
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Jackson’s Boat Glenda Jackson |
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13. |
Cricket |
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In the 2013-14 Ashes Test Cricket series who topped the bowling averages with 37 wickets at an average of 13.97? |
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Mitchell Johnson Austin Mitchell |
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14. |
Perfumery |
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What is the brand name of this perfume, the first to be endorsed by Kylie Minogue?
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Darling Alastair Darling |
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15. |
1960s/70s London bands |
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The Strawbs
(Part of the Union)
Jack Straw |
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