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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 29/06/15 - Answers |
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29/06/2015 |
Europe is Capital! |
Each answer starts with a 4 letter string that also starts the name of an EU Capital City – no string is used more than once. |
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Renaissance music |
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Madrigal (April is in my Mistress’ Face by Thomas Morley) Madrid |
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2. |
Town planning |
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Which renowned 20th century UK town planner published the highly influential report Traffic in Towns in 1963? |
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Sir Colin Buchanan Bucharest |
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Greater Manchester |
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Chess Grandmaster, Nigel Short, grew up in which Greater Manchester colliery town, formerly known as Chowbent? |
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Atherton
Athens |
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4. |
Musical parodies |
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This is the Chorus by Morris Minor and the Majors, and Kylie is So Lucky (written for the TV show Spitting Image), were both parodies of which musical trio? |
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Stock Aitken Waterman Stockholm |
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5. |
15th century history |
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What started midway between the A1(M) and the M1 in 1455 and ended in 1487 midway between the M1, M6 and M42? |
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Wars of the Roses Warsaw |
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6. |
1980s cinema |
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Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy are collectively known as what? |
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Brat Pack Bratislava |
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7. |
Famous Durhamites |
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Born in Durham in 1980, for what is Neil Fingleton celebrated? |
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Tallest living British person (7 foot 7.5 inches) Tallinn |
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8. |
UK Local Government |
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In which UK Local Government district is England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike? |
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Copeland
(in Cumbria)
Copenhagen |
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9. |
Football |
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Where was Football Club Chairman, Stafford Heginbotham, on May 11th 1985? |
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Valley Parade (Bradford City’s home ground where 56 supporters died in a fire on that day in 1985) Valletta |
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TV comedy |
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What is the surname of the actress who plays Anna Rampton, Head of Better at the BBC, in the acclaimed TV comedy show W1A? |
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Parish (Sarah Parish) Paris |
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11. |
Film theme music |
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Romeo and Juliet Rome |
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12. |
Philosophy |
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Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and John Dewey were the founding fathers of which 19th/20th century philosophical movement? |
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Pragmatism Prague |
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Cruise ship crooner |
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This cruise ship crooner went on to become famous in a totally different field. What is his surname?
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Berlusconi
(Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian President)
Berlin |
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14. |
Pasta |
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What’s the name of this type of pasta?
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Rigatoni Riga |
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15. |
World leaders |
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Who is this future world leader?
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Nicolas Sarkozy Nicosia |
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