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Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
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.	Format index


Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. 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.
1.	Renaissance music	2.	Town planning	3.	Greater Manchester	4.	Musical parodies	5.	15th century history
6.	1980s cinema	7.	Famous Durhamites	8.	UK local government	9.	Football	10.	TV comedy
11.	Film theme music	12.	Philosophy	13.	Cruise ship crooner	14.	Pasta	15.	World leaders


1.	Renaissance music
What type of music is this? (click to play)
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2.	Town planning
Which renowned 20th century UK town planner published the highly influential report Traffic in Towns in 1963?
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3.	Greater Manchester
Chess Grandmaster, Nigel Short, grew up in which Greater Manchester colliery town, formerly known as Chowbent?
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4.	Musical parodies
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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5.	15th century history
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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6.	1980s cinema
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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7.	Famous Durhamites
Born in Durham in 1980, for what is Neil Fingleton celebrated?
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8.	UK Local Government
In which UK Local Government district is England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike?
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9.	Football
Where was Football Club Chairman, Stafford Heginbotham, on May 11th 1985?
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10.	TV comedy
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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11.	Film theme music
To which 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film is this the theme? (click to play)
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12.	Philosophy
Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and John Dewey were the founding fathers of which 19th/20th century philosophical movement?
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Cruise ship crooner

This cruise ship crooner went on to become famous in a totally different field. What is his surname?

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Pasta

What’s the name of this type of pasta?