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27/07/2015 |
Skippers |
15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. Each answer contains the name of an England post-war Test Cricket Captain (note: Test not ODI or T20). Make your choice. |
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TV in the 1980s |
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Who is this TV star from the 1980s?
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Wincey Willis (TV-am Weather presenter) Bob Willis |
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Scottish mountains |
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Whose last walking holiday ended on this mountain in Sutherland in 2005?
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Robin Cook MP (the mountain is Ben Stack – he died of a heart attack while descending it) Alastair Cook |
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3. |
BBC2 comedy |
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Who plays the part of Beverley Lincoln in a 2015 BBC2 comedy series? |
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Tamsin Greig (in Episodes) Tony Greig |
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4. |
Theme music |
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Colin Dexter (it’s the theme from the TV Inspector Morse dramas based on the books written by Dexter) Ted Dexter |
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Phossy jaw |
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Which company confirmed its market leadership in 1913 when it took over S J Moreland and Sons (makers of England's Glory)? Early on it had been an important influence in fighting the disease known as ‘phossy jaw’. |
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Bryant & May (matchmakers) Peter May |
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6. |
Museum exhibits |
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These items on display at the British Museum have come from which part of the UK?
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Isle of Lewis (they are known as the Lewis Chessmen) Tony Lewis |
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New Zealand |
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Which is the third largest island of New Zealand with its main settlement at Oban lying a ferry trip away from the port of Bluff at the southern end of South Island? |
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Stewart Island Alex Stewart |
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8. |
1960s pop music |
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Manfred Mann (singing Pretty Flamingo) George Mann |
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9. |
1970s films |
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Which 1977 film is this poster advertising?
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Brian Close |
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10. |
2014 pop music |
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Sam Smith (singing Stay with Me) M J K Smith |
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US universities |
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Which US Ivy League university would you find at Providence, Rhode Island? |
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Brown Freddie Brown |
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12. |
1970s pop composers |
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Who wrote The Hollies hit song you can hear plus many other hits such as:
It Never Rains in S (click to play) |
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Albert Hammond (The Hollies singing The Air that I Breathe) Wally Hammond |
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13. |
Show business |
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Who was Shari Lewis’ constant companion on stage? |
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Lamb Chop (Shari Lewis was a puppeteer, ventriloquist and children’s entertainer in the 1970s and 1980s – Lamb Chop was her best known puppet) Allan Lamb |
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14. |
WW2 films |
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Which well known
British composer wrote this theme music for the 1941 film Powell and
Pressburger
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Ralph Vaughan Williams Michael Vaughan |
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15. |
Economists |
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Who is this political economist and Principal of Hertford College, Oxford?
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Will Hutton Len Hutton |
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