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First 15 United States

15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter.  Each answer contains consecutively the first three letters of one of the first 15 US States in order of admission to the union (ignoring the words ‘New’, ‘North’ & ‘South’).  Make your choice.

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Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number.  Each answer contains consecutively the first three letters of one of the first 15 US States in order of admission to the union (ignoring the words ‘New’, ‘North’ & ‘South’).

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Classical music

2.

Lewis Carroll

3.

1970s pop groups

4.

Dice

5.

British mountains

6.

Island capitals

7.

Mystery voice

8.

Musicals

9.

Football

10.

UK Government

11.

Theatre

12.

The Guardian

13.

Fashion

14.

Mayors

15.

1960s albums
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Classical music

Who wrote this music?  (click to play)
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2.

Lewis Carroll

In Through the Looking-Glass what is recited by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice?
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1970s pop groups

Which 1970s group, fronted by Ray Dorset, had a name inspired by a poem from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats?
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4.

Dice

Using these special dice what was designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974?
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British mountains

Pen y Fan is the highest point of which range of mountains?
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Island capitals

Which country has its capital on the island of New Providence?
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Mystery voice

Whose voice can you hear after the introductory music?  (click to play)
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Musicals

From which 1945 musical is this song taken?  (click to play)
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Football

Which British football club is nicknamed The Millers?
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10.

UK Government

As of June 2017 what Government post is held by Michael Gove?
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Theatre

Which well-known play opens in the nursery of Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya’s ancestral estate, somewhere in the provinces of Russia just after the turn of the 20th Century?
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The Guardian

Who wrote the following sentence which was famously published on the back page of the Guardian in January 2001:

“Poetical scene with surprisingly chaste Lord Archer vegetating”?
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Fashion

Who designed these dresses?
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Mayors

Who is this Labour party politician who was elected Mayor of the Liverpool City Region in 2017?
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1960s albums

What is the name of the album from which this song is taken?  (click to play)
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