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26/02/2018 |
In for a Penny |
15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. Each answer contains the name of a present-day currency. Make your choice. |
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Transport systems |
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From 1984 to 1995 Birmingham Airport and the nearby station were linked by what type of novel transport system – the first commercial version in the world? |
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Maglev (trains) (Magnetic levitation) Lev (Bulgaria) |
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Newcastle United |
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In July 2013 Newcastle United player and practising Muslim, Papiss Cissé, refused to wear the club kit because of which sponsor’s name shown on it? |
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Wonga Won (S & N Korea) |
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World Heritage sites |
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What is this Spanish UNESCO World Heritage site and royal palace called?
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(El) Escorial Rial (Iran etc) |
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1980s pop music |
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Pipes of Peace (Say Say Say) Peso (Argentina etc) |
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French language |
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What is the English translation of the French ‘point-virgule’? |
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Semicolon Colon (Costa Rica) |
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Oscar-winning films |
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Which Clint Eastwood-directed film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2004? |
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Million Dollar Baby Dollar (USA etc) |
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Artistic movements |
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This painting from the Tate is one of the best examples of which artistic movement?
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Surrealism (The Elephant Celebes by Max Ernst) Real (Brazil etc) |
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Classical music |
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Brandenberg Concertos (Concerto Number One by J S Bach) Rand (South Africa) |
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9. |
England football teams |
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Paul Ince was the first black player to captain England – who was the second? |
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Sol Campbell Sol (Peru) |
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French departments |
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What is the main city of the largest (by area) of all 101 French departments? |
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Cayenne (capital of French Guyana which is almost 8 times larger than the second largest, Gironde) Yen (Japan) |
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Famous houses |
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This fine Sussex mansion called Batemans was whose home?
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Rudyard Kipling Kip (Laos) |
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Religious liturgy |
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In a Roman Catholic mass the variable element of the liturgy is called the ‘Proper of the Mass’. What is the unchanging part called? |
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The Ordinary Dinar (Algeria etc) |
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Actresses |
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Which actress played Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street and, more recently, Corporal Georgie Lane in Our Girl? |
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Michelle Keegan Lek (Albania) |
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Operas |
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Don Giovanni (La ci Darem la Mano by Mozart) Dong (Vietnam) |
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Breweries |
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Which brewery was founded in 1664 by Geronimus Hatt in the Free Imperial City of Straßburg (today Strasbourg in France)? |
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Kronenbourg Brewery Krone (Denmark etc) |
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