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30/07/2018

TV cops

15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter.  Each answer contains the surname of a well-known TV cop Make your choice.

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1.

Former gaols

The famous medieval prison, Newgate Gaol, is now the site of which building?

Old Bailey

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2.

Northern Ireland

The city of Derry/Londonderry lies a few miles south of the head of which sea lough?

Lough Foyle

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3.

1990s pop music

Name both recording artists responsible for this 1992 number two UK hit.  (click to play)

Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross

(singing The Best Things in Life are Free)

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4.

The Beatles

Which track from The Beatles’ White Album includes a contribution from George Harrison’s friend Eric Clapton on lead guitar?

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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5.

Upstairs, Downstairs

The LWT series, Upstairs, Downstairs, included an episode entitled The Nine Days Wonder.  To what was the episode title referring?

The 1926 General Strike

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6.

New Zealand

Hawkes Bay on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island has two cities known as ‘The Bay Cities’.  One is Napier – what is the other?

Hastings

(Captain Hastings of ACP & Ted Hastings of LOD)

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7.

Saturday evening TV

Born in 1944 who is this erstwhile Saturday evening TV icon?

Len Goodman

(of Strictly Come Dancing fame)

(Humphrey Goodman of DIP)

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8.

2012 pop music

Who co-wrote this UK number one hit with the singer you can hear?  (click to play)

Gary Barlow

(Candy sung by Robbie Williams)

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9.

UK politics

   Which UK politician, who died in 2006, when ennobled, took the title Baron Stratford?

Tony Banks

(former Labour MP and Sports Minister)

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10.

North West train lines

The train line spur that went from Romiley to Macclesfield via Bollington shut in 1970 apart from which station which is now the terminus of this spur line?

Rose Hill Marple

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11.

Mystery group

The latest 4 have been entitled Monty the Penguin, The Man on the  Moon, Buster the Boxer and Moz the Monster.  What are they?

John Lewis Christmas TV adverts

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12.

1960s TV personalities

Which TV personality who rose to fame in the 1960s died in 2013 and has a memorial stone dedicated to him in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey?

David Frost

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13.

Organs

Who is playing this?  (click to play)

Reginald Dixon

(I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside)

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14.

Muhammad Ali

Only 5 boxers ever defeated Muhammad Ali: Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Leon Spinks, Trevor Berbick and which other boxer?

Larry Holmes

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15.

Dickens

Charles Dickens wrote two historical novels: A Tale of Two Cities and which other one?

Barnaby Rudge

(which is set in the 1780 Gordon Riots)

(Chief Inspector Barnaby of MM)

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