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27/08/2018 |
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15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. Each answer contains the name of part of the body. Make your choice. |
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Chickens |
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Brought from China to Europe in the 1840s what breed of chicken is this?
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Cochin |
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Snowdonia |
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Meaning ‘red ridge’ in Welsh what is the local name for the ‘knife-edged’ arête in the Snowdonia National Park which is part of the Snowdon Horseshoe? |
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Crib Goch |
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Mystery voice |
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Jess Phillips (Birmingham Yardley Labour MP) |
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ITV dramas |
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What was the title of the recent ITV period drama series that starred James Norton as a clergyman and co-starred Robson Green and Morven Christie? |
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Grantchester |
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Novelists |
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Who is this 20th century English novelist widely credited with creating the historical romance genre?
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Georgette Heyer |
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North American folklore |
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What is the popular name in N. American folklore for the sasquatch, an upright-walking, ape-like being?
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Bigfoot (nice try but, sorry, no points for Donald Trump) |
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Oxbridge |
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With Michael Palin and David Cameron among its alumni which Oxbridge college is this?
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Brasenose College, Oxford |
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Only Fools and Horses |
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According to a viewers’ poll Del Boy falling through the open bar flap was the funniest moment in the series. What did the second funniest moment involve? |
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Taking down a chandelier |
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Music dramas |
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What is the full title (in English) of the cycle of 4 German-language epic music dramas based on the Norse sagas and composed by Richard Wagner? |
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The Ring of the Nibelungen |
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TV presenters |
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How is TV presenter Si King better known? |
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As a Hairy Biker (with Dave Myers being the other one) |
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German rivers |
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Which major German river flows through Stuttgart and Heidelberg before joining the Rhine at Mannheim? |
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River Neckar |
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1980s pop music |
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Which band is performing this song from their 1980s album called Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)?
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (the song is called Runaway Trains) |
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Long distance routes |
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What is the name of the long distance footpath in Scotland, that runs from Milngavie north of Glasgow to Fort William? |
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The West Highland Way |
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Anglo-Saxon kingdoms |
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In 654 the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Deira and Bernicia were united to form which new kingdom – thought to have been given its name by the Venerable Bede? |
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Northumbria |
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US diplomats |
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Who served as US Ambassador to Ghana between 1974 and 1976, and to Czechoslovakia between 1989 and 1992? |
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Shirley Temple |
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