Withington Pub Quiz League - ACQ - YourChoice - 25/02/19

Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
25/02/2019	Ford Fiesta	15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. Each answer contains a word or syllable that precedes ‘ford’ in a UK place-name. Make your choice.	Format index


Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. Each answer contains a word or syllable that precedes ‘ford’ in a UK place-name.
1.	1990s Oscars	2.	Teflon-coated pans	3.	Footballers	4.	1960s pop music	5.	2012 films
6.	Early aviation	7.	14th century England	8.	Manchester politics	9.	Football connections	10.	Thelma and Louise
11.	Traditional tunes	12.	London buildings	13.	Chinese texts	14.	Geology	15.	Manchester pubs


1.	1990s Oscars
Which film directed by Michael Radford with a main theme that you can hear playing won an Oscar in 1995 for Best Musical Score? (click to play)
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2.	Teflon-coated pans
Which company, started in 1960 by Canadian Philip Kives, used a new-style TV ad campaign to sell teflon-coated pans? It’s fame in the UK is mainly linked to music.
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3.	Footballers
Which Dutch player spent just 3 years in the Premiership winning 3 league titles, one FA Cup final and one Champions league final before joining Lazio?
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1960s pop music

Which song taken from a famous 1969 album includes the lyrics:

“Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear”?

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2012 films

Which 2012 Sci-fi film starring Jennifer Lawrence is being advertised here?

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6.	Early aviation
Which was the first British fighter plane to synchronise its machine gun fire with propeller rotation?
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14th century England

Richard II is seen at Smithfield Market in 1381 overseeing whose murder?

8.	Manchester politics
Known until 1944 as Miss Betts who – amongst many other jobs – represented Greater Manchester as MEP between 1979 and 1989?
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9.	Football connections
What surname connects the song Blue Moon and two post war Manchester City footballers, one of whom also briefly managed them?
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10.	Thelma and Louise
Whose ninth film role – that of a cowboy hitchhiker (called JD) in Thelma and Louise – was the role that gained him recognition as a Hollywood star?
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Traditional tunes

What’s the name of this traditional English folk tune? (click to play)

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London buildings

Situated in the City of London just off Gresham Street which building is this?

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13.	Chinese texts
Which ancient Chinese divination text is also known as the Book of Changes?
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14.	Geology
Also known as ‘scoria’ what word defines extrusive igneous rocks, usually coloured brown, red or black, and – up to the 1960s – used to surface running tracks?
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15.	Manchester pubs
What’s the name of the pub on Liverpool Road opposite the MOSI and the Air and Space Museum?
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