Withington Pub Quiz League - ACQ - YourChoice - 27/05/19

Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
27/05/2019	Keep Your Distance	15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. Each answer contains the name of a unit of length - past or present. Make your choice.	Format index


Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. Each answer contains the name of a unit of length - past or present.
1.	Film characters	2.	News broadcasters	3.	1960s pop	4.	Boars	5.	Architecture
6.	Opera	7.	1980s novels	8.	Museums	9.	South Manchester	10.	Nobel prizes
11.	Theatres	12.	Horses	13.	Diplomacy	14.	Film production	15.	Female pioneers


1.	Film characters
Which film character believes his mission is to protect the galaxy from the Evil Emperor Zurg?
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News broadcasters

Which well known news broadcaster is this taking part in a charity triathlon event?

3.	1960s pop
Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck all started their careers with which 1960s band playing this 1965 hit? (click to play)
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4.	Boars
In 20th century literature who is described as “a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar” who has “a reputation for getting his own way”?
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Architecture

What is the architectural term for the area of this arch showing the carved figure?

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6.	Opera
Who wrote the 1842 opera Russlan and Ludmilla whose overture you can now hear? (click to play)
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7.	1980s novels
Which 1984 Mary Wesley novel starts with a family holiday in Cornwall in the summer of 1939? The 1992 TV version starred Tara Fitzgerald and Paul Eddington.
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8.	Museums
Britain’s National Waterways Museum is based in which North West town?
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9.	South Manchester
Of which long-established South Manchester business is Patrick Hannity founder and owner?
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10.	Nobel prizes
Along with Sir Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey who won the Nobel prize for medicine in 1945 for discovering penicillin?
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Theatres

This east of England theatre is home to which famous group of performers?

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Horses

What is the name of this breed of draft horse that originated in France?

13.	Diplomacy
Between 1920 and 1933 British diplomat Sir Eric Drummond was Secretary General of which organisation?
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14.	Film production
What is the name of the film production company set up by George Harrison that made The Life of Brian and Withnail and I amongst other films?
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15.	Female pioneers
Since early 2018 Sarah Clarke has been the first woman to fill which London-based role?
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