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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 29/07/19 - Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 29/07/19 - Answers |
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29/07/2019 |
Handyman |
Each answer contains (often hidden) something a DIY expert might own. |
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Dancing |
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What are these Regency fops dancing?
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The Quadrille |
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2. |
Mystery list |
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John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr and George Clinton were the first four what? |
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US Vice Presidents |
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3. |
WW2 films |
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The Warsaw Concerto |
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4. |
Drinks |
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What do you get if you mix Drambuie and Scotch whisky? |
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Rusty nail cocktail |
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5. |
Lyrics |
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Oscar Hammerstein II (Younger than Springtime from South Pacific) |
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London buildings |
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What do these London buildings have in common?
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They are all Wren churches (i.e. designed by Sir Christopher Wren; St Martin, Ludgate Hill; St Peter Upon Cornhill; St Stephen, Walbrook; St Paul’s Cathedral) |
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TV sitcoms |
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In the 1950s/60s TV sitcom Whacko! Jimmy Edwards played the hapless headmaster of which private school? |
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Chiselbury |
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Glastonbury festival |
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What is the name of this town – the nearest to the Glastonbury festival site?
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Shepton Mallet |
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Football |
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Which current football league club started life as Manningham FC playing Rugby League before switching codes to Association Football in 1903? |
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Bradford City FC |
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10. |
1970s pop music |
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What came between Rivers of Babylon and Mary’s Boy Child? |
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Rasputin (hit singles for Boney M) |
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1960s pop music |
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Jefferson Airplane (Somebody to Love) |
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Elvis Presley |
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Which Welsh seaside resort is home each September to the Elvis Festival – the largest annual gathering of Elvis Presley tribute acts and fans in Europe? |
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Porthcawl |
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Computing |
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In computing what name is given to the expression of numbers as a fractional value (the mantissa) followed by an integer exponent of the base (e.g. ±0.34791 x 103)? |
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Floating point (notation) |
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Marching songs |
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In the British Grenadiers traditional marching song which four ancient Greek heroes are mentioned in the first two lines? |
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Alexander, Hercules, Hector and Lysander |
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Opera |
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Which of Henry James’ novels did Benjamin Britten turn into an opera? |
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The Turn of the Screw |
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