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Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
30/09/2019	BoJo	15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. The unthinkable is no more; at least one key word per answer starts ‘Bo’ or ‘Jo’.	Format index


1.	Hollywood series
Former World in Action researcher Paul Greengrass is responsible for directing films in which Hollywood film series?
The Bourne films (The Bourne Supremacy - 2004, The Bourne Ultimatum - 2007, and Jason Bourne - 2016)
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2.	Manchester City
City won the FA Cup in 2011 managed by Roberto Mancini but who managed them the last time they appeared at Wembley in an FA Cup final?
John Bond (in 1981 v Spurs)
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3.	Songwriters
The composition of this song is credited to all five performers. Name two of them including the one who meets the ‘BoJo’ rule. (click to play)
Bob Dylan and (one of) Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Tom Petty or Roy Orbison (The Traveling Wilbury’s singing Handle with Care)
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4.	Portrait artists
Entitled The Ladies Waldegrave, who painted this in 1788?
Sir Joshua Reynolds
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5.	Premiership clubs
What were A.F.C. Bournemouth called when they were founded in 1890? The original name was retained as part of their title until 1972.
Boscombe FC (from 1923 until 1972 they were known as Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic FC)
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6.	The Papacy
Stories of which 9th century papacy were said to be the cause of newly elected Popes being made to sit on a ‘throne with a hole’ for checking prior to ordination?
Pope Joan
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7.	Hercules
In the fourth of the Labours of Hercules he was required to visit Mount Erymanthos and bring what back alive?
A boar
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8.	Botany
‘Simmondsia chinensis’ (known as ‘goat nut’) is grown to produce which liquid wax ester?
Jojoba oil
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9.	Holst
In the title of each movement of Holst’s Planet Suite the planet’s name has a subtitle. What is the title and subtitle of the movement you can hear?
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
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10.	Sporting legends
Who is this 20th century sporting legend – especially popular with the people of Fife?
Bobby Jones (the golfer who was much liked at St Andrews)
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11.	Cities
What is the largest city in Gauteng?
Johannesburg (Johannesburg is the capital of the South African province of Gauteng)
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12.	*Our Mutual Friend*
In Dickens’ novel Our Mutual Friend which character has the soubriquet ‘the Golden Dustman’?
‘Noddy’ Boffin
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13.	19th century monarchs
Who became King of Naples and Sicily in 1806, and later King of Spain in 1808?
Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon’s elder brother)
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14.	1960s TV
What role was played by Cesar Romero in a popular TV series that was aired between 1966 and 1968?
The Joker (in Batman)
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15.	Unsuccessful pop acts
Who formed the ultimately unsuccessful band, The Severed Parts, in an attempt to pay his mounting medical and legal bills?
John Bobbitt (whose abused wife had famously wrought her revenge as indicated by the band’s name)
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