WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 28/10/19 - Questions |
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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
28/10/2019 |
The Sound of Musicians |
15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. Each answer contains a word or part-word that sounds like a composer’s name. Make your choice. Make your choice. |
Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number. Each answer contains a word or part-word that sounds like a composer’s name.. |
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Catchphrases |
1930s novels |
Underground |
1980s US singers |
Horror films |
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Manchester listed buildings |
7. |
British Isles |
Lord Palmerston |
TV themes |
1960s pop music |
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Oswald Mosley |
Periodicals |
Postage stamps |
Charles I |
Unlikley 'bedfellows' |
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Catchphrases |
When asked a seemingly innocent question by an interviewer in a vox pop what 8-word reply did busty peroxide blonde Mandy habitually give? |
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1930s novels |
Which 1930s novel satirizing the ‘bright young things’ of a decadent London society after World War 1 features anti-hero Adam Fenwick-Symes? |
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1980s US singers |
Which Californian can you hear singing this? (click to play) |
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Horror films |
Which 2005 American horror film directed by John Polson starred Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning? |
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Manchester listed buildings |
Which Grade II listed building stands at the intersection of Great Bridgewater Street and Albion Street? |
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British Isles |
What is the most easterly settlement of the British Isles? |
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Lord Palmerston |
Of what is Lord Palmerston reported to have said: “Only three people have ever really understood this question: the Prince Consort, who is dead, a German professor, who has gone mad and I, who have forgotten all about it.” |
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1960s pop music |
Keith Relf, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja and Paul Samwell-Smith were among the members of which 1960s band? |
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Oswald Mosley |
The peer Sir Oswald Mosley inherited which title? |
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Periodicals |
Which British magazine was published between 1929 and 1991? Its famous crossword survives and is published weekly in The Times. |
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Postage stamps |
What is the common name of the fish shown on this Faroes Islands stamp?
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Charles I |
In which castle was Charles I incarcerated immediately prior to his trial? |
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Unlikely 'bedfellows' |
What have Wyatt Earp, Joseph Stalin, William Taft, Friedrich Nietzsche and Jimmy Edwards all got in common? |
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