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15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter.  Each answer contains the consecutive letters 'O-Z'.  Make your choice.

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1.

Sporting links

Which city, the fifth largest city of an east European country and situated on the River Warta, is best known here for a peculiar sporting habit?

Poznań

(in Poland which has given its name to the ‘Poznań’ – a football fans’ celebration involving turning your back to the pitch and jumping up and down)
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2.

1960s pop music

Who wrote this song?  (click to play)

Holland, Dozier and Holland

(Reach Out (I’ll Be There) sung by The Four Tops)
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3.

Pop art

This London tube station mural is the work of which Scottish pop art artist/sculptor?

(Eduardo) Paolozzi

(it’s at Tottenham Court Road station)
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4.

Philosophers

Which 17th century Dutch philosopher and follower of René Descartes wrote The Ethics?

(Baruch) Spinoza
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5.

Medicine

How is fluoxetine, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, better known?

Prozac
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6.

The Commonwealth

Which Commonwealth country features an AK47 rifle, a matlock and an open book on its flag?

Mozambique
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7.

Band members

Complete this list of band members:

Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and ..…

Ozzy Osbourne

(original members of the band Black Sabbath)
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8.

Film music

Which 2013 film features the song Let It Go written by songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez?

Frozen
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9.

Football managers

Well known to Mancunians who is this, the manager of the Colombian national team?

Carlos Queiroz

(Manchester United Assistant Manager under Sir Alex Ferguson)
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10.

Poetry

In 1818 Shelley wrote a sonnet about the hubris of the pharaoh Ramesses II.  What was it called?

Ozymandias

(Oxymandias was the Greek name for Ramesses II)
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11.

Classical music

Who wrote this music once used as the theme for the TV interview programme Face to Face? 

(click to play)

(Hector) Berlioz

(from Les Francs-Juges)
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12.

Russia

Which Russian city lying midway between the Black and the Caspian seas is close to Russia’s borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan?

Grozny

(capital of the province of Chechnya)
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13.

Spain

Which city is the capital of the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon?

Zaragoza
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14.

WW2 films

Which Robert Aldrich film tells the story of training some of the US Army’s worst prisoners as commandos to be sent on a virtual suicide mission just before D-Day?

The Dirty Dozen
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15.

Puppeteers

Who is the voice of Miss Piggy?

Frank Oz
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