WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League QUESTION PAPER November 28th 2007 |
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WithQuiz League paper 28/11/07 |
Set by: History Men |
QotW: R1/Q1 |
Average Aggregate Score: 71.5 (Season's Ave. Agg.: 66.1) |
A pretty good paper by all accounts with aggregate scores at the high end of the range |
Which iconic fictional characters live at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan? |
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In the recent Twenty20 Cricket World Cup which Australian bowler became the first to get a hat-trick in international Twenty20? |
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Tutankhamen was a pharaoh of which numbered Egyptian dynasty? |
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In which European city is the Peggy Guggenheim Collection on permanent display? Peggy Guggenheim herself is buried in the back garden of the gallery. |
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Edward, the Black Prince, was the father of which King of England? |
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In the Bible what was the name of the priest to whom the prophet Samuel was apprenticed as a boy? |
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Who played the villain Francisco Scaramanga in the 1974 Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun? |
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Which politician described the 1983 Labour manifesto as “the longest suicide note in history”? |
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Which shadow chancellor described the introduction of premium bonds in 1957 as “a squalid little raffle”? |
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Who played drug addict Frankie Machine in the 1955 film The Man With The Golden Arm, for which he was nominated for an academy award? |
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In the Bible which priest, along with the prophet Nathan, anointed King Solomon? |
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John of Gaunt was the father of which King of England? |
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In which European capital city is Baron and Baroness Thyssen’s art collection on permanent display? |
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In which numbered Egyptian dynasty were the Giza pyramids constructed? |
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In the recent Twenty20 Cricket World Cup Yuvraj Singh of India scored six sixes in an over. Who was the unfortunate English bowler? |
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Which long running TV sitcom ‘twins’ lived at 24 Sebastopol Terrace, East Acton from 1960-65 and at 28 Sebastopol Terrace, East Acton from 1971-79? |
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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme - 'Can’t see the wood for the trees' Some of the links are soundalikes |
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Who was the second African-American to win a Wimbledon Singles championship? |
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What was US President Andrew Jackson’s nickname bestowed because of his toughness? |
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3. |
Traditionally the goddess Aphrodite was born of sea foam off the coast of which modern country? |
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4. |
Who is the current MP for Wokingham, and was Secretary of State for Wales 1993-95? |
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5. |
Who was born as Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston (then in Lancashire) on 16th June 1890? |
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6. |
Which 1975 film starring Ryan O’Neal and directed by Stanley Kubrick was based on a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray? |
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7. |
Which Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated on 28th February 1986? |
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8. |
Which US right wing organisation was founded in 1958 and named after a military intelligence officer killed by communists in China in 1945? |
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ROUND 4 - Pictures - 'Yesterday's Men' |
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Who is this former deputy leader of the Labour party and former deputy Prime Minister? |
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2. |
Who is this former deputy leader of the Labour party who acted as deputy Prime Minister although he never officially held the post? |
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3. |
Who is this post-war American Vice-President? |
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4. |
Who is this post-war American Vice-President? |
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5. |
Who is this polymath scientist whose finger is preserved in a jar in Florence? |
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6. |
Who is this polymath scientist who died on the day his greatest work was published? |
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7. |
Who is this 1908 Nobel chemistry prize winner who had Manchester connections? |
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Who is this 1922 Nobel physics prize winner, pictured here in later life, who also had Manchester connections, and whose son also later won the physics prize in 1975? |
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Since 1946 three horses which have won the Grand National have had the name of a chemical element in their names. Name any one of them (whole name not just the element). |
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2. |
Which country has the highest absolute number of Muslims? |
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In which sport did Eric Heiden win 5 individual gold medals at a single Olympics in 1980? |
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4. |
What colour is the third letter of the Google trademark (i.e. the colour of the second ‘o’)? |
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Give the surnames of any two of the Four Marys who accompanied Mary Queen of Scots to France as her girl companions. |
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6. |
Which river flows through Leicester, Leicestershire? |
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7. |
In which 1960s TV series did Patrick McGoohan play secret agent John Drake? |
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Who is the author of novels including Cat’s Eyes, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and Oryx and Crake? |
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Who is the author of novels including The Girl at the Lion D’Or, Charlotte Gray, Human Traces and Engleby? |
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2. |
In which 1960s TV series did Richard Bradford play ex CIA agent/private investigator Mac McGill? |
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3. |
Which river flows through Rochester, Kent? |
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4. |
AD 69 was known as ‘The Year of the Four Emperors’. Name any one of the four men who were recognised as Emperors of Rome in that year. |
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5. |
What colour is the bottom right ring of the Olympic Rings trademark? |
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In which sport did Vitaly Scherbo win five individual gold medals at the same Olympic Games in 1992? |
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Which country has the highest absolute number of Roman Catholics? |
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Since 1946 two horses which have won the Grand National have been named after Scottish mountains. Name either. |
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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme - 'The County Set' |
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Which detective made his first appearance in the 1964 novel From Doon With Death? |
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2. |
How is the medical condition Trisomy-21 better known? |
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3. |
Edward Kennedy is one of Massachusetts’s two senators. Who is the other? |
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4. |
Which psychiatrist who presented In the Psychiatrist’s Chair on Radio 4 died earlier this month? |
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5. |
Which DJ presents Music Club on Radio 2 on Monday nights 23.30 - 00.30? |
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6. |
Which film actor starred in films including The Mark of Zorro, The Black Rose and Prince of Foxes but died aged 44 whist filming Solomon and Sheba? |
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7. |
Who was the father of historian Lady Antonia Fraser? |
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8. |
The 1962 hit song Three Stars Will Shine Tonight was released by the leading actor, and based on the theme tune, of which popular drama series 1961-1965? |
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Two US states are geoellipsoidal rectangles. Name either of them. |
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Four US states meet at a single point at Four Corners Monument. Colorado is one of them. Name two of the other three. |
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Ada Lovelace, who is often described as the world’s first computer programmer, was the first legitimate child of which poet? She died aged 36, the same age as her father. |
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Which poet eloped with and married a 16 year old, left her three years later and eloped with another 16 year old and her 16 year old step-sister? He later married the former when his first wife committed suicide and possibly fathered the latter’s illegitimate child. He died at 29. |
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In which country was the pop singer Shakira born in 1977? |
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6. |
In which country was the pop singer Gloria Estefan born in 1957? |
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7. |
Former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford were both born in which year? (allow +/- 1) |
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8. |
Former US Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush Senior were both born in which year? (allow +/- 1) |
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Which role does Sir Liam Donaldson play in national life? |
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2. |
Who is the Chief Rabbi? |
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3. |
Who is the only member of the winning 1966 Soccer World Cup winning side to have been sent off at a subsequent international? |
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4. |
Which cities have hosted the summer Olympics more than once? |
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5. |
In which city is Leonardo’s Last Supper? |
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6. |
Who is Herbert Morrison’s grandson who has also served in a Labour cabinet? |
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7. |
Which fictional detective made his first appearance in the 1962 novel Cover Her Face? |
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8. |
Recently ‘outed’ what is Professor Dumbledore’s first name? |
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Go to Spare questions with answers
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Which iconic fictional characters live at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan? |
Wallace and Gromit |
2. |
In the recent Twenty20 Cricket World Cup which Australian bowler became the first to get a hat-trick in international Twenty20? |
Brett Lee |
3. |
Tutankhamen was a pharaoh of which numbered Egyptian dynasty? |
18th (eighteenth) |
4. |
In which European city is the Peggy Guggenheim Collection on permanent display? Peggy Guggenheim herself is buried in the back garden of the gallery. |
Venice |
5. |
Edward, the Black Prince, was the father of which King of England? |
Richard II (second) |
6. |
In the Bible what was the name of the priest to whom the prophet Samuel was apprenticed as a boy? |
Eli |
7. |
Who played the villain Francisco Scaramanga in the 1974 Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun? |
Christopher Lee |
8. |
Which politician described the 1983 Labour manifesto as “the longest suicide note in history”? |
Gerald Kaufman |
Go back to Round 1 questions without answers
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Which shadow chancellor described the introduction of premium bonds in 1957 as “a squalid little raffle”? |
Harold Wilson |
2. |
Who played drug addict Frankie Machine in the 1955 film The Man With The Golden Arm, for which he was nominated for an academy award? |
Frank Sinatra |
3. |
In the Bible which priest, along with the prophet Nathan, anointed King Solomon? |
Zadok |
4. |
John of Gaunt was the father of which King of England? |
Henry IV (fourth) |
5. |
In which European capital city is Baron and Baroness Thyssen’s art collection on permanent display? |
Madrid |
6. |
In which numbered Egyptian dynasty were the Giza pyramids constructed? |
4th (fourth) |
7. |
In the recent Twenty20 Cricket World Cup Yuvraj Singh of India scored six sixes in an over. Who was the unfortunate English bowler? |
Stuart Broad |
8. |
Which long running TV sitcom ‘twins’ lived at 24 Sebastopol Terrace, East Acton from 1960-65 and at 28 Sebastopol Terrace, East Acton from 1971-79? |
Eric Sykes and his twin sister Hattie (also accept Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques) |
Go back to Round 2 questions without answers
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ROUND 3 - Hidden theme - 'Can’t see the wood for the trees' Some of the links are soundalikes |
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Who was the second African-American to win a Wimbledon Singles championship? |
Arthur Ashe |
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What was US President Andrew Jackson’s nickname bestowed because of his toughness? |
Old Hickory |
3. |
Traditionally the goddess Aphrodite was born of sea foam off the coast of which modern country? |
Cyprus |
4. |
Who is the current MP for Wokingham, and was Secretary of State for Wales 1993-95? |
John Redwood |
5. |
Who was born as Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston (then in Lancashire) on 16th June 1890? |
Stan Laurel |
6. |
Which 1975 film starring Ryan O’Neal and directed by Stanley Kubrick was based on a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray? |
Barry Lyndon |
7. |
Which Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated on 28th February 1986? |
Olaf Palme |
8. |
Which US right wing organisation was founded in 1958 and named after a military intelligence officer killed by communists in China in 1945? |
John Birch Society |
Theme: Each answer contains the name of a tree... ash, hickory, cypress, redwood, laurel, linden, palm and birch |
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Go back to Round 3 questions without answers
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ROUND 4 - Pictures - 'Yesterday's Men' |
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Who is this former deputy leader of the Labour party and former deputy Prime Minister? |
Herbert Morrison |
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Who is this former deputy leader of the Labour party who acted as deputy Prime Minister although he never officially held the post? |
Edward Short (now Lord Glenamara and who is 95 next month) |
3. |
Who is this post-war American Vice-President? |
Hubert Humphrey (VP to Johnson) |
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Who is this post-war American Vice-President? |
Nelson Rockefeller (VP to Ford) |
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Who is this polymath scientist whose finger is preserved in a jar in Florence? |
Galileo (Galilei) |
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Who is this polymath scientist who died on the day his greatest work was published? |
(Nicolaus) Copernicus |
7. |
Who is this 1908 Nobel chemistry prize winner who had Manchester connections? |
Ernest Rutherford (he held the Physics chair at Manchester University) |
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Who is this 1922 Nobel physics prize winner, pictured here in later life, who also had Manchester connections, and whose son also later won the physics prize in 1975? |
Niels Bohr (researcher and lecturer with Rutherford in Manchester) |
Go back to Round 4 questions without answers
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Since 1946 three horses which have won the Grand National have had the name of a chemical element in their names. Name any one of them (whole name not just the element). |
(one of) Nickel Coin (1951), Nicolaus Silver (1961), Silver Birch (2007) |
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Which country has the highest absolute number of Muslims? |
Indonesia (over 200 million) |
3. |
In which sport did Eric Heiden win 5 individual gold medals at a single Olympics in 1980? |
Speed ice skating |
4. |
What colour is the third letter of the Google trademark (i.e. the colour of the second ‘o’)? |
Yellow |
5. |
Give the surnames of any two of the Four Marys who accompanied Mary Queen of Scots to France as her girl companions. |
(two of) Beaton, Seton, Fleming, Livingston |
6. |
Which river flows through Leicester, Leicestershire? |
Soar |
7. |
In which 1960s TV series did Patrick McGoohan play secret agent John Drake? |
Dangerman |
8. |
Who is the author of novels including Cat’s Eyes, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and Oryx and Crake? |
Margaret Attwood |
Go back to Round 5 questions without answers
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Who is the author of novels including The Girl at the Lion D’Or, Charlotte Gray, Human Traces and Engleby? |
Sebastian Faulks |
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In which 1960s TV series did Richard Bradford play ex CIA agent/private investigator Mac McGill? |
Man in a Suitcase |
3. |
Which river flows through Rochester, Kent? |
Medway |
4. |
AD 69 was known as ‘The Year of the Four Emperors’. Name any one of the four men who were recognised as Emperors of Rome in that year. |
(one of) Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian |
5. |
What colour is the bottom right ring of the Olympic Rings trademark? |
Green |
6. |
In which sport did Vitaly Scherbo win five individual gold medals at the same Olympic Games in 1992? |
Gymnastics (he also won a team gold) |
7. |
Which country has the highest absolute number of Roman Catholics? |
Brazil (almost 137 million) |
8. |
Since 1946 two horses which have won the Grand National have been named after Scottish mountains. Name either. |
(one of) Foinavon (1967), Ben Nevis (1980) |
Go back to Round 6 questions without answers
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ROUND 7 - Hidden theme - 'County Set' |
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Which detective made his first appearance in the 1964 novel From Doon With Death? |
Inspector Reg Wexford |
2. |
How is the medical condition Trisomy-21 better known? |
Downs Syndrome |
3. |
Edward Kennedy is one of Massachusetts’s two senators. Who is the other? |
John Kerry |
4. |
Which psychiatrist who presented In the Psychiatrist’s Chair on Radio 4 died earlier this month? |
Dr Anthony Clare |
5. |
Which DJ presents Music Club on Radio 2 on Monday nights 23.30 - 00.30? |
Simon Mayo |
6. |
Which film actor starred in films including The Mark of Zorro, The Black Rose and Prince of Foxes but died aged 44 whist filming Solomon and Sheba? |
Tyrone Power |
7. |
Who was the father of historian Lady Antonia Fraser? |
Earl of Longford (a.k.a. Frank Packenham) |
8. |
The 1962 hit song Three Stars Will Shine Tonight was released by the leading actor, and based on the theme tune, of which popular drama series 1961-1965? |
Dr Kildare |
Theme: Each answer contains the name of a county in... Northern Ireland (Down, Tyrone) or the Republic of Ireland (Wexford, Kerry, Clare, Mayo, Longford, Kildare) |
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Go back to Round 7 questions without answers
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Two US states are geoellipsoidal rectangles. Name either of them. |
(one of) Colorado, Wyoming |
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Four US states meet at a single point at Four Corners Monument. Colorado is one of them. Name two of the other three. |
(two of) Utah, New Mexico, Arizona |
3. |
Ada Lovelace, who is often described as the world’s first computer programmer, was the first legitimate child of which poet? She died aged 36, the same age as her father. |
Lord Byron |
4. |
Which poet eloped with and married a 16 year old, left her three years later and eloped with another 16 year old and her 16 year old step-sister? He later married the former when his first wife committed suicide and possibly fathered the latter’s illegitimate child. He died at 29. |
Percy Bysshe Shelley |
5. |
In which country was the pop singer Shakira born in 1977? |
Colombia |
6. |
In which country was the pop singer Gloria Estefan born in 1957? |
Cuba |
7. |
Former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford were both born in which year? (allow +/- 1) |
1913 (accept 1912-1914) |
8. |
Former US Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush Senior were both born in which year? (allow +/- 1) |
1924 (accept 1923-1925) |
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Which role does Sir Liam Donaldson play in national life? |
Chief Medical Officer |
2. |
Who is the Chief Rabbi? |
Jonathon Sachs |
3. |
Who is the only member of the winning 1966 Soccer World Cup winning side to have been sent off at a subsequent international? |
Alan Ball |
4. |
Which cities have hosted the summer Olympics more than once? |
Paris, London, Los Angeles, Athens |
5. |
In which city is Leonardo’s Last Supper? |
Milan |
6. |
Who is Herbert Morrison’s grandson who has also served in a Labour cabinet? |
Peter Mandelson |
7. |
Which fictional detective made his first appearance in the 1962 novel Cover Her Face? |
Commander Adam Dalgliesh |
8. |
Recently ‘outed’ what is Professor Dumbledore’s first name? |
Albus |