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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Cryptic Pics - Carré on Spying - Questions & Answers |
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25/09/2017 |
Carré on Spying |
Each answer is the name of a novel by John Le Carré. |
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By what name is musician George Alan O'Dowd better known? |
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Boy George |
Honor Blackman |
a school of fish |
Finlay Currie as Abel Magwitch in David Lean’s Great Expectations |
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The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) |
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For which Bond film did Carly Simon sing the theme? |
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The Spy Who Loved Me (Nobody Does it Better) |
Claudio Ranieri (nicknamed ‘The Tinkerman’) |
logo of Timothy Taylor beers |
from the inscription on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey |
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) |
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Jim Parker wrote the haunting theme music for which long-running ITV drama series? The series was created and written by Anthony Horowitz and starred Michael Kitchen. |
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Foyle’s War |
The moment in the film Casablanca when Bogart says “Here’s looking at you, kid” |
American composer Philip Glass who wrote Einstein on the Beach |
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The Looking Glass War (1965) |
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Which recording star joined Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John to make the 1986 AIDS benefit single That's What Friends Are For? |
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Gladys Knight |
José Mourinho, football manager |
Pep Guardiola, football manager |
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The Night Manager (1993) |
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5. |
Look What You Made Me Do was a number one hit in 2017 for which pop star? |
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Taylor Swift |
Neymar |
Andean pan pipes |
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The Tailor of Panama (1996) |
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6. |
Go West was a big hit for the Pet Shop Boys in 1993 but who first had a hit with this song in 1979? |
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The Village People |
Carol Smillie |
(S)Miley Cyrus |
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Smiley's People (1979) |
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Which British girl group were the first group to win the X-Factor in 2011? |
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Little Mix |
Ginger Baker, drummer |
The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer |
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The Little Drummer Girl (1983) |
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Which Australian rock band was formed in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young? |
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AC/DC |
Nick (C)legg |
S + a few ‘pi’s from the Greek alphabet |
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A Legacy of Spies (2017) |
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Which Jamaican singer had a hit in 1986 with the song I Want to Wake Up with You? |
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Boris Gardiner |
a stent |
a convict ('con') |
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The Constant Gardener (2001) |
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| 10. | Who became the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song? |
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Kate Bush (with Wuthering Heights) |
The India Gate, New Delhi |
Pravda newspaper (‘Pravda’ means ‘truth’ in Russian) |
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A Delicate Truth (2013) |
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