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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 26/03/12 - Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Your Choice - 26/03/12 - Answers |
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26/03/2012 |
'Oo-er' |
15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. Each answer includes a word that ends with the letters 'oo'. Make your choice. |
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1980s pop music |
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Kajagoogoo (singing Too Shy) |
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London |
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The London mainline stations of Paddington, Marylebone and Charing Cross all have something in common. What is it? |
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They are all on the Bakerloo Underground line |
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1990s pop music |
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Which song recorded for the 1998 FIFA World Cup was sung by Fat Les and reached number 2 in the charts? |
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Vindaloo |
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Gulliver's Travels |
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What was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo and bears the name of characters from Gulliver’s Travels? |
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The internet company Yahoo |
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1960s TV |
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What did her husband famously call her on TV in the 1960s?
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“Silly Moo” (Dandy Nichols from Till Death Do Us Part) |
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Hindi |
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What is the Hindi word for head massage? |
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Shampoo |
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World War I slang |
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Which World War I slang term for ‘dead’ derives from the French phrase meaning ‘there is no more’? |
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Napoo (‘il n’y en a plus’) |
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American towns |
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Kalamazoo (I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo) |
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1960s novels |
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Which 1962 Ken Kesey novel features characters Randle Patrick McMurphy and nurse Mildred Ratched? |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
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10. |
Stately homes |
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What’s this stately home just north of Harpenden designed by Robert Adam?
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Luton Hoo |
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China |
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What euphemistic term described the borders between China and some of her Western aligned neighbours during the Cold War? |
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The Bamboo Curtain |
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Disney films |
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The comedian and actor Phil Harris is best known for playing which part in a Disney animated film? |
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Baloo (in Jungle Book) |
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Young victims |
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Two year old William Fildes of Kennedy Street, Manchester was the first victim of what? |
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The Peterloo Massacre |
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Seafood |
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What is the Gaelic name for a large black mussel? |
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Clappy-doo |
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Nursery rhymes |
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Which nursery rhyme contains the lines:
“My master's lost his fiddlestick, |
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Cock a Doodle Doo |
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