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Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
27/08/2012	August	Each answer contains the consecutive letters 'A-U-G'.	Format index


1.	Naval slang
What’s the traditional naval term for bending a sailor over a ship's gun to be lashed with a cat o’ nine tails?
Kissing the gunner’s daughter
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2.	Art
Who painted this picture?
Paul Gauguin
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3.	Gaelic
What is the Scottish Gaelic for ‘water of life’?
Usquebaugh (hence the Scottish Gaelic word for Whisky)
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4.	Classical music
Which composer whose statue stands in the middle of Dorking town centre wrote the piece you can hear? (click to play)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
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5.	French society
What culinary term has been adapted to mean the upper crust in French society?
au gratin
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6.	Cricket
Who held the world record for the most catches taken in Test matches by a non-wicket keeper until beaten by Rahul Dravid in 2009?
Mark Waugh
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7.	…came between
Who came between Lynch and FitzGerald, FitzGerald and FitzGerald, and FitzGerald and Reynolds?
Charles Haughey (as Irish Taoiseach)
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8.	Adventure novels
Which 1924 adventure novel by P C Wren concerns a British upper class man who runs off to join a foreign army?
Beau Geste
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9.	Les Dawson
What is the catchphrase associated with this picture of Les Dawson?
“Naughty but Nice” (advert for Fresh Cream cakes)
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10.	Places
What comprises Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo?
Connaught (the Irish Province)
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11.	Children’s TV
In 1975 actor Derek Guyler starred in an ITV Children’s series based on a Charles Penrose music hall comic song from the 1920s. What was the series called?
*The Laughing Policeman*
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12.	Dates
What occurs once every 4 years on January 20th?
Inauguration of the President of the United States of America
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13.	World War 2 novels
What’s the title of the satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut about the World War II experiences and journeys through time of a soldier called Billy Pilgrim?
Slaughterhouse-Five
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14.	Theatre
What was the name of the Bolton playwright who wrote Alfie, Spring and Port Wine, and The Family Way all of which were turned into films in the 1960s?
Bill Naughton
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15.	Film music
For which film did Michael Nyman write this music? The film was a murder mystery based in England
The Draughtsman’s Contract
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