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28/05/2018 |
Cricketshires |
15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter. The first 3 letters of the names of all 18 first class County Cricket Clubs are contained in the answers – at least one starts a word in each answer. Make your choice. |
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Walter Scott |
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Which 1823 Walter Scott novel concerns a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI? |
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Quentin Durward
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British actresses |
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Which well known actress is pictured here?
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Suranne Jones
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Winston Churchill |
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In this 1942
Churchill speech to the Canadian parliament which exact four words
follow those you
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"....some chicken, some neck"
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Party planning |
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Based on experience working for her parents’ company Party Pieces, and pocketing a £400k advance from Penguin, who wrote the 2012 party planning guide Celebrate? |
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Pippa Middleton
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Ireland |
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Which is - by population - the smallest of Ireland’s 32 counties? It borders Northern Ireland and its county town is Carrick-on-Shannon? |
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Leitrim
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Crystal Palace |
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Which 1960s number one hit song is played at the start of all Crystal Palace home matches? |
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Glad All Over (by The Dave Clark Five)
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1970s pop lyrics |
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Whose most celebrated hit song started with the lyrics “At first I was afraid, I was petrified”? |
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Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive)
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TV sports presenters |
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Gabby Logan, the BBC sports presenter, is the daughter of which former Leeds United footballer? |
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Terry Yorath
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Big cats |
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On September 12th 2016 the death was reported of big cat Tango. Tango had appeared on British TV frequently in the 1990s in relation to which product? |
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Esso petrol (Tango was the tiger in the ‘Tiger in your tank’ advertising campaign)
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1970s film scores |
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Who composed this
Oscar-winning song for Barbra Streisand to sing in the film
The Way We Were?
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Marvin Hamlisch
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Theatre producers |
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Who is this theatre and film producer?
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Bill Kenwright (who is also Chairman of Everton FC)
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Architecture |
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Which school in Sussex boasts this chapel, a supreme example of gothic revival design?
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Lancing College
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EastEnders actresses |
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Which former EastEnders and Grange Hill actress is now a TV director with various programmes to her credit including the recent BBC drama The A Word? |
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Susan Tully
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Hitchcock films |
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Which 1946 ‘spy noir’ film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, stars Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains? |
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Notorious
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Contemporary TV satire |
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What’s the name of Frankie Boyle’s satire show first aired on BBC2 in 2017? |
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New World Order
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