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Withington Pub Quiz League |
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Question Paper for 27/02/02 set by Albert
(table of answers follow the table of questions)
Questions
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ROUND 1 |
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Whose song advised Mrs Worthington not to put her daughter on the stage? |
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2. |
By what name is actor Bernard Schwartz better known? |
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3. |
In which film did Elvis Presley play a boxer? |
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4. |
Name the only film to be directed by Marlon Brando |
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5. |
Name one of the three doctors regularly featured in the “Simpsons"? |
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6. |
Who lived at Railway Cuttings, East Cheam? |
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7. |
Who is the new voice of Tetley Teabags? |
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8. |
Which member of the Monty Python team was a doctor? |
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ROUND 2 |
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Which Nationwide football team plays at Priestfield? |
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2. |
Who was the first foreign manager to win the FA Cup? |
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3. |
Orology is the study of what? |
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4. |
Which singer's real name is Sandra Goodrich? |
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5. |
Who wrote the opera “A Midsummer Night's Dream'? |
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6. |
Who were Chris, Vin, Chico, O'Reilly, Lee, Brit & Harry Luck? |
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7. |
Who replied when asked to name her previous husbands "What is this a memory test?"? |
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8. |
Which Pope comes next in this sequence - Pius X, Pius XI, Plus XII, John XXIII? |
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ROUND 3 |
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What was the name of the Inn from which Chaucer's pilgrims set out in the Canterbury Tales? |
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2. |
Which Shakespeare play is subtitled "What you will”? |
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3. |
Whose autobiography is entitled "Is that it"? |
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4. |
Which flower takes its name from the Turkish for turban? |
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5. |
Who wrote the novel "The Shipping News"? |
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6. |
Who was the first director of Britain's National Theatre? |
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7. |
Which road has been named as the most dangerous in Britain? |
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8. |
What is the shipping area Finisterre to be renamed? |
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ROUND 4 |
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In which year was Malcolm X assassinated? |
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2. |
In which year did Robert Maxwell die? |
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3. |
What sweet can be made from the sap of the South American sapodilla tree? |
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4. |
What is the main ingredient of Guacamole? |
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5. |
What is the world's highest capital city? |
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6. |
Where is the world's longest Fjord? |
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7. |
Who killed Jesse James? |
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8. |
What was the name of the murdered Kansas family in Truman Capote's novel "In Cold Blood"? |
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ROUND 5 |
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By what name is actor John Carter better known? |
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2. |
What was Steve McQueen's last film? |
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3. |
Who played the brutal killer Max Cady in the original version of Cape Fear? |
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4. |
Which actor appeared in both the original & remake of the film Cape Fear? |
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5. |
In the "Simpsons", who is the Principal of Springfield Elementary School? |
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6. |
What is the name of the football team in the TV series "Footballer's Wives'? |
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7. |
Which female group is to be the new face of Avon cosmetics? |
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8. |
Which of the Goodies was a doctor? |
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ROUND 6 |
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Which Nationwide football team plays at the Bescot Stadium? |
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Which two countries contested the final of the African Nations Cup? |
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3. |
Nephology is the study of what? |
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4. |
Which comedian's real name is David O'Mahoney? |
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5. |
Which police force arrested James Earl Ray? |
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6. |
What is meant by the term Ochlocracy? |
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Who is said to have lived by the motto "Live fast, die young, have a beautiful corpse"? |
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8. |
In which country were the 1940 Olympic games scheduled to be held? |
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ROUND 7 |
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What was the name of the host at the Inn from which Chaucer’s pilgrims set out in the Canterbury Tales? |
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Which was Shakespeare's shortest play? |
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3. |
"A clown too many" is the autobiography of which British comedian? |
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4. |
Which plant takes its name from the Italian phrase for "beautiful woman'? |
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5. |
Under the Dewey Library system of book classification what subject area is classified in the 940's? |
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6. |
The current Chinese year is the year of the .....? |
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7. |
What has recently been voted the funniest line of dialogue from a film? |
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8. |
Which famous musician has recently drawn a range of new postage stamps for the Isle of Man? |
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ROUND 8 |
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In which year was Earl Mountbatten assassinated? |
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2. |
In which year did the Three Mile Island disaster take place? |
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3. |
What food has a name that means "baked twice”? |
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4. |
What is the Italian name for Squid? |
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5. |
What is the world's most southerly capital city? |
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6. |
What country is home to the highest waterfall? |
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7. |
In 1952 Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of a British Policeman but the man who actually shot the policeman was too young to hang. What was his name? |
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8. |
What was the real name of The Boston Strangler? |
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SPARES |
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1. |
What is the county town of Kent? |
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2. |
What is the county town of Hertfordshire? |
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3. |
Which two countries joined the EEC at the same time as Britain? |
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4. |
Of what illness is St. Valentine the patron saint? |
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5. |
In the New Testament who said "What is truth"? |
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6. |
Which country was attacked by Russia in 1939? |
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7. |
Dubris is the Roman name for which English town? |
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8. |
Camulodunum is the Roman name for which English town? |
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9. |
Which was the first US city to host the Olympic Games? |
Answers
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ROUND 1 |
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1. |
Noel Coward |
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2. |
Tony Curtis |
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3. |
Kid Galahad |
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4. |
One Eyed Jacks |
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5. |
Dr Julius Hibbert or Dr Nick Riviera or Dr Marvin Monroe |
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6. |
Tony Hancock |
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7. |
Ewan McGregor |
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8. |
Graham Chapman |
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ROUND 2 |
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1. |
Gillingham |
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2. |
Ruud Gullit (1997) |
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3. |
Mountains |
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4. |
Sandie Shaw |
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5. |
Benjamin Britten |
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6. |
The Magnificent Seven |
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7. |
Elizabeth Taylor |
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8. |
Paul VI |
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ROUND 3 |
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1. |
The Tabard at Southwark |
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2. |
Twelfth Night |
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3. |
Bob Geldorf |
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4. |
Tulip |
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5. |
Annie Proulx |
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6. |
Peter Hall |
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7. |
A889 |
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8. |
Fitzroy |
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ROUND 4 |
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1965 |
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2. |
1991 |
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3. |
Chewing Gum |
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4. |
Avocado pears |
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5. |
La Paz (Bolivia) |
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6. |
Greenland |
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7. |
Bob Ford |
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8. |
The Clutter family |
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ROUND 5 |
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1. |
Chariton Heston |
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2. |
The Hunter |
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3. |
Robert Mitchum |
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4. |
Gregory Peck |
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5. |
Seymour Skinner |
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6. |
Earls Park |
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7. |
Atomic Kitten |
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8. |
Graeme Garden |
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ROUND 6 |
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1. |
Walsall |
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2. |
Cameroon & Senegal |
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3. |
Clouds |
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4. |
Dave Allen |
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5. |
The Metropolitan Police Force |
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6. |
Rule by a mob |
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7. |
James Dean |
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8. |
Japan |
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ROUND 7 |
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1. |
Harry Bailey |
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2. |
The Comedy of Errors |
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3. |
Les Dawson |
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4. |
Belladonna |
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5. |
History |
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6. |
Horse |
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7. |
“He's not the Messiah; he's a very naughty boy!” (Life of Brian) |
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8. |
Sir Paul McCartney |
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ROUND 8 |
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1979 |
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1979 |
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Biscuit |
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4. |
Calamari |
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5. |
Wellington (New Zealand) |
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6. |
Venezuela |
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7. |
Christopher Craig |
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8. |
Albert De Salvo |
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SPARES |
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Maidstone |
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2. |
Ware |
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3. |
Denmark & Eire |
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4. |
Epilepsy |
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5. |
Pontius Pilate |
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6. |
Finland |
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7. |
Dover |
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8. |
Colchester |
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9. |
St Louis (1904) |