Withington Pub Quiz League
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Question Paper for 01/11/06 - set by Napier Girls
(to see the answers move the mouse over the blank line beneath each question whilst at the same time
pressing the select button on the mouse - when you print the page the answers show up on the printed copy)
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ROUND 1 - Themed Each answer has a connection with either Halloween or November 5th |
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In which 1990 film, directed by Brian de Palma, does Tom Hanks play Sherman McCoy? |
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How is the shrub Cytisus Scoparius better known? |
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Broom |
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Which Police album, which contains the track Everything She Does Is Magic, takes its name from a work by Arthur Koestler? |
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Ghost In the Machine |
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Which former Neighbours actor starred as Ed Exley in the film version of LA Confidential? |
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Guy Pearce |
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How is the McDonnell Douglas F4 Fighter Bomber better known? |
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Phantom |
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Which Elton John hit of 1972 contains the line: “I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife”? |
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Rocket Man |
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The shrub Hamamelis virginica is often used for treating bruises and skin conditions such as eczema. How is it better known? |
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Witch Hazel |
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Ernst Blofeld was the head of which organisation? |
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SPECTRE |
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ROUND 2 - Unthemed |
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Which club is top of the Coca Cola Football League 1? |
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Nottingham Forest |
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Manchester City was knocked out of this season’s Carling Cup by Chesterfield. Which other Premiership club was also knocked out by Chesterfield? |
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West Ham |
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What is 641/3? (64 to the power one third) |
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4 (i.e. the cube root of 64) |
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What is 2/3 (two thirds) divided by 5/7 (five sevenths)? |
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14/15 (fourteen fifteenths) (invert the second fraction and then multiply) |
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Who composed the opera whose German title means ‘The Bat’? |
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Johan Strauss (Die Fledermaus) |
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Whose orchestral works include Fireworks and Pulcinella? |
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Stravinsky |
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Founded in 1348, its former students include Jan Hus - in which city is Charles University? |
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Prague |
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Founded in 1364, its former students include Nicolaus Copernicus - in which city is the Jagiellonian University? |
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Krakow |
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ROUND 3 - Themed The answers in this round are linked by a theme to be deduced. (The theme is revealed after the answer to question 8) |
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Which tone poem by Camille Saint-Saens was first performed in 1874 and was the first orchestral piece to make use of the xylophone? |
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Danse Macabre |
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Which Bee Gees hit includes the line: “When the feelings gone and you can’t go on”? |
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Tragedy |
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The following is a brief summary of the plot of which 2006 film: ‘An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys pursue sex, sport, and higher education’? |
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The History Boys |
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With which field of science would you associate Gerard Kuiper, Charles Messier and Clyde Tombaugh? |
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Astronomy |
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On which record label did The Dave Clarke Five, The Clash, Meatloaf, Michael Jackson and Macy Gray, among many others, appear? |
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Epic |
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What is the title of the 1970 Ken Russell film biography of Tchaikovsky? |
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The Music Lovers |
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Which venue, opened in Soho in 1979, helped start the careers of Alexei Sayle, Rick Mayall, Josie Lawrence, Keith Allen and Paul Merton? |
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The Comedy Store |
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The flower Nigella Damascene is more commonly known as what? |
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Love-in-a-mist |
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ROUND 4 - Pictures Identify the person shown in the negative picture |
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Andrew Flintoff (taken on the morning after the night before!) |
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| Stephen Hawking | Condoleeza Rice | ||
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| Helen Mirren | Robbie Williams | ||
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| Roman Abramovich | Brad Pitt |
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ROUND 5 |
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Ahmadabad is the chief city of which Indian state? |
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Gujerat |
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Chennai is the chief city of which Indian state? |
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Tamil Nadu |
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The Walker Stadium is Leicester City’s home ground – where did they play previously? |
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Filbert Street |
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The Riverside Stadium is Middlesboro’s home ground – where did they play previously? |
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Ayresome Park |
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Who wrote A Handful of Dust? |
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Evelyn Waugh |
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Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath? |
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John Steinbeck |
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Name the year: Salvador Allende’s government is overthrown by General Pinochet in Chile Sunderland win the F.A.Cup |
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1973 |
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Name the year. Idi Amin comes to power in Uganda Chelsea win the F.A Cup |
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1970 |
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ROUND 6 |
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Name the celebrity lawyer, a.k.a. Mr. Loophole, in the news this week. |
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Nick Freeman |
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At what function this week did Jonathan Ross make widely reported disparaging remarks about Heather Mills McCartney? |
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The Q Awards in London |
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What is the capital of Nigeria? |
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Abuja |
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What is the capital of Cameroon? |
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Yaounde |
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Which constituency does MP Salim Malik represent? |
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Dewsbury |
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Which constituency does MP George Galloway represent? |
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Bethnal Green & Bow |
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The film Midnight Express is set in which city? |
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Istanbul |
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The film The Third Man is set in which city? |
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Vienna |
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ROUND 7 |
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In United States political history, when did the first congress convene? (allow one year either way) |
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1789 |
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How many seats do the Democrats need to win from the Republicans to take control of the House of Representatives being elected next Tuesday? (allow three either way) |
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15 |
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What You Will is the alternative title of which Shakespeare play? |
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Twelfth Night |
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The musical Kiss Me Kate was based on which Shakespeare play? |
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The Taming of the Shrew |
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Who is the head coach of F. C. Barcelona? |
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Frank Rijkaard |
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Who is the head coach of Real Madrid? |
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Fabio Capello |
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Several musicians have been dubbed ‘The Fifth Beatle’, including Pete Best and Billy Preston - but what was the name of John Lennon’s friend who was an original member of the band and who is correctly termed ‘The Fifth Beatle’? |
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Stuart Sutcliffe |
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Which Rolling Stones guitarist succeeded Brian Jones and preceded Ron Wood? |
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Mick Taylor |
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ROUND 8 |
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What is the title of Richard Dawkins latest book which debunks religion? |
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The God Delusion |
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What is the term used by creationists for their (preposterous?) idea that some supernatural force was responsible for the creation of the universe? |
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Intelligent Design |
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Peter Jackson’s latest film project has been postponed. Based on a best selling video game, what is its title? |
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Halo |
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Whose TV show did Madonna choose to offer her justification for adopting a child from Malawi? |
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Oprah Winfrey |
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Name four of the six members of the European Union sub group G6? |
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(Four from) Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Poland |
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The European club football group G14 has how many members? |
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18 |
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Which country currently holds the presidency of the European Union? |
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Finland |
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Which country currently chairs the G8? |
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Russia |
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SPARES |
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What was the nationality of the philosopher Erasmus? |
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Dutch |
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Whose novels include The Spire and The Inheritors? |
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William Golding |
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Which British gymnast won the Gold medal for the uneven bars in this year’s World Gymnastic championships? |
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Beth Tweddle |
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Which actor born William Franklin Beedle, starred in Sunset Boulevard and The Wild Bunch? |
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William Holden |
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In which sport is Nicole Cooke number one in the world rankings? |
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Cycling |