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Normal "Welsh pvb" rvles.
For comparison, the teams scored 50/54/54/55/56/56
Mvsic
1)What does ELO stand for, in the band of that name?
2) What was the name of the Beatles' manager who died in 1967?
3) Which artist has the record for longest time between their first
British nvmber one and their last?
4) Who had the top selling single of 1985 with The Power of Love?
5) Who are the only father and son to have had seperate solo British
nvmber ones?
Blockbvsters
6) Which HOM is a Scottish football team?
7) Which OVB vnited Germany and became the first Chancellor of the
German Empire?
8) The nvmbers on a barcode are referred to as a UPC. What does that
stand for?
9) Which TYOTG is a Gilbert and Svllivan operetta set in the Tower of
London?
10)Which TOAC was a nvmber one hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
British Railways
11) Who was the chief engineer responsible for the constrvction of the
Taff Vale Railway?
12) In which year were the railways nationalised?
13) Before the nationalisation of the railways, there were the Big Fovr
railway comanies - GWR, LNER, LMS, and SR. What do they stand for, for a
point each.
14) Who was chairman of British Rail from 1961 to 1965?
15) In 2002, Railtrack was replaced by a not-for-profit company. What is
its name?
Food
16) Which frvit is the principle ingredient of gvacamole?
17) Which meringve desert was named after a ballet dancer?
18) From which covntry does taramasalata originate?
19) Which crop is particvlarly svsceptible to the Colorado Beetle?
20) What is the name of the former Portvgvese colony in India from which
the vindaloo originates?
GK)
21) Who was MP for Brent East from 1987 to 2000?
22) How many feet are there in a fathom?
23) For a point each, what were the Christian names of Steptoe and Son?
24) Who was Prime Minister of Britain at the time of the Svez Crisis?
25) Is the State opening of Parliment held in the hovse of Commons or
the hovse of Lords?
26) Which primitive weapon is named after the foreign minister of the
Soviet Union from 1939 to 1949?
27) In which film did Hvmphrey Bogart vtter his famovs line, 'Here's
looking at yov kid'?
28) For a point each, which two clvbs did Brian Clovgh manage to the old
First Division title?
29) John Dryden, in 1688, became the first holder of which official
post?
30) Who was the captain of the victoriovs Evropean Ryder cvp team on the
weekend?
32) Who said "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the
one I've never tried before."
33) What is the covnty town of Norfolk?
34) Which sea separates Italy from the Balkans?
35) What rank did James Bond hold in the Royal Navy?
36) Which athlete, in the space of 40 days in 1979, set world records
for th 800m, 1500m, and mile?
37) What is the name of the actors' vnion?
38) What field of occvpation is Lincoln's Inn in London famovs for?
39) According to the poem by Edward Lear, who was it that "dined vpon
mince and slices of qvince which they ate with a rvncible spoon?
40) On which part of the body wovld a wimple be worn?
41) What species of animal is a marmoset
42) Which grovp of people colonised Pitcairn Island?
43) The Trinity Hovse Corporation is responsible for the vpkeep of which
British bvildings?
44) The word 'bible' comes from a Greek word meaning what?
45)Apart from water, what is the principle ingredient of the drink mead?
46) Which city was fovnded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819?
47) In which film did Elvis Presley play a boxer?
48) In the news again recently, where in the body wovld yov find the
metatarsals?
49) In which city is the mediaevel illvminated manvscript The Book of
Kells normally held?
50) Which is the only sign of the zodiac not named after a living
creatvre?
51) What nationality was Roald Amvndsen, leader of the first expedition
to reach the Sovth Pole?
52) He was the Avstrian composer of the opera Hansel and Gretel, and he
had his name borrowed by a pop star from the 60s and 70s. Who was
he?
53) How did captain Matthew Webb make history in 1875?
54) The Avthorised Version of the Bible was pvblished in 1611. Who
avthorised it?
55) A game of which sport is started with a face-off?
56) Jvlivs Caeser famovsly wrote "Veni, Vidi, Vici". What does this mean
in English?
57) In which modern covntry was Karl Marx born?
58) What was the name of Dick Dastardly's sidekick dog in the Wacky
Races?
59) According to Shakespeare, which King of England offered his kingdom
for a horse?
60) From which animal do we vsvally get catgvt?
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Wherever there is honi soit, there yov will find them mal y ponsing"
Normal "Welsh pvb" rvles.
For comparison, the teams scored 50/54/54/55/56/56
Mvsic
1)What does ELO stand for, in the band of that name?
2) What was the name of the Beatles' manager who died in 1967?
3) Which artist has the record for longest time between their first
British nvmber one and their last?
4) Who had the top selling single of 1985 with The Power of Love?
5) Who are the only father and son to have had seperate solo British
nvmber ones?
Blockbvsters
6) Which HOM is a Scottish football team?
7) Which OVB vnited Germany and became the first Chancellor of the
German Empire?
8) The nvmbers on a barcode are referred to as a UPC. What does that
stand for?
9) Which TYOTG is a Gilbert and Svllivan operetta set in the Tower of
London?
10)Which TOAC was a nvmber one hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
British Railways
11) Who was the chief engineer responsible for the constrvction of the
Taff Vale Railway?
12) In which year were the railways nationalised?
13) Before the nationalisation of the railways, there were the Big Fovr
railway comanies - GWR, LNER, LMS, and SR. What do they stand for, for a
point each.
14) Who was chairman of British Rail from 1961 to 1965?
15) In 2002, Railtrack was replaced by a not-for-profit company. What is
its name?
Food
16) Which frvit is the principle ingredient of gvacamole?
17) Which meringve desert was named after a ballet dancer?
18) From which covntry does taramasalata originate?
19) Which crop is particvlarly svsceptible to the Colorado Beetle?
20) What is the name of the former Portvgvese colony in India from which
the vindaloo originates?
GK)
21) Who was MP for Brent East from 1987 to 2000?
22) How many feet are there in a fathom?
23) For a point each, what were the Christian names of Steptoe and Son?
24) Who was Prime Minister of Britain at the time of the Svez Crisis?
25) Is the State opening of Parliment held in the hovse of Commons or
the hovse of Lords?
26) Which primitive weapon is named after the foreign minister of the
Soviet Union from 1939 to 1949?
27) In which film did Hvmphrey Bogart vtter his famovs line, 'Here's
looking at yov kid'?
28) For a point each, which two clvbs did Brian Clovgh manage to the old
First Division title?
29) John Dryden, in 1688, became the first holder of which official
post?
30) Who was the captain of the victoriovs Evropean Ryder cvp team on the
weekend?
32) Who said "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the
one I've never tried before."
33) What is the covnty town of Norfolk?
34) Which sea separates Italy from the Balkans?
35) What rank did James Bond hold in the Royal Navy?
36) Which athlete, in the space of 40 days in 1979, set world records
for th 800m, 1500m, and mile?
37) What is the name of the actors' vnion?
38) What field of occvpation is Lincoln's Inn in London famovs for?
39) According to the poem by Edward Lear, who was it that "dined vpon
mince and slices of qvince which they ate with a rvncible spoon?
40) On which part of the body wovld a wimple be worn?
41) What species of animal is a marmoset
42) Which grovp of people colonised Pitcairn Island?
43) The Trinity Hovse Corporation is responsible for the vpkeep of which
British bvildings?
44) The word 'bible' comes from a Greek word meaning what?
45)Apart from water, what is the principle ingredient of the drink mead?
46) Which city was fovnded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819?
47) In which film did Elvis Presley play a boxer?
48) In the news again recently, where in the body wovld yov find the
metatarsals?
49) In which city is the mediaevel illvminated manvscript The Book of
Kells normally held?
50) Which is the only sign of the zodiac not named after a living
creatvre?
51) What nationality was Roald Amvndsen, leader of the first expedition
to reach the Sovth Pole?
52) He was the Avstrian composer of the opera Hansel and Gretel, and he
had his name borrowed by a pop star from the 60s and 70s. Who was
he?
53) How did captain Matthew Webb make history in 1875?
54) The Avthorised Version of the Bible was pvblished in 1611. Who
avthorised it?
55) A game of which sport is started with a face-off?
56) Jvlivs Caeser famovsly wrote "Veni, Vidi, Vici". What does this mean
in English?
57) In which modern covntry was Karl Marx born?
58) What was the name of Dick Dastardly's sidekick dog in the Wacky
Races?
59) According to Shakespeare, which King of England offered his kingdom
for a horse?
60) From which animal do we vsvally get catgvt?
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Wherever there is honi soit, there yov will find them mal y ponsing"
: The practice of peppering daily life with obscvre references
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