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Station Hotel Pub Quiz Question 10/11/2009 |
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Capital city of north Korea is |
Pyongyang |
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To which family of birds do Bramblings belong |
Finches |
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If you sailed due east from New York which country would be your next landfall |
Portugal |
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In birds of a feather, what was the name of Dorien*s husband |
Marcus |
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Which monarch was excommunicated by the pope in 1570 |
Elizabeth 1st |
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The play mouse trap made its 1st appearance in London in which decade |
1950s |
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What is the upper weight limit for a featherweight boxer |
9 stone. |
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In which county does the river piddle flow |
Dorest |
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What is the chemical symbol for zinc |
Zn |
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Mother Terrisa was born in which country? |
Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia |
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According to statistics what is currently the most entertaining tv show |
The x factor |
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What foreign language is the word “penny” derived from. |
The word 'Penny' is derived from old Germanic language.(german) |
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In which 1963 film is Maureen O'Hara spanked by John Wayne |
McLintock |
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Which city hosts the headquarters of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement |
Geneva |
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Name 3 presidents' faces sculpted on Mount Rushmore? |
Washington theodor roosevelt Lincoln and jefferson |
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If a person's birthday falls on December 1st, what is their star sign? |
Sagittarius |
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Bright's disease affects which part of the human body |
Kidneys |
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Who was prime minister when david Cameron was 1st elected as a mp |
Tony blair |
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What famous battle began with the English on Senlac Hill? |
Battle of Hastings (1066) |
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Almeria, Merlot, and Waltham Cross are which fruit? |
Grapes |
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Which two members of the royal family have appeared on a “question of sport |
Princess Anne Zara phillips |
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What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet |
gamma |
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What is the std code for Worksop |
01909 |
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Who is the patron saint of carpenters |
Joseph |
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What do you suffer from if you have daltonism |
Colour blindness |
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Name sir Paul McCartney’s middle name |
Paul |
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How many players in total are bound together from both sides in forming a rugby union scrum? |
Sixteen |
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In a theatre what is the job of a visagiste |
Make-up artist |
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Pogonophobia is a fear of what (usually) male characteristic? |
Beards |
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Who runs the Greendale post office in the children's TV show Postman Pat? |
Mrs Goggins |
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Which country was previously called Siam? |
Thailand |
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What is the title of the first James Bond film? |
Dr No (1962) |
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GBJ is the international vehicle registration for where? |
Jersey |
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What do you call a group of owls? |
A parliament |
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In which country was the w.i. founded |
Canada |
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America entered the 1st w.war against Germany which year? |
1917 |
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What colours are the flowers of the flax plant |
Blue |
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In German mythology what is the name of the siren who lived on a rock and lured boatmen to their deaths? |
Lore lei |
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Who had a number one hit with ‘Careless Whisper’? |
George Michael |
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Which fictional detective lives in St Mary Mead? |
Miss Marple |
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How many episodes were made of the TV series M*A*S*H? |
251 |
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