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Very well played to all tonight’s quizzers.


Wigan World Thursday Night Pub Quiz Answers19-3-20

1) Who had a number one hit in 1974 with ‘You’re The First, My Last, My Everything’?
Barry White

2) Geography, 'Uluru' is the name the indigenous natives of Australia call what geographical feature?
Ayers Rock

3) TV, which actor played Manuel in `Fawlty Towers`?
Andrew Sachs

4) Film, who won an Oscar for playing Professor Higgins in the 1965 film ‘My Fair Lady’?
Rex Harrison

5) Colonel Tom Parker managed which huge star?
Elvis Presley

6) Food and drink, what type of foodstuff is ‘Tagliatelle’?
Pasta

7) Science, what is the chemical symbol for Hydrogen?
H

8 ) What Japanese car maker uses the slogan “The Power of Dreams”?
Honda

9) Sport, which Scottish football team play their home matches at Ibrox Stadium?
Rangers FC

10) History, who led the National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984-85 "Miners' Strike"?
Arthur Scargill

11) From what 1953 film musical does the song ‘Secret Love’ come?
Calamity Jane

12) According to the children's nursery rhyme, who stole a pig and away did run?
Tom Tom the Piper's Son

13) Literature, Who wrote the classic novel 'Paradise Lost'?
John Milton

14) Named after a famous film star, what is another name for a life jacket?
Mae West

15) Film, what was the name of Anthony Perkins` character in the 1960 film `Psycho`? Norman Bates

16) TV, which quiz was originally hosted by Bamber Gascoigne and later by Jeremy Paxman
University Challenge

17) Who had a 1965 number one hit with ‘King of the Road’?
Roger Miller

18) Science, in which part of the human body is the aortic valve?
Heart

19) Classical music, which German born composer’s 6th Symphony was known as the ‘Pastoral’?
Beethoven

20) History, on which South Pacific island group did the crew from the ‘Mutiny on the ‘Bounty’ make their home?
Pitcairn Islands

21) Food and drink, what cheese shares its name with an English gorge?
Cheddar

22) Geography, what is the capital city of Canada ?
Ottawa

23) Literature, Bilbo Baggins is the central character in which famous fantasy novel?
The Hobbit

24) In Bingo, what number is the Brighton Line?
59

25) ♪♫ He's five feet two and he's six feet four
He fights with missiles and with spears
He's all of 31 and he's only 17
He's been a soldier for a thousand years♪♫

From which 1960’s Buffy Sainte-Marie war song are those the opening lines?
Universal Soldier / Donovan


FIRST LINES OF SONGS BONUS QUESTIONS

Can you work out the songs and singers from the opening lines?

BQ1) ♪♫Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy♪♫
Bohemian Rhapsody / Queen

BQ2) ♪♫Picture yourself on a boat by a river♪♫.
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds / The Beatles

BQ3) ♪♫A candy coloured clown they call the sand man♪♫
In Dreams / Roy Orbison

BQ4) ♪♫Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night♪♫
Waterloo Sunset / The Kinks

BQ5) ♪♫Woke up this morning feeling fine, there’s some thing special on my mind♪♫.
Something Tells Me I’m Into Something Good / Herman’s Hermits

STINKER) On which Beatle’s album cover would you see a white VW Beetle?
Abbey Road

TRICKY) From the TV and film series ‘Star Trek’, what are the two Christian names of Captain Kirk?
James Tiberius