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WW Thursday Night Pub Quiz 2-4-20

1) Who had a 1971 novelty hit record with “Grandad”?

2) Geography, what is the County Town of Dorset?

3) TV, which Womble was named after a South American river?

4) Film, who played detective Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film “In the Heat of the Night”?

5) Which high speed train service connects London to Paris?

6) Food, which UK city is home to Colman’s Mustard?

7) Which black and white bird of the crow family has the scientific name Pica Pica?

8 ) What model of car does Dr Emmett Brown use as a time machine in the “Back to the Future” series of films?

9) Sport, what is the nickname of Norwich City Football Club, they have yellow shirts?

10) History, which country was General Franco a dictator of from 1939 to 1975?

11) Which stage and film musical tells the story of the wife of Argentinian dictator Juan Domingo Perón?

12) O’Hare Airport is one of the busiest in the world, which American city does it serve?

13) Literature, who wrote the 1932 science fiction novel “Brave New World”?

14) Which Lord famously disappeared in November 1974 after the 29-year-old nanny Sandra Rivett was found dead at the Family home the same night?

15) Film, which 1973 horror movie used Mike Oldfield’s 'Tubular Bells' as its theme?

16) TV, played by Dermot Morgan, what was Father Ted`s Surname?

17) Who had a 1964 hit with “The House of the Rising Sun”?

18) Now that Pluto has been demoted to a dwarf planet and is no longer included, how many planets are there in our Solar System?

19) Classical music, first performed in 1921, who composed the tone poem “The Lark Ascending”?

20) History, in what year did the Romans led by Julius Caesar, first invade Britain?

21) Food, in which part of the world would you most likely be if you were having a Clootie Dumpling?

22) Geography, what is the capital city of Hungary?

23) Literature, in 1960 the UK publishing ban was lifted on what 1928 book by D H Lawrence?

24) What city do Batman and Robin patrol?

25) ♪♫ As I walk this land with broken dreams
I have visions of many things
But happiness is just an illusion
Filled with sadness and confusion♪♫

From what 1966 song are those the opening lines?


ART BONUS QUESTIONS

BQ1) Which artist created the sculptures “The Thinker” and “The Kiss”?

BQ2) By what name do we better know the piece of art, “La Gioconda”?

BQ3) Which famous landscape artist painted The Haywain?

BQ4) Which arts' movement was founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque?

BQ5) Which British artist created the artwork “My Bed”, literally an unmade bed, in 1998?

STINKER) Who sits on The Wool Sack in the UK's House of Lords?

TRICKY) According to a 1985 Paul Hardcastle song, what was the average age of a US combat soldier in Vietnam?