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Quiz
- Rossini's William Tell Overture will always be associated with which television series?
- What happened on August 8, 1963, near Bridego Bridge, north of London?
- What's the common name for the solid wooden framed seating in churches?
- Can you name the medical student who in 1954 became the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
- CND was launched in London in February 1958. What do the intiials CND stand for?
- In which decade was Cardiff officially designated the capital of Wales?
- Which British designer is famous for creating the miniskirt in 1964?
- What was the name of the world’s first satellite launched into orbit in 1957 by Russia?
- Who hosted the famous American television variety show that ran on CBS from 1948, to 1971?
- Who was Cuban-American actor Desi Arnaz married to?
- Which market town in Lincolnshire is also the last name of an 18th century English portrait and landscape painter?
- How many trombones were there in the signature song from the musical The Music Man?
- Brian Blessed played the role of PC "Fancy" Smith in which BBC television series?
- Who did sheriff Pat Garrett shoot at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico on July 14, 1881?
- "Mellow Yellow" was a song written and recorded by which Scottish singer?
- The headquarters of Young's Seafood is in which Lincolnshire town?
- Which British-American actor moved to the United States at the outbreak of World War II and starred in How Green Was My Valley and Lassie Come Home?
- Which brothers first published Monopoly in 1935?
- The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in which year?
- Which Labour politician became the youngest prime minister for 70 years in 1964?
- What name is given to the stiff rope used by cowboys for catching cattle?
- What, beginning with the letter 'c', is often mounted in a binnacle?
- Scottish poet Robert Burns' birthday is celebrated every year in which month?
- Who returned his MBE medal in 1969 as a protest to the British government’s support of the Vietnam war?
- What was the name of the de Havilland aircraft that entered service in 1952 as the world’s first commercial jet airliner?
- Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister due to ill health in 1955. Who replaced him?
- Prince Charles was crowned 'Prince of Wales' at which Welsh castle in 1969?
- The Soup Dragon appeared in which TV series?
- The first African state to become independent of Britain, what did The Gold Coast rename itself in 1957?
- Mendoza is a city noted for its wine production in which country?
- What name is given to a shop selling cooked meats, cheeses, and unusual or foreign prepared foods?
- Star Trek's Dr. Leonard H. McCoy was better known by what nickname?
- Which accomplished jazz trumpet player became best known as the long-running presenter of Record Breakers?
- What term was first coined by Manchester Evening News journalist Tom Jackson in 1951 for the young group of footballers at Manchester United?
- Which British singer married Frenchman Claude Wolff in 1961 and became one of France's top female singers?
Answers
- The Lone Ranger
- The Great Train Robbery
- Pews
- Roger Bannister
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- 1950s (1955)
- Mary Quant
- Sputnik
- Ed Sullivan
- Lucille Ball
- Gainsborough
- Seventy-Six Trombones
- Z-Cars
- Billy the Kid
- Donovan
- Grimsby
- Roddy McDowall
- Parker Brothers
- 1962
- Harold Wilson
- Lasso
- Ship's Compass
- January (25 January)
- John Lennon
- Comet
- Anthony Eden
- Caernarfon
- The Clangers
- Ghana
- Argentina
- Delicatessen
- Bones
- Roy Castle
- Busby Babes
- Petula Clark