O2 Flashcards

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Advertising slogan once used by Haig Whiskey

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Don’t be vague ask for Haig

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Hit by Petula Clark 1967

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Don’t sleep in the subway

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Hit by Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel 1986

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Don’t give up

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Which two animals feature on the Australian coat of arms

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Kangaroo and emu

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Who played the title rolls in the 1991 movie Thelma and Louise

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Gina Davis and Susan Sarandon

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Who were the first two wives of Henry the eighth

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Catherine of Aragon and Anne Bolin

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What are the first two books in the Harry Potter

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The philosopher stone and the chamber of secrets

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What were the highest grossing films of the 80s in the 90s

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ET and Titanic

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What are the real names of the Pet Shop Boys

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Neil tenant and Chris Lowe

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The European Parliament meets in which two

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Strasburg and Brussels

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After New York what are the two largest cities in the USA

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Los Angeles and Chicago

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What were Bonnie and Clyde’s surnames

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Parker and barrow

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Advertising slogan believe in better

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Sky

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Advertising slogan at the heart of the image

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Nikon

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Advertising slogan your pet our passion

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Purina

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Advertising slogan never knowingly undersold

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John Lewis

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Who worked for the town send agency?

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Charlie’s Angels

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What was the name of the owner of the coffee shop who is in love with Rachel and friends?

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Gunther

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Carrie’s last name in sex and the city

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Bradshaw

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What is the American version of the show strictly come dancing called

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Dancing with the stars

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What was the name of the character played by Francis Dellatorre and rising damp

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Miss Jones

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What was the occupation of Casanova

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Librarian

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What is the name for small round pieces of lamb or chocolates with hazelnuts

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Noisettes

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Who holds the women’s world record for the 100 m

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Flo Jo

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Who is the only heavyweight champion to finish his boxing career with the perfect record
Rocky Marciano
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Which sportsman is known as the Golden bear
Jack Nicholas
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Who did John McEnroe win five Wimbleton doubles championships with
Peter Fleming
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What did David Wagstaff of Blackburn the Rovers and George best of phlegm received for the first time on 2 October 1976
The first red card
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Who is the youngest driver to win the Formula One race
Sebastian Vettel
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Who had a hit song in the late 1960s with hazy shade of winter
Simon and Garfunkel
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Winterfell is the house of what family in Game of Thrones
Stark
32
What cocktail original recipe contains the spirits tequila vodka light rum triple sec and gin and has an alcohol content of 22%
Long Island Ice-T
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How many flakes of snow have to fall in the 24 hours of 25 December anywhere in the UK to be classified as a white
One
34
What song was a hit for Tom Jones and Sarah's Matthews in 1999
Baby it's cold outside
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Which book was made into a 26 minute animated TV special in 1982 and had David Bowie is the narrator in the US version
The snowman
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Which 1983 film star and Glenn Close Jeff Goldblum Kevin Kline and Tom Behringer was nominated for three Oscars including the best picture
The big chill
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What links the song lyric my hidden treasure chest with a 2014 W. Anderson film charting the adventures of Gustave H
Budapest
38
Which river runs through Istanbul
Bosphorous
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Which actor lost his head at the end of the first series of Game of Thrones and beheaded the uruk hai commander Lurtz in fellowship of the ring
Sean Bean
40
What is celebrated around the globe on January 25 each year
Burns night
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Charlotte Desiree and rooster are varieties of which type of vegetable
Potato
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What rebellious event was organized in 1773 by the sons of liberty as a protest against taxation without
Boston tea party
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Which biennial sporting fixture was canceled it's a 911
The Ryder Cup
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The rights of which children's book or bequeathed to the great Norman Street hospital in 1929
Peter Pan
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What is the currency of Egypt
Pound
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Who one for gold medals in 1984 Summer Olympics
Carl Lewis
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This 1981 film one for Oscars and prompted the screenwriter to say the British are coming named the Filmin the screenwriter
Chariots of fire collin Welland
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Which book published in 1988 and winner of the Whitbread award was the center of the major international controversy
The Satanic verses by salmon Rusty
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In the original version of do they know it's Christmas in 1984 who was the first line of the lyrics written for and who sang it
David Bowie and Paul Young
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Where did the Ossies and Westies meet for the first time in 28 years 1989
The Berlin wall
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Which 1981 song contains the lyrics and I've lost my light for I toss and turn I can't sleep at night
Tainted love
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A well-known golfer or a tradesman in game and fell
Poulter
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Famous guitarist or a young attendant upon a person of rank
PAge
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A member of the dance troupe from the 1900s or a farmer
Tiller girls
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The actress who played mindy in mork and Mindy or The artisan builder of clay walls using straw
Pam Dawber
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Rupert bears best friend Bill or a licensed peddler or bigger
Badger
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Who ruled England between 1716 and 1820
George the third
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Which Elvis Presley song top the charts in both the US and UK 1962
Good luck charm
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Actress born Francis gum
Judy Garland
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What was the first book to be set in type
Gutenberg Bible
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What did GK Chesterton described as an expensive way of playing marbles
Golf
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Which film director by Robert Altman written by Julian Fellows was nominated for seven Oscars and one best film at the Baftas in 2002
Gosford park
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What was the TV chef Graham Kerr better known as
The galloping gourmet
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What was the pseudonym of the Japanese radio broadcaster Iva Tokuri who's propaganda program was aimed at US soldiers during World War II
Tokyo Rose
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Which novelist wrote a severed head and was portrayed on film by Kate Winslet and Judy Dench
Iris Murdoch
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Where did James Cook's ship the endeavor first land on the continent of Australia
Botany Bay
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Who joined the Monty Python team for the secret policeman ball in 1979
Rowan Atkinson
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Dr. Pamela Lillian Ali Isley A super villain an adversary of Batman is better known as who
Poison ivy
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What was the name of the character played by Stephen Fry and black adder goes forth
Colonel melchett
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Which company was founded in a Draper shop in Glasgow in 1849
House of Fraser
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What is the alcoholic beverage similar to cider which is made from fermented pears
Perry
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What former monetary unit was equal to a quarter of an old Penny
Farthing
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What is the name of the pig an animal Farm
Napoleon
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What was David Bowie's real name
David Jones
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What color ribbon does the Victoria Cross have
Purple
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Who are the race in the zombie like creatures that live be on the wall in the Game of Thrones
The white walkers
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Which film starring Molly Ringwald was also hit for the psychedelic furs
Pretty in pink
78
Manfred Von Richtofen
The Red Baron
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Which two Rivers join at Khartoum Sudan
Blue and white Niles
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Which was the first novel to feature Sherlock Holmes
A study in Scarlet
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White ladder was a best-selling album for which artist
David Gray
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Hit by ELO 1979
Don't bring me down