Latest questions: 25 February 2020
This week's questions are from those used in the Semi–Finals of the Cup and Plate competitions of the 2019–20 season in
Macclesfield Quiz League, set by the Dolphin Dragons and the Plough Horntails.
Sir Hugh Evans (a Welsh parson) and Doctor Caius (a French physician) are characters in which Shakespeare play? |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor |
Who was dubbed 'Wagatha Christie' in the British press, in 2019, following her astute detective work in
discovering who was leaking stories about her and her footballer husband to the media? |
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Coleen Rooney |
Which club was expelled from the Football League in August 2019, after being unable to play their opening fixtures of
the season due to financial issues (despite being newly promoted to League One)? |
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Bury |
Real Madrid have been Champions of Europe a record thirteen times. Which club is second, with seven titles (the last
one in 2007)? |
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AC Milan |
Which manager of Scotland's football team suffered a fatal heart attack in 1985, aged 62, at the end of a match
against Wales in which Scotland secured a place in the World Cup play–offs thanks to an 81st–minute penalty? |
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Jock Stein |
Who created Bob the Builder and Paw Patrol? |
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Keith Chapman |
The bones of King Canute and William Rufus were among those scattered (and mixed up) by Roundhead plunderers during
the Civil War, at which English cathedral? |
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Winchester |
Which 1996 film, combining live action and computer animation and with a sequel planned for 2021, is a fantasy on what
basketball star Michael Jordan did between his premature retirement in 1993 and his comeback in 1995? |
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Space Jam |
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