Connection quiz 7 – Special 40 Questions – CAPITAL CITIES




Connection quiz 7 - Special 40 Questions - CAPITAL CITIES

1. Which English boxer lost World Championship bouts to Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson -- Brian London
2. What was the name of the Duke of Wellington's horse at the battle of Waterloo -- Copenhagen
3. Who was the former Coventry City, Manchester United and Aston Villa striker capped four times by England, in 1998 -- Dion Dublin
4. What was Jane Fonda nicknamed because of her Vietnam War beliefs -- Hanoi Jane
5. Which former F1 Champion's home town is Stevenage -- Lewis Hamilton
6. What is the name given to envelopes originally made for transporting documents that were usually a buff or pale brown colour -- Manila envelopes
7. On which motor rally did Mark Thatcher go missing -- Paris to Dakar
8. In which Windsor chapel are the members of the Royal Family buried -- Saint George's Chapel
9. Who was known as 'The Wizard of the Dribble', a testimony to his ball skills, not his eating habits -- Stanley Matthews
10. In the famous poem where Mad Carew stole the green eye of the little yellow god, the god was found north of where -- Kathmandu
11. What role is played by Robin Tunney in the TV series The Mentalist -- Theresa Lisbon
12. By what name was radio broadcaster Iva Toguro D'Aquino known in WW2 -- Tokyo Rose
13. Which newspaper were Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward working for when they uncovered the Watergate break-in -- Washington Post
14. What was the sequel to the TV sit com Up Pompeii -- Whoops Baghdad
15. What was the first UK number one for Simple Minds -- Belfast Child
16. Which is Scotland's most-visited building -- Edinburgh Castle
17. In the UK they are known as butter beans what are they called in the USA -- Lima beans
18. What is the title of Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's biggest hit -- Midnight in Moscow
19. Which American car manufacturer made the Voyager -- Plymouth
20. Which Woody Allen film starring Mia Farrow, with a flower in the title, won the BAFTA for best film in 1986 -- The Purple Rose Of Cairo
21. Name the private investigator played by Frank Sinatra in films such as Lady in Cement -- Tony Rome
22. What is the popular name of a single-movement piano concerto written for the 1941 film, 'Dangerous Moonlight' (also known under the later title 'Suicide Squadron') -- Warsaw Concerto
23. Which white breed of cat has one blue eye and one green -- White Ankara
24. During the aftermath of WW2 what was Operation Vittles -- Berlin Air lift
25. What is the leading brand of port sold in the UK -- Cockburns
26. What is the home ground of Charlton Athletic -- The Valley
27. In the Romany language what is a rom -- Male gypsy
28. What is the more common name of burned gypsum -- Plaster of Paris
29. O, AS IF (Anagram of a name) -- Sofia
30. What is the home ground of Hartlepool United -- The Victoria Ground
31. Which song originally recorded in 1961, became Nana Mouskouri's signature tune -- The White Rose of Athens
32. What is a Danish pastry called in Denmark -- Vienna bread
33. Where did Tony Jacklin win the British Open in 1969 -- Lytham Saint Annes
34. Which soldier statesman was nicknamed the Iron Duke -- Duke of Wellington
35. Achilles, Welland and Widgen are varieties of which vegetable -- Brussels (sprouts)
36. The B57 was a licence built development of which British built bomber -- Canberra
37. Lyrics: LA is a great big freeway, put a hundred down and buy a car -- Do You Know The Way To San Jose
38. Who is the patron saint of France -- Saint Denis
39. What was the name of the ship that was in collision with the Andrea Doria in 1956 and sank -- The Stockholm
40. In a song from a musical, "The world's your oyster" after one what -- Night in Bangkok

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