EFM Newsletter - Oxford Brookes University

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HISTORY
1 What was the capital of England before London? 1
2 Whose was the first royal wedding to be televised in colour? 2
3 Lady Godiva is said to have ridden naked through which town? 3
4 What was the name given to children sent to live in rural areas during
the war?
5 In which year did George Washington become the first President of the
United States?
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6 Who was the first British Prime Minister? 6
7 What was the name given to the outside air raid shelters constructed
during the war?
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8 What was the fate of Henry VIII’s 4th wife Anne of Cleves? 8
9 When was the Great Fire of London? 9
10 What is the name of the birds at the top of the Liver Buildings in
Liverpool?
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FILM
1 Which move star was born Marion Morrison? 1
2 Which infamous actor, who died recently was a frequent star in Ealing
productions such as ‘The Lady Killers’ and ‘The Lavender Hill Mob’?
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3 In what year was epic Ben Hur starring Charlton Heston released? 3
4 Who wrote and directed ‘Titanic’ 4
5 Ever After’ starring Drew Barrimore is an adaptation of which popular
fairytale?
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6 Who plays the shower victim in the Hitchcock film ‘Psycho’? 6
7 What was the title of the 1956 film in which Elvis Presley made his film
debut?
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8 Which was the first Beatles film? 8
9 Which sports star picked up his basketball to play alongside Bugs
Bunny in the film ‘Space Jam’?
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10 Who were Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson? 10
MURDERERS AND CRIMINALS
1 What were the names of Kenneth Noyes & Doberman better known? 1
2 In what year was Peter Sutcliffe caught and charged with murder? 2
3 How did John George Haigh kill his victims, and how many? 3
4 Ted Bundy was convicted of killing 36 victims. How old was he when
he killed his first victim, a girl of 9?
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5 Alberte De Salvo was more commonly known as who? 5
6 Killing between 215 and 260 victims, who is probably Britain’s worst
serial killer?
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7 What number Gloucester Street did the West’s live at? 7
8 Who killed 16 young men at his flat in Muswell Hill (boiled them and
flushed them down the toilet) in 1983?
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9 How did Victorian murderess Mary Ann Cotton kill her 20 family victims? 9
10 Donald Neilsen who killed 3 sub post women, was commonly known
as who?
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