Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

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No takers yet? Clue: it's in the E4 postcode area.
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Sewardstone
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Correct! (Although maybe I should have included the hamlet of Sewardstonebury as well.)

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Easy one after a quick Google - who is the only UK Christmas number 1 artist to have also won an Oscar for acting?
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Nicole Kidman. (Bob the Builder was nominated but sadly just missed out :) )
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In similar vein, who got to Number 2 in the UK charts in 1956 and number 18 in the Albanian charts in 2002?
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Norman Wisdom?
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Correct - knew it wouldn't be difficult!

"Don't Laugh At Me" in 1956 and "Big In Albania" (with Tony Hawks and Tim Rice) in 2002.
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GuyBarry wrote: 16 Nov 2017, 19:36 Nicole Kidman. (Bob the Builder was nominated but sadly just missed out :) )
My favourite trivia fact... Only five people have won an Oscar (for acting) and performed on a UK number one single: Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Nicole Kidman and Lee Marvin.
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RJSRdg wrote: 16 Nov 2017, 23:15 "Don't Laugh At Me" in 1956
Actually peaked at number 3 in 1954, but I guessed it anyway :)
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Only three players have scored in the final of the FIFA World Cup while playing for an English club. Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters in 1966 and...?
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Emmanuel Petit for France in 98 while he was at Arsenal
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How many/which stations MUST be visited twice in a FNC?
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I don't think you have to visit any station twice? It may involve some implausible runs, but there is always a theoretical alternative to doubling back. Eg you could start Amersham - Chalfont - Chesham - run to Chorleywood to avoid passing through Chalfont a second time.
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I was thinking Chalfont would have to be visited twice (in order for Chesham and Amersham to count) but you're right, it would be possible to catch a bus from Amersham to Watford!
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