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Introduction

What makes a good quiz? A witty and amusing host and a choice of interesting categories are good places to start.

You could combine the hosting talents of Alexander Armstrong and Jeremy Paxman but you need a great set of questions too.

That’s where Collins Pub Quiz comes in. We’ve taken the hassle out of creating the perfect quiz by providing 10,000 questions on all manner of subjects in an easy-to-use format.

There’s something on offer for everyone, too, from easy questions for those taking their first tentative steps from quizzing base camp right up to super-tricky testers for those experienced trivia travellers heading for the highest peaks of general knowledge.

Let’s get going.

The quizzes

The book is divided into two parts, each with 250 quizzes. Half of the quizzes are based on themes ranging from biology to buildings, money to mythology, nature to numbers and a whole host of subjects in between. The rest of the quizzes are pot luck and contain a little bit of everything.

The quizzes in each part of the book are grouped together depending on how tricky we think they are. The easy ones come first, followed by medium and finally hard.

Easy

With a wide range of themes on offer in our easy section, you’re bound to find some questions and quizzes easy and others a bit harder. It’s not all straightforward in this section though: watch out for a few themes that aren’t quite as obvious as the title suggests. Quiz 251 marks the start of the second easy section.

Medium

You’ll get a good general knowledge workout when you tackle our medium quizzes. Classic themes that appeared in the easy section are repeated here, but you’ll most likely need some extra thinking time to complete the quizzes at this level. The second medium section starts at Quiz 401.

Hard

You’ll really need to work those little grey cells when you venture into our hard quiz section, so set aside plenty of time. An enthusiast’s knowledge would be a definite advantage on some of the themed quizzes. When you’ve toiled your way through the first section, the second hard section begins at Quiz 476.

The answers

Each quiz header tells you where the answers are printed. They’re mostly just a couple of pages away, for example the answers to Quiz 1 appear at the bottom of Quiz 3. The exceptions are the last two quizzes in each part of the book, which appear at the bottom of the first two quizzes in that part.

Running a quiz

When you’re running a quiz, there’s a great sense of satisfaction to be had in doing a job well, and a little bit of effort beforehand will go a long way to making sure that your quiz goes without a hitch.

Plan: consider how many questions you want to ask in the time available, making sure you leave enough thinking time between questions. Once you’ve done that, pick a good range of subjects so that there’s something for everyone.

Rehearse: Go through all the questions you’re going to be asking beforehand, checking any potentially tricky pronunciations and making sure your timings work. Note down all the questions (notes look better in a quiz environment than reading from a book) and answers. Every effort has been made to ensure that all the answers in Collins Pub Quiz are correct. Despite our best endeavours, mistakes may still appear. If you see an answer you’re not sure is right, or if you think there’s more than one possible answer, then do check.

Paper and writing implements: make sure you prepare enough sheets of paper for everyone to write on, including scrap paper, and have plenty of pens to hand for those who need them.

Prizes: everyone likes a prize. No matter how small, it’s best to have one on offer.

Good luck! We hope you enjoy Collins Pub Quiz.

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Quizzes

Questions

Easy Quizzes

Quiz 1 – Pot Luck

Quiz 2 – Sport

Quiz 3 – Pot Luck

Quiz 4 – 1980s Music

Quiz 5 – Pot Luck

Quiz 6 – Art

Quiz 7 – Pot Luck

Quiz 8 – Geography

Quiz 9 – Pot Luck

Quiz 10 – History

Quiz 11 – Pot Luck

Quiz 12 – Out and About

Quiz 13 – Pot Luck

Quiz 14 – Nursery Rhymes

Quiz 15 – Pot Luck

Quiz 16 – Fictional Couples

Quiz 17 – Pot Luck

Quiz 18 – Africa

Quiz 19 – Pot Luck

Quiz 20 – Sea Creatures

Quiz 21 – Pot Luck

Quiz 22 – Film

Quiz 23 – Pot Luck

Quiz 24 – Human Biology

Quiz 25 – Pot Luck

Quiz 26 – Myth and Legend

Quiz 27 – Pot Luck

Quiz 28 – The UK

Quiz 29 – Pot Luck

Quiz 30 – Rugby

Quiz 31 – Pot Luck

Quiz 32 – Television

Quiz 33 – Pot Luck

Quiz 34 – Vegetarian Food

Quiz 35 – Pot Luck

Quiz 36 – Board Games

Quiz 37 – Pot Luck

Quiz 38 – Animal World

Quiz 39 – Pot Luck

Quiz 40 – Italy

Quiz 41 – Pot Luck

Quiz 42 – Gold and Silver

Quiz 43 – Pot Luck

Quiz 44 – Disney Films

Quiz 45 – Pot Luck

Quiz 46 – Numbers

Quiz 47 – Pot Luck

Quiz 48 – Politics

Quiz 49 – Pot Luck

Quiz 50 – Theatre

Quiz 51 – Pot Luck

Quiz 52 – Clothing and Fabric

Quiz 53 – Pot Luck

Quiz 54 – Literature

Quiz 55 – Pot Luck

Quiz 56 – Over and Out

Quiz 57 – Pot Luck

Quiz 58 – Natural World

Quiz 59 – Pot Luck

Quiz 60 – On the Road

Quiz 61 – Pot Luck

Quiz 62 – 1960s Music

Quiz 63 – Pot Luck

Quiz 64 – Food and Drink

Quiz 65 – Pot Luck

Quiz 66 – Orange

Quiz 67 – Pot Luck

Quiz 68 – Science

Quiz 69 – Pot Luck

Quiz 70 – Snooker

Quiz 71 – Pot Luck

Quiz 72 – Words

Quiz 73 – Pot Luck

Quiz 74 – Three Letters

Quiz 75 – Pot Luck

Quiz 76 – The USA

Quiz 77 – Pot Luck

Quiz 78 – Leisure

Quiz 79 – Pot Luck

Quiz 80 – Engineering

Quiz 81 – Pot Luck

Quiz 82 – Classical Music

Quiz 83 – Pot Luck

Quiz 84 – Paul

Quiz 85 – Pot Luck

Quiz 86 – 21st-Century Film

Quiz 87 – Pot Luck

Quiz 88 – Q & I

Quiz 89 – Pot Luck

Quiz 90 – Pop Music

Quiz 91 – Pot Luck

Quiz 92 – Buildings

Quiz 93 – Pot Luck

Quiz 94 – Planet Earth

Quiz 95 – Pot Luck

Quiz 96 – Classic Sitcoms

Quiz 97 – Pot Luck

Quiz 98 – Sporting Venues

Quiz 99 – Pot Luck

Quiz 100 – World History

Quiz 101 – Pot Luck

Quiz 102 – Russia

Quiz 103 – Pot Luck

Quiz 104 – Blue

Quiz 105 – Pot Luck

Quiz 106 – On the Water

Quiz 107 – Pot Luck

Quiz 108 – Drinks

Quiz 109 – Pot Luck

Quiz 110 – Duos

Quiz 111 – Pot Luck

Quiz 112 – London

Quiz 113 – Pot Luck

Quiz 114 – Night and Day

Quiz 115 – Pot Luck

Quiz 116 – Technology

Quiz 117 – Pot Luck

Quiz 118 – Team Sports

Quiz 119 – Pot Luck

Quiz 120 – South America

Quiz 121 – Pot Luck

Quiz 122 – 21st-Century Music

Quiz 123 – Pot Luck

Quiz 124 – Education

Quiz 125 – Pot Luck

Quiz 126 – Musicals

Quiz 127 – Pot Luck

Quiz 128 – Famous Gardens

Quiz 129 – Pot Luck

Quiz 130 – Cookery

Quiz 131 – Pot Luck

Quiz 132 – Sun

Quiz 133 – Pot Luck

Quiz 134 – Harry Potter

Quiz 135 – Pot Luck

Quiz 136 – Money

Quiz 137 – Pot Luck

Quiz 138 – Colours

Quiz 139 – Pot Luck

Quiz 140 – Europe

Quiz 141 – Pot Luck

Quiz 142 – Cartoons

Quiz 143 – Pot Luck

Quiz 144 – To a T

Quiz 145 – Pot Luck

Quiz 146 – Lines

Quiz 147 – Pot Luck

Quiz 148 – Mr and Mrs

Quiz 149 – Pot Luck

Quiz 150 – TV Scientists

Medium Quizzes

Quiz 151 – Pot Luck

Quiz 152 – UK Politics

Quiz 153 – Pot Luck

Quiz 154 – At the Double

Quiz 155 – Pot Luck

Quiz 156 – Sport

Quiz 157 – Pot Luck

Quiz 158 – 1960s Music

Quiz 159 – Pot Luck

Quiz 160 – Europe

Quiz 161 – Pot Luck

Quiz 162 – Film

Quiz 163 – Pot Luck

Quiz 164 – History

Quiz 165 – Pot Luck

Quiz 166 – Classic Novels

Quiz 167 – Pot Luck

Quiz 168 – Makers and Collectors

Quiz 169 – Pot Luck

Quiz 170 – Food and Drink

Quiz 171 – Pot Luck

Quiz 172 – Georges

Quiz 173 – Pot Luck

Quiz 174 – Science

Quiz 175 – Pot Luck

Quiz 176 – Geography

Quiz 177 – Pot Luck

Quiz 178 – Tennis

Quiz 179 – Pot Luck

Quiz 180 – Television Costume Drama

Quiz 181 – Pot Luck

Quiz 182 – Art and Music

Quiz 183 – Pot Luck

Quiz 184 – Communications

Quiz 185 – Pot Luck

Quiz 186 – Tourist Attractions

Quiz 187 – Pot Luck

Quiz 188 – Animal World

Quiz 189 – Pot Luck

Quiz 190 – Queen Victoria

Quiz 191 – Pot Luck

Quiz 192 – On the Move

Quiz 193 – Pot Luck

Quiz 194 – France

Quiz 195 – Pot Luck

Quiz 196 – Space

Quiz 197 – Pot Luck

Quiz 198 – Rock Music

Quiz 199 – Pot Luck

Quiz 200 – ABC

Quiz 201 – Pot Luck

Quiz 202 – The 1970s

Quiz 203 – Pot Luck

Quiz 204 – Kate

Quiz 205 – Pot Luck

Quiz 206 – In the Garden

Quiz 207 – Pot Luck

Quiz 208 – Spies on Television

Quiz 209 – Pot Luck

Quiz 210 – Planet Earth

Quiz 211 – Pot Luck

Quiz 212 – War Films

Quiz 213 – Pot Luck

Quiz 214 – Technology and Inventions

Quiz 215 – Pot Luck

Quiz 216 – Modern Fiction

Quiz 217 – Pot Luck

Quiz 218 – Words

Quiz 219 – Pot Luck

Quiz 220 – Numbers

Quiz 221 – Pot Luck

Quiz 222 – Royalty

Quiz 223 – Pot Luck

Quiz 224 – Chemistry

Quiz 225 – Pot Luck

Hard Quizzes

Quiz 226 – Music

Quiz 227 – Pot Luck

Quiz 228 – Third Place

Quiz 229 – Pot Luck

Quiz 230 – Geography

Quiz 231 – Pot Luck

Quiz 232 – Art

Quiz 233 – Pot Luck

Quiz 234 – History

Quiz 235 – Pot Luck

Quiz 236 – Buildings

Quiz 237 – Pot Luck

Quiz 238 – Film

Quiz 239 – Pot Luck

Quiz 240 – Natural World

Quiz 241 – Pot Luck

Quiz 242 – Science

Quiz 243 – Pot Luck

Quiz 244 – Literature

Quiz 245 – Pot Luck

Quiz 246 – Sport

Quiz 247 – Pot Luck

Quiz 248 – Words

Quiz 249 – Pot Luck

Quiz 250 – Europe

Easy Quizzes

Quiz 251 – Pot Luck

Quiz 252 – Science

Quiz 253 – Pot Luck

Quiz 254 – Food and Drink

Quiz 255 – Pot Luck

Quiz 256 – Literature

Quiz 257 – Pot Luck

Quiz 258 – Animal World

Quiz 259 – Pot Luck

Quiz 260 – Television Satire

Quiz 261 – Pot Luck

Quiz 262 – Sport

Quiz 263 – Pot Luck

Quiz 264 – Black

Quiz 265 – Pot Luck

Quiz 266 – Politics

Quiz 267 – Pot Luck

Quiz 268 – Numbers

Quiz 269 – Pot Luck

Quiz 270 – Germany

Quiz 271 – Pot Luck

Quiz 272 – Planet Earth

Quiz 273 – Pot Luck

Quiz 274 – 1970s Music

Quiz 275 – Pot Luck

Quiz 276 – Hats

Quiz 277 – Pot Luck

Quiz 278 – Animal Inspiration

Quiz 279 – Pot Luck

Quiz 280 – The UK

Quiz 281 – Pot Luck

Quiz 282 – Children’s Literature

Quiz 283 – Pot Luck

Quiz 284 – Film

Quiz 285 – Pot Luck

Quiz 286 – Private Investigations

Quiz 287 – Pot Luck

Quiz 288 – Solar System

Quiz 289 – Pot Luck

Quiz 290 – Geography

Quiz 291 – Pot Luck

Quiz 292 – Occupations

Quiz 293 – Pot Luck

Quiz 294 – Television

Quiz 295 – Pot Luck

Quiz 296 – History

Quiz 297 – Pot Luck

Quiz 298 – Jazz and Blues

Quiz 299 – Pot Luck

Quiz 300 – Science Fiction

Quiz 301 – Pot Luck

Quiz 302 – Shapes

Quiz 303 – Pot Luck

Quiz 304 – Words

Quiz 305 – Pot Luck

Quiz 306 – Pop Music

Quiz 307 – Pot Luck

Quiz 308 – Technology

Quiz 309 – Pot Luck

Quiz 310 – France

Quiz 311 – Pot Luck

Quiz 312 – On Stage

Quiz 313 – Pot Luck

Quiz 314 – Hard Times

Quiz 315 – Pot Luck

Quiz 316 – Stately Homes

Quiz 317 – Pot Luck

Quiz 318 – Sporting Equipment

Quiz 319 – Pot Luck

Quiz 320 – White

Quiz 321 – Pot Luck

Quiz 322 – Long-Running Televison Series

Quiz 323 – Pot Luck

Quiz 324 – Dead or Alive

Quiz 325 – Pot Luck

Quiz 326 – Europe

Quiz 327 – Pot Luck

Quiz 328 – Art

Quiz 329 – Pot Luck

Quiz 330 – Fruit and Vegetables

Quiz 331 – Pot Luck

Quiz 332 – Human Biology

Quiz 333 – Pot Luck

Quiz 334 – Fighting Talk

Quiz 335 – Pot Luck

Quiz 336 – Winter Sports

Quiz 337 – Pot Luck

Quiz 338 – Classical Music

Quiz 339 – Pot Luck

Quiz 340 – Travelling Around

Quiz 341 – Pot Luck

Quiz 342 – Heads Up

Quiz 343 – Pot Luck

Quiz 344 – Eating Out

Quiz 345 – Pot Luck

Quiz 346 – Seasons

Quiz 347 – Pot Luck

Quiz 348 – Superheroes

Quiz 349 – Pot Luck

Quiz 350 – Weather

Quiz 351 – Pot Luck

Quiz 352 – On Wheels

Quiz 353 – Pot Luck

Quiz 354 – Colours

Quiz 355 – Pot Luck

Quiz 356 – Romantic Comedies

Quiz 357 – Pot Luck

Quiz 358 – Leisure

Quiz 359 – Pot Luck

Quiz 360 – Dance

Quiz 361 – Pot Luck

Quiz 362 – 1950s

Quiz 363 – Pot Luck

Quiz 364 – To And Fro

Quiz 365 – Pot Luck

Quiz 366 – Four-legged Friends

Quiz 367 – Pot Luck

Quiz 368 – Sweet Things

Quiz 369 – Pot Luck

Quiz 370 – Money

Quiz 371 – Pot Luck

Quiz 372 – Celebrity

Quiz 373 – Pot Luck

Quiz 374 – In the Garden

Quiz 375 – Pot Luck

Quiz 376 – Indoor Sports

Quiz 377 – Pot Luck

Quiz 378 – Musicals

Quiz 379 – Pot Luck

Quiz 380 – Inventors And Inventions

Quiz 381 – Pot Luck

Quiz 382 – Mythology

Quiz 383 – Pot Luck

Quiz 384 – Two-word Terms

Quiz 385 – Pot Luck

Quiz 386 – Musicians

Quiz 387 – Pot Luck

Quiz 388 – Poetry

Quiz 389 – Pot Luck

Quiz 390 – It Figures

Quiz 391 – Pot Luck

Quiz 392 – Bars

Quiz 393 – Pot Luck

Quiz 394 – London

Quiz 395 – Pot Luck

Quiz 396 – Names

Quiz 397 – Pot Luck

Quiz 398 – Lands

Quiz 399 – Pot Luck

Quiz 400 – Birds

Medium Quizzes

Quiz 401 – Pot Luck

Quiz 402 – Sport

Quiz 403 – Pot Luck

Quiz 404 – Prequels and Sequels

Quiz 405 – Pot Luck

Quiz 406 – The UK

Quiz 407 – Pot Luck

Quiz 408 – Food and Drink

Quiz 409 – Pot Luck

Quiz 410 – World Politics

Quiz 411 – Pot Luck

Quiz 412 – Geography

Quiz 413 – Pot Luck

Quiz 414 – Pop Music

Quiz 415 – Pot Luck

Quiz 416 – Crime

Quiz 417 – Pot Luck

Quiz 418 – Sitcoms

Quiz 419 – Pot Luck

Quiz 420 – Literature

Quiz 421 – Pot Luck

Quiz 422 – History

Quiz 423 – Pot Luck

Quiz 424 – Mathematics

Quiz 425 – Pot Luck

Quiz 426 – The USA

Quiz 427 – Pot Luck

Quiz 428 – Film

Quiz 429 – Pot Luck

Quiz 430 – Green

Quiz 431 – Pot Luck

Quiz 432 – Money

Quiz 433 – Pot Luck

Quiz 434 – Animal World

Quiz 435 – Pot Luck

Quiz 436 – Television

Quiz 437 – Pot Luck

Quiz 438 – A & E

Quiz 439 – Pot Luck

Quiz 440 – The 1980s

Quiz 441 – Pot Luck

Quiz 442 – Science

Quiz 443 – Pot Luck

Quiz 444 – Europe

Quiz 445 – Pot Luck

Quiz 446 – Team Sports

Quiz 447 – Pot Luck

Quiz 448 – Art and Music

Quiz 449 – Pot Luck

Quiz 450 – Around the House

Quiz 451 – Pot Luck

Quiz 452 – 1990s Music

Quiz 453 – Pot Luck

Quiz 454 – Leisure

Quiz 455 – Pot Luck

Quiz 456 – Performing Arts

Quiz 457 – Pot Luck

Quiz 458 – Fiction

Quiz 459 – Pot Luck

Quiz 460 – Planet Earth

Quiz 461 – Pot Luck

Quiz 462 – Scotland

Quiz 463 – Pot Luck

Quiz 464 – The Tudors

Quiz 465 – Pot Luck

Quiz 466 – Cricket

Quiz 467 – Pot Luck

Quiz 468 – Musicians and Songwriters

Quiz 469 – Pot Luck

Quiz 470 – Words

Quiz 471 – Pot Luck

Quiz 472 – Landmarks

Quiz 473 – Pot Luck

Quiz 474 – XYZ

Quiz 475 – Pot Luck

Hard Quizzes

Quiz 476 – Natural World

Quiz 477 – Pot Luck

Quiz 478 – Names

Quiz 479 – Pot Luck

Quiz 480 – Food and Drink

Quiz 481 – Pot Luck

Quiz 482 – Literature

Quiz 483 – Pot Luck

Quiz 484 – Entertainment

Quiz 485 – Pot Luck

Quiz 486 – Geography

Quiz 487 – Pot Luck

Quiz 488 – Language

Quiz 489 – Pot Luck

Quiz 490 – Music

Quiz 491 – Pot Luck

Quiz 492 – Inovations

Quiz 493 – Pot Luck

Quiz 494 – Sport

Quiz 495 – Pot Luck

Quiz 496 – The Arts

Quiz 497 – Pot Luck

Quiz 498 – History

Quiz 499 – Pot Luck

Quiz 500 – Photography

Questions and Answers

Easy Quizzes

Quiz 1 – Pot Luck

Quiz 2 – Sport

Quiz 3 – Pot Luck

Quiz 4 – 1980s Music

Quiz 5 – Pot Luck

Quiz 6 – Art

Quiz 7 – Pot Luck

Quiz 8 – Geography

Quiz 9 – Pot Luck

Quiz 10 – History

Quiz 11 – Pot Luck

Quiz 12 – Out and About

Quiz 13 – Pot Luck

Quiz 14 – Nursery Rhymes

Quiz 15 – Pot Luck

Quiz 16 – Fictional Couples

Quiz 17 – Pot Luck

Quiz 18 – Africa

Quiz 19 – Pot Luck

Quiz 20 – Sea Creatures

Quiz 21 – Pot Luck

Quiz 22 – Film

Quiz 23 – Pot Luck

Quiz 24 – Human Biology

Quiz 25 – Pot Luck

Quiz 26 – Myth and Legend

Quiz 27 – Pot Luck

Quiz 28 – The UK

Quiz 29 – Pot Luck

Quiz 30 – Rugby

Quiz 31 – Pot Luck

Quiz 32 – Television

Quiz 33 – Pot Luck

Quiz 34 – Vegetarian Food

Quiz 35 – Pot Luck

Quiz 36 – Board Games

Quiz 37 – Pot Luck

Quiz 38 – Animal World

Quiz 39 – Pot Luck

Quiz 40 – Italy

Quiz 41 – Pot Luck

Quiz 42 – Gold and Silver

Quiz 43 – Pot Luck

Quiz 44 – Disney Films

Quiz 45 – Pot Luck

Quiz 46 – Numbers

Quiz 47 – Pot Luck

Quiz 48 – Politics

Quiz 49 – Pot Luck

Quiz 50 – Theatre

Quiz 51 – Pot Luck

Quiz 52 – Clothing and Fabric

Quiz 53 – Pot Luck

Quiz 54 – Literature

Quiz 55 – Pot Luck

Quiz 56 – Over and Out

Quiz 57 – Pot Luck

Quiz 58 – Natural World

Quiz 59 – Pot Luck

Quiz 60 – On the Road

Quiz 61 – Pot Luck

Quiz 62 – 1960s Music

Quiz 63 – Pot Luck

Quiz 64 – Food and Drink

Quiz 65 – Pot Luck

Quiz 66 – Orange

Quiz 67 – Pot Luck

Quiz 68 – Science

Quiz 69 – Pot Luck

Quiz 70 – Snooker

Quiz 71 – Pot Luck

Quiz 72 – Words

Quiz 73 – Pot Luck

Quiz 74 – Three Letters

Quiz 75 – Pot Luck

Quiz 76 – The USA

Quiz 77 – Pot Luck

Quiz 78 – Leisure

Quiz 79 – Pot Luck

Quiz 80 – Engineering

Quiz 81 – Pot Luck

Quiz 82 – Classical Music

Quiz 83 – Pot Luck

Quiz 84 – Paul

Quiz 85 – Pot Luck

Quiz 86 – 21st-Century Film

Quiz 87 – Pot Luck

Quiz 88 – Q & I

Quiz 89 – Pot Luck

Quiz 90 – Pop Music

Quiz 91 – Pot Luck

Quiz 92 – Buildings

Quiz 93 – Pot Luck

Quiz 94 – Planet Earth

Quiz 95 – Pot Luck

Quiz 96 – Classic Sitcoms

Quiz 97 – Pot Luck

Quiz 98 – Sporting Venues

Quiz 99 – Pot Luck

Quiz 100 – World History

Quiz 101 – Pot Luck

Quiz 102 – Russia

Quiz 103 – Pot Luck

Quiz 104 – Blue

Quiz 105 – Pot Luck

Quiz 106 – On the Water

Quiz 107 – Pot Luck

Quiz 108 – Drinks

Quiz 109 – Pot Luck

Quiz 110 – Duos

Quiz 111 – Pot Luck

Quiz 112 – London

Quiz 113 – Pot Luck

Quiz 114 – Night and Day

Quiz 115 – Pot Luck

Quiz 116 – Technology

Quiz 117 – Pot Luck

Quiz 118 – Team Sports

Quiz 119 – Pot Luck

Quiz 120 – South America

Quiz 121 – Pot Luck

Quiz 122 – 21st-Century Music

Quiz 123 – Pot Luck

Quiz 124 – Education

Quiz 125 – Pot Luck

Quiz 126 – Musicals

Quiz 127 – Pot Luck

Quiz 128 – Famous Gardens

Quiz 129 – Pot Luck

Quiz 130 – Cookery

Quiz 131 – Pot Luck

Quiz 132 – Sun

Quiz 133 – Pot Luck

Quiz 134 – Harry Potter

Quiz 135 – Pot Luck

Quiz 136 – Money

Quiz 137 – Pot Luck

Quiz 138 – Colours

Quiz 139 – Pot Luck

Quiz 140 – Europe

Quiz 141 – Pot Luck

Quiz 142 – Cartoons

Quiz 143 – Pot Luck

Quiz 144 – To a T

Quiz 145 – Pot Luck

Quiz 146 – Lines

Quiz 147 – Pot Luck

Quiz 148 – Mr and Mrs

Quiz 149 – Pot Luck

Quiz 150 – TV Scientists

Medium Quizzes

Quiz 151 – Pot Luck

Quiz 152 – UK Politics

Quiz 153 – Pot Luck

Quiz 154 – At the Double

Quiz 155 – Pot Luck

Quiz 156 – Sport

Quiz 157 – Pot Luck

Quiz 158 – 1960s Music

Quiz 159 – Pot Luck

Quiz 160 – Europe

Quiz 161 – Pot Luck

Quiz 162 – Film

Quiz 163 – Pot Luck

Quiz 164 – History

Quiz 165 – Pot Luck

Quiz 166 – Classic Novels

Quiz 167 – Pot Luck

Quiz 168 – Makers and Collectors

Quiz 169 – Pot Luck

Quiz 170 – Food and Drink

Quiz 171 – Pot Luck

Quiz 172 – Georges

Quiz 173 – Pot Luck

Quiz 174 – Science

Quiz 175 – Pot Luck

Quiz 176 – Geography

Quiz 177 – Pot Luck

Quiz 178 – Tennis

Quiz 179 – Pot Luck

Quiz 180 – Television Costume Drama

Quiz 181 – Pot Luck

Quiz 182 – Art and Music

Quiz 183 – Pot Luck

Quiz 184 – Communications

Quiz 185 – Pot Luck

Quiz 186 – Tourist Attractions

Quiz 187 – Pot Luck

Quiz 188 – Animal World

Quiz 189 – Pot Luck

Quiz 190 – Queen Victoria

Quiz 191 – Pot Luck

Quiz 192 – On the Move

Quiz 193 – Pot Luck

Quiz 194 – France

Quiz 195 – Pot Luck

Quiz 196 – Space

Quiz 197 – Pot Luck

Quiz 198 – Rock Music

Quiz 199 – Pot Luck

Quiz 200 – ABC

Quiz 201 – Pot Luck

Quiz 202 – The 1970s

Quiz 203 – Pot Luck

Quiz 204 – Kate

Quiz 205 – Pot Luck

Quiz 206 – In the Garden

Quiz 207 – Pot Luck

Quiz 208 – Spies on Television

Quiz 209 – Pot Luck

Quiz 210 – Planet Earth

Quiz 211 – Pot Luck

Quiz 212 – War Films

Quiz 213 – Pot Luck

Quiz 214 – Technology and Inventions

Quiz 215 – Pot Luck

Quiz 216 – Modern Fiction

Quiz 217 – Pot Luck

Quiz 218 – Words

Quiz 219 – Pot Luck

Quiz 220 – Numbers

Quiz 221 – Pot Luck

Quiz 222 – Royalty

Quiz 223 – Pot Luck

Quiz 224 – Chemistry

Quiz 225 – Pot Luck

Hard Quizzes

Quiz 226 – Music

Quiz 227 – Pot Luck

Quiz 228 – Third Place

Quiz 229 – Pot Luck

Quiz 230 – Geography

Quiz 231 – Pot Luck

Quiz 232 – Art

Quiz 233 – Pot Luck

Quiz 234 – History

Quiz 235 – Pot Luck

Quiz 236 – Buildings

Quiz 237 – Pot Luck

Quiz 238 – Film

Quiz 239 – Pot Luck

Quiz 240 – Natural World

Quiz 241 – Pot Luck

Quiz 242 – Science

Quiz 243 – Pot Luck

Quiz 244 – Literature

Quiz 245 – Pot Luck

Quiz 246 – Sport

Quiz 247 – Pot Luck

Quiz 248 – Words

Quiz 249 – Pot Luck

Quiz 250 – Europe

Easy Quizzes

Quiz 251 – Pot Luck

Quiz 252 – Science

Quiz 253 – Pot Luck

Quiz 254 – Food and Drink

Quiz 255 – Pot Luck

Quiz 256 – Literature

Quiz 257 – Pot Luck

Quiz 258 – Animal World

Quiz 259 – Pot Luck

Quiz 260 – Television Satire

Quiz 261 – Pot Luck

Quiz 262 – Sport

Quiz 263 – Pot Luck

Quiz 264 – Black

Quiz 265 – Pot Luck

Quiz 266 – Politics

Quiz 267 – Pot Luck

Quiz 268 – Numbers

Quiz 269 – Pot Luck

Quiz 270 – Germany

Quiz 271 – Pot Luck

Quiz 272 – Planet Earth

Quiz 273 – Pot Luck

Quiz 274 – 1970s Music

Quiz 275 – Pot Luck

Quiz 276 – Hats

Quiz 277 – Pot Luck

Quiz 278 – Animal Inspiration

Quiz 279 – Pot Luck

Quiz 280 – The UK

Quiz 281 – Pot Luck

Quiz 282 – Children’s Literature

Quiz 283 – Pot Luck

Quiz 284 – Film

Quiz 285 – Pot Luck

Quiz 286 – Private Investigations

Quiz 287 – Pot Luck

Quiz 288 – Solar System

Quiz 289 – Pot Luck

Quiz 290 – Geography

Quiz 291 – Pot Luck

Quiz 292 – Occupations

Quiz 293 – Pot Luck

Quiz 294 – Television

Quiz 295 – Pot Luck

Quiz 296 – History

Quiz 297 – Pot Luck

Quiz 298 – Jazz and Blues

Quiz 299 – Pot Luck

Quiz 300 – Science Fiction

Quiz 301 – Pot Luck

Quiz 302 – Shapes

Quiz 303 – Pot Luck

Quiz 304 – Words

Quiz 305 – Pot Luck

Quiz 306 – Pop Music

Quiz 307 – Pot Luck

Quiz 308 – Technology

Quiz 309 – Pot Luck

Quiz 310 – France

Quiz 311 – Pot Luck

Quiz 312 – On Stage

Quiz 313 – Pot Luck

Quiz 314 – Hard Times

Quiz 315 – Pot Luck

Quiz 316 – Stately Homes

Quiz 317 – Pot Luck

Quiz 318 – Sporting Equipment

Quiz 319 – Pot Luck

Quiz 320 – White

Quiz 321 – Pot Luck

Quiz 322 – Long-Running Televison Series

Quiz 323 – Pot Luck

Quiz 324 – Dead or Alive

Quiz 325 – Pot Luck

Quiz 326 – Europe

Quiz 327 – Pot Luck

Quiz 328 – Art

Quiz 329 – Pot Luck

Quiz 330 – Fruit and Vegetables

Quiz 331 – Pot Luck

Quiz 332 – Human Biology

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Quiz 334 – Fighting Talk

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QUIZ 1 – Pot Luck

1 The study of fungi is given what name?

2 What is meant by the American expression “from soup to nuts”?

3 What crisp biscuit made from unleavened bread is traditionally eaten at Passover?

4 The children’s book The Witches (1983) was written by which author?

5 What does the “A” stand for in the abbreviation CIA?

6 In a track race, what do sprinters start from?

7 What term is given to a writ demanding attendance at court?

8 Which long-running drama series features the pub The Dog in the Pond?

9 Who changed the royal family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor?

10 On the Swedish flag what is the colour of the cross?

11 Who is the author of The Da Vinci Code?

12 Which radio code word is between Quebec and Sierra?

13 From which occupation do the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles take their names?

14 To which group of birds does the capercaillie belong?

15 To what does paediatric medicine relate?

16 Which British monarch succeeded Queen Victoria?

17 Nat King Cole was famous for playing which instrument?

18 Which of the Seven Dwarfs was always feeling tired?

19 What is a rotunda?

20 Which day of the week is named after the god Saturn?

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QUIZ 2 – Sport

1 What was the original name of boxer Muhammad Ali?

2 How many players are in a cricket team?

3 Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 1982 and 2006?

4 How many points does a try score in rugby union?

5 What is the nickname of the South African rugby union team?

6 What is a sword with a three-sided blade used in fencing?

7 Which team won both the men’s and the women’s Boat Races in 2018?

8 Which racecourse is home to the Scottish Grand National?

9 In snooker, what is the name of the rest which supports the cue above ball height?

10 Catcher and shortstop are positions in which sport?

11 Which New York district has the eponymous Globetrotters for a basketball team?

12 Who won his fourth Formula 1 World Championship in 2017?

13 St Moritz is home to which famous bobsled track?

14 Which tennis player won her first grand slam singles title at the 2018 Australian Open?

15 In the 1970s, which horse won the Grand National three times?

16 What is the American name for Association Football?

17 Which equestrian discipline involves deportment and control?

18 At which venue is the US Open tennis tournament played?

19 In which sport are there madisons and pursuits?

20 How many walls surround a squash court?

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QUIZ 3 – Pot Luck

1 What is the science and study of drawing maps known as?

2 Key Largo and Key West are off the coast of which US state?

3 What is the name of the line which can be found on world maps which divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres?

4 What astrological term describes a person born on St George’s Day?

5 In which modern country was the capital of the Incan empire?

6 What kind of animal is a Russian Blue?

7 If you were watching someone on a PGA tour what would you be watching?

8 What type of knife can also describe a thin heel on a shoe?

9 What is the Latin name for Scotland?

10 In which century was Botticelli born?

11 What is a quarter of 180?

12 Which model was known as “The Shrimp”?

13 What item of clothing do Americans call a vest?

14 Ash Wednesday is the first day of which period of fasting?

15 What is the fifth book of the New Testament?

16 In which comedy series did Ruth Madoc play Gladys Pugh?

17 By what name was Aragorn first known to Frodo in The Lord of the Rings?

18 In the TV series Thunderbirds, who was the pilot of the underwater rescue missions?

19 Which twilled cotton fabric is used to make jeans?

20 What colour is the paint cobalt?

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QUIZ 4 – 1980s Music

1 Who had a hit in 1981 with Tainted Love?

2 How were Mike Nolan, Bobby G, Jay Aston and Cheryl Baker collectively known in the 1980s?

3 Twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid form which Scottish duo, who had their first hit in 1987?

4 Which group had a 1986 hit with Hunting High and Low?

5 What was the title of the 1980 album by Adam and the Ants?

6 Which group had a hit in 1988 with Don’t Turn Around?

7 Which female singer joined UB40 for their 1985 hit I Got You Babe?

8 Caravan of Love was a 1986 hit for which group?

9 Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship featured in which 1987 film?

10 Who was the only person to appear in both the London and Philadelphia Live Aid concerts?

11 Which band’s first hit was 1981’s Planet Earth?

12 Only You, a 1983 hit for the Flying Pickets, was originally recorded by which duo?

13 Use It Up and Wear It Out was a 1980 hit for which group?

14 What was the last single issued by Wham!?

15 Which duo had a 1988 hit with I Owe You Nothing?

16 In which year was Michael Jackson’s Thriller album released?

17 Who wrote Roxy Music’s 1981 chart-topper Jealous Guy?

18 The Tide Is High was a 1980 single by which group?

19 In which year did the Human League top the charts with Don’t You Want Me?

20 What colour door did Shakin’ Stevens sing about in 1981?

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QUIZ 5 – Pot Luck

1 In which Carry On film did Phil Silvers feature?

2 The Weird Sisters appear in which Shakespeare play?

3 Which Greek maiden became the personification of the soul?

4 Who won an Oscar for her role in the 2008 film The Reader?

5 What number is represented by the Roman numeral D?

6 On mobile phones with a keypad on the handset, which letters appear on the number 6 key?

7 Which imperial liquid measure is equal to two pints?

8 Is France ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time?

9 Which musical is based on a short story entitled The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown?

10 Who played Grant Mitchell in EastEnders?

11 At what degree Celsius does water freeze?

12 Is a pollack a freshwater or seawater fish?

13 Who publish a magazine called The Watchtower?

14 On what part of your body would you wear a stole?

15 Bruce Wayne is the real name of which comic-book hero?

16 Which ancient Greek author wrote the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare?

17 What name is given to the stiff slender leaf of a conifer?

18 Which canal runs between London and Birmingham?

19 Captain Haddock is which fictional character’s best friend?

20 Which is the southernmost capital city in the world?

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QUIZ 6 – Art

1 Which famous painting was stolen from the Louvre art gallery on 20th August 1911?

2 Which Spanish painter’s name comes from his having been born on Crete?

3 Picasso and Braque established which 20th-century art movement?

4 Timothy Spall portrayed which English artist in a 2014 film?

5 Which representative body of artists was founded in 1768?

6 Who painted The Singing Butler (1992)?

7 The Monarch of the Glen by Edwin Landseer features which male animal?

8 Which English artist painted The Blue Boy (1779)?

9 What was the first name of Surrealist painter Magritte?

10 Girl with a Pearl Earring was painted by which artist?

11 Which potter won the 2003 Turner Prize?

12 What is the name of the board on which an artist mixes paint?

13 Who was the 17th-century Dutch portrait painter of The Laughing Cavalier?

14 The Scream (1893) was painted by which Norwegian artist?

15 In which city is the Prado Museum of art?

16 With what instrument of martyrdom is St Catherine of Alexandria depicted in art?

17 Which painter was famous for his “matchstick” figures?

18 La Primavera was painted by which Italian artist?

19 What was Rembrandt’s nationality?

20 What term is given to a painting on three separate panels joined by hinges?

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QUIZ 7 – Pot Luck

1 Country House and Girls and Boys were hits for which band?

2 What was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, to protect him in the afterlife?

3 Near which Kent port is the English opening of the Channel Tunnel?

4 Which town is the location of the University of Surrey?

5 On an archery target, how many colours are there?

6 What are the Southern Lights also called?

7 What is an accompanied vocal solo in a cantata?

8 Who invented the phonograph?

9 Which fictional character had a diary published at the age of 13¾?

10 In which county is Colchester, Britain’s oldest recorded town?

11 What type of creature is cartoon character Yogi?

12 Who sang the 1971 hit version of Without You, a 1994 hit for Mariah Carey?

13 Who played the title role in the film Elizabeth: The Golden Age?

14 Is Zambia ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time?

15 Which type of cloth is made from flax?

16 What is the name for the part of a willow tree that bears pollen and nectar?

17 In the 1968 film Oliver!, which actor played the role of Fagin?

18 What part of the body would be affected if you suffered from myopia?

19 What is the official language of Morocco?

20 In a pack of cards, how many eyes can be seen on the Jacks?

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QUIZ 8 – Geography

1 What name is given to the line of rocks off the western point of the Isle of Wight?

2 Queensland is a state in which country?

3 Kirkcaldy is in which historic county of Scotland?

4 Which Scottish island was linked to the mainland by a bridge in 1995?

5 ATL is the international airport code for which US city?

6 Which Italian city is said to be built on seven hills?

7 What name is given to the series of lakes mainly found in Norfolk?

8 Which is the southernmost US state?

9 Dover lies opposite which French port?

10 Spain and Portugal comprise part of which peninsula?

11 In which mountain range is Ben Nevis?

12 Nassau is the capital of which Caribbean island group?

13 Which is the world’s deepest ocean?

14 In which county is Royal Tunbridge Wells?

15 What is the Spanish name for Spain?

16 The river Liffey flows into which sea?

17 In which English county is the town of Bromsgrove?

18 What is the form of address for an Italian married woman?

19 What is the capital of New York State?

20 Of what are there 100 in a US dollar?

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QUIZ 9 – Pot Luck

1 What term is given for lines that run from the centre to the edge of a circle?

2 Tenerife is part of which island group?

3 What collective name is given to foods such as fusilli and linguine?

4 With which city is the Sally Lunn bun associated?

5 How many stomachs has a cow?

6 In 2011, which band had a hit with Paradise?

7 What is the chemical symbol for iodine?

8 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?

9 In the English alphabet, what is the 13th letter?

10 What is a sheepshank?

11 On which part of your body would you wear a homburg?

12 If you betray your country what crime do you commit?

13 In the Bible, who was the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth?

14 What was Elvis Presley’s first chart hit in the UK?

15 Cape Canaveral was formerly known by what name?

16 Who directed the 1966 thriller Torn Curtain?

17 Which orchestra was founded in Manchester in 1858?

18 What term is given to the young of a whale?

19 Who played the title role in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom?

20 Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

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QUIZ 10 – History

1 What was an old five-shilling piece called?

2 In 1913, what make and model of car became the first to be mass-produced on an assembly line?

3 To which island was Napoleon first exiled?

4 What was the surname of Henry VIII’s sixth wife?

5 Which religious movement in the Christian church was founded by brothers Charles and John Wesley?

6 Ukraine and Belarus were a part of which country until 1991?

7 Which WWII battleship shared its name with a 19th-century German statesman?

8 Which “metallic” period occurred around 1000BC?

9 During which war did the Battle of Marston Moor take place?

10 Which November 11, 1918 event is marked every year on that date?

11 What name is given to a member of the pre-conquest population of Mexico?

12 During which war did Operation Desert Storm take place?

13 What nationality was explorer Vasco da Gama?

14 William of Orange was married to which queen?

15 Who was the longest-reigning British king?

16 In which century was Christopher Columbus born?

17 What was East Germany’s official name?

18 The Getty family made their fortune from which commodity?

19 Who was victorious at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314?

20 Which was the first complete motorway to be built in Britain?

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QUIZ 11 – Pot Luck

1 What is the currency of Australia?

2 In 2010, who took over the Radio 2 breakfast show from Sir Terry Wogan?

3 Which Christmas food has the Latin name Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera?

4 Who was the author of the second Gospel?

5 Which strategy game is played on a board in the shape of a six-pointed star?

6 In which century was Leonardo da Vinci born?

7 Who topped the charts in 2000 with Life Is a Rollercoaster?

8 In Scrabble®, how many points is the letter J worth?

9 Which African country lies immediately north of Sudan and east of Libya?

10 The zodiac sign Virgo covers which two calendar months?

11 Which colour of snooker ball has the second highest points value?

12 How many feet are there in a dozen yards?

13 Of what is graphology the study?

14 Who starred as Caractacus Potts in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

15 Which TV quiz show is hosted by Jeremy Vine?

16 Hibernia was the Roman name for which country?

17 Who was the last viceroy of India?

18 What is an ampersand used to mean?

19 Which biblical character demanded the head of John the Baptist as a reward for her dancing?

20 What type of creature is a sika?

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QUIZ 12 – Out and About

1 Maastricht airport is in which country?

2 Which French phrase in English means a road closed at one end?

3 What do Americans call a sidewalk?

4 What is the name given to the key of a map?

5 If you were arriving at Piccadilly mainline railway station, where would you be?

6 How is a footpath indicated on a map?

7 The Clacket Lane services are on which motorway?

8 El Al is the national airline of which country?

9 What nationality was the airline entrepreneur Sir Freddie Laker?

10 Which American train service connects many US states and several Canadian cities?

11 What is the nickname of London’s public transport system which is mostly underground?

12 A juggernaut is what type of vehicle?

13 Which railway service makes exclusive use of the Channel Tunnel?

14 What name is given to the noisy line that warns a driver of the edge of the road?

15 What term describes a stretch of road where stopping is not allowed?

16 In internal combustion engines, which device produces the mix of air and petrol?

17 Which country does a car come from if it has the international registration letter D?

18 What would you be travelling in if you were in a Pullman?

19 Which car company has the Corolla range?

20 Galileo Galilei airport is in which country?

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QUIZ 13 – Pot Luck

1 Which German bacteriologist gave his name to a dish used in laboratories?

2 In the radio phonetic alphabet, what is the code word for the first vowel?

3 What is the capital of Tasmania?

4 How is the midwinter described in the title of a well-known carol?

5 What is the former name of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City?

6 Whom did Muhammad Ali beat in the “Rumble in the Jungle”?

7 Which ten-letter word for a colour combines two words to do with water?

8 My Sweet Lord was a 1971 hit for which member of the Beatles?

9 In which century was Abraham Lincoln born?

10 What kind of creature is an anchovy?

11 What does the initial “E” in E-number stand for?

12 In the painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, what is the goddess standing on?

13 Which ship was crushed by pack ice in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915?

14 Which former name of an Israeli port is spelt like a land measurement?

15 How many tricks make up a grand slam in bridge?

16 Which actor starred in the 1980 film Raging Bull?

17 After whom were teddy bears named?

18 Which duo topped the charts in 1984 with Freedom?

19 Which side of a ship is on the right as you face forward?

20 Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Michael Caine starred in which 1972 film?

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QUIZ 14 – Nursery Rhymes

1 Where did the little boy live in Baa Baa Black Sheep?

2 Where did Miss Muffet eat her curds and whey?

3 Who marched ten thousand men up and down a hill?

4 Tom the piper’s son stole which animal before running away?

5 Which profession follows tinker, tailor and soldier in a nursery rhyme?

6 In the rhyme This Little Piggy, what did the third little piggy eat?

7 Who stole the tarts made by the Queen of Hearts?

8 Who cut off the tails of the three blind mice?

9 What did the Incy Wincy Spider climb up?

10 Little girls are made of which substances, according to the traditional rhyme?

11 After Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, who tried but failed to put him back together?

12 Who was told to “put the kettle on”?

13 Which musical instrument is mentioned in Little Boy Blue?

14 Where does the Muffin Man live?

15 In Sing a Song of Sixpence, what was the Queen eating in her parlour?

16 What did Little Jack Horner pull out of his pie after he stuck his thumb in it?

17 In Hickory, Dickory, Dock, which creature ran up the clock?

18 When Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch water, what did Jack break when he fell down?

19 After Little Bo Peep lost her sheep, what was she advised to do?

20 What did the girls do when Georgie Porgie kissed them?

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QUIZ 15 – Pot Luck

1 An image of which Australian animal can be found on the tail of a Qantas aeroplane?

2 Who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?

3 Which group were Rockin’ All Over the World in 1977?

4 What are the first and last planets in our solar system, listed in order of their distance from the Sun?

5 Which “ology” is concerned with the study and treatment of crime?

6 In films what do the letters PG stand for?

7 Which actor played Frank Drebin in Police Squad! and the Naked Gun films?

8 In the 15th century, which teenage girl led the French army against the English?

9 What number is represented by the Roman numeral M?

10 The programme Any Answers gave listeners the chance to comment on which programme?

11 Who played Vito Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather?

12 Guiseppe Verdi is most famous for which type of musical work?

13 What is the name of the rocky headland at the southern tip of South America?

14 In which year was Ashes to Ashes a hit for David Bowie?

15 Who was the brother of Cain in the Bible?

16 What colour is Noddy’s hat?

17 Murray Walker commentated on which sport?

18 Where is a cummerbund worn?

19 Fountains Abbey is in which county?

20 Which Dutch cheese is famously round and red?

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QUIZ 16 – Fictional Couples

1 Dawn and Tim finally become a couple at a Christmas party in which UK mockumentary sitcom?

2 Ken and Barbie® dolls were made by which American toy manufacturing company?

3 Clark Kent and Lois Lane worked for which newspaper?

4 What are the first names of Fred and Wilma Flintstone’s neighbours, Mr and Mrs Rubble?

5 Whom did Princess Leia marry in Star Wars?

6 How many children do Homer and Marge Simpson have?

7 Which princess did Shrek fall in love with?

8 In which city did Romeo and Juliet live?

9 Where in Essex did Gavin from Gavin & Stacey live?

10 In which Jane Austen novel did Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy fall in love?

11 In the TV show The Big Bang Theory, who dates Sheldon Cooper?

12 What were Lady and the Tramp eating when they shared their first kiss?

13 Pongo and Perdita are a couple in which Disney film?

14 What is the surname of Morticia and Gomez?

15 What was the name of Ross and Rachel’s baby in the TV series Friends?

16 Edward Cullen and Bella Swan became a couple in which film series?

17 Which Hogwarts house were both Ron and Hermione sorted into?

18 Jack and Vera Duckworth were a couple in which TV soap?

19 Who is the primary on-and-off love interest for Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City?

20 Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy were both girlfriends of which character?

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QUIZ 17 – Pot Luck

1 Which was the first National Park to be established in Britain?

2 Which two Australian animals are featured on the country’s coat of arms?

3 Kingston is the capital city of which country?

4 Who features in the title of a Wagner opera along with Tristan?

5 Which character is played by Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film The King and I?

6 How many minutes are there in two and a half hours?

7 In which sport are stones and a broom used?

8 Which battle was fought on June 18, 1815?

9 In Absolutely Fabulous, who played Patsy Stone?

10 Who is the heroine of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy?

11 The Sugar Plum Fairy appears in which ballet?

12 What is a pack made up of cups, swords, wands and pentacles called?

13 Ni is the chemical symbol for which element?

14 Which poet wrote A Red, Red Rose (1794)?

15 Which army rank is the higher, colonel or brigadier?

16 How many atoms of oxygen are there in one molecule of water?

17 Who, in the nursery rhyme, was born on Monday and buried on Sunday?

18 Who was queen for nine days in 1553?

19 During which British monarch’s reign was the Penny Post instituted?

20 How many sides has a heptagon?

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QUIZ 18 – Africa

1 Which South African conflict lasted from 1899 to 1902?

2 Which African dictator did Forest Whitaker portray in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland?

3 Which waters lie between Africa and Australia?

4 What is the name of the small kingdom that lies wholly within South Africa?

5 Which African country lies between Algeria and Libya?

6 Which Tanzanian mountain is the highest in Africa?

7 Death on the Nile is a novel by which crime writer?

8 What is biltong?

9 What is the official language of Libya?

10 Afrikaans is a variety of which European language?

11 How many continents are larger than Africa?

12 From what is the North African staple food couscous made?

13 What is the capital of Kenya?

14 In 1984, which South African clergyman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

15 Which African fly transmits sleeping sickness?

16 Which precious stone is associated with the South African city of Kimberley?

17 Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman starred in which classic 1942 film?

18 What country was known as “the Gift of the Nile”?

19 Which band had a hit with Africa in 1983?

20 Which island is known for being the place where former South African president Nelson Mandela was jailed?

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QUIZ 19 – Pot Luck

1 Which part of an insect bears the legs and wings?

2 Who played the character of Charlene Robinson in the Australian series Neighbours?

3 Which duo had a 1992 hit with Stay?

4 With how many pieces does a chess player start a game?

5 Is Turkey ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time?

6 What is the capital of the Baltic state of Latvia?

7 Which large mammal was ridden by Hannibal over the Alps?

8 In the Bible, which book immediately follows the Acts of the Apostles?

9 For which film did Dame Helen Mirren win an Oscar in 2006?

10 Astigmatism is a condition affecting which part of the body?

11 What are dried plums called?

12 In which county is Land’s End?

13 What is the first name of Miss Doolittle, the heroine of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion?

14 What does the Q stand for in IQ?

15 In which country did Bob Hawke win four elections in a row before being ousted by Paul Keating?

16 What is Marshal Cogburn’s nickname in the John Wayne film True Grit?

17 Which actress starred in the TV series Cheers and the Look Who’s Talking films?

18 What is the middle colour of the Italian flag?

19 In which decade of the 20th century was Che Guevara born?

20 Which spirit is flavoured with juniper berries?

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QUIZ 20 – Sea Creatures

1 Which of the whale species is the largest?

2 Where do turtles lay their eggs?

3 The Portuguese man-of-war employs what as a defence?

4 Which pigment is obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish?

5 What is the name for an adult female whale?

6 A starfish has how many arms?

7 Which class of animals includes crabs and lobsters?

8 Which mammal has blue and killer varieties?

9 A periwinkle is what type of creature?

10 A creature such as a mussel that has two shells is described by what term?

11 Which marine gastropod is famed for its immovability?

12 What is the alternative name for the king crab?

13 How many tentacles does an octopus have?

14 What term is given to creatures such as sole and halibut that live on the sea bed?

15 Chowder is traditionally made using which shellfish?

16 What term is used to describe a marine mammal such as a whale or porpoise?

17 What is krill?

18 What type of sea creature is a lion’s mane?

19 Which mollusc has a fan-shaped shell?

20 How do male humpback whales communicate?

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QUIZ 21 – Pot Luck

1 Which radio code word comes before Quebec?

2 What is the surname of White Wedding singer Billy?

3 How many railway stations are there on a Monopoly™ board?

4 Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina features in which musical?

5 Which 1970s band had hits with Needles and Pins and Living Next Door to Alice?

6 What is the unit of currency in Canada?

7 Which Australian bird is famous for laughing?

8 A concierge does what job?

9 Who topped the UK singles chart in 2006 with Irreplaceable?

10 From which politician did policemen get the nickname “Peelers”?

11 For what purpose was the Leaning Tower of Pisa built?

12 Of what is palaeontology the study?

13 Which geographical group includes Lanzarote?

14 What is the English equivalent of the French name Pierre?

15 What name was given to a two-wheeled Roman racing vehicle?

16 What is a female chicken called?

17 Which game is also the name of a gourd-like vegetable?

18 Which cultivated moth lays its eggs on mulberry plants?

19 In which country is Benfica a leading football club?

20 William Hartnell was the first actor to play the main character in which TV series?

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QUIZ 22 – Film

1 Which 1952 film featured the song Do Not Forsake Me?

2 Who played the title role in the 2016 film Florence Foster Jenkins?

3 What is the surname of actor Sean, Sam in the Lord of the Rings films?

4 In the 1997 film Batman & Robin, who played Mr Freeze?

5 Which actor uttered the immortal line: “Infamy, infamy – they’ve all got it in for me!”?

6 “It’s a big building with patients – but that’s not important right now” is a line from which 1980 film?

7 In which country is the 2003 film Lost in Translation set?

8 Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017?

9 Who directed the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street?

10 Who played Mr Darcy in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice?

11 In which of his films did Quentin Tarantino appear as Mr Brown?

12 Which actress starred as Viola de Lesseps in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love?

13 The 1993 film Shadowlands tells the story of which writer?

14 The Power of Love was a hit song from which 1985 film?

15 Who starred in the 1967 film Half a Sixpence?

16 The song Moon River is from which 1961 film?

17 Which 1964 film was subtitled How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb?

18 Who played Private Ryan in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan?

19 Which disaster movie was inspired by a 1999 book entitled The Coming Global Superstorm?

20 In which film did the following appear: “It was beauty killed the beast”?

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QUIZ 23 – Pot Luck

1 In which leisure pursuit might you do a Turkey Trot or a Bunny Hug?

2 Which group sang Shang-a-Lang in the 1970s?

3 Who played Norma in the TV series The Royle Family?

4 In which country is the port of Livorno?

5 What was the first name of The Goon Show character Seagoon?

6 Which car company manufactures the Focus?

7 Which Roman fountain featured in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita?

8 Other than plasma, what matter is neither solid nor liquid?

9 On which Caribbean island is the Bay of Pigs?

10 Which band released the 1997 hit single Tubthumping?

11 The adjective caprine relates to which type of animal?

12 What was the name of Lacey’s partner in the title of a 1980s detective series?

13 What is the British equivalent of the American realtor?

14 The precious stone sapphire is usually what colour?

15 Pyrophobia is a fear of what?

16 Which Amateur Association has the abbreviation AAA?

17 In which county is Beachy Head?

18 What is a scout rally called?

19 In bungee-jumping, what is a bungee?

20 Which fruit provides the basis for Cumberland sauce?

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QUIZ 24 – Human Biology

1 What term is given to the removal of a sample of tissue from the body for diagnostic examination?

2 What is the medical name for dizziness due to heights?

3 Which part of the body is affected by glaucoma?

4 What colour blood cells do lymph glands produce?

5 Encephalitis causes inflammation in which part of the body?

6 By what name is the illness rubella more commonly known?

7 The acoustic nerve serves which part of the body?

8 What is the outer layer of skin called?

9 Where in the body is the thyroid gland?

10 How many teeth do adult humans have?

11 The tibia is a bone in which part of the body?

12 What is the medical term for pain in the lower back muscles?

13 Of what is pharmacology the study?

14 Which is the longest bone in the human body?

15 Which two types of cord connect muscle to bone?

16 Bile is produced by which organ in the body?

17 Which part of the human tongue is most sensitive to sweet things?

18 Which vessel in the neck carries blood from the head and face?

19 Where are the clavicles?

20 Which tissue links the heel to the calf muscles?

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QUIZ 25 – Pot Luck

1 What is the code word between kilo and Mike used in radio communications?

2 The 1954 novel Lord of the Flies was written by which author?

3 Who is the patron saint of Venice?

4 Which brass instrument is used for military signals?

5 In 1944, in which country did the Battle of Arnhem take place?

6 Who ordered the building of the Pavilion at Brighton?

7 Which exercises are designed to increase oxygen consumption and speed blood circulation?

8 Plymouth has what postcode area code?

9 Which large endocrine gland is situated at the base of the neck?

10 What is a young fox called?

11 A clouded agaric is what type of organism?

12 Which motorway service station on the M1 takes its name from a nearby motor racing circuit in Leicestershire?

13 How many terms did Sir Winston Churchill serve as British prime minister?

14 Tom Hanks starred in which 1993 film, the name of a US city?

15 What is Mull’s chief town?

16 What did the 1948 Marshall Plan provide?

17 Who played James Bond in Octopussy?

18 The 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo was written by which author?

19 What was George Michael’s first solo single?

20 Who played Angie Watts in EastEnders?

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QUIZ 26 – Myth and Legend

1 What is the name of the island in Arthurian legend that is sometimes identified with Glastonbury Tor?

2 What was the riddle-setting creature of Greek mythology with a human head and a lion’s body?

3 In Greek mythology, what is the name of the underworld?

4 Which fabled sea monster is said to appear off the coast of Norway?

5 Which mythical creature is a symbol of Wales?

6 In Roman mythology, who is the god of the sea?

7 Who was the Norse god of thunder?

8 Who was the ancient Egyptian sun god, usually depicted as having the head of a hawk?

9 Which legendary siren lured Rhine boatmen to their death?

10 In Greek mythology, who was the divine messenger of the gods?

11 Which legendary king wished that all he touched would turn to gold?

12 Who was King Arthur’s father?

13 Which legendary bird was said to have risen from its own ashes?

14 Who was the Greek god of love?

15 What was the name of Romulus’ brother, one of the twin founders of Rome?

16 Will Scarlett was a friend of which legendary outlaw?

17 What was left in Pandora’s box once it was opened and emptied of all evils?

18 Whose face was said to have launched 1000 ships?

19 In Roman mythology, which rural deity had a man’s body and a goat’s horns, ears, tail and hind legs?

20 Which word is another name for the Abominable Snowman?

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QUIZ 27 – Pot Luck

1 By what first name was music-hall comedian Mr Flanagan known?

2 In which county would you find Poole and Swanage?

3 What is the name of the inlet between Norfolk and Lincolnshire?

4 Of which people was Ghengis Khan the leader?

5 Which ruler referred to the English as a nation of shopkeepers?

6 Which motorway connects London and Swansea?

7 In the Bible, which Book immediately follows Matthew?

8 The warmth rating of what is measured in togs?

9 Which city in North Queensland is the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef?

10 What was David Bowie’s real surname?

11 Who played the lead role in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia?

12 A Persian Blue is what kind of animal?

13 What is the word for a condiment container?

14 What is the name of Tintin’s dog?

15 What were the names of the three tunnels dug by POWs in the film The Great Escape?

16 What is the title of the theme song from the film Titanic?

17 “Unlucky for some” is the traditional bingo call for which number?

18 In tennis, what name is given to a score of 40-40?

19 The zodiac sign Scorpio covers which two calendar months?

20 What substance can be sulphuric or hydrochloric?

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QUIZ 28 – The UK

1 In which county is Gatwick airport?

2 What is the military rank below sergeant?

3 Which isle is the largest of the Inner Hebrides?

4 Which animal accompanies the unicorn in the Royal arms?

5 The Old Bailey figure of justice holds a sword and what else?

6 In which street is London’s Savoy Theatre?

7 What does BSI stand for?

8 In which month of 2011 were the Census forms filled in?

9 In which National Park is Kinder Scout?

10 Which famous prehistoric monument is found on Salisbury Plain?

11 What are the initials of the Cheltenham-based spy centre?

12 Who founded the National Viewers and Listeners Association in 1965?

13 What is the Viking Centre in York called?

14 In which county is the town of Macclesfield?

15 Which town is the easternmost point of Britain?

16 Which Royal Corps is nicknamed the “Sappers”?

17 In which year were parts of Buckingham Palace opened for the general public to view?

18 Tintern Abbey stands in which river valley?

19 Where in London is Nelson’s Column?

20 In which Scottish city is an annual arts festival held along with its popular Fringe?

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QUIZ 29 – Pot Luck

1 With which meat is apple sauce traditionally served?

2 The character of Scout Finch features in which 1960 novel?

3 Which sport includes sculls, strokes and slides?

4 Which part of the body has an external, middle and inner section?

5 In a Shakespeare play, who kills Desdemona?

6 How many Commandments feature in the title of a Charlton Heston film?

7 What is the sixth sign of the zodiac?

8 In which century was Elizabeth I born?

9 What is the capital of Syria?

10 Which comic writer created the fictional Blandings Castle?

11 What is the dialling code for Liverpool?

12 In which country was the Bayeux Tapestry created?

13 What were the first names of Nureyev and Fonteyn?

14 Which instrument measures the height of an aircraft above sea level?

15 What may be described as O negative, for example?

16 Mount Parnassus is in which country?

17 How often is golf ’s US Masters held?

18 Which famous US soul record label is based in Detroit?

19 In which country is All Nippon Airways based?

20 Where does Enid Blyton’s character of Noddy live?

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QUIZ 30 – Rugby

1 What number shirt is worn by a fullback in Rugby Union?

2 Who was 22 years old when he first captained England in 1988?

3 Where would you watch the Rhinos playing rugby?

4 Newlands Stadium is located in which city?

5 Which player scored the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time against Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final?

6 Who was the first English player to play in 50 internationals?

7 Who is credited with inventing Rugby Union?

8 The club Wasps is based in which city?

9 What is the nickname of the Australian Rugby League side?

10 In which colours do Bath play?

11 How many players are in a Rugby League team?

12 Which New Zealand winger scored four tries against England in the 1995 World Cup?

13 Which stadium is home to Scottish Rugby Union?

14 How long is a Rugby Union match?

15 Who won the first Rugby Union World Cup, held in 1987?

16 In which year did Rugby Union become professional?

17 What is the English Rugby Union team’s emblem?

18 Which Welsh player was a regular captain on A Question of Sport from 1978 to 1981?

19 The Varsity Match is associated with which ground?

20 Which player, often ranked as Scotland’s greatest, was nicknamed the “Border Terrier”?

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QUIZ 31 – Pot Luck

1 Which Russian title was first formally assumed by Ivan the Terrible?

2 On a Monopoly™ board, what colour is Piccadilly?

3 Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera is set in the town of Titipu?

4 Whose first album was entitled Voice of an Angel?

5 Which vegetable has Jerusalem and globe varieties?

6 Dipsophobia is the fear of what?

7 Which cocktail of rum and lime juice is named after a beach in Cuba?

8 Which major competition was first won by Uruguay in 1930?

9 In which country is the town of Alice Springs?

10 What sea lies between Turkey and Russia?

11 Which evergreen tree is associated with the country of Lebanon?

12 In the Guardians of the Galaxy film franchise, who stars as Peter Quill?

13 Who was the drummer with Nirvana who went on to found Foo Fighters?

14 Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of which city?

15 What are sheepshank and surgeon’s examples of?

16 In which Canadian province is Calgary?

17 How many yards are there in a mile?

18 Which hairdresser pioneered the geometric haircut in the 1960s?

19 What is the name of Jeeves’ employer in the PG Wodehouse stories?

20 Ricotta is a cheese from which country?

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QUIZ 32 – Television

1 Which actor portrayed Rowdy Yates in the series Rawhide?

2 Who played Inspector Morse in the original series?

3 In which long-running series did Howard Keel play the character of Clayton Farlow?

4 In which city was The Royle Family set?

5 Which TV show made Pamela Anderson famous?

6 In which series did a dog called Rowf play the piano?

7 In which decade was Birds of a Feather screened for the first time?

8 Who was Doyle’s colleague in The Professionals?

9 Who would you expect to hear shouting “Yabba-dabba-doo”?

10 In the series New Tricks, who played Gerry Standing?

11 What was the name of the Neighbours character played by Ian Smith?

12 Who was crowned the first “King of the Jungle” in I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!?

13 What was Corporal Jones’ day job in Dad’s Army?

14 On which quiz show are the number of passes taken into account in the event of a tie?

15 Which series was based at Sun Hill police station?

16 What was the name of the chief engineer in the original Star Trek series?

17 Which professor presented The Wonders of the Solar System and The Wonders of the Universe?

18 Who was Stimpy’s cartoon pal?

19 In which decade of the 20th century was Phillip Schofield born?

20 In which series did Ant and Dec play PJ and Duncan?

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QUIZ 33 – Pot Luck

1 What name is given to a brooch that contains a raised figure or design?

2 In the nursery rhyme, what is Humpty Dumpty assumed to be?

3 What term describes instruments that produce sound when struck?

4 The Renault car company was founded in which country?

5 Which drink was created when Indian army officers added quinine to soda water to help fight malaria?

6 Who had an 1986 no.1 with Take My Breath Away?

7 According to legend, in what environment would a Kraken be found?

8 How many signs of the zodiac are there?

9 Which sauce did Henry Heinz begin to manufacture in 1876?

10 The radio observatory Jodrell Bank is near which major Cheshire town?

11 Which region of the Earth contains the South Pole?

12 Who is Sherlock Holmes’ arch-enemy?

13 In darts, what is the lowest score from three different trebles?

14 Who starred in the 1994 film The Mask?

15 What does a snorkel help you do?

16 Which London building is nicknamed “Ally Pally”?

17 What is the second lightest chemical element?

18 0131 is the dialling code for which city?

19 In which month is the longest day in Britain?

20 Who is R2-D2’s robot companion in Star Wars?

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QUIZ 34 – Vegetarian Food

1 What are grissini?

2 Which cheese shares its name with a famous West Country gorge?

3 Kale belongs to which family of vegetables?

4 What is the main herb in pesto sauce?

5 What type of fruit is dried to produce a sultana?

6 Which lettuce shares its name with a mass of floating frozen water?

7 A British variant of cheese on toast made with a cheese sauce is known by what name?

8 What type of food is nori?

9 What is a traditional British food made from the leftover vegetables of a roast dinner?

10 “Buddha’s Delight” is a dish originating from which country?

11 Miso soup is made from the paste of which bean?

12 A burrito is usually made with what type of flatbread?

13 Soy bean curd is also known by what name?

14 Which flower’s petals are steeped in water to create the traditional flavouring for Turkish delight?

15 Glamorgan sausages are traditionally made from cheese, breadcrumbs and which vegetable?

16 What type of bean is used to make baked beans?

17 For what do the letters TVP stand in the meat substitute?

18 Gnocchi is a food from which country?

19 What is the main ingredient in a chow mein?

20 Basmati and pilaf are varieties of what?

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QUIZ 35 – Pot Luck

1 What term is given to a voluntary renunciation of the throne of a country?

2 In the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, who played Rhett Butler?

3 What is the English meaning of the phrase Anno Domini?

4 What is the mathematical method of calculating by symbols?

5 In greyhound racing, what colour jacket is worn by the dog in trap three?

6 If three is on the top side of a die, what number is on the hidden side?

7 In Cockney rhyming slang, what are “plates of meat”?

8 Who or what is Sweet William?

9 Who had hits with Passengers and I’m Still Standing?

10 From which country do Volkswagen cars originate?

11 In which county is Blackpool?

12 Who is the TV cartoon son of Marge and Homer?

13 Which island is located south of Turkey and northwest of Israel?

14 In the rhyme, who went with Christopher Robin to Buckingham Palace?

15 What well-known dinosaur species’ name includes the word “king” in Latin?

16 Which ABBA hit inspired the name for a 1990s Steve Coogan show?

17 The Pittsburgh Steelers play which sport?

18 Which brothers wrote the music and lyrics for Crazy for You?

19 Which liquid measure is equivalent to a quarter of a pint?

20 On which Cornish moor is Jamaica Inn located?

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QUIZ 36 – Board Games

1 In which board game does the player act as a doctor removing plastic ailments from a patient?

2 In which two-player game do players take turns placing coloured disks in a vertical grid?

3 What is the full name of the game often referred to as D&D?

4 Which board game takes its name from an apology?

5 The American game Parcheesi is similar to which game played in the UK?

6 Which board game includes the characters of Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet?

7 In which popular board game can players choose to play as a Scottish terrier and racing car, amongst others?

8 In which general knowledge game released in 1981 do players collect “wedges” of different colours?

9 What two-player game shares its name with a Shakespeare play?

10 In which classic game must the player travel from the bottom left of the board to the top right by rolling dice and avoiding hazards?

11 In which game must players guess the word drawn by their team-mates?

12 Which game involves a spinner and a plastic mat with red, yellow, green and blue circles?

13 What is the name of the game in which players are represented by rodent-shaped game pieces?

14 In which game must the player roll five dice in certain combinations to win?

15 What is the name of the board game in which up to four players must construct words to win points?

16 Which two chess pieces are involved in the move “castling”?

17 In which strategy board game must a player conquer the earth through conflict or diplomacy?

18 Which board game issued in 1992 gives players 30 seconds to describe words to their team?

19 Which board game is played by two players who must guess the positions of the opposing player’s pieces to win?

20 In which board game must players move 15 pieces across and off the board to win?

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QUIZ 37 – Pot Luck

1 Which monarch is credited with writing Greensleeves?

2 Hg is the symbol for which chemical element?

3 What was the first name of Mr Packer, the Australian entrepreneur who died in 2005?

4 Which word means “related to the moon”?

5 What is the meaning of the name of the Spanish lottery El Gordo?

6 In which country is the city of São Paulo?

7 Which is the alternative term for the playing card the Jack?

8 What is the traditional colour for Aran wool?

9 In which century was Hans Christian Andersen born?

10 London and Southampton are connected by which motorway?

11 Which fruit’s varieties include Mirabelle and Yellowgage?

12 Which girl group had a 1983 hit with Cruel Summer?

13 What was the nationality of the mathematician, philosopher and scientist Aristotle?

14 What is New York’s Metropolitan Opera more popularly called?

15 Captain Hastings is the sidekick of which fictional detective?

16 Who released the hit 1987 single You Win Again?

17 In which US state is Lubbock?

18 What is caviar?

19 Which green salad vegetable belongs to the same family as the squash?

20 What is ten cubed?

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QUIZ 38 – Animal World

1 What is the term for a male wild pig?

2 Is a bass a freshwater or sea fish?

3 A chameleon can change the colour of which part of its body?

4 Which creature leaves “hills” on lawns?

5 What is a female horse called, up to the age of four years?

6 For which marsupial is “mob” a collective noun?

7 How many legs has a cranefly?

8 What name is given to an adult male seal?

9 What is the body of a penguin covered with?

10 A baby elephant is known by what name?

11 Which is the smallest bird in the world?

12 Army, weaver and leafcutter are types of which insect?

13 What is another name for the prairie wolf?

14 What is Britain’s largest land mammal?

15 A glow-worm is not a worm: what type of creature is it?

16 What kind of animal is a pipistrelle?

17 A seahorse is what type of creature?

18 What term describes a black and white horse?

19 Grizzly bears are what colour?

20 What name is given to the larva of a fly?

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QUIZ 39 – Pot Luck

1 Which actress starred in the film Sliding Doors?

2 Golders Green is a suburb of which UK city?

3 Where is the Sea of Showers?

4 How much did the wedding ring of the Owl and the Pussycat cost?

5 Zak and Marlon are members of which Emmerdale family?

6 “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air” is a lyric from which song?

7 Who starred as John Merrick in the 1980 film The Elephant Man?

8 In which year did man first set foot on the moon?

9 In which month does Royal Ascot take place?

10 Where in Scotland is an old blacksmith’s shop a tourist attraction?

11 What is a worshipper of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva?

12 Which DJ created the character of Captain Kremmen?

13 In which county is Whipsnade Zoo?

14 Which type of 1950s music used a washboard?

15 What name is given in law to a person who makes a will?

16 Merlin counselled which legendary king?

17 In which country was Sir Alexander Fleming born?

18 What type of creatures were dinosaurs?

19 Which bodily organ gives its name to a variety of bean?

20 How many lanes are usually used for racing in an Olympic swimming pool?

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QUIZ 40 – Italy

1 The patron saint of animals, St Francis, was born in which Italian town?

2 A pizza Margherita has which three main toppings?

3 In the Italian language, which city is known as Napoli?

4 What is the name of Italy’s top-flight football league?

5 Which make and model of car was popularised in the 1969 film The Italian Job?

6 Which Italian city is one of the world’s most important fashion capitals?

7 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by which artist?

8 Which city is known particularly for its bridges, canals and gondolas?

9 In a traditional Italian meal, what is the first course called?

10 Which Italian explorer sailed from Europe to find a route to Asia and instead landed in the Americas?

11 What animal is said to have suckled the twin brothers who founded Rome in ancient myth?

12 What does the word grazie mean?

13 The Italian flag has which three colours?

14 Which Roman general and politician was assassinated on the Ides of March?

15 What is the name of the small sovereign state located within Italy’s capital city?

16 The ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed by which volcano?

17 What was the currency used in Italy before its adoption of the euro in 2002?

18 In which circular structure did the gladiators of Ancient Rome fight?

19 Which sea is immediately beneath the boot-shaped peninsula of Italy?

20 What is the name of Europe’s tallest active volcano, located on the east coast of Sicily?

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QUIZ 41 – Pot Luck

1 Which units are used to measure sound intensity?

2 In which country did chilli con carne originate?

3 What kind of plant is Lady’s Slipper?

4 In which town were the band Slade formed?

5 What type of gem is The Star of Africa?

6 How many laps are completed in a speedway race?

7 On a standard keyboard, the “(” and “)” symbols share keys with which two numbers?

8 How many wheels are there on a quad bike?

9 In music, which note is written on the bottom line of the stave with a treble clef?

10 The zodiac sign Taurus covers which two calendar months?

11 In the rhyme, where does Goosey Goosey Gander wander?

12 In the initials FIFA, what does the first F stand for?

13 If a crowd is three, how many is company?

14 What type of creature is a natterjack?

15 What was the name of Mackenzie Crook’s character in the TV series The Office?

16 In which county is Windsor Castle?

17 Romano and Desiree are varieties of which vegetable?

18 What type of animal is a Samoyed?

19 Which singer starred in the 1992 film The Bodyguard?

20 What is the county town of West Sussex?

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QUIZ 42 – Gold and Silver

1 What type of creature is a goldcrest?

2 What type of meat is silverside?

3 At which racecourse does the Gold Cup steeplechase take place every March?

4 At the end of which coloured arch is there said to be a crock of gold?

5 The Silver Chair is a 1953 novel by which author?

6 What is goldenrod?

7 In which 1986 horror film did Jeff Goldblum star?

8 With which English king is the Field of the Cloth of Gold associated?

9 Which band released the 1972 single Solid Gold Easy Action?

10 Who played M for the first time in the James Bond film GoldenEye?

11 In the proverb, speech is silver but what is golden?

12 What name was given to one of the legendary Greek seamen who followed Jason in search of the Golden Fleece?

13 According to the Beatles, who had a silver hammer?

14 In which year did Queen Elizabeth II celebrate her Golden Jubilee?

15 Who performed the theme song to the Bond film Goldfinger?

16 A Golden Delicious is what type of fruit?

17 What is the chemical symbol for gold?

18 What term is given to an older person who is computer literate?

19 How many years of marriage are marked by a silver wedding anniversary?

20 What is “black gold”?

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QUIZ 43 – Pot Luck

1 What is the capital of Poland?

2 What is chervil?

3 “Key of the door” is the traditional bingo call for which number?

4 Who was Dick Grayson’s original alter ego?

5 Who wanted to ask the Wizard of Oz for courage?

6 In 2013 which singer released the song Wrecking Ball?

7 An amoeba has how many cells?

8 Which birthstone is linked to May?

9 Which 1987 Steve Martin film was based on Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)?

10 Which French monarch was known as the “Sun King”?

11 What was the title of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s second chart-topper?

12 Thermophobia is the fear of what?

13 What is the log thrown in the Highland Games called?

14 Moving anticlockwise on a dartboard, what number is next to 5?

15 Which fruit has a Victoria variety?

16 In which US city is the Grand Ole Opry?

17 Whose real name was Georgios Panayiotou?

18 Back, blanket and buttonhole are all types of what?

19 Which TV comedy series was a spoof on the 1970s series Secret Army?

20 What is H₂SO₄?

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QUIZ 44 – Disney Films

1 Who plays Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean films?

2 Which character has the catchphrase “To infinity and beyond”?

3 The title character of which 1941 animated film never speaks?

4 In which US state was the 2002 film Lilo & Stitch set?

5 Which film was filmed at East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah?

6 In which film would you find the trio Shenzi, Banzai and Ed?

7 Which 1995 film features the song Colors of the Wind?

8 In which 2015 film do the characters Joy, Sadness, Fear and Disgust appear?

9 In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, what poisoned food item did the Queen give to Snow White?

10 What is the name of Amy Adams’ princess in the 2007 film Enchanted?

11 Which character in Frozen (2013) was voiced by Idina Menzel?

12 Which 2004 film followed the lives of a family of undercover superheroes?

13 In The Jungle Book, what type of animal is Shere Khan?

14 Lightning McQueen features in which series of films?

15 In the 2008 film, what type of animal is Bolt?

16 To which creature did Peter Pan feed Captain Hook’s hand?

17 In the 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, what enchanted item is hidden in the west wing of the castle?

18 In The Little Mermaid (1989), what type of creature is Sebastian?

19 What is the surname of the family in Mary Poppins?

20 What is the name of Sleeping Beauty?

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QUIZ 45 – Pot Luck

1 Which song, originally released in 1975, was a posthumous no.1 single for John Lennon?

2 Lombardy is a region of which country?

3 Whose diary had its last entry on 1st August 1944?

4 Who encouraged us to Meet the Romans in a BBC series?

5 In which country was Roger Federer born?

6 From 1714 to 1830 all British monarchs shared what name?

7 What name is given to an imaginary line around the globe parallel with the Equator?

8 Who played Basil Fawlty in the classic TV series?

9 What is the first army rank held by soldiers who are not officers?

10 What instrument can be bass, electric or Spanish?

11 The 1972 novel Watership Down was written by which author?

12 Which 1995 film featured a talking pig?

13 What is the square root of 9?

14 In which area of Los Angeles is the exclusive shopping street Rodeo Drive?

15 The 2006 film The Good Shepherd is about the early history of which organisation?

16 In which English county is Basildon?

17 The tears of which creature are said to be a sign of insincere grief?

18 Which car company has the Lexus as its luxury brand?

19 The McLaren Formula 1 team has its headquarters in which Surrey town?

20 What are substitutes in cricket not normally allowed to do?

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QUIZ 46 – Numbers

1 Which numerical system is based on tens?

2 What is the total number of sides on three rectangles?

3 How many millimetres are there in three centimetres?

4 What is 75% of 200?

5 What is the second month of the year to have exactly 31 days?

6 How many square inches in a square foot?

7 Approximately how many whole ounces are equivalent to 170 grammes?

8 “Dancing Queen” is a traditional bingo call for which number?

9 If a million is written in digits, how many zeros are there?

10 What number is opposite a one on a dice?

11 How many hours are there in four days?

12 What number is between 6 and 15 on a dartboard?

13 After seven which is the next highest prime number?

14 What is the square root of 36?

15 How many edges are there on a cube?

16 What is 80% of 400?

17 How many are there in a baker’s dozen?

18 How many leaves are there on a lucky clover?

19 What number is cubed to give an answer of eight?

20 Paper with a size of 210mm x 297mm is known by which A number?

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QUIZ 47 – Pot Luck

1 A London terminus and Underground line are both named after which monarch?

2 How many cards of the same suit are needed for a flush in poker?

3 In which month does Cowes Week take place?

4 In Cinderella, what did the fairy godmother use to create her coach?

5 Each episode of the TV series The Rockford Files began with what type of message?

6 In which country is the city of Toulouse?

7 Who loads his van “Early in the morning, just as day is dawning”?

8 What was the denomination of the crooked coin which the crooked man found beside a crooked stile?

9 The “Shift” key on a standard keyboard often features an arrow pointing in which direction?

10 On an Ordnance Survey map, what is indicated by a light blue area?

11 Which South American country is nearest to Africa?

12 Which element is found in bones, shells and teeth?

13 Which dog show was first held in Islington in 1891?

14 A lion represents which zodiac sign?

15 What is a fossilised yellowish-brown resin?

16 In which century was Charles Darwin born?

17 How many athletes are there in an Olympic relay team?

18 Who wrote the comic opera Trial by Jury?

19 What is ¼ expressed as a percentage?

20 In the Bible, who was the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the brother of Jacob?

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QUIZ 48 – Politics

1 With which politicial group is the Fabian Society associated?

2 Privy Counsellors and government ministers are given what title?

3 Who preceded Tony Blair as UK Prime Minister?

4 Which is the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber?

5 Which building is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC?

6 What is the name of the elected chamber of the Tynwald on the Isle of Man?

7 In January 2017, who became US Vice President?

8 Which committee is formed from the backbench Conservative MPs?

9 Time Magazine named which politician as Person of the Year in 2016?

10 Which former MP was nicknamed “Tarzan”?

11 Who was British PM from 1908 to 1916?

12 Which dam, constructed in the 1930s, was named after the 31st President of the United States?

13 In which building was Sir Winston Churchill born?

14 Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa in which year?

15 Who was David Cameron’s predecessor as Prime Minister?

16 How many general elections did Baroness Margaret Thatcher win in the 1980s?

17 Which US statesman was credited with inventing both the lightning conductor and bifocal lenses?

18 In 1988 François Mitterrand was re-elected president of which country?

19 Which future US president did Jacqueline Bouvier marry in 1953?

20 Which former MP has presented many TV series based on the Bradshaw’s Guides to the railways?

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QUIZ 49 – Pot Luck

1 What is the collective name for a group of rhinoceroses?

2 In which ocean are the Azores?

3 How would 71 be shown in Roman numerals?

4 Who hosted the TV programme The Golden Shot from 1967 to 1972 and 1974 to 1975?

5 Which sport featured in the film White Men Can’t Jump (1992)?

6 What name is given to the number below the line in a fraction?

7 How many furlongs are there in a mile?

8 In the rhyme Jack Be Nimble, what did Jack jump over?

9 Which mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt?

10 Moving anticlockwise on a dartboard, what number is next to 19?

11 Which letter is to the right of the letter G on a standard keyboard?

12 In music, what is a note if it is neither sharp nor flat?

13 What are pieces of grain husk separated from flour after milling?

14 Of which US state is Juneau the capital?

15 Who created the characters of Tom Bombadil?

16 Who designed Elizabeth Hurley’s famous “safety pin” dress?

17 Pattaya is a resort in which country?

18 Which stimulant is found in tea and coffee?

19 Which airport has the code IST?

20 On an Ordnance Survey map, what is indicated by the abbreviation BR?

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QUIZ 50 – Theatre

1 Who wrote the stage show The Rocky Horror Show and played Riff Raff in the film adaptation?

2 In 1984 The Society of West End Theatre Awards were renamed in honour of whom?

3 How many sisters were in the title of the play by Chekhov?

4 In which musical are the songs Mr. Cellophane and Razzle Dazzle sung?

5 Who wrote the play The History Boys?

6 In which country are Tony awards presented?

7 Who wrote The Birthday Party and The Caretaker?

8 In which London borough is the Globe Theatre?

9 What is the title of the British weekly newspaper and website for people involved in the performing arts?

10 Who wrote the play How the Other Half Loves?

11 Algernon Moncrieff and Cecily Cardew feature in which play?

12 What word taken from the French describes an afternoon show?

13 In which city is the Bolshoi Theatre?

14 Which stage direction indicates that an actor should leave the stage?

15 Who wrote the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

16 What do you wish a performer when you say “break a leg”?

17 Jumpers and Arcadia are plays by which Czech-born playwright?

18 Who first produced Les Misérables in London?

19 In the farce, where did Charley’s Aunt come from?

20 Which king is killed in Act Two of Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

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QUIZ 51 – Pot Luck

1 On a standard roulette wheel which numbers appear on the black?

2 What is a quesadilla traditionally filled with?

3 Which US city is the setting for the 1976 film Assault on Precinct 13?

4 What is the only astrological sign not named after a living creature?

5 In an adaptation of which Jane Austen novel did Hugh Grant play Edward Ferrars?

6 Mitsubishi has its headquarters in which country?

7 In which county is Chartwell, the former home of Sir Winston Churchill?

8 In which decade was the Cold War officially declared over?

9 How many floors are there on a double-decker bus?

10 What do Americans call a see-saw?

11 What is the name of the sprite in Shakespeare’s The Tempest?

12 Which legendary character has been played on screen by Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner, amongst others?

13 In which century was Al Capone born?

14 Which actress starred in the 2010 film Eat Pray Love?

15 In which country would you find airports with the codes BCN, MAD and PMI?

16 Which singer had a backing band called The Crickets?

17 On an Ordnance Survey map, what is indicated by crossed swords?

18 From which country does the song Waltzing Matilda originate?

19 In which country was comedian Katherine Ryan born?

20 With which group did Sir Paul McCartney have the 1977 hit Mull of Kintyre?

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QUIZ 52 – Clothing and Fabric

1 Which biblical character made a coat of many colours for his son Joseph?

2 In which decade did jeans become popular after James Dean wore them in Rebel Without a Cause?

3 What is the name of the process which combines fibres to form yarn?

4 Which fabric derives its name from the capital of the Syrian Arab Republic?

5 What part of an outfit might be described as “leg-of-mutton”?

6 From which country did the cotton cloth nankeen originate?

7 Which fabric derives its name from the French serge de Nîmes?

8 The worm known as Bombyx mori produces what type of fibre?

9 What type of hat is associated with Sherlock Holmes?

10 What machine is used to weave cloth?

11 On a clothing label, what is indicated by a triangle with a cross through it?

12 The duffel coat and bag were invented in which country?

13 What is a tabard?

14 What type of fabric shares its name with a light cake of US origin?

15 Which item of clothing goes with “tails” to indicate a formal outfit?

16 Which nickname for a US detective derives from footwear?

17 Called braces in the UK, what is the American name for straps used to hold up trousers?

18 Which type of hat shares its name with a cover used in the garden?

19 What is a crinoline?

20 Where would a gaiter be worn?

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QUIZ 53 – Pot Luck

1 How many stripes does a police sergeant have on his arm?

2 What is the unit of currency in Estonia?

3 In a game of bezique, what is the minimum number of players required?

4 What is the capital of the Czech Republic?

5 How many official languages are there in Switzerland?

6 What type of horse racing does not include fences and obstacles?

7 What is the square root of 25?

8 Which Black Sea peninsula was the location of a war in the 19th century?

9 Which Lancashire seaside resort has a famous Pleasure Beach?

10 Rory Bremner and Chris Barrie were among the people providing voices on which satirical show of the 1980s and 1990s?

11 Edinburgh has what postcode area code?

12 Where did Joan of Arc win her famous victory against the English?

13 What is the term for an irrational fear of enclosed spaces?

14 What is organza?

15 Paddington, Marylebone and Waterloo are linked by which London Underground line?

16 What metallic element is mixed with tin to form the alloy bronze?

17 In which decade did Channel 4 start?

18 What do the letters PS stand for at the end of a letter?

19 Which fictional sleuth featured in the mystery Death on the Nile?

20 Who hosted the 2006 FIFA World Cup?

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QUIZ 54 – Literature

1 Who wrote the 1968 novel Airport?

2 Which famous children’s author and artist lived and worked in the Lake District for much of her life?

3 Who was the dictator of Oceania in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four?

4 In The Jungle Book, what is the name of the bear?

5 Who wrote The Hobbit?

6 “Water, water everywhere” are words from which Coleridge poem?

7 Who wrote the fable The Fox and the Grapes?

8 Who wrote the 1938 novel Rebecca?

9 Which book includes the words “All for one and one for all”?

10 Who created the character of Huckleberry Finn?

11 From which country does Hercule Poirot hail?

12 Which famous novel begins “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”?

13 Which classic book features Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad?

14 Who wrote the novel Brighton Rock (1938)?

15 Why was Tweedledum cross with Tweedledee?

16 Passepartout is Phileas Fogg’s manservant in which 1873 novel?

17 Lee Child has written about which fictional character since 1997?

18 What is the surname of Arthur, the main character in The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

19 The Casual Vacancy was the first foray into adult fiction for which children’s author?

20 In what country are Jo Nesbo’s books set?

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QUIZ 55 – Pot Luck

1 Who played James Bond in The World Is Not Enough?

2 He is the chemical symbol for which element?

3 The letter D is on which row of a computer keyboard?

4 In cricket how many balls are there in an over?

5 What is the next highest prime number above 31?

6 Who hosted the UK game show, Deal or No Deal?

7 Which character “stole a pig and away did run”?

8 Which tragic Shakespearean king had three daughters?

9 What is a cheroot?

10 On a dartboard, what number is to the immediate left of 20?

11 What source of light is used in producing a hologram?

12 What type of animal is a springbok?

13 In which county is Kidderminster?

14 What is the surname of the central gangster family in Peaky Blinders?

15 Who created the sculpture The Angel of the North?

16 What is the hardest gemstone?

17 In Scrabble®, what colour are the triple-word score squares?

18 Which mountain range runs through Peru and Chile?

19 In Dad’s Army, what did Pike’s mother always try to make him wear?

20 The 1985 event Live Aid was organised to provide aid to which country?

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QUIZ 56 – Over and Out

1 Who starred in the 1987 film Over the Top?

2 Out of the Blue was a 1977 album by which group?

3 Who starred as RP McMurphy in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?

4 Barra and Benbecula are part of which island chain?

5 Which English football club did Marc Overmars play for from 1997 to 2000?

6 Who released the 2004 single Left Outside Alone?

7 What colour is used to describe the situation of being overdrawn in terms of funds?

8 In which sport might a ball end up out of bounds?

9 What do the initials PTO indicate at the bottom of a page?

10 Which outlaw did Clint Eastwood play in a 1976 film?

11 In which game might a player end up with an overtrick?

12 What do the initials OB stand for in relation to television?

13 Who composed the William Tell Overture (1829)?

14 According to the saying, what is something out of if it is out of sight?

15 In the rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle, what jumped over the Moon?

16 Which sport featured in the 1979 play Outside Edge?

17 Which character in The Wizard of Oz sings Over the Rainbow?

18 In which part-improvised TV series did Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner play the parents of three children?

19 What do the initials OHP stand for?

20 Which band released the 1991 album Out of Time?

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QUIZ 57 – Pot Luck

1 Which car company manufactures the Cayenne?

2 What was American MR Bissell’s dust-collecting invention?

3 What term describes a way of representing a number as a fraction of 100?

4 Which 1707 law joined England and Scotland?

5 Which actor was married twice to Elizabeth Taylor?

6 Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland made up which group?

7 Which section of an orchestra includes trumpets and trombones?

8 On UK roads, what shape is a road sign that gives an order?

9 Who had a hit in 1984 with Girls Just Want to Have Fun?

10 What is the traditional bingo call for the number 76?

11 Which is the southernmost of North America’s Great Lakes?

12 Who was King Henry VIII’s fifth wife?

13 In the nursery rhyme, what was the monotonous diet of the children of the Old Lady who lived in a shoe?

14 Which army rank is immediately above private?

15 Is volleyball normally played indoors or outdoors?

16 What is the science and study of the measurement of time known as?

17 In which county would you visit Sissinghurst Gardens?

18 To which family does the chive belong?

19 On a radio tuning dial, for what do the letters FM stand?

20 The 1981 song Endless Love was a hit for which duo?

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QUIZ 58 – Natural World

1 What is a young goat called?

2 A muscovy is what sort of bird?

3 Dates grow on what type of tree?

4 What is an acanthus?

5 What word is used to describe a group of dolphins?

6 Hawthorn traditionally blooms in which month?

7 What is the collective name for a group of crows?

8 Which insects communicate with one another by dancing?

9 How is the climber Hedera helix better known?

10 How many legs has a crab?

11 What is the green colouring matter in plants called?

12 Mountain ash is another name for which tree?

13 Conkers come from which tree?

14 What general term is given to a creature that does not have a backbone?

15 From what is the horn of a rhinoceros formed?

16 Which is the world’s fastest land mammal?

17 Is a sole a freshwater or sea fish?

18 What is the term for a male badger?

19 Which Christmas decoration is a parasite of the apple tree?

20 Which tree is named after a UK capital city?

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QUIZ 59 – Pot Luck

1 Before the invention of the clock what was anticlockwise known as?

2 On a Monopoly™ board, what colour is Leicester Square?

3 How many balls are used in a game of billiards?

4 Who wrote the novel Little Women (1868)?

5 Which sitcom starred Lenny Henry as Gareth Blackstock?

6 0114 is the dialling code for which city?

7 Of which country was Juan Carlos king?

8 How many million dollars did the Man cost in the title of a 1970s TV series?

9 Which waterfall comprises the Horseshoe Falls and American Falls, separated by Goat Island?

10 In which year did Michael Jackson have a hit with Billie Jean?

11 Which French phrase used in English means each dish individually priced?

12 Which 1960 film starred Kirk Douglas and Jean Simmons?

13 Florence is the capital of which region of Italy?

14 What term is given to artistic handwriting, usually produced with a special pen?

15 What type of fruit is Packham’s Triumph?

16 Where on the body could a cataract form?

17 In which decade of the 20th century was Michaela Strachan born?

18 Billingsgate Market was famous for what sort of food?

19 Which Romantic poet was described as “mad, bad and dangerous to know”?

20 What term is given to a positive electrode?

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QUIZ 60 – On the Road

1 On UK roads, what shape is the STOP sign that has white writing on a red background?

2 Which major UK road stretches from Edinburgh to London?

3 Which A road passes Chelmsford, Colchester and Ipswich?

4 On UK roads, what is the standard national speed limit for a car in a built-up area?

5 Carlisle and Rugby are connected by which motorway?

6 Road to Hell was a hit single and album for whom in 1989?

7 The Primera was a model produced by which Japanese car manufacturer?

8 On UK roads, the sign indicating a roundabout shows a circle divided into how many parts?

9 What is the number of the Manchester Orbital motorway?

10 Who had a 1991 no. 1 hit with End of the Road?

11 What colour of cat’s-eyes are used to mark the edge of the carriageway of lay-bys and slip roads in the UK?

12 What does MPV stand for in relation to cars?

13 The Clubman is a variety of which car model?

14 What name is given to a car which has a soft roof that can be removed or folded down?

15 Which French term is applied to a two-door car with a sloping rear?

16 On an Ordnance Survey map, what is indicated by a rectangle containing “P&R”?

17 On UK roads, what shape is the Give Way sign?

18 What essential car part do Pirelli and Firestone manufacture?

19 What name is given to the speed pedal of a motor vehicle?

20 Hit the Road, Jack was the first UK top ten hit for which singer?

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QUIZ 61 – Pot Luck

1 What name was shared by all the kings from the House of Lancaster?

2 What military rank did Elvis Presley’s manager, Tom Parker adopt?

3 What type of mythical creature did Daryl Hannah play in the film Splash?

4 Of which US state is Nashville the capital?

5 Which body of water is sometimes referred to as “The Pond”?

6 Sherlock Holmes played which musical instrument?

7 Which bird lays the largest egg?

8 Which country has Ankara as its capital city?

9 In which county is Newcastle-under-Lyme?

10 What is the national religion of Japan?

11 Who wrote The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

12 The Royal Opera House in London is home to which branch of the arts other than opera?

13 In which century was Michelangelo born?

14 The sitcom Frasier was set in which US city?

15 In the books by WE Johns, who is the fictional flying ace?

16 What is the traditional bingo call for the number 89?

17 What is hit with a racket in badminton?

18 Which book of the Bible tells of the birth of Moses?

19 In the 1993 film Carlito’s Way, which actor played Carlito?

20 What kind of animal is a Cornish Rex?

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QUIZ 62 – 1960s Music

1 Sunny Afternoon was a hit in 1966 for which group?

2 Who topped the charts in 1967 with Release Me and The Last Waltz?

3 Who had a 1964 hit with Baby Love?

4 In which song did Desmond have a barrow in the marketplace?

5 Which singer had hits with I Say a Little Prayer and Respect?

6 What was the first UK no.1 hit for the Beach Boys?

7 Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? was a 1969 hit for which singer?

8 Those Were the Days was a 1968 hit for which Welsh singer?

9 Which group had a 1963 hit with You’ll Never Walk Alone?

10 Which singer starred in the 1968 film Funny Girl?

11 What was the first UK no.1 hit for the Monkees?

12 Get Off of My Cloud was a 1965 hit for which band?

13 What was the title of the Beatles’ first feature film, released in 1964?

14 Who had a hit in 1960 with Tell Laura I Love Her?

15 What was the title of Procol Harum’s chart-topping hit of 1967?

16 Which group had a 1966 hit with I’ll Be There?

17 Nights in White Satin topped the UK charts in 1967 for which group?

18 Who sang about the Green, Green Grass of Home in 1966?

19 On which Isle was there a 1969 rock festival featuring Bob Dylan?

20 Who had a hit in 1964 with Shout?

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QUIZ 63 – Pot Luck

1 What is three cubed?

2 What nationality is Graham Norton?

3 What is the highest UK peak south of the Scottish border?

4 Excluding jokers, how many cards are there in a standard pack?

5 On what date is St George’s Day celebrated?

6 In which country is the city of Nice?

7 Which progressive rock band was fronted by Fish in the 1980s?

8 In the TV series This Is Your Life, what colour was the famous big book?

9 Which Finding Nemo character was voiced by Ellen DeGeneres?

10 What is the name of Postman Pat’s cat?

11 What name is given to the longest side of a right-angled triangle?

12 In the name of the Ferrari, what does Testarossa mean in English?

13 In Sex and the City, which actress played Miranda Hobbes?

14 Which country left the Commonwealth in 1961, then rejoined it in 1994?

15 On which island is The Durrells set?

16 Which airline company has its largest hub at Toronto Pearson International Airport?

17 In the film Jerry Maguire, who played Tom Cruise’s love interest?

18 Who was the sixth actor to play the starring role in Doctor Who on television?

19 What name is given to the bluish-green coating sometimes seen on brass and copper?

20 What is a dotterel?

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QUIZ 64 – Food and Drink

1 Which small Russian buckwheat pancakes are traditionally served with soured cream?

2 What name is given to a preserved, sweetened cherry, often soaked in a suspension of food colouring?

3 Beauty of Bath and Discovery are types of which fruit?

4 How is wine described as “chambré” served?

5 A nectarine is a smooth-skinned variety of which fruit?

6 Which part of the mint plant is used to make mint sauce?

7 How is beef prepared to turn it into Beef Wellington?

8 What is the flavour of Grand Marnier®?

9 The kumquat belongs to which family of fruit?

10 What is the flavour of aioli sauce?

11 Which term meaning “out of date” is also a cocktail made from whisky, bitters, water and sugar?

12 Which Italian pasta sauce is made with a variety of spring vegetables?

13 What is converted into alcohol during brewing?

14 Mulligatawny is what type of food?

15 In the abbreviation VSOP that appears on some bottles of alcohol, for what do the letters OP stand?

16 Which ingredient of beer is made by steeping barley in water?

17 Rollmops are made from which fish?

18 What are the main ingredients of colcannon?

19 Which country does Tokay come from?

20 Which almond-flavoured paste is used to coat a Christmas cake?

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QUIZ 65 – Pot Luck

1 Who starred as Fitz in the TV series Cracker?

2 Which king is supposed to have hidden in a tree after the Battle of Worcester?

3 Which is the most common human blood group?

4 If something is described as Cantonese, from which country does it originate?

5 Which song begins, “They asked me how I knew, my true love was true”?

6 How many wheels are there normally on a skateboard?

7 Alphabetically, which is the last of the calendar months?

8 The Battle of Waterloo was fought in which country?

9 In Morse Code, what letter is represented by three dashes?

10 From which country does the cheese Camembert originate?

11 What was the title of the first Lassie film?

12 Sine, cosine and tangent are words associated with which branch of mathematics?

13 Which 20th-century novelist used a Suffolk river as a pen name?

14 In which country do the rulers sit on the Chrysanthemum Throne?

15 Which country, capital Sofia, is bordered by Turkey, Romania and Macedonia?

16 In which US state is JFK airport?

17 Which American rodent builds dams and fells trees?

18 What term is given to an inactive element such as neon or argon?

19 What type of nut is a marron glacé?

20 In the TV series Casualty, what is the name of the hospital?

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QUIZ 66 – Orange

1 In greyhound racing, what is the number of the trap corresponding to the orange jacket?

2 In a standard edition of Trivial PursuitTM, what subject is coloured orange?

3 Which airline company’s logo is white on an orange background?

4 Which type of Japanese porcelain shares its name with a citrus fruit?

5 The House of Orange-Nassau rules which country?

6 What orange variety is also a language of Asia?

7 Orange and lemon make what flavouring?

8 The Orange Revolution took place in which European country in 2004-05?

9 In classic cuisine, what is served a l’orange?

10 Which orange-coloured mild cheese is named after a city in the East Midlands?

11 What does an amber traffic light mean?

12 Which famous cookware brand’s signature colour is “flame”?

13 What was the first name of Sir Winston Churchill’s wife?

14 Dame Judi Dench, Celia Imrie and Dame Penelope Wilton starred in which 2011 film about pensioners retiring to India?

15 Which two paint colours are mixed to obtain orange?

16 On a colour wheel, what colour is opposite orange?

17 On a standard Monopoly™ board, the orange properties are Bow Street, Vine Street and which other street?

18 Which fruit is named after a major city in north-west Morocco?

19 To what is orange juice added to make Buck’s Fizz?

20 Amber Riley played Mercedes Jones in which TV series?

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QUIZ 67 – Pot Luck

1 What type of bird is a gadwall?

2 The flower with the Latin name Papaver has what common name?

3 Which is the first month of the year to have exactly 31 days?

4 Which US state capital is the home of country and western music?

5 What is the name of Fred Flintstone’s pet dinosaur?

6 In tenpin bowling, how many pins are there in the back row?

7 In which US state would you find the towns of Anchorage, Fairbanks and Moose Pass?

8 What army rank is held during initial Army training at Sandhurst Military Academy?

9 Which word describes the power generated by a water-powered turbine?

10 Which royal house preceded Stuart rule?

11 In 1981, who defeated Bjorn Borg in the men’s singles at Wimbledon, halting his attempt to win a record sixth successive title there?

12 Which radio code word comes between delta and foxtrot?

13 Who provided the voice of Danger Mouse in the original cartoon series?

14 By what name is tetanus more commonly known?

15 Which pantomime features the character of Widow Twankey?

16 In which country is the city of Kathmandu?

17 What is a homburg?

18 Which group had hits in the 1990s with No Matter What and When the Going Gets Tough?

19 Which fruit has Bartlett and Conference varieties?

20 Which journalist, noted as a war correspondent, was made a CBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours?

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QUIZ 68 – Science

1 Which metallic element can be taken orally to help with X-rays?

2 Which Russian scientist is popularly known for his work with salivating dogs?

3 What is a substance made up of two or more elements?

4 What is the six-letter term for the examination of tissue to assess the presence or extent of disease?

5 In which part of the body would you find the amygdala?

6 Which hormone is secreted by cells in the pancreas?

7 What is a negatively charged particle in an atom?

8 Who famously demonstrated the electrical nature of lightning in 1752 in an experiment using a kite?

9 Ca is the symbol for which chemical element?

10 Water is made from hydrogen and which other element?

11 Which triangular bone is found at the base of the spine?

12 Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine involving which part of the body?

13 What type of substance turns litmus paper blue?

14 Which common gas is produced in respiration?

15 Al is the chemical symbol for which element?

16 In astronomy what are falling stars properly called?

17 What is a crucible used for in a laboratory?

18 Which science deals with the constituents of atoms?

19 What does a Geiger counter detect?

20 What is the science of water mechanics?

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QUIZ 69 – Pot Luck

1 What colour are gorse flowers?

2 The Menai Strait separates which island from mainland Wales?

3 What is the name of the cold dish of poultry, mayonnaise, curry powder and apricots?

4 Which car company manufactures the Octavia?

5 What does the musical term “glissando” mean?

6 In the rhyme often quoted when magpies are seen, what is associated with five magpies?

7 What is the capital city of Albania?

8 What is Inspector Morse’s first name?

9 In the Vicar of Dibley, what was the name of James Fleet’s character?

10 Who created the series Prime Suspect?

11 Which actress starred in the 1983 film Educating Rita?

12 Where did the Pilgrim Fathers land in 1620?

13 Which is the second-largest continent?

14 For which wedding anniversary would a crystal vase be an appropriate gift?

15 Near which city is Cadbury World?

16 On UK roads, direction signs on primary routes have what colour background?

17 Which common British garden creature belongs to the locust family?

18 What is the name of the theatre cat in TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats?

19 What fuel is used by a Bunsen burner?

20 What does BST stand for?

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QUIZ 70 – Snooker

1 Which of the coloured balls has the second-lowest points value?

2 What is the score achieved when making a maximum break?

3 Which retired player was famous for his large glasses?

4 “The Jester from Leicester” is the nickname of which player?

5 How many points are awarded for potting a black ball?

6 Alex Higgins was known by what nickname?

7 Which former snooker player was the co-host of the TV show Big Break?

8 Which Sheffield venue is famous for hosting snooker tournaments?

9 How old was Stephen Hendry when he was crowned world champion in 1990?

10 Who was the winner of the first World Championships held in 1927?

11 In which country was retired player Terry Griffiths born?

12 In which year were the first UK Snooker Championship held?

13 Neil Robertson was born in which country?

14 How many balls are there on the table at the start of a snooker match?

15 Steve Davis won how many UK Snooker Championship titles?

16 How old was Ronnie O’Sullivan when he won the UK Snooker Championship in 1993?

17 Of what material is the bed on a snooker table made?

18 How many World snooker final matches did Jimmy White lose?

19 In 2018, at the age of 43, who became the second-oldest player to win the World Championship?

20 What colour gloves does a snooker referee wear?

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QUIZ 71 – Pot Luck

1 What is the name of Chief Wiggum’s son in The Simpsons?

2 A mukluk is worn on which part of the body?

3 What method do bottlenose dolphins use to find their prey in the sand?

4 A director utters what word to commence filming?

5 What type of dance involves moving under a low horizontal pole?

6 In which county is the town of Framlingham?

7 What is the name of Kylie Minogue’s pop star sister?

8 Of which English county is Lewes the county town?

9 What is the name of the thighbone?

10 Who had a hit in 1996 with Always Be My Baby?

11 In rhyming slang what is a “dog and bone”?

12 Which Hollywood legend was born Archibald Leach in 1904?

13 Which Saint’s Day is celebrated on 17th March?

14 A hartebeest is what type of animal?

15 Who played the Mad Hatter in the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland?

16 In which decade did Radio 1 start?

17 Where in the body are the adenoids?

18 What is the traditional bingo call for the number 57?

19 Which US TV series that began in 2016 features the Pearson family?

20 What type of musical instrument was invented by Laurens Hammond?

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QUIZ 72 – Words

1 What is the vehicle called in the UK that Americans call a trailer?

2 If someone is deliberately shunned, which English city are they said to be sent to?

3 What is an eponym?

4 What is the code-word for the ninth letter of the alphabet in radio communications?

5 According to the proverb, what do many hands make?

6 Which Latin word meaning “elsewhere” is a claim of absence from a crime scene?

7 Frigophobia is the fear of what?

8 From which language does the word “graffiti” originate?

9 What does the French word pomme mean?

10 According to the well-known phrase, how many words is a picture worth?

11 In Cockney rhyming slang what are “mince pies”?

12 What is a yawl?

13 Alphabetically, which is the first creature in the dictionary?

14 A piece of over-elaborate prose might be described as a passage of what colour?

15 What type of word is made from the initials of others?

16 Which word meaning “soon” is also an abbreviation meaning “not known by name”?

17 What is the more common description given to someone who is sinistral?

18 In which language is sayonara the word for “goodbye”?

19 What is the plural of mongoose?

20 According to the saying, on what does an army march?

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QUIZ 73 – Pot Luck

1 Which cat breed takes its name for the old name for Ethiopia?

2 Who was the original “hunter” on the 1980s TV series Treasure Hunt?

3 How many feet are there in ten yards?

4 Which fast food chain was founded by Colonel Sanders?

5 Who had a no.1 hit with the 1989 single Ride on Time?

6 What, together with time, proverbially waits for no man?

7 If something is literally petrified, what happens to it?

8 What is the sum of a century plus a gross?

9 In Greek mythology, what name was given to the food of the gods?

10 Which ocean surrounds the Maldives?

11 In which county is the town of Ashbourne?

12 Who wrote The House at Pooh Corner?

13 A yak is what type of creature?

14 In which country was actress Ada Nicodemou born?

15 What is the highest British civilian bravery award?

16 0117 is the dialling code for which city?

17 Who starred in the 1971 film Get Carter?

18 Which European leader rode a horse called Marengo?

19 What is the name of the motel in Hitchcock’s Psycho?

20 Which element has the symbol B in the periodic table?

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QUIZ 74 – Three Letters

1 What do the initials ONO stand for in relation to selling?

2 What is the flag-carrier airline of the Netherlands?

3 Politically, what do the letters MEP stand for?

4 NSW is a state in which country?

5 Which three letters describe a product or company’s exclusive appeal?

6 What do CND campaigners campaign for?

7 The SNP party operates in which part of the UK?

8 MTV launched in which decade?

9 What three letters apply to milk that has been sterilised at a high temperature?

10 Which company founded by Joseph Bamford is now a generic name for earth-moving vehicles?

11 VDU is the old term for what piece of technological equipment?

12 The BDO is the UK governing body of which sport?

13 Which group were runners-up on The X Factor in 2008?

14 The dog Nipper is associated with which entertainment company?

15 Who were XTC making plans for in the title of a 1979 single?

16 For what do the initials UHF stand in relation to radio broadcasts?

17 The UK’s largest employer is known by which three initials?

18 The initials PLC indicate that a company has what status?

19 In which year did ABC release the original The Lexicon of Love album?

20 What is the full name of the disorder usually referred to as RSI?

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QUIZ 75 – Pot Luck

1 The cornet belongs to which family of musical instruments?

2 What was the name of Josh Holloway’s character in the TV series Lost?

3 What is the miraculous food described in the book of Exodus?

4 To which state do Gozo and Comino belong?

5 Who had a hit in 1960 with Only the Lonely?

6 What is the alcoholic ingredient of a piña colada?

7 The Roman numeral C stands for which number?

8 In which country are the Abu Simbel temples?

9 Which word means “faster than the speed of sound”?

10 Which drama series that began in 2015 features “synths”?

11 Cannelloni is what type of food?

12 Who is the only person allowed, by tradition, to consume alcohol in the chamber of the House of Commons?

13 What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?

14 What is the first name of Ada Nicodemou’s Home and Away character?

15 How often is cycling’s Tour of Spain held?

16 Which organisation produces a newspaper entitled The War Cry?

17 In which country were fireworks invented?

18 What does the Scottish word “swithering” mean?

19 “You talking to me?” is a line from which 1976 film?

20 What two-word term is given to the military force sent to prepare an area for operations?

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QUIZ 76 – The USA

1 Which Florida national park is split by a road called Alligator Alley?

2 Baltimore is the largest city in which US state?

3 How many stripes are on the flag of the United States?

4 In which US state was Elvis Presley born in January 1935?

5 Which Massachusetts town is famous for its witch trials?

6 In which US state did the Battle of the Alamo take place?

7 The Gettysburg address was a speech given by which US president?

8 What was the name of the US mail service, started in 1860, that used horses and riders?

9 Which US city is also known as “The Big Easy”?

10 The Statue of Liberty holds what item in her right hand?

11 Which major American airline shares a name with a Greek letter?

12 The Los Angeles International airport has what three-letter code?

13 Which is the oldest national park in the USA?

14 The Dallas Cowboys play which sport?

15 Which state in America is known as the “Gambling State”?

16 What is the largest carnivore found in North America?

17 Which is America’s second-largest state?

18 King George II gave his name to which American state?

19 What is the major wine producing state in the USA?

20 Who are the Democrats’ chief opponents?

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QUIZ 77 – Pot Luck

1 On what part of your body would you wear an espadrille?

2 Who created the idea of Utopia?

3 In which county is Market Harborough?

4 Which hard black stone is a variety of lignite?

5 In the nursery rhyme, which city did the Man in the Moon enquire about how to get to?

6 In which century was Fred Astaire born?

7 Which units of measurement are used for depths at sea?

8 Which dinosaur had three horns on its head?

9 The word aural relates to which sense?

10 Which bird has short-eared and tawny species?

11 Which actress co-starred with Chris Pratt in the 2016 film Passengers?

12 What term is given to a mountain that could erupt at any time?

13 The 1850s novel Little Dorrit was written by which author?

14 Which childhood disease has the same virus as shingles?

15 Which songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?

16 What are dried in an oast house?

17 Joe Bugner (b.1950) was a competitor in which sport?

18 Which birthstone is linked to February?

19 What is the Latin term applied to a graduate’s old university?

20 On a standard computer keyboard, which letter is between C and B?

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QUIZ 78 – Leisure

1 If you practised callisthenics what type of activity would you be doing?

2 What nationality was Ernö Rubik, inventor of the cube that bears his name?

3 What sort of toy was a Cabbage Patch?

4 What is a workshop used for the development of light-sensitive films known as?

5 In Scrabble®, how many points is the letter E worth?

6 The core of most writing pencils is a mixture of clay and what other substance?

7 Which toy is most associated with the name Hornby?

8 What is “John Innes no. 1”?

9 Alfred Wainwright wrote books on which leisure activity?

10 Vaudeville is the American term for what type of entertainment?

11 What is the traditional term for a female Scout?

12 Which card game includes variants called stud, draw and Texas hold ’em?

13 What three colours are on a roulette wheel?

14 What would you be making if you were following the bobbin or pillow method?

15 How many cards are there in each suit?

16 How many people can you normally fit in a go-kart?

17 Which large plastic hoop became a sports craze in the 1950s?

18 What does PYO stand for?

19 How many spaces are there in a noughts-and-crosses frame?

20 What is the minimum number of people that are needed to play a game of Trivial PursuitTM?

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QUIZ 79 – Pot Luck

1 What is produced by the lacrimal glands?

2 Wild Boys was a 1984 hit for which band?

3 Which sea lies between Italy and Croatia?

4 Which Scottish town in the Highlands was elevated to city status in December 2000?

5 On a Monopoly™ board, what colour is the Angel, Islington?

6 Where is the Cutty Sark moored?

7 What is a boater usually made from?

8 Who won the 2008 series of The X Factor?

9 As what is ferrous oxide better known?

10 When the Owl and the Pussycat went to sea, who married them?

11 How many teams compete in an individual episode of University Challenge?

12 Which poisonous gas is given off from a car exhaust?

13 In which county is the theme park of Drayton Manor?

14 What is 13 multiplied by 8?

15 The Whispering Gallery is in which London cathedral?

16 Which actress was the mother of Liza Minnelli?

17 Which designer did Madonna commission to design the outfits for her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour?

18 The Picanto was manufactured by which car company?

19 If you were “Sur le pont d’Avignon”, which region of France would you be visiting?

20 Who was the manager of the 1966 England football team?

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