Collins Quiz Night: 10,000 original questions in 500 quizzes

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QUIZ 53 – Pot Luck

1 Cathay is an old name for which country?

2 What kind of rays cause skin to go brown in the sun?

3 What is the Latin name of the prayer Hail Mary, set to music by many composers?

4 Which 2002 romcom starred Nia Vardalos and John Corbett?

5 Which city hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics?

6 How is actor Nicolas Coppola better known?

7 What cake is traditionally eaten during the Easter period in the UK?

8 Which city is the capital of the Tyrol?

9 Which bird is the emblem of the RSPB?

10 Who composed the piece known as the Minute Waltz (1847)?

11 What school is associated with a collar, a crop and the wall game?

12 Who is the Greek goddess of victory?

13 What are the announcements in church of a forthcoming wedding called?

14 Which group had a hit in 1985 with Road to Nowhere?

15 What is the name of Tokyo’s financial index?

16 Which classic weepie starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal?

17 What was the nickname of revolutionary Ernesto Guevara?

18 What term is given to a spindle that joins two wheels?

19 Which iconic fashion doll was launched in 1959?

20 In which county is Robin Hood’s Bay?

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QUIZ 54 – Yellow

1 Yellowfin is a species of which fish?

2 What is the real name of TV’s Keith Lemon?

3 Which Dutch town is famous for its cheese which usually has a yellow coating?

4 Princess Jasmine is a character in which 1992 Disney film?

5 In Formula 1, what does a single yellow flag warn a driver to do?

6 Which insect transmits the disease yellow fever?

7 Which is the largest of the Canary Islands?

8 Which buttercup-like flower has greater and lesser varieties?

9 Which US state is also known as the “Yellowhammer State”?

10 Meadowlark Lemon (1932-2015) was a professional player in which sport?

11 The yellow jersey is worn by the leader of which sporting event?

12 Which group sang Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree in 1973?

13 Which fictional sleuth has a secretary called Miss Lemon?

14 In which US state is Yellowstone National Park mainly situated?

15 How many points are awarded for potting the yellow ball in the game of snooker?

16 Who played Saffron in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous?

17 The Beatles released Yellow Submarine as a double A-sided single with which other song?

18 Which fish of the plaice family has a lemon variety?

19 Which actor starred in the 2004 film Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events?

20 In which area of London is Canary Wharf?

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QUIZ 55 – Pot Luck

1 Which word meaning “poet” is commonly applied to Shakespeare?

2 Dom Perignon is a brand of which drink?

3 Which branch of science deals with the elements and their compounds?

4 Which spectacular North American cascade divides Canada and the USA?

5 Which French fashion designer introduced the New Look in 1947?

6 Which two academic qualifications were replaced by the GCSE exam?

7 In which county is Hexham?

8 Which military force was founded by Trotsky?

9 Which nursery rhyme character had no food for her dog?

10 What style of bay window is also the name of an Oxford college?

11 Which adventure hero visited the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008?

12 What is the capital city of Morocco?

13 What is “eight” in Spanish?

14 An Orcadian is a resident of which group of islands?

15 Who was the original presenter of the UK version of MasterChef?

16 What name is given to scissors that leave a zigzag instead of a straight edge?

17 Which male singing voice falls between tenor and bass?

18 What imperial measure is just over half a litre?

19 Which small horse is slang for £25?

20 Which food item is associated with the town of Melton Mowbray?

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QUIZ 56 – Scotland

1 What is the capital city of Scotland?

2 Which canal, completed in 1822, links Inverness and Fort William?

3 What is the name of the old Roman barrier along the Scottish/English border?

4 Who is the patron saint of Scotland?

5 Carnoustie is a famous venue for which sport?

6 Which Shakespeare play is traditionally thought to bring bad luck to its actors?

7 Which city is also known as “the Granite City”?

8 What is the longest river in Scotland?

9 On which island is there a monastery founded by St Columba?

10 Which Celtic language is spoken in many parts of the Western Isles of Scotland?

11 Which Scottish village was the traditional destination for runaway couples?

12 Which 1983 film set in a Scottish village featured music by Mark Knopfler?

13 What name is given to a turnip in Scotland?

14 A sequel to which 1996 film set in Scotland was released in January 2017?

15 Which fabric pattern is particularly associated with Scotland?

16 What is the name of the largest island in the Firth of Clyde?

17 Up till 2008, which coin had a Scottish thistle with a crown on top on the reverse?

18 In which council region is St Andrews?

19 What is the name of the Scottish rugby team’s home ground?

20 Which palace is situated just north of Perth?

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QUIZ 57 – Pot Luck

1 What is the collective noun for a group of lions?

2 Who won the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2016?

3 Which German sports car manufacturer created the Carrera model?

4 What term is given to a case for holding arrows?

5 What is the sixth colour of the rainbow?

6 Which Formula 1 team signed Lewis Hamilton as a young driver in 2007?

7 What is the capital of Spain?

8 Which title was assumed by Oliver Cromwell in 1653?

9 What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?

10 Who were “on the run” according to the title of the 1990 Robbie Coltrane film?

11 What are the two official languages of Sri Lanka?

12 Which liqueur was originally made by Carthusian monks?

13 Which group had a 1980 hit with Baggy Trousers?

14 Which National Theatre auditorium was named after the first actor to be made a life peer?

15 What name is given to a bird of prey’s hooked claw?

16 Where is the Sea of Tranquility?

17 The word for which system of weights and measures can also refer to an empire?

18 Which vegetable has pearl and Spanish varieties?

19 Which 1990s interior design show was presented by Carol Smillie from 1996 to 2003?

20 Which musical instruction means “very quickly”?

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QUIZ 58 – Animal World

1 What is the tallest living mammal?

2 Which animal is known as “the ship of the desert”?

3 What name is given to a badger’s burrow?

4 Is a carp a freshwater or sea fish?

5 What term is given to animals that eat food of both plant and animal origin?

6 Which bird shares its name with a chess piece?

7 What is a young hare called?

8 Which seabird is traditionally thought to bring bad luck to sailors?

9 The capybara is native to which continent?

10 Threshers and hammerheads are types of what?

11 What type of creature is a devil’s coach-horse?

12 Which is the largest living land mammal?

13 Which bird has long-eared, snowy and barn species?

14 A copperhead is what type of creature?

15 What is the alternative name for the viper?

16 Which spotted cat, related to the leopard, is the largest big cat in the Americas?

17 Are polar bears found in the Arctic or Antarctic?

18 Which sea mammal has bottlenose, short-beaked and spinner species?

19 A drey is home to which animal?

20 Which insect lives in an organised colony known as a formicary?

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QUIZ 59 – Pot Luck

1 In which room in a church are the ceremonial robes housed?

2 Who succeeded James I (James VI of Scotland) as king of England, Ireland and Scotland?

3 What term is given to the introduction of a poem or play?

4 Who captained the 2012 European Ryder Cup team?

5 What did the Fairy Godmother use to create Cinderella’s coach?

6 Which name represents “C” in the radio phonetic alphabet?

7 Who played Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series?

8 What is the study of the mind called?

9 What is another name for ascorbic acid?

10 Which 15th-century Florentine politician and writer’s name is synonymous with devious ambitiousness?

11 Which peninsula lies between the Mersey and Dee estuaries?

12 King Edward is a variety of which vegetable?

13 What branch of medicine is concerned with resistance to disease?

14 Who wrote the 1970 song Big Yellow Taxi?

15 Which group had a hit in 1995 with Wonderwall?

16 In which country is the ancient city of Petra?

17 What is the location of Kubla Khan’s pleasure dome in Coleridge’s famous poem?

18 Who starred in the 1990 film Home Alone?

19 What name was given to a rioting machine-wrecker of the early 19th century?

20 What is the term for the pointed front part of a ship’s bow?

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QUIZ 60 – Transport

1 What type of bicycle is designed for two riders?

2 Which car manufacturer has a rampant horse for its logo?

3 In the tyre pressure measure PSI, what does the “I” stand for?

4 Which group had a hit with Car Wash in 1976?

5 What term is given to the cheapest accommodation on a ship?

6 Which liquid is put into car batteries?

7 Gondolas are associated with which city?

8 Which classic car caper film was remade in 2003?

9 Who wrote the novel Trainspotting?

10 What is the French term applied to a two-door car with a sloping rear?

11 Who directed the 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train?

12 How many horses pull a troika?

13 Which US city has the only cable car system to still be operated manually?

14 Who was the Scottish inventor of the pneumatic bicycle tyre?

15 What three-masted ship was used by Spanish and Portuguese traders in the 15th and 16th centuries?

16 Which company launched a rocket with a car attached to it in February 2018?

17 Who wrote the novel Three Men in a Boat?

18 On which famous train did Dame Agatha Christie set one of her novels?

19 Which small car was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis?

20 Queen released Bicycle Race as a double A-side single with which other song?

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QUIZ 61 – Pot Luck

1 What is the common name for the obverse of a coin?

2 Traditionally drunk at Christmas, what is the drink of yolk, beer and spirit?

3 What is the usual background colour of motorway signs?

4 What is held in a creel?

5 A blast furnace is mainly used to produce which metal?

6 Who won the Wimbledon men’s singles title in 1975?

7 What is the principal religion of Iran?

8 Who wrote the 2001 novel Life of Pi?

9 Which town is the capital of the Isle of Man?

10 What nationality was psychologist Carl Jung?

11 The postcode prefix LS denotes which English city?

12 Which actor topped the charts in 1997 with Men in Black?

13 What machine is used for turning and shaping wood?

14 In which county is the beauty spot of Box Hill?

15 Which animal is said to be unable to change its spots?

16 Nichelle Nichols played which Star Trek lieutenant?

17 What, in law, is written defamation of character?

18 Which part of the body was Achilles’ weakness?

19 On which London road would you find the Royal Courts of Justice?

20 Which group won The X Factor in 2011?

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QUIZ 62 – Nursery Rhymes

1 What did Jack plaster his head with after falling down the hill?

2 Where was the cow in the rhyme Little Boy Blue?

3 How many full bags of wool did the black sheep have?

4 Where was Doctor Foster when he stepped in a puddle?

5 What colour was Mary’s lamb’s fleece?

6 Was it Jack Sprat or his wife who could eat no lean?

7 Where was the queen eating bread and honey in Sing a Song of Sixpence?

8 What did Little Tommy Tucker have to sing for?

9 Where had the pussy cat been to see the Queen?

10 What did Little Jack Horner find in his Christmas pie?

11 In the rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle, what did the dish run away with?

12 Who was the third man in the tub with the butcher and the candlestick maker?

13 Who pulled the pussy out of the well after Little Johnny Green had put her in there?

14 Where did Bobby Shaftoe wear his silver buckles?

15 Who sat on a wall and had a great fall?

16 Which creature was climbing up the spout?

17 How much did Johnny earn a day in Seesaw Margery Daw?

18 Who took the kettle off after Polly put it on?

19 Which two creatures were fighting for the crown all around the town?

20 Who found Lucy Locket’s pocket?

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QUIZ 63 – Pot Luck

1 The character of Mrs Robinson appears in which 1967 film?

2 How many lines are there on a stave of music?

3 What is the common name for a turf accountant?

4 Who had a hit in 1973 with Paper Roses?

5 What was the fabled city of gold sought by Spanish conquistadors?

6 A champagne bottle which has the capacity of two ordinary bottles is given what name?

7 What type of business is London’s Lombard Street most associated with?

8 Which brand of yeast and vegetable extract takes its name from a French metal cooking pot?

9 The Music of the Night is a song from which musical?

10 Which adjective describes energy created by atomic fission?

11 What term was applied to lively, fashionable young women of the 1920s?

12 In what county is Stonehenge located?

13 What is the name of the Washington headquarters of the US armed forces?

14 What term is given to a flower that blooms year after year?

15 In which 1960s TV series did Patrick McGoohan play “Number Six”?

16 Which imperial length measurement is equivalent to three feet?

17 What was the Irish currency unit before the euro?

18 In which Scandinavian country is the city of Uppsala located?

19 The Tower of London is an example of which style of architecture?

20 What letter is furthest to the right on the bottom row on a standard keyboard?

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QUIZ 64 – Third Place

1 Which is the third planet from the Sun?

2 Who was Henry VIII’s third wife?

3 Which is China’s principal river and the third longest river in the world?

4 In a medley race, which is the third of the four swimming styles?

5 Which is Spain’s third largest city?

6 The book and screenplay The Third Man was written by which English author?

7 Who won a third term as US President in 1940?

8 Which is the third largest of the Channel Islands?

9 Who wrote the third of the New Testament gospels?

10 Who starred in the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind?

11 What is the third-highest rank in the peerage?

12 Third place in an Olympic event is awarded which colour medal?

13 What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?

14 What does the acronym U3A stand for?

15 What is Italy’s third largest lake?