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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?