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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 (#ulink_b633eefc-3a5b-5ffa-91b6-ec203f1d21ef)
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 (#ulink_47a17cc6-1770-51f1-98ce-da7f988b2f79)
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 (#ulink_611310dc-e0d4-59c0-a077-5b48ceb43cb6)
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?
9Time 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 (#ulink_07da538e-1903-5b1b-b9f7-5c3b0ba02567)
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?
