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QUIZ 50 – Theatre (#ulink_10b6f7d5-5add-551a-b925-a759d99092eb)
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”?
17Jumpers 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 (#ulink_8d617497-e59c-506b-a272-b7c141148dbd)
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 (#ulink_d9bafea8-0f35-5262-9a05-d30ccbfebeca)
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 (#ulink_211c0d6b-6276-5e14-8347-3ec919eb69a5)
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 (#ulink_2cf8cb38-e6ed-5fc4-81cf-f5f3b2b264ee)
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?
