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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?
19The 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 (#ulink_d0dcf255-0700-5bc9-a590-6b4cfbab44cb)
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 (#ulink_23ef9a0d-c43a-56e6-b940-f73d875d4dbd)
1 Who starred in the 1987 film Over the Top?
2Out 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 (#ulink_a5e47019-af6f-503a-873d-e98d1e16a065)
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 (#ulink_9a995bd7-9540-5756-a087-514f12178f65)
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?
