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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?
9The 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 (#ulink_ce82aa4f-1243-5bae-a3a6-d1f4c2cbaa06)
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?
16 Which is the third novel in the Lord of the Rings series?
17 What is the third sign of the zodiac?
18 Which is the third largest of the Balearic Islands?
19 In the nativity story, which third Wise Man accompanied Caspar and Melchior?
20 Which is the third largest US state, by land area?
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QUIZ 65 – Pot Luck (#ulink_8926ec2e-5959-5287-af43-4156642ce0db)
1 Which prison reformer was depicted on the Bank of England £5 note from 2002 to 2017?
2 The island of Key West is in which US state?
3 What is the name of the marshy area of East Anglia?
4 Which living ingredient makes bread rise?
5 Michelangelo’s statue of David is in which Italian city?
6 Which acid is found in milk?
7 Which animal has species called Bewick’s, whooper and mute?
8 What is the name of the double-dot mark used to modify a vowel in German?
9 Who played President Bartlet in the TV series The West Wing?
10 The 2008 Olympic Games were held in which country?
11 A golden anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?
12 Which actress starred in the 1990 film Misery?
13 What term is given to substances in the periodic table?
14 Who won the first series of Pop Idol?
15 What name was given to a woman doing farm work to support the war effort during WWII?
16 What is a whist competition or tournament called?
17 In which county is Folkestone?
18 What was the name of Henry VIII’s elder daughter?
19 Which children’s TV series featured a lion called Parsley and an owl called Sage?
20 Which prefix means “to a factor of one million”?
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QUIZ 66 – Astronomy (#ulink_d72ab629-9d29-5742-a156-5b947afb1acc)
1 Which planet is closest to the Sun?
2 “The Swan” is the common name for which constellation?
3 What term is given to an interstellar cloud of dust and gas?
4 Which heavenly body was “demoted” from planet status in 2006?
5 What phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth?
6 In which county is the Jodrell Bank Observatory?
7 What term is given to the second-brightest star in a constellation?
8 A shooting star can also be referred to as what one-word term?
9 What is the name of Earth’s galaxy?
10 Which word for the universe is also the name of a garden flower?
11 What word means “bear” in major and minor constellations?
12 What is the point in the heavens opposite the zenith?
13 Which type of star emits regular bursts of radio waves?
14 What name is given to a field of extremely strong gravitational pull in space?
15 What is another name for the North Star or Pole Star?
16 Hale-Bopp is an example of which heavenly phenomenon?
17 The space telescope launched in 1990 was named after which astronomer?
18 Which constellation forms a W-shape in the sky?
19 What term is given to the small celestial bodies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
20 Which constellation’s name is Latin for “crab”?
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QUIZ 67 – Pot Luck (#ulink_4ca35f2c-6db2-50bc-8926-709593d7dced)
1 How many days did it take to tour the world in the title of the Jules Verne novel?
2 What was the surname of the father and daughter who appeared in the film On Golden Pond?
3 What is the next highest prime number above 13?
4 What is the surname of the police chief in The Simpsons?
5 What is the name of the chapel at Windsor Castle?
6 What name is given to a group of eight musicians?
7 What is a young horse called?
8 In the Beatles song, what is the name of the meter maid?
