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СКАЧАТЬ Which country has a cedar tree on its national flag?

      9 The wood of which tree is traditionally used to make cricket bats?

      10 What term is given to a tree that is leafy all year round?

      11 Which Californian tree has a seven-letter name that contains all five vowels?

      12 The branch of which tree signifies an offer of reconciliation?

      13 Which tree is also known as the rowan?

      14 What term is given to a fruit tree trained on stakes?

      15 For what use is the Norway Spruce tree most well-known?

      16 Acorns are the fruit of which tree?

      17 Which tree “bears the crown” in the lyrics of a well-known seasonal song?

      18 What name is given to the cylindrical flower cluster that forms on trees such as birch or hazel in spring?

      19 What is the maple tree genus?

      20 What term is given to the concentric marks on a tree trunk?

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QUIZ 41 – Pot Luck

      1 Which period of fasting precedes Easter?

      2 Which mushroom-like organisms are studied by mycologists?

      3 In which year did Madonna have her first UK top ten hit with Holiday?

      4 What is the canine symbol of Great Britain?

      5 Which bloodsucking worm was once used in medicine?

      6 In the name of the charity ROSPA, what does the “A” stand for?

      7 Which musical centres around the character of Sally Bowles?

      8 What title is given to an army chaplain?

      9 Which number is written as XC in Roman numerals?

      10 Where were the summer Olympic Games of 1980 held?

      11 What jelly is made from seaweed and used in glue-making?

      12 What was the middle name of the poet Shelley (b.1792)?

      13 Which French wine-growing region is also a deep red colour?

      14 Jacob Marley is a character in which Dickens novel?

      15 Which US city suffered a massive earthquake in 1906?

      16 What type of creature is a painted lady?

      17 What term is given to the highest part of a tropical rainforest?

      18 Who was elected Mayor of London in 2016?

      19 Which band had a hit in the mid-1980s with Take On Me?

      20 What is the name of the Royal Military Academy near Camberley in Surrey?

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QUIZ 42 – Literature

      1 How many lines are there in a sonnet?

      2 For what type of book is Samuel Pepys best known?

      3 Which author created the Secret Seven?

      4 Who wrote the 1899 novel Heart of Darkness?

      5 Whom did Gepetto the woodcarver create?

      6 In which Dickens novel does Miss Havisham, who was jilted on her wedding day, appear?

      7 Who is Scotland’s national poet?

      8 Which creature raced against the hare in Aesop’s fable?

      9 Who wrote Salem’s Lot, Cujo and It?

      10 Which bear admitted to “having very little brain”?

      11 What is Sherlock Holmes’ address?

      12 What is the name of the girl who flies to Neverland with Peter Pan?

      13 Who wrote the 1961 novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?

      14 Which Tennyson poem begins “Come into the garden”?

      15 Elizabeth Bennet is the main character in which 1813 novel?

      16 What is the family’s surname in the 1868 novel Little Women?

      17 Which classic novel features the character of Catherine Earnshaw?

      18 Which novel by Richard Adams was made into an animated film in 1978?

      19 CS Lewis penned stories set in which imaginary land beyond the wardrobe?

      20 Which author created Inspector Wexford?

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