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СКАЧАТЬ Smooth Operator was a 1980s hit for which singer?

      2 What name is given to a male goose?

      3 What was the first name of French philosopher Sartre (b.1905)?

      4 Which kind of building can be found at Westminster, Woburn and Whitby?

      5 Which offence in the US might be “grand” or “petty”?

      6 Who starred in the 2003 film Hulk?

      7 In which county is Preston?

      8 In which month is Twelfth Night?

      9 Which salad is made from romaine lettuce, croutons and Parmesan?

      10 What name is given to a Freemasons’ meeting place?

      11 Who played Carrie in Sex and the City?

      12 Which word can be an island, a coffee bean or a computer language?

      13 The Catcher in the Rye (1951) was written by which novelist?

      14 Which city, near the Pyramids, is the capital of Egypt?

      15 Which fatty substance is found in wool?

      16 What nickname is given to a private in the Royal Engineers?

      17 Which ex-Neighbours actor had a hit in 1991 with Any Dream Will Do?

      18 What is the German equivalent of the title “Miss”?

      19 Which Spanish Surrealist painted The Persistence of Memory (1931)?

      20 How many pounds are there in a stone?

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QUIZ 44 – Crime

      1 The 1995 film Rogue Trader was based on whose autobiography?

      2 Which Scottish legal officer performs the functions of public prosecutor and coroner?

      3 For what crime was Al Capone jailed in 1931…?

      4 …and what was the nickname of the team of agents, led by Eliot Ness, who investigated his crimes?

      5 What name is given in the UK to an establishment where criminal cases are tried by a judge and jury?

      6 What were Bonnie and Clyde’s surnames?

      7 In which city was John F Kennedy assassinated?

      8 Which former UK politician unsuccessfully attempted to fake his own death in 1974?

      9 In which year did the Great Train Robbery take place in the UK?

      10 Which criminal organisation is known in the USA as Cosa Nostra?

      11 What term is given to the likeliest perpetrator of a crime?

      12 Who has responsibility for maintaining the law in a US county or independent city?

      13 Which murderer was the subject of the 1985 film Dance with a Stranger?

      14 What did Colonel Thomas Blood famously steal in 1671?

      15 Which phrase describes a court case held behind closed doors?

      16 What term is given to the head of a prison in the UK?

      17 Who played OJ Simpson in the 2016 American Crime Story dramatisation The People v.O.J. Simpson?

      18 Which term describes evidence which may not be brought before a court of law?

      19 Which Roman statesman was murdered on the Ides of March?

      20 The term “Triad” is used to describe criminal gangs in which country?

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QUIZ 45 – Pot Luck

      1 Who presented the long-running children’s series Animal Magic?

      2 Which is the second-largest city in Pakistan?

      3 The Goat represents which star sign?

      4 What term is given to a grotesquely carved water-spout found on churches?

      5 What is the common name for the delphinium?

      6 Where are the headquarters of Surrey County Cricket Club?

      7 What is the measurable unit of work or energy in the CGS system?

      8 Which London hotel was built by theatrical impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte?

      9 In which US state is San Francisco?

      10 Which red gem is January’s birthstone?

      11 Which beetle was sacred to the ancient Egyptians?

      12 Who directed the 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life?

      13 What reaping tool is associated with Old Father Time?

      14 What was Mel B’s Spice Girls’ nickname?

      15 What kind of animal is a dromedary?

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