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СКАЧАТЬ QUIZ 51 – Pot Luck

      1 What is the world’s fastest land animal?

      2 What is the name of the commemorative pillar near Pudding Lane in London?

      3 What is the science of moral principles?

      4 Which puppet fox has the catchphrase “Boom! Boom!”?

      5 Where in the body is the hippocampus?

      6 What name is given to a sporting event consisting of a series of boat or yacht races?

      7 Who was the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology?

      8 In which city is Beverly Hills?

      9 Maraschino liqueur is made from which fruit?

      10 Which group sang Lonely This Christmas in 1974?

      11 What is the capital city of Estonia?

      12 What volcanic rock forms the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland?

      13 What is Cockney rhyming slang for “hair”?

      14 Which old tax-collecting government department changed its name in 2005?

      15 Who was the mid-5th-century king of the Huns?

      16 What is the name of Homer Simpson’s mother in the The Simpsons?

      17 What is the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, according to Keats?

      18 Who composed the music for Star Wars?

      19 In which county is Crewe?

      20 Leghorn is a breed of what animal?

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QUIZ 52 – Royalty

      1 Which Royal House opposed the House of York in the Wars of the Roses?

      2 What was the name of 18 French kings?

      3 Elizabeth Woodville married which king?

      4 Who was king of England during WWII?

      5 Which 11th-century English king was nicknamed “the Unready”?

      6 What is the name of the royal residence in Norfolk?

      7 Who was Queen Victoria’s consort?

      8 Which king of England was defeated at the Battle of Hastings?

      9 What was George I’s native language?

      10 Which castle built for Edward I is situated on the south-eastern shore of Anglesey?

      11 What was the name of the ruling dynasty of Scotland from 1371 to 1714?

      12 Which king signed the Magna Carta?

      13 Who was Queen of England from 1558 to 1603?

      14 In which royal residence can you view Queen Mary’s dolls’ house?

      15 Which English king, according to legend, burned the cakes?

      16 In which city were the remains of Richard III found in 2012?

      17 Mary of Teck was the wife of which British monarch?

      18 What was the family nickname of both Edward VII and George VI?

      19 In which year did Edward VIII abdicate?

      20 What was the name of Henry VIII’s first wife?

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QUIZ 53 – Pot Luck

      1 Cathay is an old name for which country?

      2 What kind of rays cause skin to go brown in the sun?

      3 What is the Latin name of the prayer Hail Mary, set to music by many composers?

      4 Which 2002 romcom starred Nia Vardalos and John Corbett?

      5 Which city hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics?

      6 How is actor Nicolas Coppola better known?

      7 What cake is traditionally eaten during the Easter period in the UK?

      8 Which city is the capital of the Tyrol?

      9 Which bird is the emblem of the RSPB?

      10 Who composed the piece known as the Minute Waltz (1847)?

      11 What school is associated with a collar, a crop and the wall game?

      12 Who is the Greek goddess of victory?

      13 What are the announcements in church of a forthcoming wedding called?

      14 Which group had a hit in 1985 with Road to Nowhere?

      15 What is the name of Tokyo’s financial index?

      16 Which classic weepie starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal?

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