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      3 What term is given to the introduction of a poem or play?

      4 Who captained the 2012 European Ryder Cup team?

      5 What did the Fairy Godmother use to create Cinderella’s coach?

      6 Which name represents “C” in the radio phonetic alphabet?

      7 Who played Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series?

      8 What is the study of the mind called?

      9 What is another name for ascorbic acid?

      10 Which 15th-century Florentine politician and writer’s name is synonymous with devious ambitiousness?

      11 Which peninsula lies between the Mersey and Dee estuaries?

      12 King Edward is a variety of which vegetable?

      13 What branch of medicine is concerned with resistance to disease?

      14 Who wrote the 1970 song Big Yellow Taxi?

      15 Which group had a hit in 1995 with Wonderwall?

      16 In which country is the ancient city of Petra?

      17 What is the location of Kubla Khan’s pleasure dome in Coleridge’s famous poem?

      18 Who starred in the 1990 film Home Alone?

      19 What name was given to a rioting machine-wrecker of the early 19th century?

      20 What is the term for the pointed front part of a ship’s bow?

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QUIZ 60 – Transport

      1 What type of bicycle is designed for two riders?

      2 Which car manufacturer has a rampant horse for its logo?

      3 In the tyre pressure measure PSI, what does the “I” stand for?

      4 Which group had a hit with Car Wash in 1976?

      5 What term is given to the cheapest accommodation on a ship?

      6 Which liquid is put into car batteries?

      7 Gondolas are associated with which city?

      8 Which classic car caper film was remade in 2003?

      9 Who wrote the novel Trainspotting?

      10 What is the French term applied to a two-door car with a sloping rear?

      11 Who directed the 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train?

      12 How many horses pull a troika?

      13 Which US city has the only cable car system to still be operated manually?

      14 Who was the Scottish inventor of the pneumatic bicycle tyre?

      15 What three-masted ship was used by Spanish and Portuguese traders in the 15th and 16th centuries?

      16 Which company launched a rocket with a car attached to it in February 2018?

      17 Who wrote the novel Three Men in a Boat?

      18 On which famous train did Dame Agatha Christie set one of her novels?

      19 Which small car was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis?

      20 Queen released Bicycle Race as a double A-side single with which other song?

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QUIZ 61 – Pot Luck

      1 What is the common name for the obverse of a coin?

      2 Traditionally drunk at Christmas, what is the drink of yolk, beer and spirit?

      3 What is the usual background colour of motorway signs?

      4 What is held in a creel?

      5 A blast furnace is mainly used to produce which metal?

      6 Who won the Wimbledon men’s singles title in 1975?

      7 What is the principal religion of Iran?

      8 Who wrote the 2001 novel Life of Pi?

      9 Which town is the capital of the Isle of Man?

      10 What nationality was psychologist Carl Jung?

      11 The postcode prefix LS denotes which English city?

      12 Which actor topped the charts in 1997 with Men in Black?

      13 What machine is used for turning and shaping wood?

      14 In which county is the beauty spot of Box Hill?

      15 Which animal is said to be unable to change its spots?

      16 Nichelle Nichols played which Star Trek lieutenant?

      17 What, in law, is written defamation of character?

      18 Which part of the body was Achilles’ weakness?

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