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      10 St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in which month?

      11 Which Chinese Year started in February 2018?

      12 In the Christian church, what is the period before Christmas called?

      13 Which Scottish celebration takes place on January 25?

      14 What is the Shrove Tuesday festival in New Orleans called…?

      15 …and what does its name mean in English?

      16 What term is given to the seven days before Easter in the Christian church?

      17 What name is All Hallows Eve more commonly known as?

      18 At what age does a bar mitzvah usually take place?

      19 Which Muslim festival marks the end of Ramadan?

      20 Which saint’s feast day is celebrated on December 26?

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QUIZ 73 – Pot Luck

      1 What was the first name of English composer Vaughan Williams?

      2 Palaeontology is the study of which objects?

      3 Which measurement of distance is the equivalent of 1.61 kilometres?

      4 Who was Stan Laurel’s comedy-film partner?

      5 Which decade saw the imposition of the three-day week in the UK to conserve fuel supplies?

      6 Daventry is in which county?

      7 What is the official language of Brazil?

      8 Which Indonesian holiday island lies off the eastern tip of Java?

      9 According to the proverb, what comes before a fall?

      10 Which critically panned 2003 film starred Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez?

      11 What do the initials “REM” stand for in relation to sleep?

      12 The musical Chess was written by Sir Tim Rice along with two members of which group?

      13 What is the chief city of Majorca?

      14 The character of Mrs Merton was created by which actress?

      15 “The backbone of England” describes which range of hills?

      16 Who wrote the book The Snowman (1987)?

      17 What is the first name of TV’s Grampa Simpson?

      18 Which old entertainment company had a large gong as its company logo?

      19 How many years of marriage are celebrated at a ruby wedding anniversary?

      20 Merlot grapes produce what colour wine?

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QUIZ 74 – Harry Potter

      1 Which Hogwarts Minister did Robert Hardy play in the films?

      2 Who is Harry’s corpulent cousin…?

      3 …and what are the names of that cousin’s parents?

      4 What is the name of Harry’s owl?

      5 Harry’s wand is made from which wood?

      6 What is Hermione’s surname?

      7 What did Harry get for Christmas in his first term at Hogwarts?

      8 How many players are on each team in a game of Quidditch?

      9 Professor McGonagall was played by which actress in the films?

      10 What was “Philosopher’s” changed to in the title of the US version of the first book?

      11 What is the first name of Hogwarts headmaster Mr Dumbledore?

      12 What is a person from a non-magical family called?

      13 Where do students eat their dinner at Hogwarts?

      14 What is the first name of Harry’s creator?

      15 What model was Harry’s first broomstick?

      16 The fourth book in the series has what subtitle?

      17 Which English castle was used as Hogwarts in the films?

      18 Which play, set 19 years later than the books, premiered in London in 2016?

      19 The Leaky Cauldron is what type of building?

      20 Who played Sirius Black in the films?

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QUIZ 75 – Pot Luck

      1 What is the name of Goneril and Cordelia’s sister in Shakespeare’s King Lear?

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