Collins Quiz Night: 10,000 original questions in 500 quizzes. Collins Puzzles

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QUIZ 107 – Pot Luck

      1 Which day of the week is first alphabetically?

      2 Which word means both a unit of measurement and the rhythm of a piece of poetry?

      3 What were people encouraged to do for Victory in a WWII slogan?

      4 Hugo Weaving played which wise elf in the Lord of the Rings series of films?

      5 What is the radio operators’ code word for the letter between tango and victor?

      6 What is a broad ditch surrounding a castle called?

      7 Crème de menthe liqueur has what flavour?

      8 Which Atlantic colony gives its name to a type of shorts?

      9 Who sang 99 Red Balloons in 1984?

      10 What type of substance induces insensitivity to pain?

      11 What does the “D” of “CD” stand for?

      12 What was there “under the Sun” in the title of a 1982 Poirot film?

      13 The Lombardy poplar tree is native to which country?

      14 What was the name of Su Pollard’s character in the TV series Hi-de-Hi!?

      15 What is the square root of 100?

      16 Jessica Tandy co-starred with which actor in the film Driving Miss Daisy?

      17 What is the official examination of a company’s books called?

      18 What archaic word for “letter” is used in the New Testament for St Paul’s to the Thessalonians, for instance?

      19 How many years are celebrated at a bicentenary?

      20 How many carats are there in pure gold?

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QUIZ 108 – Dance

      1 What is the London home of the Royal Ballet?

      2 Which Irish dance shares its name with a device designed to hold a component during machining?

      3 Which dance in triple time derives its name from the German word for “roll”?

      4 What was the first name of early Hollywood choreographer Mr Berkeley?

      5 Let’s Dance was a hit for which singer in 1983?

      6 Which English choreographer famously created a version of Swan Lake with male swans?

      7 For which occasion was Riverdance originally created in 1994?

      8 Which former ballerina joined the judging panel of Strictly Come Dancing in 2012?

      9 In which traditional English form of dance are bell pads worn on the shins?

      10 The 1970s pogo was associated with which form of music?

      11 In which city is the Bolshoi ballet based?

      12 Who choreographed the original Broadway production of Chicago?

      13 In which country was Carlos Acosta born?

      14 Which 2000 film starred Jamie Bell as a boy who wanted to dance?

      15 Who choreographed the 1970s dance troupe Hot Gossip…?

      16 …and which singer did they back on the 1978 song I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper?

      17 The bossa nova dance originates from which South American country?

      18 Who was the original presenter of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two?

      19 In ballet, what is a dance for two people called?

      20 Which “dance” was a hit for Terry Wogan in 1978?

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QUIZ 109 – Pot Luck

      1 The mystery of The Body in the Library was solved by which fictional sleuth?

      2 Who starred in the 2008 film The Duchess?

      3 Who played Queen Elizabeth I in the TV series Blackadder II?

      4 Which US senator was notorious for his 1950s “witch-hunts”?

      5 “Pulmonary” relates to which organs of the body?

      6 Which actress co-starred with Tom Hanks in the 2017 film The Post?

      7 Which five-line humorous verse is named after a place in Ireland?

      8 The Archbishop of Canterbury’s residence is in which London palace?

      9 What name was given to Schubert’s eighth symphony?

      10 Which 1960s group was fronted by Reg Presley?

      11 The Bernabéu football stadium is located in which city?

      12 What type of vehicle is a Chinook?

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