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      5 Who was the co-founder of Apple, portrayed by Michael Fassbender in a 2015 film?

      6 What do AR and VR stand for?

      7 The three laws of robotics were invented by which sci-fi writer?

      8 In what year was the iPad first released?

      9 Mark Zuckerberg co-founded which social media site?

      10 In what year was the World Wide Web invented?

      11 The “Deep Blue” computer beat the reigning world champion in what game in 1996?

      12 Which test was developed in 1950 to determine a machine’s ability to exhibit behaviour indistinguishable from a human’s?

      13 What does GPS stand for?

      14 Which cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system first came into existence in 2009?

      15 Which machine located near Geneva was built to create and study the Higgs boson?

      16 A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control is given what name?

      17 For what does the acronym WYSIWYG stand in relation to electronic display?

      18 Which computer programming language is named after the mathematician daughter of Lord Byron?

      19 What name for a mechanical person comes from the Czech word for “forced labour”?

      20 What does HTML stand for?

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QUIZ 113 – Pot Luck

      1 What is the name of the Scottish National Park region north-east of Loch Lomond?

      2 Who composed the 19th-century piece Air on a G String?

      3 What was the surname of US newspaper tycoon William Randolph (b.1863)?

      4 What term is given to a pocket-watch chain?

      5 What is a dotterel?

      6 What is the firing mechanism in a car’s engine called?

      7 Porgy and Bess is a 1935 opera by which composer?

      8 Which is the National Book Town of Wales?

      9 From which country does the fandango dance originate?

      10 What is a native of England, Wales or Scotland called?

      11 Which island-based TV series starred Matthew Fox as a plane-crash survivor?

      12 What name links an Israeli port with an orange?

      13 Julia Roberts co-starred with which actor in the 1990 film Pretty Woman?

      14 Which Lewis Carroll character gave a tea-party?

      15 What was the name of Michael Crawford’s character in Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em?

      16 What is the main ingredient of paella?

      17 Which independent country, once part of the British Raj, is formally known as the Union of Myanmar?

      18 On which river does Düsseldorf stand?

      19 Which town, on Romney Marsh, is the site of London Ashford Airport?

      20 Who wrote The Day of the Jackal (1971)?

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QUIZ 114 – Musicals

      1 Which musical is set in Rydell High?

      2 The musical Our House features hits from which band?

      3 Which musical features Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson?

      4 Who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Matilda?

      5 In The Sound of Music, who is the eldest von Trapp daughter?

      6 The song If I Were a Rich Man is from which musical?

      7 Which 1996 film starred Antonio Banderas as Che?

      8 Which musical was based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew?

      9 Eliza Doolittle is the main character in which musical?

      10 Who played Roxie Hart in the 2002 film Chicago?

      11 Which 1999 musical set in Greece features Donna and her daughter Sophie?

      12 John Travolta starred as Edna Turnblad in which 2007 film?

      13 Which musical features the song Tomorrow?

      14 A Couple of Swells featured in which 1948 Fred Astaire film?

      15 What is the name of the 2015 musical about one of the Founding Fathers?

      16 Which adjective describes the lion in The Wizard of Oz?

      17 Who wrote the musical Oliver!?

      18 Which musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Baron Lloyd-Webber) was based on a collection of poems by TS Eliot?

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