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      9 Which famous piece of needlework shows the Norman Conquest?

      10 Which hymn begins with the words “And did those feet in ancient time”?

      11 Who was Bailey’s partner in the famous American circus?

      12 What was the name of Lynda Baron’s character in Open All Hours and its sequel?

      13 Who commanded China’s Long March in the 1930s?

      14 Cider with Rosie is an autobiographical novel by which author?

      15 Which US state is known as the “Lone Star State”?

      16 Which former US Secretary of State shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973?

      17 Who recorded the 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life?

      18 Acetylsalicylic acid is the scientific name for which common painkiller?

      19 Which alloy is a mixture of copper and tin?

      20 Which four letters indicate that a reply to a letter is required?

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QUIZ 126 – Music Used in Adverts

      1 Which group had a hit in 2004 with Somewhere Only We Know?

      2 Which song was the only UK no.1 hit for Babylon Zoo?

      3 In which year was Hold My Hand a hit for Jess Glynne…?

      4 …and with whom did she feature the previous year on Rather Be?

      5 What type of creature was seen in an advert for Cadbury’s playing the drums to Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight?

      6 In which decade did Snap! have a hit with Rhythm is a Dancer?

      7 Ellie Goulding covered which Sir Elton John song in 2010?

      8 Which group had a 1982 hit with Living on the Ceiling?

      9 Which Rolling Stones song was used by Microsoft to advertise Windows^® 95?

      10 The Impossible Dream is a song from which 1964 musical?

      11 What item of clothing did Lord David Dundas want to put on in 1977?

      12 The Final Countdown was the only UK no.1 hit for which band?

      13 Which song begins “Left a good job in the city, working for the man ev’ry night and day”?

      14 The flight of which insect provided inspiration for a piece of music by Rimsky-Korsakov?

      15 Who recorded 1992’s The Passenger, minus Ricky Gardiner?

      16 Dvorak’s New World Symphony featured in a famous advert for which brand of sliced bread?

      17 Who wrote Bonnie Tyler’s hit Total Eclipse of the Heart?

      18 In which year did Take That top the charts with Shine?

      19 Which composer wrote The Flower Duet, used in a 1989 British Airways advert?

      20 Which band had a 1989 hit with I Want it All?

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QUIZ 127 – Pot Luck

      1 What was the nickname of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815?

      2 What is the collective name for plants of the heather family?

      3 Who, in folklore, pulled a thorn from the paw of a lion?

      4 In which European country would you find the city of Bilbao?

      5 What is the common name of nitrous oxide?

      6 In which city can you visit HMS Victory?

      7 Which actor starred in the 1967 film Half a Sixpence?

      8 What is the name of the David Copperfield character who optimistically expects that “something will turn up”?

      9 Which town in south-east England is famed for its Ford car factory?

      10 What word describes a building officially designated as historically or culturally significant?

      11 Which Italian city is capital of the Lombardy region?

      12 What is the study of the nature of God and religion?

      13 What is the term for a fear of spiders?

      14 When a Man Loves a Woman was a hit in 1966 for which singer?

      15 The Pilgrim Fathers sailed from which port in 1620?

      16 Mayonnaise combined with ketchup is the basis for which sauce?

      17 What term is given to a male duck?

      18 What was the name of Trevor Eve’s character in the TV series Waking the Dead?

      19 Cabbage belongs to which plant genus?

      20 In which US state is the region of Death Valley?

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