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СКАЧАТЬ In which year did the 50p coin first come into circulation?

      18 Which of the Great Lakes of North America is not in Canada?

      19 Where in London is Speakers’ Corner?

      20 Who had a UK hit in 1975 with Stand By Your Man?

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QUIZ 136 – Bridges

      1 New York’s Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn to which other borough?

      2 In which county is the Test cricket ground of Trent Bridge located?

      3 What creature lived under the bridge in the tale of The Three Billy Goats Gruff?

      4 Which area of Bristol is famous for its suspension bridge?

      5 In which Italian city is the Ponte Vecchio?

      6 Which footbridge across the Thames was briefly opened in 2000 then closed until 2002?

      7 Which Scottish river, rising in the Trossachs, gives its name to a famous railway bridge?

      8 Which football team plays its home games at Stamford Bridge?

      9 The bridge at Kyle of Lochalsh links the Scottish mainland to which island?

      10 The Golden Gate Bridge is in which American city?

      11 Which Australian bridge is nicknamed “The Coathanger”?

      12 In which county is Ironbridge Gorge?

      13 The TV series The Bridge, first broadcast in 2011, is set in which two countries?

      14 Where does the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race start?

      15 Which duo had a 1970 hit with Bridge Over Troubled Water?

      16 Which walled market town on the north coast of Wales has a castle and a suspension bridge?

      17 The Rialto Bridge is a famous landmark in which city?

      18 What is the name of the bridge at the Dartford Crossing over the Thames?

      19 Who co-starred with Meryl Streep in The Bridges of Madison County?

      20 Who wrote the 1886 novel The Mayor of Casterbridge?

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QUIZ 137 – Pot Luck

      1 Who was Sooty and Sweep’s panda friend in the 1960s TV puppet show?

      2 In which body of water is Lundy Island?

      3 “Love apple” was an old name for which food item?

      4 What is the surname of the family in The Darling Buds of May?

      5 Which actor starred in the 1990 film Kindergarten Cop?

      6 Which sport has “lawn” and “real” versions?

      7 How many finger holes are there in a tenpin bowling ball?

      8 Which actor starred as Ryan Bingham in the 2009 film Up in the Air?

      9 What term is given to a first coat of plaster applied to a wall?

      10 What is the nickname for a native of Tyneside?

      11 Who played Captain Salazar in the 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales film?

      12 What is the name given to the grounds or buildings of a college or university?

      13 Split is a city in which European country?

      14 Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831)?

      15 What is a male pig called?

      16 Pernod^® has what flavour?

      17 What term is given to a mound of stones used as a memorial or landmark?

      18 Who sang Livin’ La Vida Loca in 1999?

      19 The Tiber river runs through which European capital city?

      20 Armando Iannucci co-wrote and directed which film released in 2017?

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QUIZ 138 – Architects and Architecture

      1 Doric, Ionian and which other style make up the three orders of Greek architecture?

      2 What shape is a gable?

      3 On which part of a building would you find a cupola?

      4 Which cathedral sits on Ludgate Hill?

      5 For what purpose did Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan build the Taj Mahal?

      6 What type of feature is a transom?

      7 In which city is the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium?

      8 Which Hungarian СКАЧАТЬ