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      9 Alan Titchmarsh presented behind-the-scenes series for Channel 5 in 2017 and 2018 about which organisation?

      10 Who became the host of Fifteen to One in 2014?

      11 Which game show did Jim Bowen host in the 1980s and 1990s?

      12 Craig Charles presented which engineering competition from 1998 to 2004?

      13 Who was the original presenter of Blind Date?

      14 Who is Phil Spencer’s regular property programme co-presenter?

      15 Which BBC breakfast presenter took part in the 2016 series of Strictly Come Dancing?

      16 Ruth Langsford married which other presenter in 2010?

      17 In which city was Lorraine Kelly born?

      18 Who was the 1983-88 female co-host of Good Morning Britain?

      19 What is the name of Kirsty Gallacher’s famous sporting father?

      20 What is the name of the series that the three former Top Gear hosts went on to present in 2016?

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QUIZ 147 – Pot Luck

      1 In which TV series and film did the character of Huggy Bear appear?

      2 What compound is removed during the process of desalinisation?

      3 Which university in Birmingham was founded in 1966?

      4 Which actor starred as CS Lewis in the 1993 film Shadowlands?

      5 In which country is the mountainous plateau of the Massif Central?

      6 I’m in the Mood for Dancing was a 1979 hit for which group of Irish sisters?

      7 Which mythical Greek poet entered the underworld to secure release of his wife Eurydice?

      8 Which fishing town in Angus is famous for its smoked haddock, known as “smokies”?

      9 Grappa is a strong brandy from which country?

      10 Which road tunnel is located near the Thames Barrier?

      11 Who was the original host of the quiz programme Mastermind?

      12 Which “Cross” in London refers to the junction of Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street?

      13 What name is given to an ordained minister ranking next below a priest?

      14 Oboes are part of which section of an orchestra?

      15 Who preceded Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury?

      16 What is a novella?

      17 Who was Arnold Ridley’s character in Dad’s Army?

      18 What name is given to the distance across a circle, through its centre?

      19 American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens adopted which pen-name?

      20 Which fictional city is associated with Batman?

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QUIZ 148 – Theatre

      1 What term is given to an actor’s unscripted lines?

      2 Which of Shakespeare’s plays features the character of Shylock?

      3 What is the final run-through of a play before it is performed?

      4 Which allergy is also the title of a play by Sir Noël Coward?

      5 In theatrical terms, what do the initials ASM stand for?

      6 Who wrote the play Blood Brothers?

      7 What nationality was the playwright Henrik Ibsen?

      8 Which pantomime character frees a genie from a lamp?

      9 Where in a theatre would you find the wings?

      10 How many people speak during a monologue?

      11 Which playwright wrote Barefoot in the Park (1963)?

      12 Who wrote the long-running play The Mousetrap?

      13 What is the name of the thoroughfare in the heart of New York’s theatreland?

      14 Who wrote the 1954 two one-act plays collectively called Separate Tables?

      15 What name is given to a film or theatre wardrobe assistant?

      16 The play Toad of Toad Hall was based on which classic 1908 book?

      17 What term is given to a public performance of a play before its official opening?

      18 In which area of London is the National Theatre?

      19 Which English playwright is famously associated with Scarborough?

      20 What name is given to the actors’ place of rest in a theatre?

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