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СКАЧАТЬ In which year did the boxing match known as “The Rumble in the Jungle” take place?

      5 House, sweeping and tee are terms in which sport?

      6 Who won the 2017 World Rally Championship?

      7 How many gold medals did gymnast Max Whitlock win at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics?

      8 Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions are professional teams in which sport?

      9 Spa motor racing circuit is in which country?

      10 Over what distance is an Olympic steeplechase?

      11 Eddy Merckx was a professional in which sport?

      12 What is the highest possible score in a game of tenpin bowling?

      13 What term is given to a score of three under par in golf?

      14 Who captained the England women’s Ashes team in 2017?

      15 How many times did Stephen Hendry win the World Snooker Championship?

      16 What is the name of the cricket test match ground in Brisbane?

      17 Which sport other than tennis is played at the All England Club in Wimbledon?

      18 How many wickets did Jim Laker take in the 1956 cricket test match against Australia?

      19 Which equestrian discipline is known by the French word for “training”?

      20 Which was the first club in English football to be awarded a goal by VAR (Video Assistant Referee) technology?

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QUIZ 155 – Pot Luck

      1 Which comedian starred in the 1926 silent film The General?

      2 Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017?

      3 In which New York borough is JFK airport?

      4 What type of animal is a Mexican hairless?

      5 Which singer released her debut single Stone Cold Sober in 2009?

      6 In the Old Testament, who is the older brother of Moses?

      7 Which actress starred in the 2007 film The Brave One?

      8 What nickname was given to the 16th-century Spanish painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos?

      9 Which US state is nicknamed “Old Line State”?

      10 On which date is St Swithin’s Day?

      11 Which novelist created Doctor Finlay?

      12 The Mönch and the Jungfrau form a trio along with which Swiss mountain?

      13 What is the name of the Italian Grand Prix circuit near Milan, built in 1922?

      14 Which Swedish pop group formed as Festfolk in 1970?

      15 What Latin phrase means “with hindsight”?

      16 What is October’s birthstone?

      17 Which long-running BBC current affairs programme launched in 1953?

      18 Which Egyptian sky-god has the head of a falcon?

      19 Who was the UK Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916?

      20 The term “viva voce” would be applied to what type of exam?

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QUIZ 156 – 1980s Music

      1 Who was the keyboard player in the Communards, and is now a minister and TV presenter?

      2 A Groovy Kind of Love by Phil Collins featured in which 1988 film?

      3 Who had a 1985 hit with Move Closer?

      4 Who played harmonica on the Eurythmics hit There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)?

      5 From which Album was A-Ha’s The Sun Always Shines on TV taken?

      6 Who partnered Neil Tennant in The Pet Shop Boys?

      7 Rock Me Amadeus was a 1986 hit for which singer?

      8 What were the first names of music producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman?

      9 Who is the lead singer with T’Pau?

      10 What was Kylie Minogue’s first hit single in Australia?

      11 What was the title of U2’s debut album?

      12 Which group did Enya belong to before going solo?

      13 Who duetted with Marc Almond on 1989’s Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart?

      14 Who was the lead singer with The Housemartins?

      15 Eddy Grant’s I Don’t Wanna Dance topped the charts in which year?

      16 Which girl group had a hit in 1988 with Nathan Jones?

      17 Who topped the UK singles chart in 1982 with Goody Two Shoes?

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