Collins Quiz Night: 10,000 original questions in 500 quizzes. Collins Puzzles

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      3 What is the term for someone who is attracted to foreigners?

      4 What the term for a fear of flying?

      5 Pogonophobia is a fear of what?

      6 What is the term for someone who loves wine?

      7 What is calligynephobia a fear of?

      8 Stigmatophilia is a love for what?

      9 What is the term for someone who loves cheese?

      10 Ailurophilia is a love of what?

      11 Hydrophobia is another name for which disease?

      12 What is acrophobia a fear of?

      13 What is the term for a fear of writing?

      14 Dendrophilia is a love of what?

      15 What is the term for an irrational fear of dogs?

      16 What is the term for a fear of fire?

      17 A thalassophile is someone who loves what?

      18 What is triskaidekaphobia a fear of?

      19 What is the term for someone who loves to work?

      20 What is a hippophobe scared of?

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QUIZ 163 – Pot Luck

      1 Which historian presented the 1969 TV series Civilisation?

      2 The Yas Marina Formula 1 circuit is in which country?

      3 In which year did Nick Berry have a hit with Every Loser Wins?

      4 Which word means “created by people or caused by human activity”?

      5 In which year did the Peak District become a National Park?

      6 What do the initials NODA stand for in relation to the performing arts?

      7 Which ancient Egyptian city on the Nile is now called Luxor?

      8 What prefix indicates 10¹²?

      9 Which animal has the Latin name Rattus rattus?

      10 In a trade context, what does the “E” of OPEC stand for?

      11 Which character in the TV series Lost was named after an English philosopher and physician?

      12 Which is the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands?

      13 Which gem is July’s birthstone?

      14 Which 1980s drama series starring Larry Lamb featured the crew and passengers of a North Sea ferry?

      15 Which band had a UK 1982 top ten hit with Strange Little Girl?

      16 What is the chemical symbol for methane?

      17 Who wrote the 1830 poem Mariana?

      18 Which is the oldest university in Scandinavia?

      19 What is the main alcoholic ingredient of a planter’s punch?

      20 Which major supermarket business was founded by Sir Jack Cohen?

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QUIZ 164 – Classical Music

      1 Who composed The Flying Dutchman (1840)?

      2 Which German composer of four symphonies died in 1897?

      3 From which instrument’s A note does an orchestra tune up?

      4 Which 1930s choral work by Carl Orff is based on 13th-century poems?

      5 What type of musical composition, associated with Bach, uses counterpoint?

      6 Who was the composer of the ballet Billy the Kid (1938)?

      7 The character of Mimi features in which opera by Puccini?

      8 What is the title of John Cage’s 1952 “silent” work?

      9 The bassoon is a member of which woodwind family?

      10 What is the title of Beethoven’s only opera?

      11 Who was the Russian composer of Prince Igor (1890)?

      12 What sort of instrument is a marimba?

      13 Which composer’s rivalry with Mozart was the subject of the film Amadeus?

      14 What tree extract is used for treating violin bows?

      15 Which 18th-century Austrian composer wrote 108 symphonies?

      16 What term is given to a group of sharps and flats at the beginning of a music score?

      17 What nationality was composer Frederick Delius?

      18 How should a piece of music marked “doloroso” be played?

      19 What is a short musical composition, usually for piano, designed as an exercise called?

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