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      11 Which Formula 1 team was featured in a 2017 documentary film?

      12 What is the method of printing from a stone or metal plate?

      13 Which famous bell can be seen at Lloyd’s of London?

      14 Bitter Sweet Symphony was a 1997 hit for which group?

      15 Which rope is attached to the top of a mast?

      16 Which Torchwood actor went on to appear as Malcolm Merlyn in the TV series Arrow?

      17 In which National Park is Malham Tarn?

      18 What is a complete circle in a fingerprint called?

      19 In which country is the city of Shiraz?

      20 Seymour and Audrey are the lead characters in which 1982 musical?

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QUIZ 168 – World History

      1 Which country, whose seat of government is La Paz, is named after “El Libertador”?

      2 How many years had Nelson Mandela spent in captivity when he was released in 1990?

      3 Which city replaced Samarkand as capital of Uzbekistan in 1930?

      4 Founded in 1636, which is America’s oldest university?

      5 Which inlet of the Tasman Sea is the site of Captain James Cook’s landing in Australia?

      6 In which year did Tony Blair become UK Prime Minister?

      7 Which country was once ruled by the Duvaliers?

      8 Which ancient North African city was the enemy of Rome in the Punic Wars?

      9 On which date did Apollo 11 land on the moon?

      10 In which year did the American Civil War start?

      11 Who commanded the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757?

      12 Which port is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?

      13 Texas was part of which North American country until 1836?

      14 In which year did Martin Luther King deliver his “I have a dream” speech?

      15 What was the capital of New Zealand until 1865?

      16 Which Russian leader died on January 21, 1924?

      17 Who became the world’s first “test tube baby” in 1978?

      18 Which empire ended when the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople in 1453?

      19 Which great pharaoh had Abu Simbel constructed?

      20 In which year was Pakistan established as a country?

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QUIZ 169 – Pot Luck

      1 Which city is home to the Burrell Art Collection?

      2 How is the plant Hedera helix better known?

      3 Which band recorded the 1997 hit Your Woman?

      4 Which rugby position is also known as “stand-off” or “outside half”?

      5 What is the Russian coin equivalent to 100th of a rouble?

      6 In which Belgian town is the Menin Gate war memorial?

      7 What does a numismatist collect?

      8 Which very hot, spicy curry originates from the Indian region of Goa?

      9 Who wrote Silas Marner (1861)?

      10 In chess, what term is given to a checkmate in the fewest number of moves?

      11 In which country was shoe designer Jimmy Choo born?

      12 Which US university is situated at New Haven, Connecticut?

      13 Who invented the Spinning Jenny, patented in 1770?

      14 What title does the wife of a Marquis use?

      15 Which is the second god of the Hindu trinity?

      16 On which London street is Madame Tussauds located?

      17 Which famous train crosses Australia north to south?

      18 In which month is the US remembrance holiday of Memorial Day?

      19 Trowbridge is the administrative centre of which county?

      20 What is the national fruit of India?

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QUIZ 170 – Blue

      1 Which English-born American poet wrote Funeral Blues in the late 1930s?

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