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СКАЧАТЬ What is the name of the girl detective in the novels by Carolyn Keene?

      11 Which island is known as Kerkyra in Greek?

      12 In The Lord of the Rings, what sort of spirit inhabits trees?

      13 Who won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the 1960 film Two Women?

      14 In which state is the easternmost point of the 48 contiguous United States?

      15 What name was taken by former Lord Chancellor Quintin Hogg when he became a Lord?

      16 Which American silent-film star was famous for scenes involving hanging from clocks?

      17 The spice cardamom is a member of which family?

      18 What is New Zealand’s highest mountain?

      19 What was an allemande, popular in Germany in the 16th century?

      20 Which poet wrote the 1818 poem Endymion?

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QUIZ 176 – Television

      1 Who played Izzie in the series Grey’s Anatomy?

      2 Who won the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year in 2017 for a record fourth time?

      3 In the series Mad Men, what was the name of the advertising agency?

      4 Who played companion Martha Jones in Doctor Who?

      5 Which Pirates of the Caribbean actor played Miles in the series This Life?

      6 What are the two colours of a standard Blue Peter badge?

      7 Which actress co-starred with Alexander Armstrong in the series Life Begins?

      8 Which actor narrated The Wombles in the early 1970s?

      9 Which 1960s western series featured the Cartwright family?

      10 Vicky Pattison rose to fame on which show?

      11 Who was the first questionmaster on the quiz Eggheads?

      12 Paul Nicholas starred as Vince Pinner in which sitcom?

      13 Which Dame Esther Rantzen series launched the career of singer Sheena Easton?

      14 Who played Robert Catesby in the 2017 mini-series Gunpowder?

      15 Keith Barron starred in which 1980s sitcom about a holiday in Spain?

      16 Who created the animated series Family Guy?

      17 Which actress played Sable Colby in the original series of Dynasty?

      18 Who was the cafe owner in Last of the Summer Wine, played by Jane Freeman?

      19 A car called KITT featured in which series?

      20 Who starred as Bernard Black in the series Black Books?

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QUIZ 177 – Pot Luck

      1 The Etruscans were an ancient race living in part of which modern country?

      2 In which Irish county is the small seaside town of Bray, located south of Dublin?

      3 What is a calabash?

      4 Which RAF rank is equivalent to vice admiral or lieutenant general?

      5 What, according to Irish author Edna O’Brien, is “a wicked month”?

      6 Whom did Sienna Miller portray in the 2006 film Factory Girl?

      7 What was the first name of the 19th-century French artist Delacroix?

      8 In 2011, which country became Africa’s largest, by area?

      9 What is the title of the Verdi opera commissioned for the opening of the Suez Canal?

      10 Camembert cheese originates from which area of France?

      11 What was the real name of the prolific 20th-century author Jean Plaidy?

      12 The Lancaster WWII bomber was manufactured by which company?

      13 Who wrote the 1982 play Noises Off?

      14 What device records underwater distance?

      15 What was the surname of the American inventor of the safety razor?

      16 The fictional band The Majestics featured in which 1987 TV series?

      17 What is the two-word term given to the point of entry of the optic nerve?

      18 On which day of the week does the Christian feast day Ascension always occur?

      19 What is the name given to a model that depicts a scene using three-dimensional figures, often in miniature?

      20 Which Portuguese town was famed for religious visions in 1917?

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