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      10 What is the literal English translation of the German word Kindergarten?

      11 Which two-word Latin phrase is used to describe the university or college of a former student?

      12 What is the name of the university based in Middlesbrough?

      13 In which year did polytechnics in the UK become universities?

      14 At which fictional school did Mr McGuffey, Mrs McClusky and Mr Bronson teach?

      15 Which youth achievement award scheme was introduced in 1956 for boys and in 1958 for girls?

      16 Estyn is the Welsh equivalent of which English body?

      17 Which independent Berkshire boarding school was founded in 1440?

      18 What do the initials UCAS stand for?

      19 Which world-renowned educationist born in Italy in 1870 gives her name to a “Method” of early education?

      20 In which year were GCSE exams introduced?

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QUIZ 189 – Pot Luck

      1 Who was the proverbially wealthy king of ancient Lydia?

      2 Who presented Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs from 1988 until 2006?

      3 What was the name of the hotel in Stephen King’s The Shining (1977)?

      4 Which part of a church is named from the Latin word for “ship”?

      5 Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014?

      6 In Norse mythology, what was the home of the gods?

      7 Which town in south-east Switzerland hosted the 1928 Winter Olympics?

      8 In which Derbyshire town are the Heights of Abraham?

      9 Which single did Wings release as a double A side with Mull of Kintyre?

      10 Who wrote the 1970 best-selling novel Love Story?

      11 Kampala is the capital of which African nation?

      12 The Wraith is a model from which luxury car manufacturer?

      13 Which island is linked politically with Antigua?

      14 What is the more common name for the linden tree?

      15 Which is the westernmost of the Balearic Islands?

      16 Which pale yellow variety of crystalline quartz resembles topaz?

      17 Richmond is the capital of which US state?

      18 What is the more common name for urticaria?

      19 What is the ancient language of the Hindu scriptures?

      20 In which country did the word “bungalow” originate?

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QUIZ 190 – James Bond

      1 Who played James Bond in the 1989 film Licence to Kill?

      2 What was the profession of the real James Bond who lent his name to the fictional spy?

      3 In which of the James Bond films did the Aston Martin DB5 first appear?

      4 What was the first name of James Bond’s wife, to whom he was briefly married in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service?

      5 In which 1983 Bond film did Maud Adams co-star with Sir Roger Moore?

      6 Which of the Bond films shares its title with Ian Fleming’s Jamaican estate?

      7 Which character did Jack Lord play in Dr No (1962)?

      8 In which of the Ian Fleming novels is Vivienne Michel the central character?

      9 In which year did Sir Sean Connery star in Never Say Never Again?

      10 In how many films did Bernard Lee play the character of “M”?

      11 Who played Kara Milovy in the 1987 film The Living Daylights?

      12 Which was the first novel to be published featuring James Bond?

      13 The theme tune to which James Bond film was sung by Matt Monro?

      14 Who played Blofeld in the 2015 film Spectre?

      15 In which James Bond film is there a character called Dr Christmas Jones?

      16 What is the name of the industrialist in Moonraker?

      17 In which film did Teri Hatcher play Paris Carver?

      18 In which country was Bond actor George Lazenby born?

      19 Daniel Craig first played Bond on film in which year?

      20 Max Zorin is the villain in which film?

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