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СКАЧАТЬ village was the destination for an annual CND march in the late 1950s and early 1960s?

      12 The garden flower, the antirrhinum, has which common name?

      13 In the 1952 children’s novel Charlotte’s Web, what is the name of the young girl?

      14 What is Switzerland’s largest city?

      15 In the 2009 film Julie & Julia, which actress co-starred with Meryl Streep in a title role?

      16 Which girl’s name is also the botanical name for the laurel bush?

      17 Who played Goldfinger in the 1964 Bond film of the same name?

      18 The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is situated in which City of London arts complex?

      19 Which Moroccan city is said to have the world’s oldest university?

      20 What was the name of the one-eyed woman in the cartoon series Futurama?

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QUIZ 202 – 1950s Music

      1 In which year were the UK charts first compiled…?

      2 …and what was the first UK no.1 single?

      3 Which 1950s musician was known as “The Man with the Golden Trumpet”?

      4 Secret Love featured in which 1953 film musical?

      5 Who sang the theme song to Three Coins in the Fountain?

      6 In which year did Connie Francis top the UK charts with Who’s Sorry Now?

      7 Who had a 1955 hit with the title song from the musical Rose Marie?

      8 Mary’s Boy Child was a 1957 hit for which singer?

      9 Tony Bennett had a 1955 hit with which song from the musical Kismet?

      10 Which singer was known as “The Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice?”

      11 In which year did Elvis Presley have his first UK no.1?

      12 What instrument was Winifred Atwell famous for playing?

      13 Thank Heaven for Little Girls is a song from which musical?

      14 Which British singer topped the charts in 1959 with What Do You Want?

      15 Which Buddy Holly hit was the last single released in his lifetime?

      16 Who had a hit with Dream Lover in 1959?

      17 Which 1950s singer went on to play Teen Angel in the 1978 film Grease?

      18 This Ole House was a 1954 hit for which singer?

      19 Who was the older of the two Everly brothers?

      20 Who had a 1956 no.1 UK hit with Memories are Made of This?

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QUIZ 203 – Pot Luck

      1 Which singer’s 2011 debut single Swagger Jagger went straight to no.1?

      2 What is the imaginary dukedom in which Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is set?

      3 What honorary title is given to a retired professor?

      4 Which island lies just north of Scotland’s Isle of Arran?

      5 What is the most famous feature of the Sagarmatha National Park?

      6 In 1989, who became a principal dancer for The Royal Ballet at the age of 20?

      7 What is the first name of Kramer in the TV series Seinfeld?

      8 Which brothers formed the group Sparks?

      9 The 2008 film Ghost Town starred which comedian?

      10 Which taxonomic classification is immediate below “family”?

      11 The anchor hallmark is applied to silver made in which British city?

      12 The ABC Islands of the Lesser Antilles consist of Bonaire, Curaçao and which other territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands?

      13 Which 1995 film was based on the children’s book The Sheep-Pig?

      14 Who was Edward II’s queen consort?

      15 The accordion is a member of which family of musical instruments?

      16 In 1955, which product was the first to be advertised on ITV?

      17 Which actor starred in the 1983 film WarGames?

      18 Who wrote the 1996 novel Popcorn?

      19 Which famous Roman statesman and orator died in 43 BC?

      20 In 1923, which Irish poet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

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QUIZ 204 – Films СКАЧАТЬ