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      5 Which children’s show featured a scientist called Dr Bunsen Honeydew?

      6 What is the largest city on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico?

      7 On which continent are the Carpathian Mountains located?

      8 Which Portuguese explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world?

      9 Who was Neville Chamberlain’s predecessor as Prime Minister?

      10 In which 2001 film did siblings Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal appear as brother and sister?

      11 Which opera was the inspiration for the musical Rent?

      12 In the RAF, what rank is below wing commander but above flight lieutenant?

      13 Which language is spoken in the western Pyrenees?

      14 Which element has the atomic number 8?

      15 Who sang the theme tune to the Bond film Spectre?

      16 London’s Mount Pleasant is the location for which museum?

      17 Which Greek saint gave his name to the alphabet now used in Russia and certain eastern European countries?

      18 Who was Biggles’ cousin in the books by WE Johns?

      19 What is the other name of Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport?

      20 Which girl group had a hit with Hole in the Head in 2003?

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QUIZ 210 – The Olympic Games

      1 Which medal did the GB women’s curling team win at the 2014 Winter Games?

      2 In which year were the Winter Games held in Lillehammer?

      3 Who won the 800m gold medal at the 1980 Summer Games?

      4 In which year did Canada first host the Winter Games?

      5 Which British rower wrote the 2004 book Four Men in a Boat about the 2000 Olympics?

      6 How many Olympic medals did swimmer Michael Phelps win in total?

      7 What was the title of the official sound track to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Summer Games…?

      8 …and who directed the ceremony?

      9 Which boxer won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in the featherweight division?

      10 Which was the first South American country to host the Summer Games?

      11 Which country won the most medals at the 2018 Winter Games?

      12 The 1981 film Chariots of Fire features the Summer Games of which year?

      13 At the 2008 Summer Games, in which administrative region of China were the equestrian events held?

      14 What was the last year in which the Summer and Winter games were held in the same year?

      15 Which gold-medal winning Paralympian took part in the 2017 series of Strictly Come Dancing?

      16 Athletes from which country won the women’s 100m gold medal in 2008, 2012 and 2016?

      17 Which Japanese city hosted the 1998 Winter Games?

      18 In which year were the first Summer Games held, following the formation of the International Olympic Committee?

      19 Which country always leads the parade of participants at the Summer Games?

      20 Who was the first British athlete to win Olympic gold in a throwing event?

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QUIZ 211 – Pot Luck

      1 Who was David Walliams’ co-star in the 2015 Agatha Christie series Partners in Crime?

      2 Which Irish county lies north of Roscommon and east of Mayo?

      3 Who was the oldest of the Marx Brothers?

      4 For which 2015 film did Leonardo di Caprio win the Best Actor Oscar?

      5 In which year did the Crimean War start?

      6 Barbados is in which Caribbean island group?

      7 Who writes the Jack Reacher series of books?

      8 Which bay on the Isle of Wight is famous for its coloured sand?

      9 Which Greek god of the arts lends his name to many theatres?

      10 What type of rock is granite?

      11 Sonnets from the Portuguese is a collection by which Victorian poetess?

      12 Who shared the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize with the organisation that he led at the time?

      13 Who designed the Crystal Palace for the 19th-century Great Exhibition?

      14 In which sitcom did Christopher Biggins play a character nicknamed Lukewarm?

      15 In which year was North Sea oil discovered?

      16 Which river runs through Newton Abbot, СКАЧАТЬ