Collins Puzzles - Collins Quiz Night - 10,000 original questions in 500 quizzes

3Which word represents the letter “T” in the standard radio phonetic alphabet?

4Which was the first programme to be broadcast on Channel 4?

5What was the name of the world’s first adhesive postage stamp?

6What does DAB stand for in relation to radios?

7Which is the most frequently used letter in the English language?

8What was the world’s first teletext information service, started by the BBC in 1974?

9In which year did the UK complete the switch to digital television?

10By what system is a letter sent if labelled “par avion”?

11What does SMS stand for in relation to texting?

12Who invented the telephone?

13What does “fax” stand for?

14Which country developed emojis?

15Which letter is represented in Morse Code by a single dash?

16How much did a standard first class stamp cost in the UK at the beginning of 2018?

17Who was the first person to produce a printed book in English?

18On a standard keyboard, what is the topmost left letter?

19Which London thoroughfare was traditionally associated with newspapers?

20In 1973, which company became the first to mass-produce the handheld mobile phone?

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QUIZ 23– Pot Luck

1Which city is the capital of India?

2Who was the Greek goddess of retribution?

3What term is given to the central part of a wheel?

4In which Welsh county is Bangor?

5Who had a hit in 2009 with Bad Romance ?

6What title is given to a person who owns a large estate in Scotland?

7Which English naval hero was commander of HMS Victory ?

8The football ground of Elland Road is in which city?

9What is the term for an official who leads prayers in a mosque?

10What is the American term for a narrow rocky valley?

11Who was the composer of The Planets suite?

12What is the state capital of Tennessee?

13In the 2012 film Les Misérables, who played Jean Valjean?

14Where does an arboreal creature live?

15In which county is Loughborough?

16What is the medical term for short-sightedness?

17Which Ealing comedy was remade in 2004 with Tom Hanks in the starring role?

18What is the word of Indian origin for an equestrian show?

19Which peach variety has a smooth yellow and red skin?

20What is the capital of Japan?

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QUIZ 24– Film Music

1Who sang Gangsta’s Paradise , featured in the 1995 film Dangerous Minds ?

2Who won an Oscar for the score to the film ET: the Extra-Terrestrial ?

3Who sang the theme song to the 1984 film Ghostbusters ?

4The song Bright Eyes was the theme tune to which 1978 animated film?

5The 1945 film Brief Encounter featured which composer’s Concerto No 2 in C Minor ?

6Which film theme song was a hit for Phil Collins in 1984 and Steve Brookstein in 2005?

7Who had a second hit with Unchained Melody in 1990 as a result of the film Ghost ?

8Who composed The Pink Panther theme?

9Which group topped the charts for 15 weeks in 1994 with Love is All Around , from Four Weddings and a Funeral ?

10Who wrote I Will Always Love You , Whitney Houston’s hit from The Bodyguard ?

11Which song used in Despicable Me 2 was a 2014 hit for Pharrell Williams?

12Who sang My Heart Will Go On , the theme song to Titanic… ?

13…and who composed the score?

14Berlin’s Take My Breath Away featured in which 1986 film?

15Which 2002 James Bond film had a theme tune performed by Madonna?

16 Let It Go is a song from which 2013 animated film?

17Who composed the score for the 1966 film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ?

18 Everything is Awesome by Tegan and Sara was from which 2014 film?

19Which song used in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves topped the UK charts for 16 weeks?

20Vangelis won an Oscar for which 1981 British film’s soundtrack?

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QUIZ 25– Pot Luck

1Which ship famously sank off the Portsmouth coast in 1545?

2In which country was Russell Crowe born?

3What was the name of the first “talkie” film, released in 1927?

4What modern measurement of length is equivalent to just over a yard?

5The city of Hull lies on which estuary?

6What term describes lines lying in the same plane and not intersecting?

7What is the French term for the South of France?

8The Gurkhas hail from which mountainous Asian country?

9What is the collective noun for a group of owls?

10Of which European country is The Hague the seat of government?

11Which group had a hit in 1992 with November Rain ?

12Which author created the character of Tom Sawyer?

13What name is given to a female horse?

14In which city is Central Park?

15Who was the god of war in Roman mythology?

16What is the common name for the tiny piece of silicon used in circuits?

17Who was the lead singer with The Jam?

18Of which country is Budapest the capital?

19Which salad is made from tuna, French beans, olives and eggs?

20Which screen legend starred in the film The Seven Year Itch ?

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QUIZ 26– Maths

1How many sides does an octagon have?

2What unit of time is 1440th of a day?

3What term is given to the distance from the centre of a circle to its outside edge?

4What is 0.025 expressed as a fraction?

5What unit of land is ten thousand square metres?

6Which mathematical diagram of intersecting circles was invented by British logician, John?

7What term is given to the mathematics of shapes?

8What name is given to a triangle that has two equal sides?

9Which imperial length measurement is equal to 2.54 centimetres?

10How many degrees are there in a right angle?

11What term is given to an angle of between 90 and 180 degrees?