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

4Is a carp a freshwater or sea fish?

5What term is given to animals that eat food of both plant and animal origin?

6Which bird shares its name with a chess piece?

7What is a young hare called?

8Which seabird is traditionally thought to bring bad luck to sailors?

9The capybara is native to which continent?

10Threshers and hammerheads are types of what?

11What type of creature is a devil’s coach-horse?

12Which is the largest living land mammal?

13Which bird has long-eared, snowy and barn species?

14A copperhead is what type of creature?

15What is the alternative name for the viper?

16Which spotted cat, related to the leopard, is the largest big cat in the Americas?

17Are polar bears found in the Arctic or Antarctic?

18Which sea mammal has bottlenose, short-beaked and spinner species?

19A drey is home to which animal?

20Which insect lives in an organised colony known as a formicary?

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QUIZ 59– Pot Luck

1In which room in a church are the ceremonial robes housed?

2Who succeeded James I (James VI of Scotland) as king of England, Ireland and Scotland?

3What term is given to the introduction of a poem or play?

4Who captained the 2012 European Ryder Cup team?

5What did the Fairy Godmother use to create Cinderella’s coach?

6Which name represents “C” in the radio phonetic alphabet?

7Who played Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series?

8What is the study of the mind called?

9What is another name for ascorbic acid?

10Which 15th-century Florentine politician and writer’s name is synonymous with devious ambitiousness?

11Which peninsula lies between the Mersey and Dee estuaries?

12King Edward is a variety of which vegetable?

13What branch of medicine is concerned with resistance to disease?

14Who wrote the 1970 song Big Yellow Taxi ?

15Which group had a hit in 1995 with Wonderwall ?

16In which country is the ancient city of Petra?

17What is the location of Kubla Khan’s pleasure dome in Coleridge’s famous poem?

18Who starred in the 1990 film Home Alone ?

19What name was given to a rioting machine-wrecker of the early 19th century?

20What is the term for the pointed front part of a ship’s bow?

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QUIZ 60– Transport

1What type of bicycle is designed for two riders?

2Which car manufacturer has a rampant horse for its logo?

3In the tyre pressure measure PSI, what does the “I” stand for?

4Which group had a hit with Car Wash in 1976?

5What term is given to the cheapest accommodation on a ship?

6Which liquid is put into car batteries?

7Gondolas are associated with which city?

8Which classic car caper film was remade in 2003?

9Who wrote the novel Trainspotting ?

10What is the French term applied to a two-door car with a sloping rear?

11Who directed the 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train ?

12How many horses pull a troika?

13Which US city has the only cable car system to still be operated manually?

14Who was the Scottish inventor of the pneumatic bicycle tyre?

15What three-masted ship was used by Spanish and Portuguese traders in the 15th and 16th centuries?

16Which company launched a rocket with a car attached to it in February 2018?

17Who wrote the novel Three Men in a Boat ?

18On which famous train did Dame Agatha Christie set one of her novels?

19Which small car was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis?

20Queen released Bicycle Race as a double A-side single with which other song?

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QUIZ 61– Pot Luck

1What is the common name for the obverse of a coin?

2Traditionally drunk at Christmas, what is the drink of yolk, beer and spirit?

3What is the usual background colour of motorway signs?

4What is held in a creel?

5A blast furnace is mainly used to produce which metal?

6Who won the Wimbledon men’s singles title in 1975?

7What is the principal religion of Iran?

8Who wrote the 2001 novel Life of Pi ?

9Which town is the capital of the Isle of Man?

10What nationality was psychologist Carl Jung?

11The postcode prefix LS denotes which English city?

12Which actor topped the charts in 1997 with Men in Black ?

13What machine is used for turning and shaping wood?

14In which county is the beauty spot of Box Hill?

15Which animal is said to be unable to change its spots?

16Nichelle Nichols played which Star Trek lieutenant?

17What, in law, is written defamation of character?

18Which part of the body was Achilles’ weakness?

19On which London road would you find the Royal Courts of Justice?

20Which group won The X Factor in 2011?

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QUIZ 62– Nursery Rhymes

1What did Jack plaster his head with after falling down the hill?

2Where was the cow in the rhyme Little Boy Blue ?

3How many full bags of wool did the black sheep have?

4Where was Doctor Foster when he stepped in a puddle?

5What colour was Mary’s lamb’s fleece?

6Was it Jack Sprat or his wife who could eat no lean?

7Where was the queen eating bread and honey in Sing a Song of Sixpence ?

8What did Little Tommy Tucker have to sing for?

9Where had the pussy cat been to see the Queen?

10What did Little Jack Horner find in his Christmas pie?

11In the rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle , what did the dish run away with?

12Who was the third man in the tub with the butcher and the candlestick maker?

13Who pulled the pussy out of the well after Little Johnny Green had put her in there?

14Where did Bobby Shaftoe wear his silver buckles?

15Who sat on a wall and had a great fall?

16Which creature was climbing up the spout?

17How much did Johnny earn a day in Seesaw Margery Daw ?