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

18Who took the kettle off after Polly put it on?

19Which two creatures were fighting for the crown all around the town?

20Who found Lucy Locket’s pocket?

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QUIZ 63– Pot Luck

1The character of Mrs Robinson appears in which 1967 film?

2How many lines are there on a stave of music?

3What is the common name for a turf accountant?

4Who had a hit in 1973 with Paper Roses ?

5What was the fabled city of gold sought by Spanish conquistadors?

6A champagne bottle which has the capacity of two ordinary bottles is given what name?

7What type of business is London’s Lombard Street most associated with?

8Which brand of yeast and vegetable extract takes its name from a French metal cooking pot?

9 The Music of the Night is a song from which musical?

10Which adjective describes energy created by atomic fission?

11What term was applied to lively, fashionable young women of the 1920s?

12In what county is Stonehenge located?

13What is the name of the Washington headquarters of the US armed forces?

14What term is given to a flower that blooms year after year?

15In which 1960s TV series did Patrick McGoohan play “Number Six”?

16Which imperial length measurement is equivalent to three feet?

17What was the Irish currency unit before the euro?

18In which Scandinavian country is the city of Uppsala located?

19The Tower of London is an example of which style of architecture?

20What letter is furthest to the right on the bottom row on a standard keyboard?

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QUIZ 64– Third Place

1Which is the third planet from the Sun?

2Who was Henry VIII’s third wife?

3Which is China’s principal river and the third longest river in the world?

4In a medley race, which is the third of the four swimming styles?

5Which is Spain’s third largest city?

6The book and screenplay The Third Man was written by which English author?

7Who won a third term as US President in 1940?

8Which is the third largest of the Channel Islands?

9Who wrote the third of the New Testament gospels?

10Who starred in the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind ?

11What is the third-highest rank in the peerage?

12Third place in an Olympic event is awarded which colour medal?

13What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?

14What does the acronym U3A stand for?

15What is Italy’s third largest lake?

16Which is the third novel in the Lord of the Rings series?

17What is the third sign of the zodiac?

18Which is the third largest of the Balearic Islands?

19In the nativity story, which third Wise Man accompanied Caspar and Melchior?

20Which is the third largest US state, by land area?

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QUIZ 65– Pot Luck

1Which prison reformer was depicted on the Bank of England £5 note from 2002 to 2017?

2The island of Key West is in which US state?

3What is the name of the marshy area of East Anglia?

4Which living ingredient makes bread rise?

5Michelangelo’s statue of David is in which Italian city?

6Which acid is found in milk?

7Which animal has species called Bewick’s, whooper and mute?

8What is the name of the double-dot mark used to modify a vowel in German?

9Who played President Bartlet in the TV series The West Wing ?

10The 2008 Olympic Games were held in which country?

11A golden anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?

12Which actress starred in the 1990 film Misery ?

13What term is given to substances in the periodic table?

14Who won the first series of Pop Idol ?

15What name was given to a woman doing farm work to support the war effort during WWII?

16What is a whist competition or tournament called?

17In which county is Folkestone?

18What was the name of Henry VIII’s elder daughter?

19Which children’s TV series featured a lion called Parsley and an owl called Sage?

20Which prefix means “to a factor of one million”?

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QUIZ 66– Astronomy

1Which planet is closest to the Sun?

2“The Swan” is the common name for which constellation?

3What term is given to an interstellar cloud of dust and gas?

4Which heavenly body was “demoted” from planet status in 2006?

5What phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth?

6In which county is the Jodrell Bank Observatory?

7What term is given to the second-brightest star in a constellation?

8A shooting star can also be referred to as what one-word term?

9What is the name of Earth’s galaxy?

10Which word for the universe is also the name of a garden flower?

11What word means “bear” in major and minor constellations?

12What is the point in the heavens opposite the zenith?

13Which type of star emits regular bursts of radio waves?

14What name is given to a field of extremely strong gravitational pull in space?

15What is another name for the North Star or Pole Star?

16Hale-Bopp is an example of which heavenly phenomenon?

17The space telescope launched in 1990 was named after which astronomer?

18Which constellation forms a W-shape in the sky?

19What term is given to the small celestial bodies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?

20Which constellation’s name is Latin for “crab”?

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QUIZ 67– Pot Luck

1How many days did it take to tour the world in the title of the Jules Verne novel?

2What was the surname of the father and daughter who appeared in the film On Golden Pond ?

3What is the next highest prime number above 13?

4What is the surname of the police chief in The Simpsons ?

5What is the name of the chapel at Windsor Castle?

6What name is given to a group of eight musicians?