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

13What is the name of the game that Americans call tic-tac-toe?

14In which year did Kate Bush have a no.1 hit with Wuthering Heights ?

15What does the letter “O” stand for in the phrase “SWOT analysis”?

16Sauchiehall Street is in which city?

17Which spoof soap included the character of Mrs Overall?

18The remote and uninhabited interior of Australia is given what name?

19What term is given for the standard score for each golf hole and for the entire course?

20What type of animal is a Tamworth?

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QUIZ 72– Notable Occasions

1Which American national holiday is celebrated in late November?

2The Up Helly Aa festival is held in which group of islands?

3What name is given to the Hindu Festival of Lights?

4The Eisteddfod festival takes place in which country?

5What is the Jewish candelabrum traditionally used during Hanukkah?

6Which Christian feast is celebrated on January 6?

7ANZAC Day is marked by which two countries?

8The Day of the Dead festival is celebrated in which country?

9What religious festival is celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur?

10St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in which month?

11Which Chinese Year started in February 2018?

12In the Christian church, what is the period before Christmas called?

13Which Scottish celebration takes place on January 25?

14What is the Shrove Tuesday festival in New Orleans called…?

15…and what does its name mean in English?

16What term is given to the seven days before Easter in the Christian church?

17What name is All Hallows Eve more commonly known as?

18At what age does a bar mitzvah usually take place?

19Which Muslim festival marks the end of Ramadan?

20Which saint’s feast day is celebrated on December 26?

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QUIZ 73– Pot Luck

1What was the first name of English composer Vaughan Williams?

2Palaeontology is the study of which objects?

3Which measurement of distance is the equivalent of 1.61 kilometres?

4Who was Stan Laurel’s comedy-film partner?

5Which decade saw the imposition of the three-day week in the UK to conserve fuel supplies?

6Daventry is in which county?

7What is the official language of Brazil?

8Which Indonesian holiday island lies off the eastern tip of Java?

9According to the proverb, what comes before a fall?

10Which critically panned 2003 film starred Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez?

11What do the initials “REM” stand for in relation to sleep?

12The musical Chess was written by Sir Tim Rice along with two members of which group?

13What is the chief city of Majorca?

14The character of Mrs Merton was created by which actress?

15“The backbone of England” describes which range of hills?

16Who wrote the book The Snowman (1987)?

17What is the first name of TV’s Grampa Simpson?

18Which old entertainment company had a large gong as its company logo?

19How many years of marriage are celebrated at a ruby wedding anniversary?

20Merlot grapes produce what colour wine?

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QUIZ 74– Harry Potter

1Which Hogwarts Minister did Robert Hardy play in the films?

2Who is Harry’s corpulent cousin…?

3…and what are the names of that cousin’s parents?

4What is the name of Harry’s owl?

5Harry’s wand is made from which wood?

6What is Hermione’s surname?

7What did Harry get for Christmas in his first term at Hogwarts?

8How many players are on each team in a game of Quidditch?

9Professor McGonagall was played by which actress in the films?

10What was “ Philosopher’s ” changed to in the title of the US version of the first book?

11What is the first name of Hogwarts headmaster Mr Dumbledore?

12What is a person from a non-magical family called?

13Where do students eat their dinner at Hogwarts?

14What is the first name of Harry’s creator?

15What model was Harry’s first broomstick?

16The fourth book in the series has what subtitle?

17Which English castle was used as Hogwarts in the films?

18Which play, set 19 years later than the books, premiered in London in 2016?

19The Leaky Cauldron is what type of building?

20Who played Sirius Black in the films?

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QUIZ 75– Pot Luck

1What is the name of Goneril and Cordelia’s sister in Shakespeare’s King Lear ?

2What is a series of games that makes up part of a tennis match called?

3Which US watercourse is nicknamed “Ol’ Man River”?

4What term is given to a military unit headed by a colonel?

5 Casa di Giulietta and its balcony are a feature of which Italian city?

6For which 1985 James Bond film did Duran Duran provide the theme tune?

7What term applies to someone who doesn’t eat or use animal products?

8In music, how should a piece marked “largo” be played?

9Who is Betty’s husband in The Flintstones ?

10Chocolate, ginger and pineapple are varieties of which culinary herb?

11What is the Spanish title for a married woman?

12By what name is the larva of a butterfly or moth known?

13Who starred as Joy Adamson in the 1966 film Born Free ?

14In the Bible, who was the second son of Adam and Eve?

15What is an ancient Celtic priest known as?

16What sort of creature is a merganser?

17Which group was fronted by Frankie Valli?

18Warwickshire County Cricket Club has which ground as its home?

19What is the name of the royal residence on the River Dee in Scotland?

20What kind of musical instrument is a tom-tom?

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QUIZ 76– Formula 1

1What does DRS stand for?

2What driver safety measure was introduced in 2018?

3Former team owner Eddie Jordan became a presenter on which motoring series in 2016?