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

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QUIZ 8– History

1The euro was first adopted as an official currency on New Year’s Day in which year?

2Which spa town was founded by the Romans as Aquae Sulis?

3Which Elizabethan seaman was captain of the Golden Hind ?

4Where were the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World?

5Which was originally the tenth month in the Roman calendar?

6During which battle was Horatio Nelson (Viscount Nelson) killed?

7What nickname was given to a Parliamentary soldier in the English Civil War?

8What acronym denoted the forces’ showbiz organisation in WWII?

9What was the profession of “Capability” Brown?

10Which civilisation inhabited Peru before the Spanish conquest?

11Who was the first person to fly the Atlantic solo?

12Which organisation was founded by William Booth?

13In which year did the Titanic sink?

14Which 19th-century movement is associated with William Morris?

15Which Italian volcano destroyed Pompeii in AD 79?

16What type of transport was a penny-farthing?

17Which king succeeded Elizabeth I?

18Which medal was awarded to Malta in 1942?

19Who was the last president of the Soviet Union?

20What was the name of the census commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085?

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QUIZ 9– Pot Luck

1What name is given to the central aisle of a church?

2Where were the 2016 Summer Olympics held?

3In which county is St Albans?

4With which band did Ronan Keating find fame?

5Who is the god of mischief in Norse mythology?

6What is the fourth book of the New Testament?

7To which side of a boat does the term starboard refer?

8Who released the album and single Let’s Get It On in 1973?

9What is Paddington Bear’s sandwich of choice?

10Someone born on August 1 has which birth sign of the zodiac?

11Which river flows through Dublin?

12Who is Bart Simpson’s father in The Simpsons ?

13What name is given to the central tower of a castle?

14What do milliners produce?

15Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)?

16Rickets is caused by the lack of which vitamin?

17What is the currency unit of South Africa?

18Which large vein is found in the neck?

19What is the name of Jack’s hill-climbing companion in the nursery-rhyme?

20Which wading bird was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians?

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QUIZ 10– Music

1Ziggy Stardust was the alter ego of which singer?

2Which character on a musical stave determines pitch?

3Which duo wrote the opera Trial by Jury ?

4What is the name of Elvis Presley’s Memphis estate?

5Which singer’s backing band were called The Wailers?

6What was the title of Lady Gaga’s first UK chart-topper?

7Which singer/songwriter had an early hit with Crocodile Rock ?

8Which song title was a hit in 1993 for Mariah Carey and in 2002 for Enrique Iglesias?

9The video to which 2012 song by Psy became the first YouTube video to reach a billion views?

10Which Bizet opera, first performed in 1875, is set in Spain?

11Who had a hit in 1982 with Come on Eileen ?

12Jason Orange was a member of which group until 2014?

13Which musical term means “smoothly flowing”?

14Who had 1984 hits with Penny Lover and Stuck on You ?

15Roger Daltrey founded and fronted which band?

16What type of instrument is a bongo?

17What name is given to the final passage in a musical work?

18Which Britpop band had a 1994 hit with Parklife ?

19Which group topped the charts in 1966 with Paperback Writer?

20What cry for help has been a hit for both Abba and Rihanna?

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QUIZ 11– Pot Luck

1With which town is Brighton joined to make an official city name?

2What was Archimedes’ famous cry of discovery?

3Which band had a hit in 1982 with Save a Prayer ?

4Of which country is Damascus the capital?

5Which engineer built the Great Western Railway?

6What is a young lion called?

7Who played Gordon Gekko in the Wall Street films?

8Of which English county is Chelmsford the county town?

9Which figure of Greek myth flew too close to the Sun?

10Which misnamed war lasted from 1337 until 1453?

11Which disorder is marked by difficulty in recognising written words?

12What is the principal ingredient of chow mein?

13Lex Luthor is the enemy of which comic-book hero?

14What is the capital of the US state of Georgia?

15Who composed the 1812 Overture ?

16What term is given to two under par for a hole in golf?

17Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal starred in which 2004 disaster film?

18What is the name of the slender tower on a mosque?

19Which is the largest continent?

20What is the name of the dog in Peter Pan?

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QUIZ 12– Nature

1Which soft-bodied crustacean lives in the empty shells of other molluscs such as whelks?

2Which Australian marsupial feeds on eucalyptus leaves?

3Which type of elephant has the largest ears?

4How many limbs do squid have?

5What term is used to describe the vast treeless plains of the Arctic?

6Which fish is associated with the Sargasso Sea?

7What type of creature lives in a holt?

8Which flower yields digitalis?

9Which chemical element is found in kelp?

10Which is the world’s largest antelope, native to South Africa?

11Zephyr, sirocco and chinook are all types of what?

12Which oil, derived from flax, is used in putty?

13Which type of lizard has the ability to change its colour?

14What is an insect called in the early stage of development?

15What is “Old Faithful” in Yellowstone National Park?