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3What is the name of the line which can be found on world maps which divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres?

4What astrological term describes a person born on St George’s Day?

5In which modern country was the capital of the Incan empire?

6What kind of animal is a Russian Blue?

7If you were watching someone on a PGA tour what would you be watching?

8What type of knife can also describe a thin heel on a shoe?

9What is the Latin name for Scotland?

10In which century was Botticelli born?

11What is a quarter of 180?

12Which model was known as “The Shrimp”?

13What item of clothing do Americans call a vest?

14Ash Wednesday is the first day of which period of fasting?

15What is the fifth book of the New Testament?

16In which comedy series did Ruth Madoc play Gladys Pugh?

17By what name was Aragorn first known to Frodo in The Lord of the Rings ?

18In the TV series Thunderbirds , who was the pilot of the underwater rescue missions?

19Which twilled cotton fabric is used to make jeans?

20What colour is the paint cobalt?

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QUIZ 4– 1980s Music

1Who had a hit in 1981 with Tainted Love ?

2How were Mike Nolan, Bobby G, Jay Aston and Cheryl Baker collectively known in the 1980s?

3Twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid form which Scottish duo, who had their first hit in 1987?

4Which group had a 1986 hit with Hunting High and Low ?

5What was the title of the 1980 album by Adam and the Ants?

6Which group had a hit in 1988 with Don’t Turn Around ?

7Which female singer joined UB40 for their 1985 hit I Got You Babe ?

8 Caravan of Love was a 1986 hit for which group?

9 Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship featured in which 1987 film?

10Who was the only person to appear in both the London and Philadelphia Live Aid concerts?

11Which band’s first hit was 1981’s Planet Earth ?

12 Only You , a 1983 hit for the Flying Pickets, was originally recorded by which duo?

13 Use It Up and Wear It Out was a 1980 hit for which group?

14What was the last single issued by Wham!?

15Which duo had a 1988 hit with I Owe You Nothing ?

16In which year was Michael Jackson’s Thriller album released?

17Who wrote Roxy Music’s 1981 chart-topper Jealous Guy ?

18 The Tide Is High was a 1980 single by which group?

19In which year did the Human League top the charts with Don’t You Want Me ?

20What colour door did Shakin’ Stevens sing about in 1981?

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QUIZ 5– Pot Luck

1In which Carry On film did Phil Silvers feature?

2The Weird Sisters appear in which Shakespeare play?

3Which Greek maiden became the personification of the soul?

4Who won an Oscar for her role in the 2008 film The Reader ?

5What number is represented by the Roman numeral D?

6On mobile phones with a keypad on the handset, which letters appear on the number 6 key?

7Which imperial liquid measure is equal to two pints?

8Is France ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time?

9Which musical is based on a short story entitled The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown ?

10Who played Grant Mitchell in EastEnders ?

11At what degree Celsius does water freeze?

12Is a pollack a freshwater or seawater fish?

13Who publish a magazine called The Watchtower ?

14On what part of your body would you wear a stole?

15Bruce Wayne is the real name of which comic-book hero?

16Which ancient Greek author wrote the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare ?

17What name is given to the stiff slender leaf of a conifer?

18Which canal runs between London and Birmingham?

19Captain Haddock is which fictional character’s best friend?

20Which is the southernmost capital city in the world?

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QUIZ 6– Art

1Which famous painting was stolen from the Louvre art gallery on 20th August 1911?

2Which Spanish painter’s name comes from his having been born on Crete?

3Picasso and Braque established which 20th-century art movement?

4Timothy Spall portrayed which English artist in a 2014 film?

5Which representative body of artists was founded in 1768?

6Who painted The Singing Butler (1992)?

7 The Monarch of the Glen by Edwin Landseer features which male animal?

8Which English artist painted The Blue Boy (1779)?

9What was the first name of Surrealist painter Magritte?

10 Girl with a Pearl Earring was painted by which artist?

11Which potter won the 2003 Turner Prize?

12What is the name of the board on which an artist mixes paint?

13Who was the 17th-century Dutch portrait painter of The Laughing Cavalier ?

14 The Scream (1893) was painted by which Norwegian artist?

15In which city is the Prado Museum of art?

16With what instrument of martyrdom is St Catherine of Alexandria depicted in art?

17Which painter was famous for his “matchstick” figures?

18 La Primavera was painted by which Italian artist?

19What was Rembrandt’s nationality?

20What term is given to a painting on three separate panels joined by hinges?

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QUIZ 7– Pot Luck

1 Country House and Girls and Boys were hits for which band?

2What was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, to protect him in the afterlife?

3Near which Kent port is the English opening of the Channel Tunnel?

4Which town is the location of the University of Surrey?

5On an archery target, how many colours are there?

6What are the Southern Lights also called?

7What is an accompanied vocal solo in a cantata?

8Who invented the phonograph?

9Which fictional character had a diary published at the age of 13¾?

10In which county is Colchester, Britain’s oldest recorded town?