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Quiz 23
1. Dr HUNTS BRIDE (is an anagram of which children’s TV program) - Thunderbirds
2. From which song are thee lyrics taken “I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine” - All I Have To Do Is Dream (The Everly Brothers)
3. Who was the whispering snooker commentator - Ted Lowe
4. What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for - Time Off In Lieu
5. What did Muhammad Ali call his tactic of lying on the ropes letting his opponent wear himself out - Rope a dope
6. What was the name George Jones backing band - The Jones Boys
7. What modern-day country was originally named New Holland in 1644 - Australia
8. Hanged at Wandsworth prison in 1949 for killing six people how was John Haigh known - Acid bath murderer
9. The first cricket championship game to finish in a tie for 15 years happened in September 2018, which two teams played the game - Somerset and Lancashire
10. In which book and film did Bigwig encounter a fox - Watership Down
11. In America what is a chipwitch - A sandwich of ice cream between two biscuits
12. In Leadville Colorado Oscar Wilde marvelled at a sign that said what - Please don't shoot the piano player he is doing his best
13. What is a cicatrice - Scar
14. What is the collective noun for circuits - Bank
15. You sail a boat, fly a plane, but what do you do with a submarine - Drive
16. In 1992 who was the first man to appear on the cover of the American Vogue magazine - Richard Gere
17. Which entertainment arena is traditionally forty-two feet in diameter - Circus Ring
18. Aegis belonged to Zeus what was Aegis - His shield
19. The informal term nomophobia refers to anxiety from being without one's what - Mobile-phone or no signal
20. What is added to graphite to make pencil lead harder (HH) or softer (HB) etc. - Clay

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Quiz 21
1 MERRY WARDROBE (anagram of an actress) - Drew Barrymore
2 In the language of flowers, what flower stands for amiability - Jasmine
3 What is circling the actual golden globe on the Golden Globe statuette - A strip of film
4 Which now-dead comedian famously called Prince Charles a little grovelling bastard at the 1994 British Comedy Awards - Spike Milligan
5 What Olympic first occurred at the 1968 men’s 100 metres final - First all-black final
6 Who is the new head of the UN in place of Ban Ki-Moon - Antonio Guterres
7 What would your job or profession be if you had SCM - after your name Midwife
8 Which tanker was responsible for the first major oil spillage in the English Channel in 1967 - Torrey Canyon
9 What colour shoes are worn by the Pope - Red
10 Who was the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Saturn - Cronus
11 Who was the first man to appear in an advert for Polly Peck tights while wearing them - Paul O'Grady
12 Mal de mer is the French term for which ailment in humans - Seasickness
13 What You See is What You Get is the autobiography of which British businessman - Alan Sugar
14 What type of food is the Spanish morcilla - Black pudding
15 In the US, where would a busboy work - Restaurant
16 What do the following have in common, Ostrich, Toucan, Kangaroo, Bear, Seal, Pelican, Tortoise, Lion and Kinkajou - All have advertised Guinness
17 Who had the first UK number one instrumental hit - Mantovani
18 What did the Sun ban from page three during 1998 - Topless models with enhanced breasts
19 Which Japanese car manufacturer made the Laurel - Datsun (Accept Nissan)
20 Which city has been known as the Toyshop of Europe - Birmingham

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Quiz 20 - Pen and Ink
This quiz is called Pen and Ink the word pen or ink will be found somewhere in the answer.

1 In Eastenders who did Angie Watts have a brief fling with while Den was in Spain - Tony Carpenter
2 Which building has the largest telephone switchboard in the world - The Pentagon
3 What is the one word motto of IBM - Think
4 What was the world's first antibiotic - Penicillin
5 What is the capital of Finland - Helsinki
6 Which group had a top ten hit in 1971 with Banner Man - Blue Mink
7 Which murderer did Donald Pleasance play in a 1963 film - Crippen
8 In the Wallace and Gromit cartoons what has Wallace's favourite cheese Wensleydale been replaced by - Stinking Bishop
9 What is the name given to the long staff used by people walking in hills and mountains often in Switzerland - Alpenstock
10 Who was the American who was World Speedway Champion in 1982 - Bruce Penhall
11 What are the serrated shears that would be used by a dressmaker called - Pinking shears
12 In Australia a Tim Tam is a biscuit closely resembling which popular UK biscuit - Penguin
13 What is a herd of twelve or more cows called A - flink
14 What village was the setting for Noel's House Party - Crinkley Bottom
15 What is the name of the prospector in the 1999 animated film Toy Story 2 - Stinky Pete
16 What is a Blackwing 602 - Pencil
17 What do retailers call losses of goods due to shoplifting, staff pilfering or mistakes -Shrinkage
18 Name the lead singer with Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes who died in 2010 - Teddy Pendergrass
19 What game would you be playing if you were using a squidger - Tiddleywinks
20 Which French politician formed the National Front in 1972 - Jean-Marie Le Pen

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Quiz 19
THE BLUES

1 Who composed Rhapsody In Blue - George Gershwin
2 At which chain of holiday camps were the staff known as Bluecoats - Pontins
3 What was the Norwegian Blue pining for in the dead parrot sketch in Monty Python - The fjords
4 What does the Blue Cross Charity founded in 1897 provide aid for - Animals
5 Which London borough boasts the most blue plaques - Westminster
6 In the original Blues Brothers which legendary recording artist played the owner of a music store - Ray Charles
7 The Lusitania's sister ship held the Blue Riband from 1907 until 1927. What was her name - The Mauretania
8 How many blue triangles are there on a Union Flag - Eight
9 Which blues singer was portrayed by Diana Ross in The Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday
10 Which London police station had a white lamp over the door rather than the traditional blue (Because Queen Victoria complained) - Bow Street
11 On a UK Ordnance Survey map what is shown by a blue star - Major shopping centre
12 Who was the actor who shot George Dixon in the film The Blue Lamp - Dirk Bogarde
13 Where in England is the Bluebell Steam Railway - East and West Sussex
14 After what product did Maddie Hayes call her Blue Moon Detective agency - Shampoo
15 What was Operation Bluebook conducted by the American Air Force in the sixties concerned with - Unidentified Flying Objects
16 What common item is made from Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene and covered with 100% blue wool - Policeman's helmet
17 What was the name given to the blue whale whose skeleton was unveiled in 2017 at the Natural History Museum - Hope
18 In which English county is the famous "Blue John Cavern" - Derbyshire
19 Which element would you find providing a nice blue on an artist's palette - Cobalt
20 The poem Funeral Blues by W H Auden is popularly known by what name - Stop All the Clocks

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Quiz 16
1. EIGHTY BABE THRONG (anagram of a TV series) – The Big Bang Theory
2. Who had a UK number one in 2016 with Pillowtalk – Zayn
3. In which Irish county is Old Bushmills Distillery – Antrim
4. The Crab and Lobster Pot pub features in which TV comedy drama – Doc Martin
5. Scotch, Siberian and Heirloom are varieties of which vegetable – Kale
6. In golf what slang refers to a free extra stroke sometimes allowed informally after a poor shot, typically off the first tee – Mulligan
7. How many stars are there in the constellation known as The Plough – Seven
8. In the sixties children’s TV show where did Twizzle live – Stray Town
9. What was originally called olive oil water – Vaseline
10. What star sign are people born on 25 August – Virgo
11. In which country is the world Heritage Site of the Alto Douro Wine Region – Portugal
12. What instruments were used on the huge hit Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny – Hawaiian guitars
13. The music Crimond is usually used to sing which Psalm – Psalm 23
14. Who was Sharon Tate married to when she was murdered – Roman Polanski
15. How many years must a driver supervising a learner have held a full British driving licence – Three
16. Which dinosaur had a huge sharp claw on its foot – Velociraptor
17. Who played Gene Hackman’s police partner in the film the French Connection – Roy Scheider
18. What links the words run, high and air – Way
19. Why was the pop TV show 6-5 Special so called – Started at five past six
20. What is the name for the written instructions sent by a solicitor to a barrister before a court hearing – A brief