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General Knowledge

Quiz 32 
1 A CROWD VISIT CHINA (anagram of something to eat) - Victoria sandwich
2 Who wrote the 1966 comic novel The Virgin Soldiers - Leslie Thomas
3 What is the currency of Poland - Zloty
4 What relation to you is your father's brother - Uncle
5 How did Lorena Bobbitt make the headlines in 1993 - Cut off her husband's penis
6 Which cartoon character was regularly stoked by Jones the Steam - Ivor The Engine
7 What is the main alcohol used in a Bellini - Prosecco
8 What is considered to be the cowboy capital of America - Dodge City
9 What disease is called the English disease by the French and the French disease by the English - Syphilis
10 Who became the Metropolitan Police Forces first female commissioner in February 2017 - Cressida Dick
11 What English word contains the combination of letters: "xop" - Saxophone
12 Who played Faith Addis in the comedy drama Down to Earth - Pauline Quirke
13 In which South American country was the film Romancing The Stone mostly set - Colombia
14 Established in 1386, which is the oldest university in Germany - Heidelberg
15 Which motor manufacturer make the Touareg - Volkswagen
16 Complete the proverb The more you have - The more you want
17 What did a 2010 publicity-driven competition called the Carbuncle Cup focus on in Britain - Architecture
18 What did Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow name his cat following a vote on Twitter - Order
19 How many ships did Nelson's fleet lose at Trafalgar - None
20 In 1685 The Earl of Argyll what the last man in Britain to be executed by which method - Guillotine

General Knowledge

Quiz 31
1 AND I REST AS A RULE (anagram of a book and a film) - Treasure Island
2 At which circuit is the French Grand Prix held - Magny-Cours
3 Which 1981 TV series was set in a Japanese prison camp for women - Tenko
4 How is Black Rod received when he approaches the House of Commons - Door is slammed in his face
5 In which ocean is Tahiti - Pacific
6 How many tiles are at there in a Double-12 set of dominoes - Ninety one
7 Who was the busty blonde female star of the 50's musical film The Girl Can't Help It - Jayne Mansfield
8 At which sport would you compete for the Mayleigh Trophy - Pistol shooting
9 What part of the banana is used to make banana oil - None banana oil is a synthetic compound made from coal
10 Which sauce made from ham drippings and coffee and seen in the cuisine of the Southern United States gets its name from its appearance like that of a certain body organ - Red-eye gravy
11 Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and Mike Clarke were the original members of which successful American band - The Byrds
12 What is the state capital of Colorado - Denver
13 Who founded the country of Taiwan in 1949 (it was then called Formosa) - Chiang Kai-Shek
14 Who told us that Sheena Was a Punk Rocker in 1977 - The Ramones
15 Who was the commentator who uttered the unforgettable line, "They think it's all over, it is now" - Kenneth Wolstenholme
16 The American presidential inauguration ceremony is held in front of which building - Capitol
17 Complete the proverb (Needs must) - When the devil drives
18 What did Jane Reeves and Peri Gilpin (Daphne and Roz in Frasier) call their production company - Bristol Cities
19 Which organization in the US was founded by Clara Barton - American Red Cross
20 What is the nickname of the A 830 trunk road - The Road to the Isles

General Knowledge

Quiz 28
1 ACE NOW SAINT (anagram of a scientist) - Isaac Newton
2 What London address is the only one with the postcode: SW1A 2AA - 10 Downing Street
3 Edward (Ned) Maddrell who died in 1974 was the last Briton in the twentieth century to have which language as his native tongue - Manx
4 Which one of Saturn's moons is larger than the planet Mercury - Titan
5 What is the nickname of the Canadian national rugby league team - Wolverines
6 Which birds name is linked to a famous nurse, a radio DJ a film and a song - Nightingale
7 What city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean - Vladivostok
8 In motoring what is the American term for a manually operated transmission - Stick shift
9 What is the full title of the 2017 King Kong film starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Goodman Kong: - Skull Island
10 Which 1969 UK number one mentions Picasso, The Aga Khan and Marlene Dietrich - Where Do You Go To My Lovely by Peter Sarstedt
11 Cilla Black's version of which Bacharach and David song was the UK's biggest selling single by a female artist in the 1960s - Anyone Who Had a Heart
12 What is the national flower of Belgium - Red poppy
13 The Merchant Navy flag is called the Red Duster whose flag is the Blue Duster - The Royal Navy Reserve
14 Which Tom Clancy character has been played on film by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine - Jack Ryan
15 What is the name of the French satirical magazine whose offices were attacked by armed gunmen in January 2015, killing 11 people - Charlie Hebdo
16 Diastema is the medical term for what - Gap between the two front teeth
17 What was the name of the fiery pensioner played by Stephanie Cole in Waiting for - God Diana Trent
18 Who presented the first Oscars - Douglas Fairbanks Snr
19 Which British comedienne's autobiography is entitled 'Look Back In Hunger - Jo Brand
20 Placophobia is the fear of what - Tombstones

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Quiz 26
1 DEMON WHITE MICE (anagram of a TV series) - Come Dine with Me
2 What is a young elephant seal called - Weaner
3 If you were a chalkie in Australia, what would your job be - A teacher
4 Which county in Northern Ireland is sometimes known as Ireland's Lake District - Fermanagh
5 Who made up the word chortle - Lewis Carroll (Chuckle and snort)
6 What is the skin that peels off after a bad sunburn called - Blype
7 "I met a devil woman. She took my heart away. She said, I've had it comin' to me. But I wanted it that way" are the opening lines to which 1974 song - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
8 Name the USA Gymnastics national team doctor sentenced in 2018 to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing more than 150 gymnasts - Larry Nassar
9 What institution located in Berkshire, near Windsor in England has been called 'the chief nurse of England's statesmen' - Eton
10 What type of sea creature is a Crown-of-Thorns - Starfish
11 In the Thomas the Tank Engine stories what is the name of the barge - Bulstrode
12 In stamp collecting what is the name given to a horizontal or vertical row of three or more joined stamps - A strip
13 Which Yorkshire born artist painted A Bigger Splash (1967) - David Hockney
14 What colour are the flowers of a tomato plant - Yellow
15 Who, in 1813, famously described his soldiers as "scum of the earth" - The Duke of Wellington
16 Which actor played Abdul in the Beatles film 'Help!' - Warren Mitchell
17 What is the name of the fictional brewery in Emmerdale's Woolpack - Ephraim Monk
18 What was the capital of West Germany from 1949 until 1990 - Bonn
19 Complete the proverb: Ale sellers should not be - Tale tellers
20 Name one of the only two top ten UK hits by Ella Fitzgerald - Swinging Shepherd Blues and Mack the Knife

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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

General Knowledge

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