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General Knowledge

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

General Knowledge

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