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grand slam tennis title that Pete Sampras did not win?

      15 Who won the 2017 World Championship Snooker title?

      16 In which decade did BBC Radio’s Test Match Special begin?

      17 What is the nickname of Chicago’s NBA basketball team?

      18 Who was the 2016 winning Ryder Cup team captain?

      19 In which country was the FIFA Women’s World Cup held in 2015?

      20 Which future monarch took part in the Wimbledon tennis championships in 1926?

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QUIZ 181 – Pot Luck

      1 Which town is the adminstrative centre of Angus, in Scotland?

      2 In which city was the 20th-century artist and sculptor Joan Miró born?

      3 Who wrote the 1978 novel The Human Factor?

      4 Which purplish colour derives its name from a northern Italian location?

      5 In which Lake District town was the first pencil made?

      6 In which month are the feast days of saints Bernadette and Anselm?

      7 The surname of which Texas rancher is used to descibe an unbranded animal and an unorthodox person?

      8 Who was the first chief executive of Channel 4?

      9 What is the main flavour of a ganache?

      10 What type of firearm would originally have been carried by a fusilier?

      11 The people of which ancient civilisation lived in the area now covered by Yucatan, Belize and northern Guatemala?

      12 Which Texan city stands on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mexico?

      13 Which Belgian town was the scene of the first major WWI battle?

      14 Who was the subject of the 1964 Carry On film?

      15 What was the first name of the engineer who invented the Moog synthesizer?

      16 Charlotte Dujardin rode which horse to double gold at the London 2012 Olympics?

      17 What was the name of the fairy queen referred to in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?

      18 Which US drama starring Peter Krause was set in a funeral home?

      19 What is the scientific study of solid inorganic substances?

      20 Which musical term means “jokingly”, or “in a playful manner”?

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QUIZ 182 – Germany

      1 What is the main ingredient of the dish sauerkraut?

      2 How many constituent states does Germany have?

      3 Which river flows through Heidelberg?

      4 How is the Schwarzwald known in English?

      5 Who preceded Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany?

      6 The Berlin Wall was torn down in which year?

      7 What is the English translation of Rathaus?

      8 Which 18th-century monument in Berlin was built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II?

      9 Germany shares a border with the Netherlands, Czechia (Czech Republic), Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Switzerland and which three other countries?

      10 What is Germany’s highest mountain?

      11 In German, what is the name of Germany?

      12 What form of entertainment is associated with Bayreuth?

      13 Which German city is called Aix-la-Chapelle in French?

      14 “The cradle of the automobile” is a name given to which city?

      15 Which 20th-century art movement was founded in the city of Weimar?

      16 Pumpernickel bread is made from what type of flour?

      17 What is the largest lake on German territory?

      18 What German word is used to describe the experience of joy from learning of the misfortune of others?

      19 Germany is bordered by which two seas?

      20 What is the largest city on the Rhine?

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QUIZ 183 – Pot Luck

      1 Which Italian river flows into the sea at Ostia?

      2 Who played the title role in the 1966 film Our Man Flint?

      3 Which Arab capital city was known as Philadelphia during Roman times?

      4 Who wrote the 1919 novel The Moon and Sixpence?

      5 Which musical features the song Getting to Know You?

      6 In which London thoroughfare is Drapers’ Hall?

      7 Angola was formerly a colony of which European country?

      8 What is the largest natural lake in Wales?

      9 Which Scottish town on the River Leven shares its name with an Egyptian city?

      10 Portrait of my Love was which British singer’s 1960 debut?

      11 Who co-founded Microsoft^® along with Bill Gates?

      12 Who won an Oscar for composing the score of the 1957 film Bridge Over the River Kwai?

      13 Which relative of a US President took a major role in organising the 1773 Boston Tea Party?

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