Collins Quiz Night: 10,000 original questions in 500 quizzes. Collins Puzzles

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      18 The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is situated in which City of London arts complex?

      19 Which Moroccan city is said to have the world’s oldest university?

      20 What was the name of the one-eyed woman in the cartoon series Futurama?

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QUIZ 202 – 1950s Music

      1 In which year were the UK charts first compiled…?

      2 …and what was the first UK no.1 single?

      3 Which 1950s musician was known as “The Man with the Golden Trumpet”?

      4 Secret Love featured in which 1953 film musical?

      5 Who sang the theme song to Three Coins in the Fountain?

      6 In which year did Connie Francis top the UK charts with Who’s Sorry Now?

      7 Who had a 1955 hit with the title song from the musical Rose Marie?

      8 Mary’s Boy Child was a 1957 hit for which singer?

      9 Tony Bennett had a 1955 hit with which song from the musical Kismet?

      10 Which singer was known as “The Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice?”

      11 In which year did Elvis Presley have his first UK no.1?

      12 What instrument was Winifred Atwell famous for playing?

      13 Thank Heaven for Little Girls is a song from which musical?

      14 Which British singer topped the charts in 1959 with What Do You Want?

      15 Which Buddy Holly hit was the last single released in his lifetime?

      16 Who had a hit with Dream Lover in 1959?

      17 Which 1950s singer went on to play Teen Angel in the 1978 film Grease?

      18 This Ole House was a 1954 hit for which singer?

      19 Who was the older of the two Everly brothers?

      20 Who had a 1956 no.1 UK hit with Memories are Made of This?

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QUIZ 203 – Pot Luck

      1 Which singer’s 2011 debut single Swagger Jagger went straight to no.1?

      2 What is the imaginary dukedom in which Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is set?

      3 What honorary title is given to a retired professor?

      4 Which island lies just north of Scotland’s Isle of Arran?

      5 What is the most famous feature of the Sagarmatha National Park?

      6 In 1989, who became a principal dancer for The Royal Ballet at the age of 20?

      7 What is the first name of Kramer in the TV series Seinfeld?

      8 Which brothers formed the group Sparks?

      9 The 2008 film Ghost Town starred which comedian?

      10 Which taxonomic classification is immediate below “family”?

      11 The anchor hallmark is applied to silver made in which British city?

      12 The ABC Islands of the Lesser Antilles consist of Bonaire, Curaçao and which other territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands?

      13 Which 1995 film was based on the children’s book The Sheep-Pig?

      14 Who was Edward II’s queen consort?

      15 The accordion is a member of which family of musical instruments?

      16 In 1955, which product was the first to be advertised on ITV?

      17 Which actor starred in the 1983 film WarGames?

      18 Who wrote the 1996 novel Popcorn?

      19 Which famous Roman statesman and orator died in 43 BC?

      20 In 1923, which Irish poet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

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QUIZ 204 – Films

      1 In which year was Thelma & Louise released in the cinema?

      2 Who starred alongside Ben Affleck in Gone Girl?

      3 What was the name of Sting’s character in the 1979 film Quadrophenia?

      4 Rachel Weisz won an Oscar for which 2005 film?

      5 Which actor starred in the 1939 film Goodbye, Mr Chips?

      6 In 2001: A Space Odyssey, what was the name of the computer?

      7 Which 1973 film starring Steve McQueen was set on Devil’s Island?

      8 Who starred in the 1951 film The Great Caruso?

      9 Which comedian played Flash Harry in the 2007 version of St Trinians?

      10 For which film did Denzel Washington receive his second Oscar?

      11 In the 1963 film The Pink Panther, to what did the title refer?

      12 What was the surname of silent-film “It” girl Clara?

      13 For which 1981 film did Warren Beatty win the Best Director Oscar?

      14 In 1993, which actor starred in the film Six Degrees of Separation?

      15 What was the subtitle of the 1984 Star Trek III film?

      16 Which actress starred as Maggie in the 1958 film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?