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      16 Ulan Bator is the capital of which country?

      17 Which month is named in honour of a major Roman goddess?

      18 Which actor starred as Jack Stanton in the 1998 film Primary Colors?

      19 Feels Like I’m in Love was a 1980 hit for which singer?

      20 The Mariinsky Theatre is located in which Russian city?

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QUIZ 214 – 1920s

      1 Who wrote the children’s novel Emil and the Detectives (1929)?

      2 Who received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?

      3 Who did Albert, Duke of York marry in 1923 at Westminster Abbey?

      4 Which UK political party formed in 1925?

      5 Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922 under the employment of which Earl?

      6 To what did the LNER company rename the Special Scotch Express in 1924?

      7 By what name was the Republic of Ireland known from 1921 to 1937?

      8 Which style of décor first became popular in the 1920s, as seen in London’s Eltham Palace?

      9 To what did the Equal Franchise Act of 1928 lower the female voting age?

      10 Who became Prime Minister of Italy in October 1922?

      11 In which month did the General Strike of 1926 occur?

      12 Which European long-distance car race was first run in 1923?

      13 The Tennessee Scopes trial which took place in 1925 was dramatised in which 1960 film?

      14 Which English composer was appointed Master of the King’s Musick in 1924?

      15 Which 1920s UK Prime Minister was born in what is now Canada?

      16 In which year did women become full members of Oxford University?

      17 Which mountaineer (d.1924) is reported to have said “Because it’s there” in response to a question about why he wanted to climb Everest?

      18 The UK 1923 Intoxicating Liquor Act prohibited the sale of alcohol to people under what age?

      19 In which year did the Wall Street Crash happen?

      20 In 1925 Cyril Brownlie was playing rugby for which country when he became the first person to be sent off in an international match?

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QUIZ 215 – Pot Luck

      1 How old was John Keats when he died?

      2 In which year was the Bradwell nuclear power station decommissioned?

      3 Which George Michael solo song had “90” added to the title to distinguish it from a Wham! song title?

      4 What name is given to surgical tongs?

      5 Who sang I Talk to the Trees in the 1969 film Paint Your Wagon?

      6 Which former county town in the Clyde Valley is home of the William Wallace Heritage Trust?

      7 In James Joyce’s Ulysses, what is the surname of Leopold and Molly?

      8 What sits on a dolly in a television studio?

      9 What was the title of Cher’s 1998 no.1 hit?

      10 What is a cross-like emblem used in ancient Egypt as the symbol of life?

      11 Buddy Holly was born in which Texas city?

      12 In which Oxfordshire town is the Williams Formula 1 team based?

      13 What was an old French five-centime piece called?

      14 What was Coco Chanel’s real first name?

      15 Haiti and the Dominican Republic make up which island?

      16 Which adjective describes the family of languages which includes Hebrew and Arabic?

      17 During what event would you see Baily’s beads?

      18 Which Skye castle is the ancestral home of the clan MacLeod?

      19 Sheezus was a 2014 album by which singer?

      20 What was the name of Captain Scott’s ship on his first voyage to Antarctica?

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QUIZ 216 – Days

      1 Who appeared as Tall Karen in the 2009 series Monday Monday?

      2 Which author created the character of Thursday Next?

      3 Who wrote Manic Monday, a hit for the Bangles?

      4 Which TV series features Simon Bird as Adam Goodman?

      5 Who was The Saturdays member Frankie Bridge paired with when she took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2014?

      6 Actress Tuesday Weld was given which first name at birth?

      7 Which actor starred in the 1940 film His Girl Friday?

      8 The Rolling Stones’ Ruby Tuesday was released as a B side to which song in 1967?

      9 Who wrote the 1908 novel The Man who was Thursday?

      10 Which composer wrote the music and lyrics to Sunday in the Park with George (1984)?

      11 Who played Wednesday in the 1991 film The Addams Family?

      12 Which US TV show is known as SNL?

      13 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was a 1958 novel by which author…?

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