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QUIZ 143 – Pot Luck (#ulink_20950078-e16c-5804-ac0a-871d87910c00)
1 Which town is indicated by a postcode prefix of KT?
2 Which London church is the British Catholic Church’s headquarters?
3 What is the name given to the crime of deliberately setting fire to property?
4 Heriot-Watt University is in which city?
5 Which canine breed is named from the Welsh for “dwarf dog”?
6 In 2018, which TV series won the Best Drama Series BAFTA?
7 What is the art of growing miniature trees in pots?
8 In which city is Arthur’s Seat?
9 What is the birth sign of someone born on New Year’s Day?
10 Who starred as a psychologist in the film The Sixth Sense?
11 In music, what note is written on the middle line of the treble clef?
12 What is the common name of the Gravelly Hill interchange on the M6?
13 In which county is Beaulieu Motor Museum?
14 Which French dish consists of chicken cooked in red wine?
15 In which body part is the conjunctiva located?
16 Who had a hit in 1986 with Sledgehammer?
17 What word is applied to both a synthetic fibre used in knitwear and a type of paint?
18 From which country does Lego® originate?
19 Keswick is located on the northern shore of which lake?
20 What name is given to a lawyer who pleads a case in an English court?
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QUIZ 144 – World History (#ulink_9945830d-5a71-54e6-aef1-f2b20812a211)
1 Which ship transported the Pilgrim Fathers to America?
2 What slab of rock was discovered in 1799 and enabled the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics?
3 Which volcanic Indonesian island erupted catastrophically in 1883?
4 What was the former name of the Indian city of Chennai?
5 Which Australian state was formerly known as Van Diemen’s Land?
6 What was the name given to an Australasian expeditionary soldier during WWI?
7 What was the given name of the Russian tsar known as “the Terrible”?
8 To which Roman conspirator were Julius Caesar’s last words supposedly spoken?
9 Which Texas mission was famously defended by Davy Crockett and others in 1836?
10 Which people were conquered by Hernán Cortés?
11 After which Vietnamese statesman is Saigon now named?
12 Which US Civil War battle gave its name to a famous speech made in November 1863?
13 Which former structure in Germany was erected in 1961?
14 Which African country’s southern part seceded in 2011?
15 The Enigma Code was cracked at which Buckinghamshire site?
16 Which Norwegian explorer was the first man to reach the South Pole?
17 What was the name given to the part of the Roman Empire now called France?
18 During which conflict did the Gallipoli campaign take place?
19 Which international news agency was founded in London in 1851?
20 On which South Atlantic island did Napoleon die?
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QUIZ 145 – Pot Luck (#ulink_957ad70f-3a13-5d34-bb0d-7305b88982a6)
1 What is the capital of the Bahamas?
2 The Commonwealth Games took place in which British city in 2002?