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      1 In which TV series and film did the character of Huggy Bear appear?

      2 What compound is removed during the process of desalinisation?

      3 Which university in Birmingham was founded in 1966?

      4 Which actor starred as CS Lewis in the 1993 film Shadowlands?

      5 In which country is the mountainous plateau of the Massif Central?

      6 I’m in the Mood for Dancing was a 1979 hit for which group of Irish sisters?

      7 Which mythical Greek poet entered the underworld to secure release of his wife Eurydice?

      8 Which fishing town in Angus is famous for its smoked haddock, known as “smokies”?

      9 Grappa is a strong brandy from which country?

      10 Which road tunnel is located near the Thames Barrier?

      11 Who was the original host of the quiz programme Mastermind?

      12 Which “Cross” in London refers to the junction of Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street?

      13 What name is given to an ordained minister ranking next below a priest?

      14 Oboes are part of which section of an orchestra?

      15 Who preceded Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury?

      16 What is a novella?

      17 Who was Arnold Ridley’s character in Dad’s Army?

      18 What name is given to the distance across a circle, through its centre?

      19 American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens adopted which pen-name?

      20 Which fictional city is associated with Batman?

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      1 What term is given to an actor’s unscripted lines?

      2 Which of Shakespeare’s plays features the character of Shylock?

      3 What is the final run-through of a play before it is performed?

      4 Which allergy is also the title of a play by Sir Noël Coward?

      5 In theatrical terms, what do the initials ASM stand for?

      6 Who wrote the play Blood Brothers?

      7 What nationality was the playwright Henrik Ibsen?

      8 Which pantomime character frees a genie from a lamp?

      9 Where in a theatre would you find the wings?

      10 How many people speak during a monologue?

      11 Which playwright wrote Barefoot in the Park (1963)?

      12 Who wrote the long-running play The Mousetrap?

      13 What is the name of the thoroughfare in the heart of New York’s theatreland?

      14 Who wrote the 1954 two one-act plays collectively called Separate Tables?

      15 What name is given to a film or theatre wardrobe assistant?

      16 The play Toad of Toad Hall was based on which classic 1908 book?

      17 What term is given to a public performance of a play before its official opening?

      18 In which area of London is the National Theatre?

      19 Which English playwright is famously associated with Scarborough?

      20 What name is given to the actors’ place of rest in a theatre?

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      1 What three colours make up the German flag?

      2 On which New York thoroughfare is the Empire State Building?

      3 What was the call sign of Val Kilmer’s character in the 1986 film Top Gun?

      4 Which genus of plants includes onions, leeks and garlic?

      5 In which county is the town of Biggleswade?

      6 Who played Maria in the 1965 film The Sound of Music?

      7 Which nostalgic TV series took its name from a late 1950s Buddy Holly hit?

      8 In Formula 1, what does a red flag mean?

      9 What is the secreting structure in a plant or animal such as the thyroid called?

      10 What is the Buddhist and Hindu concept of reaping what you sow?

      11 The 2009 film A Single Man starred which actor?

      12 Zucchini is the American term for which vegetable?

      13 Who is Roo’s mother in the Winnie-the-Pooh books?

      14 What is the main ingredient of marshmallow?

      15 What is a shorter term for adipose tissue?

      16 Which classic song was the 1975 Christmas no.1?

      17 In Cockney rhyming slang, what phrase is used to refer to a suit?

      18 What is the first name of Ms Yousafzai, co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize?

      19 The song Memory is from which musical?

      20 Vienna is the capital of which European country?

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