10 What term is given to the upfront payment that an author receives to write a book?
11 In March 1988, what ceased to be legal tender in England?
12 How many sides has a 20-pence piece?
13 What is a downward adjustment to a country’s official exchange rate called?
14 Who presented the 2018 series Million Pound Menu?
15 A period in which banks reduce their lending is given what two-word term, much used in 2008?
16 What were the first two decimal coins issued in Britain?
17 In relation to debt, for what do the initials CCJ stand?
18 What term is given to the opposite of “boom” when describing the economy?
19 Who was Martin Lewis’ co-presenter on The Martin Lewis Money Show in 2018?
20 Which bird featured on the old coin the farthing?
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1 Which series of children’s stories and programmes features the Fat Controller?
2 Who sang the original version of American Pie?
3 The Great Fire of London happened in which year?
4 In the rhyme, where was the king while the queen was in the parlour?
5 Who wrote the 1998 novel Evening Class?
6 Which comedy duo’s signature tune was Bring Me Sunshine?
7 What is a baldric?
8 The humerus is in what part of the body?
9 Which of the Vunipola brothers was the first to be signed by Saracens, Mako or Billy?
10 What word can mean both “timepiece” and “regard”?
11 Which former contestant on The Great British Bake Off went on to co-host Bake Off: the Professionals in 2018?
12 AB is the postcode of which city?
13 What is the first Army rank held on commissioning?
14 Which Russian leader was supported by the Bolsheviks?
15 “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” is a famous line from which film?
16 Which Cumbrian lake is overlooked by “The Old Man”?
17 Lack of iron in the diet may contribute to which condition?
18 In which county is Cleethorpes?
19 What is the Roman numeral for five?
20 Little Red Corvette was a 1985 hit for which artist?
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1 Who tried to mend his head with vinegar and brown paper?
2 On the Canadian flag, what colour is the maple leaf?
3 What colour is jet?
4 What colour is Thunderbird 4?
5 In the TV quiz Mastermind, what colour is the main chair?
6 Which city of central England gave its name to a shade of green?
7 Victorian photographs are what colour?
8 What colour represents the science and nature category in a standard edition of Trivial PursuitTM?
9 Which fictional detective featured in the story A Study in Scarlet?
10 In heraldry, what colour is called “gules”?
11 How many visible colours has a rainbow?
12 What colour is used to describe the mood of a person who is feeling low?
13 On UK roads, what colour car is shown on the left of the sign that indicates no overtaking?
14 Which two colours are commonly used to chequer the squares of a Battenberg cake?
15 What colour hair did Elizabeth I have?
16 Ruby denotes which wedding anniversary?
17 How many points is the brown ball worth in snooker?
18 On an Ordnance Survey map, what is indicated by a plain light orange area?
19 What colour was the Trotter’s Independent Trading van?
20 What three colours feature on the Irish flag?
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1 Which large Mediterranean island is just south of Corsica?
2 What is the cut of beef from the lower part of the cow’s leg?
3 Which is the closest Tube station to Trafalgar Square?
4 Which religion came into being after Henry VIII’s break with Rome?
5 A sloop has how many masts?
6 In musical terms, what is a triad?
7 What number did the clock strike in the first verse of the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock?
8 What is the first book of the Old Testament?
9 Is the question mark found to the left or right on a standard computer keyboard?
10 From which country does the balalaika originate?
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