11 Which 1977 film was based around 1944’s Operation Market Garden?
12 The Battle of Rorke’s Drift featured in which 1964 film?
13 Who played Colonel Nicholson in the 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai?
14 Which was the first of Oliver Stone’s three Vietnam War films, released in 1986?
15 Units of the 35th Infantry Divison featured in which 1970 war film starring Clint Eastwood?
16 What was the title of the 1981 German film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, which was nominated for the Best Director Oscar?
17 Which battle between the USA and Japan was featured in a 2006 film starring Ken Watanabe?
18 In the 1962 film, what was the date of The Longest Day?
19 Wladyslaw Szpilman is the central character of which 2002 film set in Warsaw?
20 Who starred as Marcus Luttrell in the 2013 film Lone Survivor?
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1 What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar?
2 Who wrote the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes?
3 In literature, what term is given to the repetition of vowel sounds?
4 Which band released the 1972 album Obscured by Clouds?
5 The declaration of Scottish independence in 1320 is known by the name of which town?
6 What is majolica?
7 Castle on the Hill was a 2017 single by which singer?
8 Which angles are more than 180 but less than 360 degrees?
9 Of which principality is Vaduz the capital?
10 In which century was Johann Sebastian Bach born?
11 The Tour de France cycle race was first held in which year?
12 Who starred as Queen Guinevere in the 2004 film King Arthur?
13 What term is given to the principles concerned with taste and beauty?
14 Which famous novel features the character of Major Major?
15 Jakarta is the capital of which Indonesian island?
16 Which family of plants does garlic belong to?
17 Allopathy is another name for the practice of what?
18 Which poem begins “When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay”?
19 The Napier University is located in which city?
20 What name is given to a Spanish horseman?
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QUIZ 214 – Technology and Inventions
1 In the 1930s, which company introduced a new polymer, which they named nylon?
2 In computing, for what do the letters WORM stand, in reference to a type of disc?
3 Which company registered the first patents for the railway sleeping car?
4 The term “pixel” is formed from which two words?
5 What is metadata?
6 Which 1999 insect-based game by Pangea Software was originally created for the Mac operating system?
7 In which year was Bitcoin launched?
8 Which company launched the VHS format in 1976?
9 What do the initials CRT stand for in relation to television and computer screens?
10 What is the meaning of the name of the product WD-40®?
11 In which country was the stethoscope invented (1816)?
12 Which water-raising device was invented by the Greek who shouted “Eureka!”?
13 Which two words are the basis for the word “modem”?
14 In which year did Nintendo® release the WiiTM?
15 What did Charles Goodyear invent in 1844?
16 In 1831, who invented a dynamo for generating electricity?
17 What type of skate was invented in 1760 by Joseph Merlin?
18 What was the surname of King Camp, who invented the safety razor?
19 The Scholes & Glidden was the first commercially successful version of what aid to communication?
20 For what do the letters GIF stand?
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1 Ashley Walters and Noel Clarke co-starred in which 2018 crime series?
2 What is the English translation of the French term esprit d’escalier?
3 How is ale with a strength of 4.2-4.7% abv described?
4 Which strait links the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara?
5 In which county is the National Agricultural Centre?
6 What was Starsky and Hutch actor David Soul’s original surname?
7 The nene goose is native to which group of islands?
8 In which mountain range is Chamonix situated?
9 What is the title of a lawyer who is able to take affidavits?
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