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      8 Which famous cricket venue is in St John’s Wood, London?

      9 Which part of a dartboard is worth 50 points?

      10 What is the thrower called in a game of baseball?

      11 How many players are there in a rugby union team?

      12 Where were the 2014 Winter Olympics held?

      13 What is the home ground of Liverpool FC?

      14 What are the final odds offered before a horse race?

      15 Strikes and spares feature in which indoor sport?

      16 Which athletics contest comprises ten events?

      17 Which winter sport is associated with the Cresta Run?

      18 Who won the Masters Snooker title for a record seventh time in 2017?

      19 Which cricketing trophy is played for every two years by England and Australia?

      20 What is the name of the rubber disc used in ice hockey?

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      1 In which London borough is Heathrow Airport situated?

      2 Who had a hit in 1977 with When I Need You?

      3 Which ornamental fabric has a Chantilly variety?

      4 Which large body of water surrounds the North Pole?

      5 In the TV series Happy Days, who played the Fonz?

      6 What yarn is derived from the Angora goat?

      7 Who invented the miner’s safety lamp?

      8 What is the English name of the Catholic prayer to Our Lady?

      9 Which infectious viral disease causes inflammation of the face’s salivary glands?

      10 Which sauce is traditionally eaten with roast beef?

      11 A plant of the genus Urtica has what common name?

      12 Which species of eel shares a name with a Scottish firth?

      13 Where in the human body is the patella?

      14 Who was Arthur of Camelot’s wife?

      15 Chestnut and oyster are varieties of which food item?

      16 What is the capital of Finland?

      17 With which musical instrument is Vanessa Mae associated?

      18 What, according to the proverb, is better than no bread?

      19 Which actress played Lucy in the 1985 film A Room With A View?

      20 What is a trumpet-quietening device known as?

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      1 What does the “C” stand for in the initials BBC?

      2 Who invented the World Wide Web?

      3 Which word represents the letter “T” in the standard radio phonetic alphabet?

      4 Which was the first programme to be broadcast on Channel 4?

      5 What was the name of the world’s first adhesive postage stamp?

      6 What does DAB stand for in relation to radios?

      7 Which is the most frequently used letter in the English language?

      8 What was the world’s first teletext information service, started by the BBC in 1974?

      9 In which year did the UK complete the switch to digital television?

      10 By what system is a letter sent if labelled “par avion”?

      11 What does SMS stand for in relation to texting?

      12 Who invented the telephone?

      13 What does “fax” stand for?

      14 Which country developed emojis?

      15 Which letter is represented in Morse Code by a single dash?

      16 How much did a standard first class stamp cost in the UK at the beginning of 2018?

      17 Who was the first person to produce a printed book in English?

      18 On a standard keyboard, what is the topmost left letter?

      19 Which London thoroughfare was traditionally associated with newspapers?

      20 In 1973, which company became the first to mass-produce the handheld mobile phone?

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      1 Which city is the capital of India?

      2 Who was the Greek goddess of retribution?

      3 What term is given to the central part of a wheel?

      4 In which Welsh county is Bangor?

      5 Who had a hit in 2009 with Bad Romance?

      6 What title is given to a person who owns a large estate in Scotland?

      7 Which English naval hero was commander of HMS Victory?

      8 The football ground of Elland Road is in which city?

      9 What is the term for an official who leads prayers in a mosque?

      10 What is the American term for a narrow rocky valley?

      11 Who was the composer of The Planets suite?

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