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invent?
Who invented the ‘wall of sound’ technique in pop music?
Which author invented the word ‘chortle’?
Who invented the bouncing bomb?
What did John McAdam invent?
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    Round 4: Pot Luck
    Who wrote the short story filmed by Alfred Hitchcock as
The Birds
?
Which word connects ‘circle’ and ‘Sid’?
Whose plays included
You Never Can Tell, The Devil’s Disciple
and
Man and Superman
?
Which Palestinian terrorist group assassinated 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games?
Who played the drums in the Lennon and McCartney band the Quarrymen?
What was the name of the regional manager played by Ricky Gervais in the television sitcom
The Office
?
Which pop group took its name from that of a medieval torture instrument?
What was the name of the official news agency of the former Soviet Union?
Which British politician was nicknamed Tarzan?
In which Jane Austen novel did Mr Darcy provide the love interest?
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    Jackpot
    Which cartoon character has the middle name Fauntleroy?
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    Quiz 26
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    Round 1: Pot Luck
    Who was ‘the Pelvis’?
Which plant does saffron come from?
Which is the ‘bluegrass state’?
In which sport was Henry Segrave a well-known figure?
Who opposed John F. Kennedy in the presidential election of 1960?
What were the young men conscripted to work in Britain’s coal mines during World War II called?
Who wrestled naked with Alan Bates in the 1969 film
Women in Love
?
Julian Bream and John Williams are associated with which instrument?
What kind of transport would you be taking if you were travelling in a Pendolino?
In
Alice in Wonderland
, what are used as mallets in croquet?
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    Round 2: Babes and Sucklings
    Which chromosome dictates that a baby will be male – X or Y?
What was the baby in the 1938 film
Bringing Up Baby
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In Oscar Wilde’s
The Importance of Being Earnest
, what was the infant Jack Worthing found in?
What medical first was recorded by Louise Brown in 1978?
Which 2001 film concerned the attempts of a robot child to find his mother?
What is the name of the injured bear used to promote BBC Children in Need events?
What informal name is commonly given to the generation born immediately after World War II?
According to the proverb, what is Friday’s child?
The Spice Girls comprised Baby, Ginger, Posh, Scary – and who else?
In 2005, for which film did Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman all win Oscars?
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    Half-time teaser
    The list of named cast at the end of the 1987 film
Little Dorrit
is the longest of any British film – how many names does it include?
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    Round 3: British Radio and TV Comedy
    Benny Hill worked as a milkman before becoming famous as a comedian – true or false?
Which contemporary British comedian was previously known as Dr Matthew Hall?
What was the name of the character played by Michael Crawford in
Some Mothers do ’ave ’em
?
In which city did comedian Tony Hancock die in 1968?
Which comedian has published the books
Gridlock, Popcorn
and
Stark
?
To whom is comedienne Dawn French married?
Which catchphrase from
Little Britain
was voted Best Comedy Catchphrase Ever in a 2005 poll?
Which controversial television comedy series is set on the inner-city Chatsworth Estate?
Alan Partridge and Paul Calf were creations of which comedian?
From which popular radio sitcom did the catchphrase ‘Left hand down a bit’ come?
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    Round 4: Pot Luck
    Which city was the capital of the USA before Washington?
What does the musical term ‘diminuendo’ mean?
What is 11.50 p.m. on a 24-hour clock?
In which sport do teams contest the Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield)?
Which type of animal comes in edible, robber and spider varieties?
Which RAF squadron carried out the Dambusters raid in World War II?
What does the word ‘bible’ mean?
In what guise did the god Zeus seduce Leda?
The Chicago Bulls are a leading side in which sport?
Which actor has won the most Oscars?
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    Jackpot
    Which unit is used to measure radiation