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Let’s quizzical get get quizzical COMPILED COMPILEDBY BYPAUL PAUL STEELE STEELE
1. On a regular six-sided dice, what number is on the opposite side to the number six? Which member of Take That was the first to achieve a solo number one when he topped the charts in 1996 with 'Forever Love'? 3. Which city hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games? 4. Which author created the character Miss Marple? 5. What is a horse's pace that is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop? 6. Love apple is an old name for which fruit? 7. What is the name of the telescope that sent back pictures from roughly 235 million years after the Big Bang in July 2022? 8. Which actress played Jane Foster aka The Mighty Thor in the 2022 film ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’? 9. A 560-million-year-old fossil representing the earliest known animal predator was identified in July 2022 and then named after which British television presenter? 10. On which street did Elvis' 'Heartbreak Hotel' stand? 11. Which race was won by Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard in July? 12. Which Potteries venue was host to the BBC Prime Minister debate on Monday 25th July? 13. How many different colours are used on the regular logo of the website Google? 14. From which musical does the song 'I Don't Know How to Love Him' come? 15. From which club did Manchester City sign Erling Haaland? 16. What is the capital city of Sweden? 17. Which country will host next years Eurovision Song Contest? 18. What 'P' is the collective name for a group of owls? 19. In which decade was the first Space Shuttle mission? 20. Which American actress starred in the television program 'Ghost Whisperer' and appeared in Enrique Iglesias' video for his 2002 hit 'Hero'?
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1. One (All opposites on a dice add up to seven) 2. Gary Barlow (Robbie Williams' first number one was in 1998) 3. Birmingham 4. Agatha Christie (Jane Marple's first appearance in a full length novel was in the 1930 work 'The Murder at the Vicarage') 5. Canter 6. Tomato 7. James Webb (Successor to the Hubble Telescope) 8. Natalie Portman 9. Sir David Attenborough 10. Lonely Street 11. Tour de France 12. Victoria Hall in Hanley 13. Four (Blue, Red, Yellow and Green) 14. Jesus Christ Superstar 15. Borussia Dortmund 16. Stockholm 17. United Kingdom 18. Parliament 19. 1980s (1981) 20. Jennifer Love Hewitt (She also appeared in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer') 26
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