What term, originating from compositing, is given to the spacing between lines of type on a document?
10 In which year was the Penny Post established in Britain?
11 On which network was the first mobile phone call made in Britain?
12 Which English city’s public telephone boxes were originally all painted cream rather than red?
13 Who was the first director-general of the BBC, who had an annual series of lectures named after him?
14 What term is given to the title block of a newspaper or periodical?
15 In which year did John Logie Baird first transmit television in colour?
16 Radio 1 began broadcasting in which year?
17 What was the first name of radio pioneer Marconi?
18 From which building did the BBC make the first public television transmissions?
19 In which year was the first mobile phone call made in Britain?
20 In which year did ITV start broadcasting?
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1 On an Ordnance Survey map, what is indicated by a blue “x” with a horizontal line joining the top two points?
2 What variety of pleasure-seeking is named for a Greek philosopher born on Samos in 341BC?
3 How many yards is the penalty spot from a soccer goal line?
4 Barwick Green is the signature tune to which long-running drama?
5 Which common vegetable was used by Johann Gregor Mendel to formulate his theories on genetics?
6 In which town is the Royal Agricultural University located?
7 In which city is Ben Gurion airport?
8 David Sylvian was the lead singer with which band?
9 Into which sea does the river Dnieper flow?
10 What term is given to a sculpture where the figures project slightly from the surface?
11 On which river does the city of Bordeaux stand?
12 Who starred as Janet, alongside Dame Judi Dench, in the 2004 film Ladies in Lavender?
13 In relation to vehicles, what is SORN?
14 In which sport did Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms win silver medals at the 2004 Olympic Games?
15 When was British Gas privatised?
16 Of which Balkan country is Ljubljana the capital?
17 Of what is ideophobia a fear?
18 What was the nickname of Viscount Townshend, who popularised crop rotation?
19 Which Canadian region is at the mouth of the St Lawrence river?
20 “Goodbye Emil, my trusted friend, We’ve known each other since we were nine or ten” is a lyric from which song?
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QUIZ 186 – Tourist Attractions
1 Which landmark bears the inscription “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free”?
2 In which museum would you see Constable’s The Hay Wain?
3 In which city are the Potemkin Steps located?
4 Which Underground line connects Marble Arch with Oxford Circus?
5 If you were at the foot of Mt Parnassus, which historic seat of the Pythia would you be visiting?
6 Which English stately home has the largest hedge maze in Britain within its gardens?
7 The Rock of Cashel is located in which Irish county?
8 A statue of which film star was unveiled in Leicester Square in 1979?
9 Which Welsh village was created by Sir Clough Williams Ellis?
10 On which thoroughfare is Grauman’s Chinese Theater?
11 Which Wiltshire village is the site of an ancient stone ring?
12 Which octagonal building in Florence has sculpted bronze doors nicknamed the “Doors of Paradise”?
13 The Castle of Good Hope is a landmark in which city?
14 In which Hampshire town is there a submarine museum?
15 The Forth Rail Bridge at South Queensferry in Scotland is what type of bridge?
16 What are the Beefeaters at the Tower of London more properly called?
17 The Petrified Forest National Park is situated in which US state?
18 Opened in 1899, the Palace Pier is in which English south coast resort?
19 In which county is Buckfast Abbey?
20 Which Scottish village is nicknamed “The Osprey Village”?
