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The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions


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      19 Launched in 1997, the perfume Bolero was endorsed by which Argentine tennis star?

      20 Name the city from the pictured skyline?

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      1 The city of Swakopmund is a beach resort in which African country?

      2 Which English jazz musician released the 1986 debut album Journey to the Urge Within?

      3 Introduced in 1965, which geometric drawing toy was invented by the engineer Denys Fisher?

      4 Horace Walpole’s tortoiseshell tabby Selima inspired which 1748 Thomas Gray poem?

      5 The Khan Shatyr in Astana, Kazakhstan has been billed as the world’s biggest type of what structure?

      6 Who wrote, directed and starred in the sci-fi films Primer and Upstream Color?

      7 Which energy drink was originally manufactured in 1927 by Newcastle chemist William Owen?

      8 The 311 and 353 or Knight were models made by which East German carmaker?

      9 Appearing in numerous TV shows, Finder-Spyder is a fictional brand of what?

      10 Which 1884 Tchaikovsky opera was inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s poem Poltava?

      11 Which 1964 novel by Gore Vidal is about a Roman emperor and nephew of Constantine I?

      12 Which grilled marinated beef dish derives its name from the Korean for ‘fire meat’?

      13 Which US state was named in honour of Charles I’s queen consort?

      14 Who duetted with George Michael on the 1987 no.1 I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)?

      15 Which country’s national oil company is popularly known as Aramco?

      16 Sharing his name with a planet, which Greek god was the father of the Titans?

      17 Which London Zoo gorilla (1946–78) inspired an Ian Botham nickname?

      18 Which duo won their first Ice Dancing world title in 1981?

      19 Which US golfer gives his name to a lemonade-iced tea beverage?

      20 Which Chicago sculpture is pictured?

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      1 Which rodent is by far the most commonly genetically altered mammal in scientific research?

      2 Turritopsis dohrnii is a species of biologically immortal what?

      3 Which American ornithologist wrote Birds of the West Indies (1936)?

      4 What is the largest toothed animal in the world?

      5 Found on the islands of Rinca, Flores, Gili, Motang and Padar, what is the largest living species of lizard?

      6 Which animal features on Greenland’s coat of arms?

      7 The longest venomous snake indigenous to the African continent, what is the fastest land snake?

      8 What is the largest living species of reptile?

      9 Which type of bird features on the national flag of Zambia?

      10 Up to 100 Garra Rufa or doctor fish are used in which spa treatment?

      11 The Amur, Malayan and South China are living subspecies of which big cat?

      12 Which creatures have the largest eyes documented in the animal kingdom?

      13 Which Tasmanian novelist wrote Gould’s Book of Fish (2001)?

      14 A Dorkie is a cross between a dachshund and which other dog breed?

      15 Which bird has the Latin name Hirundo rustica?

      16 The coat of arms of the Bahamas features a flamingo and which silvery blue fish?

      17 The Baldwin is a rare and hairless breed of which pet rodent?

      18 Which bird features on the head badge of Raleigh Bicycles?

      19 Which reptile is the largest living chelonian?

      20 Which small mammal with a toxic bite is pictured?

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      1 Which Converse trainer is the biggest selling basketball shoe of all time?

      2 What is the most populous city in Oceania?

      3 Which Azerbaijani singer (1942–2008) was dubbed the “King of Songs” and the “Soviet Sinatra”?

      4 The GRU is which country’s largest foreign intelligence agency?

      5 Which species of bustard is the world’s heaviest flying bird?

      6 The tourist resort of Magaluf is on which island?

      7 Which animal features in the logo of the drink Jägermeister?

      8 The actress Lillie Langtry was the mistress of which king?

      9 Luis A. Ferré is credited with saving which Frederic Leighton painting from oblivion?

      10 Isla Nublar, a fictional island off Costa Rica’s west coast, is the setting for which 1993 film?

      11 Which 1937