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People's Quiz Questions Batch 18 - BBC

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Which indoor table game is said to take its name from the French word 'billard' for the game and<br />

the cue?<br />

Billiards<br />

In the plant world does marram grass usually grow on coastal sands or moorland? Coastal Sands<br />

What colour is the ripe fruit of a lime tree? Green<br />

Which spectacled singer of the 1960s was known as The Big O? Roy Orbison<br />

Which Birmingham pop band took their name from an evil character in the science fiction film<br />

'Barbarella'?<br />

In World War One, what was Big Bertha? A Gun<br />

Duran Duran<br />

Who became king at the Restoration in 1660? Charles II<br />

Which Russian Tzar was known as Ivan the Terrible, Ivan III or Ivan IV? Ivan IV<br />

Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy was famously filmed on location in which country? New Zealand<br />

Based at Thames House in London, what is the common name of the counter-espionage branch<br />

of the security services?<br />

What type of animal is a shark; a mammal or a fish? Fish<br />

Lonnie Donegan had a UK hit single in the 1950s with 'Does Your… what Lose Its Flavour, On<br />

the Bedpost Overnight'?<br />

MI5<br />

Chewing Gum<br />

Which dog was sacred in ancient China? Pekingese<br />

Gunpowder and nitroglycerine are both types of what? Explosive<br />

In which British city is the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital on Gray's Inn Road? London<br />

bbc.co.uk/peoplesquiz

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