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Questions:

1) Quito is the capital of which South American country?

 

2) "The One with Ross's Tan" was the title of an episode of which American TV sitcom?

 

3) The Mamucium Roman Fort Reconstruction is situated in which English city?

 

4) The Marriage of Figaro is an 1786 opera from which Salzburg-born composer?

 

5) Which word beginning with 'R' means 'my master' or 'my teacher' in Hebrew?

 

6) Which Liverpool-based soap opera ran on Channel 4 from its launch in 1982 to until November 2003?

 

7) The term 'manga' generally refers to comics or cartoons originating in which country?

 

8) English astronomer John Couch Adams discovered which planet, the eighth from the sun, in 1846?

 

9) New York City's Brooklyn Bridge links Long Island with which other island in the city?

 

10) My Booky Wook is the 2007 memoir from which British comedian, TV presenter and actor?

 

Answers:

1) Quito is the capital of which South American country?

Ecuador

 

2) "The One with Ross's Tan" was the title of an episode of which American TV sitcom?

Friends

 

3) The Mamucium Roman Fort Reconstruction is situated in which English city?

Manchester

 

4) The Marriage of Figaro is an 1786 opera from which Salzburg-born composer?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

5) Which word beginning with 'R' means 'my master' or 'my teacher' in Hebrew?

Rabbi

 

6) Which Liverpool-based soap opera ran on Channel 4 from its launch in 1982 to until November 2003?

Brookside

 

7) The term 'manga' generally refers to comics or cartoons originating in which country?

Japan

 

8) English astronomer John Couch Adams discovered which planet, the eighth from the sun, in 1846?

Neptune

 

9) New York City's Brooklyn Bridge links Long Island with which other island in the city?

Manhattan Island

 

10) My Booky Wook is the 2007 memoir from which British comedian, TV presenter and actor?

Russell Brand