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Book Authors Quiz Round 1

These are some of the biggest selling novels of the past few months. Can you tell us who the author is?

The Taming of the Queen
Phillipa Gregory

 

Time of Death (Tom Thorne Novel)
Mark Billingham

 

Truth or Die
James Paterson

 

Pretty Girls
Karin Slaughter

 

Black-Eyed Husbands
Julia Heaberlin

 

No Place to Hide
Susan Lewis

 

Famous Qs Quiz Round

 

All the questions relate to famous people whose first or second name starts with a Q

 

In what year was the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II?
1953

 

Filmmaker and actor, his eighth and latest film released is The Hateful Eight.
Quentin Tarentino

 

Nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Chicago, this American singer, songwriter, rapper was born Dana Elaine Owens. What is her stagename?
Queen Latifah

 

History Quiz (Round 2)

 

In which century was The War of the Roses?
15th

 

In 1764 James Hargreaves invented the first practical spinning frame with multiple spindles, by what was it known?
The Spinning Jenny. 

 

The first steam driven public railway was opened in 1825 and was called what?
The Stockton and Darlington Railway

 

2001 saw the completion of the project to map the genetic structure of the human body. What was the project called?
The Human Genome Project

Film Quotes Quiz Round 3

 

Name the actor and the film that the following quotes are from:

 

1940's romantic drama - "Here's looking at you, kid." 
Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca

 

1960's thriller, "A boy's best friend is his mother." 
Anthony Perkins, Psycho

 

1970's family film - "Daddy! My Daddy!" 
Jenny Agutter, The Railway Children

 

1970's Comedy - "He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!" 
Terry Jones, Monty Python's Life of Brian

 

Famous Pauls Quiz Round

 

One of the most successful composers and performers of all time, he set up a band featuring his wife Linda and Denny Laine.
Paul McCartney

 

Born in Gateshead in 1967, this English footballer has been described as 'the most naturally gifted English midfielder of his generation'. Name him.
Paul Gascoigne

 

American actor and star of the Fast & Furious series of films who sadly died in a car crash.
Paul Walker

 

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