Christmas TV and Puzzle Book 2018

PUZZLE 8

Each question has four possible answers and is worth from one to 15 points. Circle your chosen answers and keep a record of your points total. Maximum total points 120. QUESTION 1 – for 1 point: What is the underground railway called in New York? A Metro B Tube C Subway D Chute QUESTION 10 – for 10 points: Who was the mother of King Solomon? A Jochebed B Bathsheba C Rachel D Naomi THE ACCUMULATOR QUIZ

QUESTION 11 – for 11 points: Caliban is a character in which Shakespeare play? A Romeo and Juliet

QUESTION 2 – for 2 points: Into which sea does the River Nile flow? A Red Sea B Mediterranean Sea C Arabian Sea D Dead Sea QUESTION 3 – for 3 points: In which parlour game do players act out famous names and film or book titles for others to guess? A Postman’s Knock B Charades C Forfeits D Kim’s game

B Antony and Cleopatra C The Merchant of Venice D The Tempest

QUESTION 12 – for 12 points: Which club has won rugby union’s English Premiership title the most times? A Leicester Tigers B Wasps C Northampton Saints D Bath QUESTION 13 – for 13 points: What is the main ingredient of the Russian soup borscht? A Pork B Herring QUESTION 14 – for 14 points: Which seaside town has an international airport formerly known as Squires Gate Airport? A Ramsgate B Weston-super-Mare C Bournemouth D Blackpool QUESTION 15 – for 15 points: Who wrote the poem which begins: “There’s a breathless hush in the close tonight.”? C Beetroot D Potatoes

Singer Justin Bieber.

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QUESTION 7 – for 7 points: Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?

QUESTION 4 – for 4 points: In which sport might a traverse be made?

A Crustacean B Guarantee C Dislexia D Moccasin

A Ice-skating B Horse-riding C Mountaineering D Ski jumping

QUESTION 8 – for 8 points: Which is the only one of Justin Bieber’s albums to achieve No 1 status in the UK? A My World 2.0 B Under the Mistletoe C Believe D Journals QUESTION 9 – for 9 points: What is the capital city of Switzerland? A Bern B Zürich C Geneva D Basel

QUESTION 5 – for 5 points: What variety of pet is a Russian Blue? A Budgerigar B Cat C Parrot D Guinea pig QUESTION 6 – for 6 points: What is the common name for a male swan? A Cob B Gander

A Thomas Hood B Robert Graves C Henry Newbolt D Algernon Swinburne

C Cock D Drake

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PUZZLE 9

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PUZZLE 11

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Fill each 6 x 6 grid with as many boxes as there are numbers printed in the grid. Each box must be either square or rectangular and must contain just one of the numbers. The numbers show how many squares there should be in each box.

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