1. Who or what was depicted in the famous 1838 painting The Fighting Temeraire, by J MW Turner?
  2. What classic children’s story inspired the hit musical Wicked?
  3. “Mr de Mille, I’m ready for my close-up” is a famous line from what classic 1950 movie?
  4. What is a consanguineous marriage?
  5. The term “Grand Poo-Bah”, meaning a pompous official, was inspired by a character in what comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan?
  6. “Wearing the fame like a loaded gun” is a line from what hit song?
  7. By re-arranging the letters, what word meaning a small musical group can be changed to one meaning a violent disturbance involving a crowd?
  8. In the 2004 film Vera Drake, what crime is the title character jailed for?
  9. What political movement, launched in 2013, is known by the initials BLM?
  10. What Japanese word, widely used in English, translates as “new main railway line”?














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ANSWERS: 1. A ship; 2. The Wizard of Oz; 3. Sunset Boulevard; 4. One in which the individuals are closely related by blood (such as first cousins); 5. The Mikado; 6. Glad I’m Not a Kennedy; 7. Trio/riot; 8. Performing abortions; 9. Black Lives Matter; 10. Shinkansen.