1. Who is the third heir to the British throne?
Prince Henry
2. What is the name of the third Lord of the Rings film?
The Return of the King
3. In the 14th century, a plague killed up to one third of Europe's population. What was it called?
The Black Death
4. In the Bible what is the third book of the Old Testament?
Leviticus
5. Which children's TV programme provided the BBC’s sales department with a third of their 1997 profits? The Telletubbies
6. What is the third largest city in Italy?
Naples
7. According to the nursery rhyme what did the third piggy have?
Roast beef
8. Which is the third largest state in the USA?
Montana
9. What is the Medical name for Wisdom Teeth?
Third Molars
10. After Mayfair and Park Lane, what is the third most valuable property on a Monopoly Board?
Bond Street
11. What is the third tallest mountain in the world?
K2 Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas - 26,220ft
12. From which movie does this line come - "TWA 517, do you want to report a UFO? Over!"
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
13. Frank Peterson, a German record-producer, is the third husband of which famous singer?
Sarah Brightman
14. Who was the author of the third gospel in the New Testament?
Luke
15. Which nation finished third in the 1966 football World Cup?
Portugal
16. Whose birthday is celebrated by a public holiday on the third monday in January in the USA?
Martin Luther KIng
17. Who was Labour leader when Maggie Thatcher had her third election victory?
Neil Kinnock
18. A third series of which cult sci-fi comedy began on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004, 26 years after the original show was first broadcast?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
19. True or false - One third of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper?
True
20. What phrase connects a burn and an interrogation?
Third Degree
21. Which of Steve Redgrave’s fellow crew members won his third consecutive gold at the Sydney Olympics?
Matthew Pinsent
22. What was the third channel to appear on British television?
BBC 2
23. Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s first 3 hits reached No 1 – The first was Relax, the second Two Tribes – what was the third?
The Power Of Love
24. What is the staple food of one third of the worlds population?
Rice
25. What do you give on the third wedding anniversary?
Leather
26. Who was the third and favourite son of David in Old Testament?
Absolom
27. What was the third leading cause of death in 1900?
Diarrhoea
28. Honor Blackman was the first. Diana Rigg was the second. Who was the third of John Steed's sidekicks in TV's The Avengers?
Linda Thorson
29. Albert Sauvy coined what term in the 1950's?
The Third World
30. Beethoven's third symphony is nicknamed what?
The Eroica
31. Chang 1st, Wang 2nd, what is the third most common Chinese name?
Li
32. What is the worlds third largest island?
Borneo
33. In ancient Athens, every third man worked with what?
Marble
34. Which was the third country to launch a rocket into outer space?
France
35. In which sport might you see a third man and a long leg?
Cricket
36. The famous theme music from the film The Third Man was performed on what type of instrument?
Zither
37. In 2003 Gareth Gates became the third artist to have a No 1 hit with which song?
Spirit In The Sky – not Unchained Melody which was a no 1 in 2002
38. What was the family’s surname in ‘Third Rock From The Sun’?
Solomon
39. What was the third of the Die Hard series of films called?
Die Hard With A Vengeance
40. What new measure is to be offered to women for a beer in pubs, which may become known as girlie beer?
A third of a pint, possibly in a wine glass
Tiebreaker - In shillings and pence, what was a third of a pound?
Six Shillings and Eight Pence
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