Pub Quiz 84 -
Answers - Written by Jim Ackroyd
Round 1. General Knowledge
1. Which prime minister was in power at the end of
World War 2 -- Clement Attley
2. Who composed the Australian soap 'Neighbours' theme tune -- Tony
Hatch
3. Which constituency did Harold Wilson represent -- Huyton
4. Kent Walton commentated on which sport on World of Sport --
Wrestling
5. What is scotopic vision -- Ability to see in the dark
6. Which former World Champion athlete played a senior football
match for the West Coast Mariners in Australia in 2018 -- Usain Bolt
7. What did the RRS mean on Captain Robert Scott's ship RRS
Discovery -- Royal Research Ship
8. What is the second largest city in England -- Birmingham
9. Which painter is known as The Father of Impressionism -- Claude
Monet
10. Which was the first filmed Shakespeare play to win a film Oscar
-- Hamlet
11. In Greek mythology how many heads did the Hydra have -- Nine
12. Which spice is said to combine the flavours of cinnamon, nutmeg
and cloves -- Allspice
13. Which British actor played the jewel thief Sir Charles Litton in
the 1963 film The Pink Panther -- David Niven
14. Which male first name means Bearer of Christ -- Christopher
15. What colour is a cloudberry -- Orange
16. In which game are "Staunton" pieces used -- Chess
17. How many goals did Jack Charlton score for England -- Six
18. What is the largest house in Yorkshire -- Castle Howard
19. What is the state capital of New York -- Albany
20. Who played the role of Billy the Kid in the film Young Guns --
Emilio Estevez
Round 2.
Entertainment -
TV SITCOMS
1. What was the follow up series of Porridge with
Fletcher being released from jail called -- Going Straight
2. Dave Charnley, George Dent and Henry Davenport were all
characters in which sitcom -- Drop The Dead Donkey
3 Possibly one of the worst UK sitcoms ever made, who played the
title role in Come Back Mrs Noah --
Mollie Sugden
4 In The League of Gentlemen what is the name of the village --
Royston Vasey
5 Who played Chrissy Plummer in Man About The House -- Paula Wilcox
6 Who played Neil in The Young Ones -- Nigel Planer
7 What was the name of the character who was known as Gloria in It
Ain't Half Hot Mum -- Bombardier Beamont
8 In which sitcom would you have encountered the Pinner family --
Just Good Friends
9 Who played the part of Sandra in the Liver Birds -- Nerys Hughes
10 Who plays Charlie Harper in the American sitcom Two and a Half
Men -- Charlie Sheen
11 In Only Fools and Horses who played the part of Trigger -- Roger
Lloyd Pack
12 What disability did the washer up in Robins Nest have -- Only had
one arm
13 Who played Arthur, Stan's brother in law in On The Buses --
Michael Robbins
14 In which TV sitcom did the character Shirley Brahms appear -- Are
You Being Served
15 Who starred as Peter Chapman in The Piglet Files -- Nicholas
Lyndhurst
16 In the nineties sitcom Barbara, who played the title role -- Gwen
Taylor
17 Who plays the part of Tim's girlfriend Daisy in Not Going Out --
Katy Wix
18 What was the name of the fantasy sitcom in the early nineties
that starred Karl Howman as an apprentice grim reaper and Geraldine
McEwan as the lady living in Farnaby Manor -- Mulberry
19 What was the name of the retirement home in Your Only Young Twice
-- Paradise Lodge
20 Who played Mr Fenner in The Rag Trade -- Peter Jones
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