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Pub Quiz 82
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Round 1 Questions - Answers below (Scroll down)
1. Who uses the Queens Pipe and why?
2. How many years es a USA Senator elected for?
3. In the DH Lawrence novel, what is Lady Chatterley's first name?
4. What is the capital city of Switzerland?
5. The character 'Wondering Willie' appears in which Sir Walter
Scott novel?
6. What type of animal is a skink?
7. Where were the 1988 Winter Olympics held?
8. Four, what, provided Nelson with company in 1867?
9. Who was the creator of 'Roland Rat'?
10. Which English city is home to the 'National Bagpipe Museum?
11. Which actor plays Ghandi in the film of the same name?
12. Who is the Roman god of corn?
13. In what year did Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips marry?
14. What is the capital of Australia?
15. Which group had a hit album titled 'Revolver'?
16. What is former PM, James Callaghan's first name?
17. Who did Alf Ramsey replace as England Football manager?
18. Who is the patron Saint of hunters?
19. How many children did Queen Victoria have?
20. Samuel Clemens was better known as whom?
Round 2 Questions
1. How many terms of office did US President Franklin D.
Roosevelt serve?
2. What is the name of the fairy in 'Peter Pan'?
3. On which continent will you find Mt. Everest?
4. The London Marathon is a popular annual event. What year was
it rist run?
5. In what year did the Sydney Opera House open?
6. What kind of paper would you use to test for acids and
alkalis?
7. What was Barbara Cartland's first novel?
8. Which of London's Cathedrals is 365ft high?
9. On which Italian island did Gracie Fields die?
10. What does the acronym R.A.D.A. stand for?
11. The Jutland Peninsular is about 70% of which country?
12. Rangitoto Island is close to which New Zealand city?
13. By what name do we better know American actress 'Anna Maria
Louisa Italiano'?
14. What was the previous name of African Republic 'Burkina
Faso'?
15. Which was Britain's first working atomic power station?
16. Name the author of 'Tom Browns Schooldays'?
17. What is the most southern point in the British mainland?
18. Which two continents does Turkish - Istanbul straddle?
19. What is the fictitious town where TV's Coronation Street is
located?
20. Which two Frenchmen invented the aqualung?
Round 1 Answers
1. HM Customs to burn contraband such as tobacco etc.
2. Six years
3. Constance
4. Berne
5. Redgautlet
6. Lizard
7. Calgary. Canada
8. Four lions
9. David Claridge
10. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
11. Ben Kingsley
12. Ceres
13. 1973
14. Canberra
15. The Beatles
16. Leonard
17. Walter Winterbottom
18. St. Hubert
19. Nine
20. Mark Twain
Round 2 Answers
1. Four
2. Tinkerbell
3. Asia
4. 1981
5. 1973
6. Litmus paper
7. Jigsaw
8. St. Pauls
9. Capri
10. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
11. Denmark
12. Auckland
13. Anne Bancroft
14. Republic of Upper Volta
15. Calder Hall
16. Thomas Hughes
17. Lizard Point (Cornwall)
18. Europe and Asia
19. Weatherfield
20. Émile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau (To film and explore
underwater more easily.)
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