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Pub Quiz 83 - Answers - Written by Jim Ackroyd


Written by Jim Ackroyd

Round 1. General Knowledge

  1. Which Soviet revolution leader died in 1924 - Lenin

  2. Which territory became the 49th US state in 1958 - Alaska

  3. Was Disney's 'Bambi' released in 1932; '42 or '52 - 1942

  4. Which British footballer was the first to be knighted - Stanley Mathews

  5. What was Del Boy's favourite tipple in 'Only Fools and Horses' - Pina Coladas

  6. The vitamin thiamine is better known as what - Vitamin B1

  7. Who became George Bush's Vice President in 1988 - Dan Quayle

  8. Where was the venue for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition - Wembley

  9. In which year did the great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy die - 1910

  10. Who won the only wartime FA Cup Final in 1915 - Sheffield United (Beating Chelsea 3-1)

  11. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 - Martin Luther King

  12. What charity was founded by Gilbert Murray in Oxford 1942 - Oxfam

  13. Marilyn Monroe starred in which 1955 film - The Seven Year Itch

  14. Who was the author of the 1975 best selling novel 'Watership Down' - Richard Adams

  15. Which American songwriter wrote the major orchestral work 'Rhapsody in Blue' - George Gershwin

  16. In what year was Britain's first motorway opened - 1959

  17. By what name is Robert Zimmerman better known - Bob Dylan

  18. In what year was London's 'Waterloo Bridge' opened - 1945

  19. Who was elected President of the USA in 1952 - Dwight D Eisenhower

  20. Which country became the world's newest republic on Tuesday 30th of November 2021 - Barbados

Round 2. Food and Drink


1.  If you ordered 'patatas fritas' from a Spanish menu, what would you get to eat - Chips (US fries)
2 . What is green bacon - Unsmoked bacon
3.  Which common kitchen herb is used in a Mojito - Mint
4.  How much barley is there in barley sugar - None
5.  What is the more common name of the Acajou nut - Cashew
6. Which TV chef got into trouble in 2019 by describing a dish as 'diabetes on a plate' - Paul Hollywood
7.  Which drinks company owns Dewar's Whisky - Bacardi
8.  What German confectionery company makes Gummy Bears - Haribo
9.  Shiraz, Nairobi and Sugar Ann are varieties of which vegetable - Mangetout
10. How did Buffalo Bill stick to one glass of whisky a day - He used a quart glass
11. What is the sauce that is added to ham and eggs on toast thereby changing it to eggs benedict - Hollandaise
12. Which country is the largest producer of the spice Paprika - Hungary
13. Who invented peanut butter - Dr Kellogg who also invented a breakfast cereal
14. Which herb, used in French cookery, is sometimes known as 'dragon herb' - Tarragon
15. What is the name of the drink that contains Tequila, Whisky, Rum, and Jagermeister - A Pit Bull On Crack
16. Published in 1998, whose first cookbook was entitled How to Eat - Nigella Lawson
17. To the nearest thousand how many pubs were there in Britain before the smoking ban - Fifty five thousand
18. Ugali is the national or a very popular dish of which African country - Kenya
19. In the USA, this food is known as 'granola' how is it known in Europe - Muesli
20. In 2001 what was declared as Britain’s favourite dish - Chicken Tika Masala
 



 

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