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Quiz 21 - With Answers: A complete Pub Quiz

Written by Bill Turnbull

Round 1. General Knowledge

1       In what street is London's famous Petticoat Lane Market held

Middlesex Street

2       What was the name of the landlord in Rising Damp

Rigsby

3       In electronics what does L.C.D. stand for

Liquid Crystal Display

4       What is the branch of physics concerned with light and vision

Optics

5       Who is the one armed drummer in the group Def Leppard

Rick Allen

6       What in inches is the normal height of the tread of a stair

Seven and a half inches

7       What was Concorde's first scheduled route

London to Bahrain

8       What was the name of the fictitious hunch-backed bell ringer in Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris

Quasimodo

9       What are the first three words in the Bible

In the beginning

10    What is the name of Les Battersby's wife in Coronation Street

Janice

11    How many letters are there in the Latin alphabet

23

12    What happened to Peeping Tom for spying on Lady Godiva

He was struck blind

13    What is the name of Andy Capp's best friend

Chalkie

14    What kind of bird did the Ancient Mariner kill

An albatross

15    Which horse won the 2000 Arc De Triomphe

Sinndar

 

TIME FOR A PINT

16    What is the state capital of Arizona

Phoenix

17    What was the name of the prison in Porridge

Slade

18    In what year did decimal coinage start in the U.K.

1971 (Feb. 15)

19    Who said in 1987 that you had to fight for your right to party which reached number 11 in the U.K. charts

Beastie Boys

20    Who invented the clockwork radio

Trevor Bayliss

21    In which country did the Aztecs live

Mexico

22    By what name was Robert 1 of Scotland better known

Robert the Bruce

23    What was the largest German battleship in W W 2

The Bismarck

24    From which team did Arsenal sign Dennis Bergkamp

Inter Milan

25    How many square metres are there in a hectare

Ten thousand

26    Tea, rubber and which other product are Sri Lanka’s major exports

Coconuts

27    In what county is Broadmoor Mental Hospital for the criminally insane

Berkshire

28    At what Mach number does speed become hypersonic

Mach 5

29    From which musical did the song Getting To Know You come

The King and I

30    In which sport did Britain win it's first gold medal of the Sydney Olympics

Cycling

 

Round 2. ADVERTISING

31    Which toothpaste was advertised as you'll wonder where the yellow went

Pepsodent

32    What is the commonly used term for the subtle form of advertising by which brands are featured in films and TV programmes

Product placement (a ban on this was lifted in the UK in early 2011)

33    Which company advertises on its shopping bags Chocolate Heaven since 1911

Thornton's

34    Which chocolate bar allegedly had a hazelnut in every bite

Topic

35    In what year did the Dulux Dog first appear in adverts

Nineteen seventy five

36    What was the first soap powder to use street interviews in its commercials

Omo

37    Which man who doesn't get out much wrote the slogan Naughty but Nice in the adverts for fresh cream commercials

Salman Rushdie

38    Which company advertised on TV with the slogan, Gets your clothes deep down clean

Tide

39    Which soap when first advertised claimed that its fragrance was worth nine guineas an ounce

Pink Camay

40    What is advertised as "The mint with the hole"

Polo mints



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