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Pub Quiz - Quiz 34
- With Answers: A complete Pub Quiz
Written by Bill Turnbull
Round 1. General Knowledge
1 Which metal
shares its name with the Roman messenger of the gods
Mercury
2 How many dimes
are there in an American dollar
Ten
3 What in the
world of transport does P.S.V. stand for
Public Service
Vehicle
4 Who replaced
Leslie Crowther on the Price is Right
Bruce Forsyth
5 Which British
female singer had a number one in the sixties with There's Always
Something There To Remind Me
Sandie Shaw
6 What is the
largest South American snake
Anaconda
7 What name is
given to a cross between a plum and an apricot
Plumcot
8 Which French
landmark took 2 years 2 months and 2 days to complete
The Eiffel Tower
9 Which British
aircraft company made the twin engined Buccaneer jet bomber
Blackburn
10 Who played
Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street
Pat Phoenix
11 Who duetted
with Barbra Streisand on the 1978 hit You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Neil Diamond
12 True or false,
Lester Piggott rode Red Rum to victory at Aintree
True as a two
year old in a flat race
13 What was the
function of The Oval during World War Two
Prisoner of war
camp
14 What does the
Norse god Thor carry in his hand
Hammer
15 Who in the
nineteen thirties was known as The King of Hollywood
Clark Gable
16 What is the
only non electrical musical instrument invented in the 20th Century
The steel drum
17 What type of
animal is a Chester white
Pig
18 In the battle
of Troy who killed Hector
Achilles
19 What are the
five largest lakes in the world (POINT FOR EACH)
Caspian Sea,
Superior, Victoria, Huron and Michigan
20 What was the
name of Mel Brooks spoof Western (where they all sat round the
campfire eating beans and breaking wind this is in case he's made
more than one spoof Western)
Blazing Saddles
21 What was Elvis
Presley's first number one in Britain
All Shook Up
22 What first,
occurred in the 1981 boat race
A woman took part
23 In 1945 Adolph
Hitler married his mistress what was her name
Eva Braun
24 What was the
first task that god gave to Adam
Naming the
animals
25 The film
Helter Skelter told the story of which notorious murderer
Charles Manson
26 Which group
had a top ten hit in 1984 with Radio Gaga
Queen
27 What was the
name of Reading FC's ground before it became the Madejski Stadium
Elm Park
28 What animal
was depicted on the Spanish twenty five peseta coin before the
coming of the euro
Bull
29 What drink did
Leonard Rossitter continually spill over Joan Collins in the adverts
Cinzano
30 In which
battle of WW2 did American aircraft sink four Japanese aircraft
carriers
Midway
Round 2. THE
NAME IS BOND
31 What rank is
held by James Bond
Commander
32 Who played
Miss Moneypenny in the early Bond films
Lois Maxwell
33 Which James
Bond film shared its name with a variety of banana
Goldfinger
34 What was the
theme song for the Bond film Quantum of Solace
Another Way To
Die sang by Jack White and Alicia Keys
35 What was the
name of the villain in the Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun
Scaramanga
36 Which James
Bond once advertised Big Fry chocolate bars
George Lazenby
37 What James
Bond film used the space shuttle
Moonraker
38 In which James
Bond film did Daniel Craig make his first appearance
Casino Royale
39 Who played a
bumbling accomplice of 007's in the film Never Say Never Again
Rowan Atkinson
40 Who played
Basildon Bond on TV
Russ Abbot
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