Pub Quiz No. 43

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Pub Quiz No. 43

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  • 1. How many items consitute a brace ?
  • 2. Which Old West sheriff shot and killed Billy the Kid in 1881 ?
  • 3. What is the world's third largest ocean ?
  • 4. Which retired wrestler introduced Donald Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention, where the latter formally accepted his presidential candidacy nomination ?
  • 5. According to composer Gustav Holst, which planet is the Bringer of Jollity ?
  • 6. Promontory Summit, which saw the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1869, is in which U.S. state ?
  • 7. How many furlongs are there in a mile ?
  • 8. In ancient Rome, what were the cohortes praetoriae ?
  • 9. Which type of dog has the breeds border, Boston, and bull ?
  • 10. Mark Cavendish in 2024 broke the record for the number of Tour de France stage wins, previously held by which Belgian ?
  • 11. The Sunda Strait lies between which two Indonesian Islands ?
  • 12. The republic of San Marino (San Marino) is completely enclosed by which other European Country ?
  • 13. Panthera leo is the binomial name for which big cat ?
  • 14. On the Beaufort wind force scale, what number has the description 'moderate breeze' ?
  • 15. What is Captain Mainwaring's first name in the sitcom Dad's Army ?
  • 16. Who wrote and directed the film The Abyss ?
  • 17. What is the term for the male equivalent of the demon known as succubus ?
  • 18. Which artist created the illustrations for the first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ?

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9. Terrier'
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1 Two
2 Pat Garret
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7. 8
12. Italy
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3 Indian
5 Jupiter
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ANSWERS

1. Two
2. Pat Garrett
3. Indian
4. Hulk Hogan
5. Jupiter
6. Utah
7. Eight
8. The emperor's bodyguards
9. Terrier
10. Eddy Merckx
11. Java and Sumatra
12. Italy
13. Lion
14. 4
15. George
16. James Cameron
17. Incubus
18. John Tenniel

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