Pub Quiz No. 46

[Carl]

• 1. Pam is five-eighths of her father's age. In 15 years' time, she will be five-sixths as old as he is now. How old is Pam ?

• 2. What connects ball, nose and run ?

• 3. Which Best Actor Oscar winner prefers an ORDINARY BED (anagram) ?

• 4. Which is the odd one out: pea, broccoli, lime, apple ?

• 5. Starting with A, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach ASSIGNMENT

• 6. The numerator of a certain fraction is three less than the denominator. If the numerator is tripled and the denominator is increased by seven, the value of the resulting fraction is a half. What was the original fraction ?

• 7. What connects goal, lamp and bed ?

• 8. Which Muppets character is keen to REJOIN THE EGG ROTA (anagram) ?

• 9. Which is the odd one out: Wayne Rooney, Gary Lineker, David Beckham, Ray Wilkins ?

• 10. Crack the code to find three herbs or spices: UIZRWZIU, ZWAMUIZG, BCZUMZQK

• 11. Uncle Ronnie had a farm, and on that farm he had only chickens and sheep. Ronnie counted 55 heads and 156 feet in the farmyard, including his own. How many chickens did he have on his farm ?

• 12. What connects coffee, pepper and water ?

• 13. Which Muppets character once ARGUED BARE (anagram) ?

• 14. Which is the odd one out: man swimming, man constructing, man dancing, man grinding ?

• 15. Rearrange the letter groups to find three British authors: LEY VEN EST WOD USE PRI SON EHO STE

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

4 Broccoli
7 Post

[gail]

12. Black

[elcarretero]

1 45
4 Broccoli, the rest are fruits

[Carl]

ANSWERS

1. 45
2. They may all follow 'on the'
3. Adrien Brody
4. Broccoli; the others are common shades of green
5. One way is:
A
At
Tan
Ants
Satin
Giants
Seating
Gentians
Tanginess
Assignment
6. Two-fifths
7. They all form new words with the suffix 'post'
8. George the Janitor
9. Gary Lineker; the other England players have been sent off during World Cup matches
10. Marjoram, rosemary, turmeric (A becomes S, B becomes T, etc.)
11. 31 chickens
12. They may all precede mill
13. Beauregard
14. Man swimming; the other are Egyptian hieroglyphs
15. Stevenson, Priestley, Wodehouse