Pub Quiz No. 51

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Pub Quiz No. 51

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  • 1. In the Ian Fleming books, James Bond serves in which branch of the armed forces ?
  • 2. Which category comes between family and class in the hierarchy of biological taxonomy ?
  • 3. Who was the last British prime minister of the 1970s ?
  • 4. Rapper Dr Dre expressed in 2024 hopes to represent Team USA at the 2028 Olympics, in which discipline ?
  • 5. Which scientist published the first laws of electrolysis in 1833 ?
  • 6. Cassiterite is the principal ore of which metal ?
  • 7. What is the four-digit area dialling code for Birmingham ?
  • 8. Ancient Roman authors Apuleius and Ovid both wrote works with which title in common ?
  • 9. What is the surname of the siblings in Lemony Snicket's children's books A Series Of Unfortunate Events ?
  • 10. Which French chef, who died in 2024, invented the cooking style cuisine minceur as a lighter alternative to nouvelle cuisine ?
  • 11. A derny is used in what sport ?
  • 12. Who was Britain's foreign secretary at the outbreak of World War I ?
  • 13. Which Irish star of Gladiator II was Oscar-nominated for his role in Aftersun ?
  • 14. Which American composer wrote the 1952 piece 4'33", in which the performers are instructed not to play their instruments ?
  • 15. Who played the title role in the US crime drama series Columbo ?

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1 Navy
3 Margaret Thatcher
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7. 0121
15. Peter Falk
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11 Cycling (keirin)
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ANSWERS

1. Navy
2. Order
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Archery
5. Michael Faraday
6. Tin
7. 0121
8. Metamorphoses
9. Baudelaire
10. Michel Guerard
11. Cycling
12. Edward Grey
13. Paul Mescal
14. John Cage
15. Peter Falk

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