Pub Quiz No. 86

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Pub Quiz No. 86

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  • 1. Aisha and John parked the car and walked half a mile to a fireworks display at five mph. They ambled back at two mph, returning to the car 46 minutes after they originally left it. How long did the display last ?
  • 2. What connects salt, tennis and lamp ?
  • 3. Which Downton Abbey actress might JOG A FRONT AGENT (anagram) ?
  • 4. Which of these is the odd one out: rhombic, elliptical, lenticular, spiral ?
  • 5. Crack the code to find three palindromes: TCFCT, OKPKO, NGXGN
  • 6. Who played Lee Holloway, the title character in the 2003 comedy-drama film Secretary ?
  • 7. The word lupine means having the characteristics of which animal ?
  • 8. Which author, born on 2 April 1925, wrote the Flashman novels ?
  • 9. What colour were the children's TV characters the Clangers ?
  • 10. The Fosse Way was a Roman road built to link Exeter to which other city ?
  • 11. In which British sitcom did Peter Kay star as club owner Brian Potter ?
  • 12. In astrology, which sign of the zodiac is known as The Maiden ?
  • 13. In which year was was the National Lottery launched in the UK by Camelot ?
  • 14. What type of animal was The Dandy comic's Korky ?
  • 15. What is the modern-day name of the island once known as Van Diemen's Land ?

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stowie39
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2. Table
11. Phoenix Nights
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7. Wolf
14. Cat
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ANSWERS

1. 25 minutes
2. They may all follow table
3. Joanne Froggatt
4. Rhombic; the others are shapes of galaxies
5. Radar, minim, level (A becomes Y, B becomes Z, etc.)
6. Maggie Gyllenhaal
7. Wolf
8. George Macdonald Fraser
9. Pink
10. Lincoln
11. Phoenix Nights
12. Virgo
13. 1994
14. Cat
15. Tasmania

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