Pub Quiz No. 34

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Pub Quiz No. 34

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  • 1. A ship named the Demeter mysteriously runs aground at Whitby in which 1897 novel ?
  • 2. What is the common six-letter name for Puma concolor, a large cat native to the Americas, also called a mountain lion ?
  • 3. Anne Hyde and Mary of Modena were the two wives of which British king ?
  • 4. What is the meaning of the word acerbate ?

    A. Make bitter
    B. Cut short
    C. Speed up
  • 5. Founded in 1934, which school near Elgin in Scotland was attended by King Charles III and his father ?
  • 6. Which actress and singer filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on 20 August 2024 ?
  • 7. In Greek mythology, one of the labours of Hercules was to clean what type of building, belonging to King Augeas ?
  • 8. Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton portrayed tennis players Venus and Serena Williams in which 2021 film ?
  • 9. Which music group won the 2024 Mercury Prize for their debut album This Could Be Texas ?
  • 10. Iain Armitage played the title role in which sitcom, a spin-off of The Big Bang Theory ?
  • 11. Which New Zealand former fly-half holds the record for most points scored in men's Rugby Union Test matches ?
  • 12. A statue by Marc Quinn of which pregnant artist was displayed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth from September 2005 until late 2007 ?
  • 13. Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte are central characters in which 1945 novel ?
  • 14. Considered a national delicacy in France, what is the English for cuisses de grenouille ?
  • 15. Named after a Scottish inventer, what is Si unit of power ?

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

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1 Dracula
5 Gordonstoun
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14. Frogs legs
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15 Watt
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ANSWERS

1. Dracula by Bram Stoker
2. Cougar
3. James VII and II
4. A. Make bitter
5. Gordonstoun
6. Jennifer Lopez
7. Stables
8. King Richard
9. English Teacher
10. Young Sheldon
11. Dan Carter
12. Alison Lapper
13. Bridehead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh
14. Frogs legs
15. Watt

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