Pub Quiz No. 39A

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Pub Quiz No. 39A

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  • 1. What is the name of the Greek goddess of the Moon ?
  • 2. Mary Hopkin's 1968 hit Those Were The Days is an English adaption of a song from which country ?
  • 3. The humerus is a bone in which part of the body ?
  • 4. Which spacecraft in December 2024 became the fastest ever artificial object, having reached a speed of 430,000 mph ?
  • 5. The volcanic archipelago of Krakatoa lies in which direction from Java ?
  • 6. Who was cast as Julius Caesar under director Rouben Mamoulian in the original abandoned, film version of Cleopatra in the early 1960s ?
  • 7. A third, a quarter and a fifth of the length of the rug in Mabel's living room is white, the other 52cm is red. How long is Mabel's rug ?
  • 8. What connects auction, courage and treat ?
  • 9. Which British artist may have seen NOEL SNATCH JOB (anagram) ?
  • 10. Which is the odd one out: cross country, racing, showjumping, dressage ?
  • 11. Starting with I, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach ALONGSIDE
  • 12. Who played Watson in the CBS drama Elementary ?
  • 13. How many masts does a brigantine have ?
  • 14. Who was the prime minister of the United Kingdom during the abdication crisis of 1936 ?
  • 15. Which author wrote the 1908 novel A Room With A View ?

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

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3 Arm
5 West
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8.Dutch
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7 240 cm
10 Dressage
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ANSWERS

1. Selene
2. Russia
3. Arm
4. Parker Solar Probe
5. West
6. Peter Finch
7. 2.4 metres
8. They all may be Dutch
9. John Constable
10. Racing; the others form three-day eventing
11. One way is:
I
In
Gin
Sing
Singe
Easing
Agonise
Diagnose
Alongside
12. Lucy Liu
13. Two
14. Stanley Baldwin
15. E.M. Forster

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