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Pub Quiz No. 39A

Posted: 13 Mar 2025 21:03
by Carl
  • 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.

Re: Pub Quiz No. 39A

Posted: 13 Mar 2025 21:28
by elcarretero
3 Arm
5 West

Re: Pub Quiz No. 39A

Posted: 14 Mar 2025 09:37
by stowie39
8.Dutch

Re: Pub Quiz No. 39A

Posted: 15 Mar 2025 08:29
by elcarretero
7 240 cm
10 Dressage

Re: Pub Quiz No. 39A

Posted: 20 Mar 2025 21:01
by Carl
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