Pub Quiz No. 43
Posted: 10 Apr 2025 21:03
- 1. How many items consitute a brace ?
- 2. Which Old West sheriff shot and killed Billy the Kid in 1881 ?
- 3. What is the world's third largest ocean ?
- 4. Which retired wrestler introduced Donald Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention, where the latter formally accepted his presidential candidacy nomination ?
- 5. According to composer Gustav Holst, which planet is the Bringer of Jollity ?
- 6. Promontory Summit, which saw the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1869, is in which U.S. state ?
- 7. How many furlongs are there in a mile ?
- 8. In ancient Rome, what were the cohortes praetoriae ?
- 9. Which type of dog has the breeds border, Boston, and bull ?
- 10. Mark Cavendish in 2024 broke the record for the number of Tour de France stage wins, previously held by which Belgian ?
- 11. The Sunda Strait lies between which two Indonesian Islands ?
- 12. The republic of
(San Marino) is completely enclosed by which other European Country ?
- 13. Panthera leo is the binomial name for which big cat ?
- 14. On the Beaufort wind force scale, what number has the description 'moderate breeze' ?
- 15. What is Captain Mainwaring's first name in the sitcom Dad's Army ?
- 16. Who wrote and directed the film The Abyss ?
- 17. What is the term for the male equivalent of the demon known as succubus ?
- 18. Which artist created the illustrations for the first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.