Pub Quiz No. 73
Posted: 06 Nov 2025 21:03
- 1. A Mae West is an example of what safety garment ?
- 2. Born on the 30 January 1925, Douglas Engelbart is widely credited as the inventor of what computer input device ?
- 3. Which 13th century poet composed the Masnavi, widely regarded as one of the greatest poems in the Persian language ?
- 4. Cassiterite is an ore of which metal ?
- 5. Teacher Vicky started the day with the same number of reports to write as her colleague Rob. If, at the end of the day, Vicky had written two-fifths of her reports, while Rob had written only a quarter of his, and the difference between the remaining numbers of reports was 45, how many reports did Vicky write ?
- 6. What connects awe, hand and win ?
- 7. Which TV detective may have been a VENOMOUS READER (anagram) ?
- 8. Which is the odd one out: Rankine, Kelvin, Mohs, Celsius ?
- 9. Starting with A, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach DEGENERATE
- 10. Which planet in our solar system is named after the Roman messenger of the gods ?
- 11. What nationality was the artist Edvard Munch ?
- 12. Which Commonwealth country celebrates Waitangi Day on 6 February ?
- 13. Which Egyptian queen was a mistress of Julius Caesar ?
- 14. Which group had a hit single in 1980 with the song Don't Stand So Close To Me ?
- 15. How many U.S. states have names beginning with the letter O ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.