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Pub Quiz No. 85

Posted: 29 Jan 2026 21:02
by Carl
  • 1. In the Simpsons, who is Springfield's mayor ?
  • 2. The historic Russian city of Leningrad is currently named after which Saint ?
  • 3. What was chiefly governed by Elizabethan sumptuary laws ?
  • 4. In which Charles Dickens novel does the orphan Little Nell die ?
  • 5. In which country is the state of West Bengal ?
  • 6. Osteoporosis is a disease affecting which body parts ?
  • 7. Which 1980s supergroup featured Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Roy Orbison ?
  • 8. Yan tan tethera is a method of counting used by what type of outdoor worker ?
  • 9. In Back To The Future Part II, to what future year do Marty and Doc Brown travel ?
  • 10. At which racecourse is the Oaks Stakes flat race run ?
  • 11. What name is given to stock market conditions in which there is a continuing upward movement in prices ?
  • 12. Which treaty of 1783 ended the American War of Independence ?
  • 13. What is the usual term for the nest of a squirrel ?
  • 14. In the Book of Exodus, Zipporah was the wife of which prophet ?
  • 15. Which multiple winner of the European Ladies' Rally Championship married fellow driver Erik Carlsson in 1963 ?

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

Re: Pub Quiz No. 85

Posted: 29 Jan 2026 23:46
by stowie39
6. Bones
7. Travelling Wilburys

Re: Pub Quiz No. 85

Posted: 30 Jan 2026 08:54
by gail
5. India
10. Epsom

Re: Pub Quiz No. 85

Posted: 01 Feb 2026 12:34
by freddo
12 Treaty of paris
13 Drey

Re: Pub Quiz No. 85

Posted: 05 Feb 2026 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS

1. Joe Quimby
2. Peter
3. Clothing
4. The Old Curiosity Shop
5. India
6. The bones
7. The Travelling Wilburys
8. Shepherd
9. 2015
10. Epsom Downs
11. Bull market
12. Treaty of Paris
13. Drey
14. Moses
15. Pat Moss