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Pub Quiz No. 87

Posted: 12 Feb 2026 21:03
by Carl
  • 1. Where on the body might you find crow's feet ?
  • 2. Which group had a 1986 UK top ten hit with Venus, originally recorded by Shocking Blue ?
  • 3. A mahout is someone who handles what type of animal ?
  • 4. Who played the title role in 2013 biopic Jobs ?
  • 5. Which English football team's nickname is The Red Devils ?
  • 6. What is a tarboosh ?
  • 7. Robert Mapplethorpe was chiefly associated with which branch of the arts ?
  • 8. If you travel due east from John O'Groats, which country will you reach first ?
  • 9. The UK's first ever satellite-enabled smartphone video call was made in January 2025 from a mountain in which Welsh county ?
  • 10. Which German swimmer was nicknamed the Albatross ?
  • 11. Robert Burns's poems were first published in which Scottish town ?
  • 12. Amy gave a third of her spare textbooks to Cathy, who then gave a third back. She then gave a fifth of her remaining books to Jess, who returned half. If she now has 63 books, how many did Amy have to start with ?
  • 13. What connects row, thing and away ?
  • 14. Which newsreader may have AEROBIC FUN (anagram) ?
  • 15. Which of these is the odd one out: St Austell, Port Isaac, St Ives, Newquay ?

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

Re: Pub Quiz No. 87

Posted: 12 Feb 2026 23:19
by stowie39
1. Eyes
3. Elephants

Re: Pub Quiz No. 87

Posted: 13 Feb 2026 09:49
by gail
5. Manchester United
14. Fiona Bruce

Re: Pub Quiz No. 87

Posted: 19 Feb 2026 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS

1. Face
2. Bananarama
3. Elephant
4. Ashton Kutcher
5. Manchester United
6. A hat
7. Photography
8. Norway
9. Ceredigion
10. Michael Gross
11. Kilmarnock
12. 190 textbooks
13. They all form new words with the prefix far- (farrow, farthing, faraway)
14. Fiona Bruce
15. St Austell, on Cornwall's south coast; the others are on its north coast