Pub Quiz No. 93

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Carl
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Pub Quiz No. 93

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  • 1. Which dam on the Colorado River was named after the 31st U.S. President ?
  • 2. Which gaseous fuel has the chemical formula C3H8 ?
  • 3. How was the Scottish outlaw Robert MacGregor better known ?
  • 4. Since 2016 the UN General Assembly has recognised May 2 as a day to raise awareness of sustainability issues relating to which fish ?
  • 5. Which city in northwest Israel is the country's principal port ?
  • 6. Who is the most recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature to have been born in the UK ?
  • 7. Which actor's onscreen scientist roles have included Stephen Hawking and Thomas Edison ?
  • 8. Who was the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 ?
  • 9. Which company owned Skype that closed down on May 5, 2025 ?
  • 10. What kind of vegetable is a Maris Piper ?
  • 11. In physics, what is the derived SI unit of force ?
  • 12. Alec started the day with the same number of mints as Claire. If, at the end of the day, Alec had sucked four-sevenths of his mints, while Claire had consumed only a quarter of hers, and the difference between the remaining number of mints was nine, how many mints did Alec eat ?
  • 13. What connects box, patent and war ?
  • 14. Which Honours List refusenik BORE MERRY LOT (anagram) ?
  • 15. Which one of these is the odd one out: Betelgeuse, Sirius, Procyon, Aldebaran ?

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9. Microsoft
10. Potato
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2. Propane
3. Rob Roy
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11. Newton
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ANSWERS

1. Hoover Dam
2. Propane
3. Rob Roy
4. Tuna
5. Haifa
6. Harold Pinter
7. Benedict Cumberbatch
8. Fidel Castro
9. Microsoft
10. Potato
11. Newton
12. 16 mints
13. They may all precede office
14. Robert Morley
15. Aldebaran; the other stars form the Winter Triangle

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