Pub Quiz

1. What is the atomic number of carbon?

A. 6, B. 2, C. 45, D. 22.

2. In which two months are the Dog-days?

A. July and August, B. September and May, C. April and June, D. December and January.

3. What sort of creature is a kelpie? A. An English river fish, B. An Atlantic sea bird, C. An African monkey, D. An Australian sheep dog.

4. On which Italian island is the volcano Mount Etna?

A. Crete, B. Sicily, C. Corsica, D. Sardinia.

5. What did Hippolyte Mege-Mouries invent in 1889?

A. Margarine, B. Flushing toilet, C. Penicillin, D. Cement.

6. Which creatures are also called hogs or swine?

A. Pigs, B. Wildebeest, C. Cows, D. Deer.

7. Which war lasted from 1854-56? A. The Napoleonic, B. The Great War, C. The Crimean, D. The Two Years War.

8. To which future king of England was Margaret Maid of Norway betrothed? A. Henry II, B. John, C. Richard II, D. Edward II.

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S PUB QUIZ:

1. D; 2. B; 3. B; 4. B; 5. D; 6. D;

7. B; 8. A.