PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Who starred as Peter Taylor alongside Michael Sheen’s Brian Clough in the 2009 drama The Damned United?

2 MUSIC:

Which singer/ songwriter wrote Me And Bobby McGee – a posthumous hit for Janis Joplin in 1971?

3 TV & RADIO:

Who starred as James Herriot in All Creatures Great And Small from 1978-90?

4 SPORT:

Chen Long and Carolina Marin are current men’s and women’s Olympic champions in which sport?

5 GEOGRAPHY:

Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur are all cities in which Indian state?

6 ART:

Famed for its depiction of the murder of a revolutionary leader, The Death Of Marat was painted by which artist in 1793?

7 FOOD & DRINK:

Juniper berries provide the dominant flavour of which spirit?

8 LITERATURE:

Mr Pumblechook, John Wemmick and Bentley Drummle are characters in which Charles Dickens novel?

9 WORDS:

What is a quetzal? a) the standard monetary unit of Cambodia, b) a fraction of a quark, c) a crested bird.

10 BRITAIN:

What name is given to the strait that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England?

11 THIS YEAR:

£5 notes depicting which social reformer ceased to be legal tender in May?

12 POT LUCK:

Which hormone that is released into the bloodstream during labour is sometimes known as the ‘cuddle chemical’?