Pub Quiz

1 Which fellow actor did Uma Thurman

(pictured) marry in 1990, and divorce two years later?

2 In the Old Testament, who anointed both Saul and David as King of Israel?

3 Which hardware company, founded in Connecticut in 1843, became synonymous with a form of retractable utility knife with a replaceable blade?

4 Which former Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, whose name appeared on banknotes from 2004 to 2011, is now Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority?

5 William Henry Pratt was the real name of which actor, best known for his horror roles?

6 Which fabric designer is Mrs Clark in David Hockney’s Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy?

7 Bismarck is the capital of which US state?

8 Who designed the Supermarine Spitfire plane?

9 Which footballer’s £89 million transfer fee from Juventus to Manchester United this summer broke the world record for being the most expensive one?

10 Which 1975 Stanley Kubrick film was an adaptation of a William Makepeace Thackeray novel? 11 The unfinished Weir of Hermiston was the last novel of which Scottish writer, who died of a cerebral haemorrhage whilst making mayonnaise in 1894?

12 The band Pilot had two UK top twenty singles in the mid-1970s. What were they?