The Sunday Telegraph

Pub Quiz

- 6 The poems The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion and The Lady of the Lake are among the works of which writer? COMPILED BY GAVIN FULLER

1 Calista Flockhart (pictured) is the current wife of which actor, best known for his roles in George Lucas film franchises?

2 Which current driver is second to Michael Schumacher in the list of all-time wins in Formula 1?

3 In which state of the USA is the volcano Mount St Helens located?

4 Awarded the prize in 1964, who is the youngest male winner to date of the Nobel Peace Prize? 5 Which television presenter is best remembered for the long-running programme Police 5? 7 Having a two-word name including a colour and the largest of its species, which animal has the scientific name Vulpes vulpes?

8 Who co-wrote the libretto for the 1934 opera Porg y and Bess with DuBose Heyward?

9 Also the last surviving pre-Second World War monarch, who was the last king of Romania, forced to abdicate in 1947?

10 What two-word phrase, derived from the descriptio­n of communicat­ion by natives in Africa, is defined as “a rapid informal network by which informatio­n or gossip is spread”?

11 Which hornless breed of cattle, named after a region in south-west Scotland, is one of the oldest native cattle breeds in Britain?

12 Which river, around 20km long, passes through Ipswich and empties into the North Sea at Harwich?

13 Which two singers have topped the UK singles chart with the song This Ole House, one in 1954 and the other in 1981?

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