Pub Quiz

1. Which Roman goddess is identified with the Greek Aphrodite as goddess of love?

A. Mars, B. Neptune, C. Venus, D. Pluto.

2. With which English county is Spode porcelain associated?

A. Essex, B. Staffordshire, C. Dorset, D. Cornwall.

3. Which English colonist who sailed to America on the Mayflower was the military leader of the first settlement in New England?

A. Myles Jameson, B. Myles Thompson, C. Myles Standish, D. Myles Greene.

4. Which chief author of the Declaration of Independence became president of the USA in 1801?

A. George Washington, B. Abraham Lincoln, C. James Madison,

D. Thomas Jefferson.

5. Who ruled England for nine days in 1553?

A. Lady Jane Grey, B. Margaret Maid of Norway, C. Mary I, D. Edward of York.

6. Which famous Australian soprano died in 1931?

A. Dame Nellie Melba, B. Dame Edna Elba, C. Dame Thora Melbourne, D. Dame Rachel Crowson.

7. How was writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known?

A. Mark Twain, B. George Bernard Shaw, C. John Steinbeck, D. Kingsley Amis.

8. When did the League of Nations come into being?

A. 1914, B. 1929, C. 1920, D. 1933.

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S PUB QUIZ:

1. C; 2. B; 3. C; 4. C; 5. B; 6. A;

7. A; 8. A.