PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES: Which actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Annie Wilkes in Misery?

2 MUSIC: Which singer caused controversy at the 1990 GRAMMYs by refusing to attend the ceremony or accept the award for the Best Alternative Music Performance?

3 TV & RADIO: The BBC TV series Last Of The Summer Wine was set in which English county?

4 SPORT: Slashing, cradling and fast break are all gameplay terms used in which sport?

5 GEOGRAPHY: Which Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean is home to hundreds of monumental human statues known as moai?

6 SCIENCE: Which metal takes its name from the Latin name for an island in the Mediterranean?

7 CELEBRITY: Which British actor was born Maurice Micklewhite in London in 1953?

8 ART: Which French artist is famous for his bronze statue The Thinker?

9 WORDS: Helminthology is the study of what? a) Parasitic worms b) Military headwear c) Boating architecture.

10 IRELAND: Which Foxrock-born writer won the Resistance Medal for his bravery in France in World War Two?

11 THIS YEAR: During the US Super Bowl final’s half-time show, which singer parachuted mid-performance to continue singing atop a giant tower?

12 POT LUCK: In the nursery rhyme, a child born on which day is said to be ‘full of woe’?