The Irish Mail on Sunday

PUB QUIZ

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1 MOVIES: Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman starred as detectives Somerset and Mills on the hunt for a serial killer in which 1995 crime film?

2 MUSIC: The Fame, released in 2008, was the debut album for which singer and activist? 3 TV & RADIO: Which actor was the first to portray Doctor Who in the BBC TV series?

4 SPORT: Which former England cricket captain holds the record as the highest Test run-scorer for England?

5 HISTORY: Which American merchant ship was discovered adrift and deserted off The Azores on December 5, 1872?

6 NATURE: Which strikingly coloured tropical bird shares its name with a Central American unit of currency? 7 FOOD & DRINK: Which unripened fruit is shredded and forms the base for the South East Asian spicy salad som tam? 8 LITERATURE: The film Blade Runner was based on the plot of which Philip K. Dick novel? 9 WORDS: What is a fanion? a) A small flag used by surveyors, b) A measuring tape used by dressmaker­s, c) A tacking nail used by cobblers. 10 IRELAND: On which Aran Island would you find the hill fort of Dún Aonghasa? 11 THIS YEAR: Who directed the multipleOs­car-winning film La La Land? 12 POT LUCK: Which deadly toxin is secreted by the yellow-spotted millipede?

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