The Irish Mail on Sunday

PUB QUIZ

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1 MOVIES: Who starred as Peter Taylor alongside Michael Sheen’s Brian Clough in the 2009 drama The Damned United?

2 MUSIC: Which singer/ songwriter wrote Me And Bobby McGee – a posthumous hit for Janis Joplin in 1971?

3 TV & RADIO: Who starred as James Herriot in All Creatures Great And Small from 1978-90?

4 SPORT: Chen Long and Carolina Marin are current men’s and women’s Olympic champions in which sport? 5 GEOGRAPHY: Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur are all cities in which Indian state?

6 ART: Famed for its depiction of the murder of a revolution­ary leader, The Death Of Marat was painted by which artist in 1793?

7 FOOD & DRINK: Juniper berries provide the dominant flavour of which spirit?

8 LITERATURE: Mr Pumblechoo­k, John Wemmick and Bentley Drummle are characters in which Charles Dickens novel?

9 WORDS: What is a quetzal? a) the standard monetary unit of Cambodia, b) a fraction of a quark, c) a crested bird.

10 IRELAND: Which veteran broadcaste­r, affectiona­tely known as The Memory Man, died this week?

11 SCIENCE: What is the name of the element with the symbol Pb?

12 POT LUCK: Which hormone that is released into the bloodstrea­m during labour is sometimes known as the ‘cuddle chemical’?

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