PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

‘In space, no one can hear you scream’ was the tagline for which 1979 sci-fi film?

2 MUSIC:

Which composer wrote the 1924 orchestral piece Rhapsody In Blue?

3 TV & RADIO:

Sandi Toksvig, presenter of QI and Great British Bake Off, was born in which country?

How many fielding positions are there on a baseball team?

4 SPORT:

5 HISTORY:

Who was president of the United States of America during the Korean War?

6 NATURE:

Which country is the largest producer of coffee beans in the world?

7 SCIENCE:

Richard Trevithick constructed which groundbreaking invention in 1804?

8 LEISURE:

Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor is known for his success in which sport?

9 WORDS:

What is a ‘slumgullion’ ? a) an 18th century ship, b) a cheap stew, c) a medieval coin.

10 POT LUCK:

Of what Celtic tribe was the fearsome Queen Boudicca leader?

11 THIS YEAR:

What unusual choice did Meghan Markle make regarding her maid of honour?

12 LANGUAGE:

‘Apples and pears’ is cockney rhyming slang for which household fixture?