PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Which 1973 film starred Charlton Heston as a detective investigating a mysterious synthetic food?

2 MUSIC:

Which rapper featured on Beyoncé’s 2006 No.1 Déjà Vu and on Rihanna’s 2007 No.1 Umbrella?

3 TV & RADIO:

Who played disgraced MP Jeremy Thorpe in the 2018 miniseries A Very English Scandal?

4 SPORT:

Which Chinese snooker player defeated John Higgins in the final of the 2021 Masters tournament in January?

5 HISTORY:

Who was the third president of Ireland?

6 SCIENCE:

Which subatomic particle was discovered in 1932 by the English physicist James Chadwick?

7 NATURE:

What is the common name of the bright blue wildflower Centaurea cyanus, also known as bachelor’s button?

8 LITERATURE:

A Poison Tree, London, and The Lamb appear in which 18th Century collection of illustrated poems?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word oriflamme? a) A banner, b) A trick, c) A gun.

10 IRELAND:

The nickname The Hooker County is associated with which county?

11 THIS YEAR:

On February 2, it was announced that Andy Jassy would take over which prominent business role from one of the world’s richest men?

12 POT LUCK:

The Christian festival and traditional quarter day of Michaelmas falls on which date?

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters given? Letters may be used only once and the centre letter must be used in each word. At least one word uses all nine letters.

No words with capital, hyphen or apostrophe, no verb forms ending in ‘s’ and no plurals ending in ‘s’. Answers next week.

hoW DID you Do?

Score the number of words that you found – 20 Good 30 Very good 35 or more Excellent