The Mail on Sunday

PUB QUIZ

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1 MOVIES:

Which two actresses played the title role in the 2001 biopic Iris? 2 MUSIC: Which UK No 1, released in 1998, was Billie Piper’s debut single? 3 TV & RADIO: Which crime drama series was revived in 2000 with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in the title roles?

4 SPORT:

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Liam Heath and Joe Clarke won gold medals for Great Britain in which sport?

5 NATURE:

Which amphibian, with the Latin name Ambystoma mexicanum, is also known as the Mexican walking fish?

6 HISTORY:

What nickname, derived from the peak year of the event, was given to 19th Century prospector­s who took part in the California Gold Rush?

7 POLITICS:

Called the National Assembly for Wales until May 2020, by what name is the legislatur­e of Wales commonly known?

8 LITERATURE:

Dorothea Brooke and Tertius Lydgate are central characters in which 19th Century novel?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word scansorial? a) Poetic, b) Forbidding, c) Climbing.

10 BRITAIN:

Which country house in Co Down is the official residence of the Queen in Northern Ireland?

11 THIS YEAR:

What is the stage name of singer and entertaine­r Thomas Hicks, who was knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours?

12 POT LUCK:

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, architect of the master plan of Chandigarh in India, is better known by what name?

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