PUB QUIZ
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?