PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

For which two films, both released in the 1990s, has Steven Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director?

2 MUSIC:

Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh left The Human League in 1980 to form which new wave band with vocalist Glenn Gregory? 3 TV & RADIO: Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris played the title characters in which murder mystery series?

4 SPORT:

Which country will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup?

5 POLITICS:

To which ministerial office was Michael Gove appointed on July 24, 2019, replacing David Lidington?

6 FOOD & DRINK:

Which dish consists of shucked oysters wrapped in bacon and baked?

7 ART:

In 1891, which French artist produced La Goulue, the first in a series of posters that he made for the Moulin Rouge cabaret?

8 GEOGRAPHY:

Which two South American countries do not border Brazil?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word recondite? a) Obscure, b) Submissive, c) Defiant.

10 BRITAIN:

Established in 1753, which public institution is located on Great Russell Street in London?

11 THIS YEAR:

Which singer and musician, who died on January 3, wrote the UK No 1 hit single Ferry Cross The Mersey?

12 POT LUCK:

In Roman mythology, which goddess of the hearth and sister of Jupiter is the equivalent of the Greek goddess Hestia?