PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Satine and Christian are the central characters in which 2001 film, directed by Baz Luhrmann?

2 MUSIC:

Which composer and pianist, who died in 1917, wrote Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer?

3 TV & RADIO:

In the children’s TV series The Sooty Show, what was the name of the female panda puppet?

4 SPORT:

Which nation’s first Olympic gold medal was won by their men’s rugby sevens team at the 2016 Olympics?

5 LEISURE:

Steve and Alex are the default starting characters of which bestselling video game, released in 2011?

6 SCIENCE:

Which metallic element was discovered circa 1735 by Georg Brandt, who showed that it gave blue glass its colour?

7 NATURE:

Which small mammal is called an ermine when its coat, normally brown, has turned white for winter?

8 LITERATURE:

Published in August 2015 after the author’s death, The Shepherd’s Crown is the final book in which series?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word recreant? a) Fun, b) Disloyal, c) Absent.

10 BRITAIN:

Stornoway is the largest town by population of which of the British Isles?

11 THIS YEAR:

What is the title of the poem by Amanda Gorman which she recited at the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20?

12 POT LUCK:

Which European country’s monarch has the title of Grand Duke?