Pub Q Quiz

What word, often heard in court, is common to songs by Paloma Faith (pictured), (pictured) With which long-ru long-running childre children’s televisi television program programme would y you associat associate the dogs Pet Petra, Shep and Goldie? For which 1984 film did Haing S. Ngor win Best Supporting Oscar and Golden Globe, and an Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA?

Which Cunard liner, launched in 1967, was the only ship to be awarded five stars for its accommodation by the RAC?

What was the name of the Royal Research ship which carried Captain Robert Falcon Scott and the members of his first expedition to the Antarctic in 1901? A Midsummer Night’s Dream: “Ill met by —, proud Titania”?

“Swift as a —, short as any dream”?

To the nearest whole number, what is the imperial equivalent (in miles) of eight kilometres)?

Which precious metal is used to denote a 70th wedding anniversary?

What is the name of the ridge straddling the England-Wales border lying on the Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail to the west of Kington in Herefordshire?

Also known as “musica universalis” or universal music, what name did Pythagoras give to the concept of proportions in the movements of celestial bodies and the harmonies thus generated?

What was the name of the short story by Arthur C. Clarke upon which the film 2001: A Space Odyssey was based?

Which of Clarke’s novels, which he said was his favourite of all his books, is set on the planet Thalassa and concerns a utopian human colony visited by travellers from a doomed earth?