Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Pub Quiz Results : 30th August 2016



Answers are up from yesterday's Quiz.

Good Luck.

1. Which fictional character was well versed in Latin and Greek, played excellent whist, spoke French and Spanish, was tone deaf and suffered from mal de mer? - Horatio Hornblower 

2. Which female tennis player won a record 62 Grand Slam titles? - Margaret Smith Court

3. Polynesia means 'many islands'. What does Melanesia mean? - Black Islands

4. At the end of the novel 'The Day Of The Triffids', where do the two sighted protagonists Bill Masen and Josella Payton eventually find refuge? - Isle of Wight

5. How old is Lucy Jordan in the Marianne Faithful song 'The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan'? - 37

6. A two headed eagle is found on the flag of which European country? - Albania 

7. An 'Event Horizon' surrounds what kind of region? - Black Hole

8. Which footballer was the top goal-scorer in the German Bundesliga a record six times during the 1960s and 1970s? - Gert Mueller 

9. What is the name of the largest mountain range in both Iran and Iraq? - Zagros mountains

10. The Blue Fairy is a kindly figure in which Disney classic? - Pinocchio

How did you do? Did you get 10 out of 10? or maybe just 2 or 3? 

Another quiz will be up next week.

Thanks.