Pub Quiz
ROUND 1: General Knowledge
1 How many chains are there in a mile?
2 James Bond is 007. What does 007 mean?
3 Where would you find the Dewey Decimal system in use?
4 How many degrees are there in a circle?
5 Where in the human body is the fibula?
6 In which country is the krona the unit of currency?
7 What is the English name for Mardi Gras?
8 What is Chris Bonington famous for?
9 What does the Roman Numeral L stand for?
10 Who invented the miners safety lamp?
ROUND 2: Sport
1 How many players are there in a hockey team?
2 In climbing, what is known as a munro?
3 On a dartboard, what number is directly opposite 20?
4 What is the meaning of the word 'karate'?
5 What was the nationality of the first runner to win the London marathon 2 ys in succession (94 and 95)?
6 What do the initials ITF mean?
7 Which sport takes place in a velodrome?
8 What is known as the sport of kings?
9 Which sprinter forfeited his gold medal at the '88 Olympics after being found to have taken steroids?
10 Which football club plays its home matches at Highbury?
ROUND 3: Art and literature
1 In Dickens' Oliver Twist who was the elderly criminal who taught street urchins to pick pockets?
2 Who created the childrens classic Swallows and Amazons?
3 Who painted The Laughing Cavalier?
4 What style of painting was exhibited in Paris by Monet, Renoir and Degas in 1874?
5 What is the name of the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream?
6 Which artist cut off his ear?
7 What is the style of art used by Picasso in which the subject is reduced to basic geometric solids?
8 Who is adopted into a family of wolves in The Jungle Book?
9 Which author wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays?
10 Where in London would you find Eric Gill's sculpture of Prospero and Ariel?
ROUND 4: TV and Films
1 Which was Disney's first full-length cartoon? Pinocchio, Bambi, Lady and the Tramp or Snow White
2 Which TV series starred Basil, Polly, Sybil and Manual?
3 What was Marilyn Monroe's last film? The 7 Year Itch, The Misfits or Bus Stop.
4 Who played Miss Marple in the TV series?
5 In which film did Hugh Grant play a bookshop owner with a crazy Welsh flat-mate?
6 Who are Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless better known as?
7 For which film (the last before his death) did Henry Fonda receive an Oscar?
8 What hospital is the drama series Casualty set in?
9 What is Homer Simpson's next door neighbour called?
10 Which secret society was featured in the film The Godfather?
ROUND 5: Science and Nature
1 By what name is solid carbon dioxide known?
2 What is the popular name given to the wood hyacinth which is seen in English woods in April and May?
3 What is the name of the instrument used to detect and measure radioactivity?
4 Name the 2 types of camel (Half point for each correct type)
5 What name is given to the glass case for small plants which enjoy a humid atmosphere?
6 What metal, when in ribbon or powder form, burns with a brilliant white light?
7 How many stomachs does a cow have?
8 What kind of creatures live in a formicary?
9 What is the name of the science that deals with drugs and their effect on man and animals?
10 Where would you find budgerigars in their natural habitat?
