Category: Pub Quiz with Lunch

Many thanks to Pam Farrell for being the Quizmaster in my absence due to an appointment I couldn’t change. There were 27 members attending. She did an excellent job especially as the tie breakers were very important in deciding the winning team.

The February Pub Quiz will be on the second Monday, 13th February, at 12 noon at The Nabb Inn. All are welcome – we prefer a maximum of four to a team where possible as we can always add another person to a team if you would like to attend but haven’t got a team of your own.

And here are the answers to the January quiz:
1. How many legs did ‘The Famous Five’ have between them? 12
2. Which black bearded captain is Tintin’s friend? Haddock
3. Which actress played Cleopatra when Rex Harrison played Julias Caesar? Elizabeth Taylor
4. What is the surname of the Welsh footballer who was sold to Real Madrid in the summer of 2013 for a record €100 million? Gareth Bale
5. Who sits on The Wool Sack in the UK’s House of Lords? Lord Chancellor
6. Which Richard played Chris Kringle in the 1994 remake of ‘A miracle on 34th St’? Attenborough
7. The nuclear reactor at Sellafield is in which UK county? Cumbria
8. What is the highest mountain in Africa? Killamanjaro
9. Who painted the ‘Mona Lisa’? Leonardo da Vinci
10. Which US city has a baseball team called ‘The Braves’? Atlanta
11. From which city does radio DJ Alan Partridge come from? Norwich
12. Louise Brown, born in 1978, was the first ever what? Test tube baby
13. Disneyland Paris was known as what when it first opened? EuroDisney
14. Who was the last English monarch to die in battle? Richard III
15. In what year did Red Rum win its first Grand National? 1973
In which COUNTRY would you find the following famous landmarks
16 The Acropolis Greece
17.Potala Palace Tibet (will accept China)
18 The Petronas twin towers Malaysia
19 Brandenburg Gate Germany
20 Angel Falls Venezuela
21 Statue of Christ the Redeemer Brazil
22 Belvedere Palace Austria
23 Angkor Wat Cambodia
24 Konark Sun Temple (aka The Black Pagoda) India
25 Petra Jordan

And here is your February quiz.
1. Cinnamon comes from which part of the tree?
2. A White Lady cocktail consists of which main alcoholic ingredient?
3. Brassica Rapa is the Latin name for which vegetable?
4. In Japan, what type of drink is “Matcha”?
5. What flavour is the liqueur “Triple Sec”?
6. What is another term for “Vitamin C”?
7. Plantain is the cooking variety of which fruit?
8. Macaws, long-tailed colourful parrots, consist of how many species?
9. Traditionally, Mozzarella cheese was made from which animal’s milk?
10. Sharing its name with a percussion instrument, which relative of the antelope, native to Africa, has white vertical stripes on its body?
11. The French clothing company “Lacoste” features which type of animal in its logo?
12. The Roadrunner is a member of which bird family?
13. The world’s largest frog and beetle are both named after which biblical character?
14. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?
15. What is the most fractured human bone?
16. What is the most famous university of Paris?
17. Which animal is on the golden Flemish flag?
18. What is the name of the Indian holy river?
19. What is the Kabbalah?
20. What is the meaning of the Arab word Habibi?
21. What does the abbreviation GPS mean?
22. What is the most spoken language in the world?
23. What does the abbreviation SMS mean?
24. What is another word for wall painting or mural?

The December Pub Quiz was attended by 22 members. The January Pub Quiz will be on the second Monday, 9th January at 12 noon at The Nabb Inn. All are welcome – we can always add another person to a team if you would like to attend but haven’t got a team of your own.

And here are the answers to the December Christmas themed quiz:
H What do the Scots call Christmas? Hogmanay
A What’s the name of the period leading up to Christmas? Advent
P What do we get fed up of sweeping up at Christmas? Pine needles
P Another name for Christmas Pudding? Plum Pudding
Y Where mistletoe grows? Yew tree
C Traditional Christmas songs? Carols
H Another name for frost on the grass? Hoar frost
R And another name for frost hanging from the trees? Rime
I What is the other name for the holly plant? Ilex
S What some of us look forward to on January 1st Sales
T We decorate the tree with this? Tinsel
M Another name for the Three Kings? Magi
A An ingredient for Egg Nog? Advocaat
S Traditional ingredient in the Christmas Pudding? Sixpence
F Where traditionally we hang our stockings? Fireplace
R In which city is eel the traditional Christmas Eve meal? Rome
O Which city always donates a Christmas tree to Britain annually? Oslo
M A subject of one of the 12 Days of Christmas: Maids a milking
S Another name for Christmas angels? Seraphim
A Where we could hang baubles on this Christmas animal? Antlers
N “God Jul” means Merry Christmas in which language? Norwegian
D Another subject of one of the 12 Days of Christmas? Drummers
R First name of author of “The Snowman”? Raymond Briggs
A Who started the custom of “wassailing”? Anglo Saxons

And just to get your brains re-started after the Christmas break, here is your January quiz.
1. How many legs did ‘The Famous Five’ have between them?
2. Which black bearded captain is Tintin’s friend?
3. Which actress played Cleopatra when Rex Harrison played Julias Caesar?
4. What is the surname of the Welsh footballer who was sold to Real Madrid in the summer of 2013 for a record €100 million?
5. Who sits on The Wool Sack in the UK’s House of Lords?
6. Which Richard played Chris Kringle in the 1994 remake of ‘A miracle on 34th St’?
7. The nuclear reactor at Sellafield is in which UK county?
8. What is the highest mountain in Africa?
9. Who painted the ‘Mona Lisa’?
10. Which US city has a baseball team called ‘The Braves’?
11. From which city does radio DJ Alan Partridge come from?
12. Louise Brown, born in 1978, was the first ever what?
13. Disneyland Paris was known as what when it first opened?
14. Who was the last English monarch to die in battle?
15. In what year did Red Rum win its first Grand National?
In which COUNTRY would you find the following famous landmarks:-
16. The Acropolis
17. Potala Palace
18. The Petronas twin towers
19. Brandenburg Gate
20. Angel Falls
21.Statue of Christ the Redeemer
22. Belvedere Palace
23. Angkor Wat
24 Konark Sun Temple (aka The Black Pagoda)
25 Petra

The November Pub Quiz was attended by 30 members, which was astonishing considering the weather was awful that day. Admittedly the Quiz this month was a bit harder than usual but we turn up to learn something new rather than to win and more to enjoy the company and the food! At £1 entrance it must be the cheapest way these days of having a bit of fun!

The next Pub Quiz will be on Monday, 12th December, at The Nabb Inn at 12 noon. All welcome – we can always add another person to a team if you would like to attend but haven’t got a team of your own. And here’s a Christmas themed quiz to keep you occupied.

CHRISTMAS QUIZ – All the answers start with the letter on the left!

H What do the Scots call Christmas?
A What’s the name of the period leading up to Christmas?
P What do we get fed up of sweeping up at Christmas?
P Another name for Christmas Pudding?
Y Where mistletoe grows?
C Traditional Christmas songs?
H Another name for frost on the grass?
R And another name for frost hanging from the trees?
I What is the other name for the holly plant?
S What some of us look forward to on January 1st
T We decorate the tree with this?
M Another name for the Three Kings?
A An ingredient for Egg Nog?
S Traditional ingredient in the Christmas Pudding?
F Where traditionally we hang our stockings?
R In which city is eel the traditional Christmas Eve meal?
O Which city always donates a Christmas tree to Britain annually?
M A subject of one of the 12 Days of Christmas:
S Another name for Christmas angels?
A Where we could hang baubles on this Christmas animal?
N “God Jul” means Merry Christmas in which language?
D Another subject of one of the 12 Days of Christmas?
R First name of author of “The Snowman”?
A Who started the custom of “wassailing”?

The October Pub Quiz was attended by 25 members. The next Pub Quiz will be on Monday, 8th November, 2022 at The Nabb Inn at 12 noon. All welcome – we can always add another person to a team if you would like to attend but haven’t got a team of your own.

Here are the answers to the October newsletter quiz:
1. Which American dramatist wrote The Crucible? Arthur Miller
2. By what name is nacre popularly know? Mother of pearl
3. What name is given to a stand or support for pans before or on a fire? Trivet
4. Which British naval explorer landed at Botany Bay in 1770? Captain James Cook
5. What sort of creature is a Gila monster? A lizard
6. Of which organ is the medulla oblongata a part? The brain
7. What sort of creature is a trogon? A bird
8. Which motoring organisation agreed to pay £20 million after it was caught plagiarizing Ordnance Survey maps? The AA Automobile Association
9. What name is given to a Hindu of the highest caste? Brahman
10. With whom did Queen collaborate on the 1981 UK hit “Under Pressure”? David Bowie
11. In which New York City street are the majority of the leading theatres situated? Broadway
12. Which King of England was nicknamed The Lionheart? Richard
13. In which English county is the port of Plymouth situated? Devon
14. Which element used in atomic bombs is represented by the symbol Pu? Plutonium
15. With which musical instrument is the Russian born musician Isaac Stern associated? Violin
16. Which British civil engineer if best known for his construction of the suspension bridge over the Menai Strait? Thomas Telford
17. Which silvery white semiconductor is represented by the symbol Te? Tellurium
18. In which European country can the Arlberg Pass be found? Austria
19. What is the longest nerve in the body? The sciatic nerve
20. Who succeeded his grandfather Edward III as King of England? Richard II
21. What is measured using the Beaufort Scale? Wind speed
22. Who played Hyacinth in the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances? Patricia Routledge
23. Which rock n roll legend had a top ten hit in 1964 with No Particular Place To Go? Chuck Berry
24. Who starred in the title role of Crocodile Dundee? Paul Hogan
25. In Greek mythology who was the goddess of love and beauty? Aphrodite

Apologies – no November quiz this month as have been on my holidays and didn’t have time to do it!

The September Pub Quiz was attended by 25 members. The next Pub Quiz will be on Monday, 10th October at The Nabb Inn at 12 noon. All welcome – we can always add another person to a team if you would like to attend but haven’t got a team of your own.

Here are the answers to the September newsletter quiz:
1 A large, powerful horse used to pull heavy loads – Dray or draft horse
2 Source of a dark blue dye from a tropical plant of the pea family – Indigo
3 2,025.37183 yds in what? Nautical mile
4 Another name for dyspepsia – Indigestion
5 Fourth largest planet in the Solar System – Neptune
6 A type of rich, strong-flavoured Italian cheese with bluish-green veins – Gorgonzola
7 A plant of the figwort family, with showy two-lipped flowers – Antirrhinum
8 Former province of South Africa – Transvaal
9 What is a testudo graeca? – Tortoise
10 One of the principal characters of the Italian commedia dell’arte – Harlequin
11 Mountain conquered on May 29, 1953 – Everest
12 Yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family that is a common weed of grazing land – Ragwort
13 Charles Dickens’s second novel – Oliver Twist
14 A British female singer regarded as a household name in late-1950s – Yana
15 Another name for Granny’s Bonnet plant – Aquilegia
16 Another name for the Mona Lisa – La Gioconda
17 Where is The Bodleian Library? Oxford
18 In which country is the monument Cristo de las Sierras? – Argentina
19 The largest and most popular city of Pakistan – Karachi

And the October quiz is as follows:
1. Which American dramatist wrote The Crucible?
2. By what name is nacre popularly know?
3. What name is given to a stand or support for pans before or on a fire?
4. Which British naval explorer landed at Botany Bay in 1770?
5. What sort of creature is a Gila monster?
6. Of which organ is the medulla oblongata a part?
7. What sort of creature is a trogon?
8. Which motoring organisation agreed to pay £20 million after it was caught plagiarizing Ordnance Survey maps?
9. What name is given to a Hindu of the highest caste?
10. With whom did Queen collaborate on the 1981 UK hit “Under Pressure”?
11. In which New York City street are the majority of the leading theatres situated?
12. Which King of England was nicknamed The Lionheart?
13. In which English county is the port of Plymouth situated?
14. Which element used in atomic bombs is represented by the symbol Pu?
15. With which musical instrument is the Russian born musician Isaac Stern associated?
16. Which British civil engineer if best known for his construction of the suspension bridge over the Menai Strait?
17. Which silvery white semiconductor is represented by the symbol Te?
18. In which European country can the Arlberg Pass be found?
19. What is the longest nerve in the body?
20. Who succeeded his grandfather Edward III as King of England?
21. What is measured using the Beaufort Scale?
22. Who played Hyacinth in the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances?
23. Which rock n roll legend had a top ten hit in 1964 with No Particular Place To Go?
24. Who starred in the title role of Crocodile Dundee?
25. In Greek mythology who was the goddess of love and beauty?