PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Which 1993 film stars Michael Douglas as William ‘D-Fens’ Foster?

2 MUSIC:

Which singer had UK No 1 singles in 1964 with Anyone Who Had A Heart and You’re My World?

3 TV & RADIO:

First broadcast in 2009, which TV series depicted a group of young offenders who gained mysterious powers after being caught in a strange thunderstorm?

4 SPORT:

In 2021, who became the first female jockey to win the Grand National?

5 LEISURE:

Targeting green pigs with a slingshot is the main element of which mobile game, launched in 2009?

6 NATURE:

What name for the whiteflowered shrub Viburnum lantana is derived from its frequent proximity to paths?

7 LITERATURE:

Published posthumously in 1681, which poem begins with the line ‘Had we but world enough and time’?

8 HISTORY:

What name is given to the speculation mania which ruined many British investors in 1720?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word apricate? a) Sunbathe, b) Grow in value, c) Borrow.

10 BRITAIN:

What name is shared by a city in Wales and a town located just outside Belfast in Northern Ireland?

11 THIS YEAR:

Which American singer won the Global Icon award at the 2021 Brit Awards?

12 POT LUCK:

The exterior of the Statue of Liberty is made from which metal?