PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Which 1999 film starred Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Cher as women living in Italy before and during the Second World War?

2 MUSIC:

Which song was a UK No1 hit for Marc Almond and Gene Pitney in 1989?

3 TV & RADIO:

Which 1990s sitcom was set in the office of fictional TV news company GlobeLink News?

4 SPORT:

Which British sprinter shared the bronze medal with Johannes Floors in the T64 100m race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics?

5 POLITICS:

What term is used of the secular members of the House of Lords in contrast to the Lords Spiritual, who are Anglican bishops?

6 SCIENCE & NATURE:

Which small marine creatures belong to the genus Hippocampus?

7 ART & LITERATURE:

‘Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole’ is a quotation from which novel by Evelyn Waugh?

8 CELEBRITIES:

Which major naval battle between British and French forces took place in August 1798 in Aboukir Bay?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word hieratic? a) Hairy, b) Priestly, c) Eccentric.

10 BRITAIN:

The large Iron Age hillfort Roulston Scar is located in which English national park?

11 THIS YEAR:

On September 2, pop group Abba announced that they would release an album of new material later this year with what title?

12 POT LUCK:

The ringgit is the currency of which Asian country?