PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Who played Stu, the romantic rival to Robin Williams’s character, in the 1994 film Mrs Doubtfire?

2 MUSIC:

Released in 1975, Horses was the debut album by which American singer-songwriter?

3 TV & RADIO:

Which comedian presents the TV series Modern Life Is Goodish?

4 SPORT:

In August this year,

Lionel Messi joined which European football club after the expiration of his contract with FC Barcelona?

5 SCIENCE:

German astronomer Johann Galle used a telescope to observe which celestial object on September 23, 1846?

6 NATURE:

With the Latin name Cavia porcellus, which South American rodent is kept as a pet or as livestock?

7 LITERATURE:

Which US author wrote the Tales Of The City novel series, set in San Francicso?

8 HISTORY:

Forces of the Sixth Coalition decisively defeated Napoleon at which October 1813 action, also known as the Battle of the Nations?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word inveterate? a) Honest, b) Creative, c) Established.

10 BRITAIN:

Which town in Wiltshire was officially granted royal patronage in October 2011?

11 THIS YEAR:

Which two politicians were elected as the new leaders of the Green Party on October 1?

12 POT LUCK:

Christian IX, who was the great-grandfather of Prince Philip and the great-great-grandfather of the Queen, was the king of which country?