PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Amy Poehler provided the voice of Joy in which 2015 animated film about a young girl named Riley?

2 MUSIC:

Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal co-founded which rock band, whose hits include Nancy Boy and Pure Morning?

3 TV & RADIO:

Which star of It’s A Sin played Zoe Reynolds in Spooks and DI Alex Drake in Ashes To Ashes?

4 SPORT:

In 2009, Usain Bolt set the current men’s 100 metre world record in which European city?

5 SCIENCE:

Sharing its name with a small mammal, what is the SI base unit of amount of substance?

6 FOOD & DRINK:

Which four-letter word is used for pasta that resembles grains of rice?

7 GEOGRAPHY:

Which African island nation is located in the Gulf of Guinea?

8 ART:

Which British artist was depicted in a triptyh of paintings by Francis Bacon in 1969 that sold at auction in 2013 for $142 million?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word louche? a) Disappointed, b) Disreputable, c) Distracted.

10 BRITAIN:

The Roman road called Ermine Street ran from London to Lincoln and to which other northern city?

11 THIS YEAR:

Chinese New Year on February 1 marks the start of the year of which animal of the Chinese zodiac?

12 POT LUCK:

The language of Tagalog is native to which Asian country?