PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Who directed the films The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape and Ice Station Zebra?

2 MUSIC:

Jazz musicians Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and

Pee Wee Russell are best known for playing which instrument?

3 TV & RADIO:

In February, the BBC confirmed that which TV presenter will replace Ken Bruce as the host of the BBC Radio 2 mid-morning show?

4 SPORT:

In an Australian rules football match, how many players does each team field?

5 LEISURE:

Spelunking is the recreational pastime of exploring what?

6 LITERATURE:

Hortense, Queenie, Gilbert and Bernard are the protagonists of which 2004 novel by Andrea Levy?

7 NATURE:

Leaf-nosed, horseshoe, and funnel-eared are types of which mammal?

8 HISTORY:

Fought in June 1314, the Battle of Bannockburn was a victory for the army of Robert the Bruce over the army of which English king?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word fulminate? a) Smoke, b) Satisfy, c) Criticise.

10 BRITAIN:

The Welsh mines of Gwynfynydd, Clogau, and Dolaucothi primarily produced what substance?

11 THIS YEAR:

Which singer performed at the Super Bowl Halftime Show on February 12?

12 POT LUCK:

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects Brooklyn to which other borough in New York City?