PUB QUIZ

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

1 MOVIES:

Directed by Christopher Nolan, which 2000 film stars Guy Pearce as a man suffering from short-term memory loss?

2 MUSIC:

Released in 1967, what was the debut single and only UK No 1 hit by the English rock band Procol Harum?

3 TV & RADIO:

Which comedian played the young and inept teacher Alfie Wickers in the BBC sitcom

Bad Education?

4 SPORT:

Which Danish cyclist won the 2022 Tour de France?

5 LEISURE:

In which 2022 video game do players control a cat roaming a world of robots looking for its family?

6 HISTORY:

Piers Gaveston was a favourite of which English king, who was deposed by his wife Isabella in 1327?

7 LITERATURE:

‘It was a pleasure to burn’ is the opening line to which science-fiction novel, first published in 1953?

8 NATURE:

What is the common name for Rhincodon typus, the largest extant species of fish, which can measure over 18 metres in length?

9 WORDS:

What is the meaning of the word fulvous? a) Iron-hard, b) Overflowing, c) Dull yellow.

10 BRITAIN:

The 2022 Commonwealth Games took place over the last fortnight in which English city?

11 THIS YEAR:

On July 21, Mario

Draghi resigned as the prime minister of which European country?

12 POT LUCK:

Built for the 1962 World’s Fair, the Space Needle observation tower is located in which US city?