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Bit of a disappointing turn out tonight.


WW Thursday Night Pub Quiz Answers 2-4-20

1) Who had a 1971 novelty hit record with “Grandad”?
Clive Dunn

2) Geography, what is the County Town of Dorset?
Dorchester

3) TV, which Womble was named after a South American river?
Orinoco

4) Film, who played detective Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film “In the Heat of the Night”?
Sidney Poitier

5) Which high speed train service connects London to Paris?
Eurostar

6) Food, which city is home to Colman’s Mustard?
Norwich

7) Which black and white bird of the crow family has the scientific name Pica pica?
Magpie

8 ) What model of car does Dr Emmett Brown use as a time machine in the “Back to the Future” series of films?
De Lorien

9) Sport, what is the nickname of Norwich City Football Club, they have yellow shirts?
Canaries

10) History, which country was General Franco a dictator of from 1939 to 1975?
Spain

11) Which stage and film musical tells the story of the wife of Argentinian dictator Juan Domingo Perón?
Evita

12) O’Hare Airport is one of the busiest in the world, which American city does it serve?
Chicago

13) Literature, who wrote the 1932 science fiction novel “Brave New World”?
Auldous Huxley

14) Which Lord famously disappeared in November 1974 after the 29-year-old nanny Sandra Rivett was found dead at the Family home the same night;
Lord Lucan

15) Film, which 1973 horror movie used Mike Oldfield’s 'Tubular Bells' as its theme?
The Exorcist

16) TV, played by Dermot Morgan, what was Father Ted`s Surname?
Father Ted Crilly

17) Who had a 1964 hit with “The House of the Rising Sun”?
The Animals

18) Now that Pluto has been demoted to a dwarf planet and is no longer included, how many planets are there in our Solar System?
Eight

19) Classical music, first performed in 1921, who composed the tone poem “The Lark Ascending”?
Ralph Vaughan Williams

20) History, in what year did the Romans led by Julius Caesar, first invade Britain?
55BC

21) Food, in which part of the world would you most likely be if you were having a Clootie Dumpling? Scotland

22) Geography, what is the capital city of Hungary?
Budapest

23) Literature, in 1960 the UK publishing ban was lifted on what 1928 book by D H Lawrence? Lady Chatterley’s Lover

24) What city do Batman and Robin patrol?
Gotham

25) ♪♫ As I walk this land with broken dreams
I have visions of many things
But happiness is just an illusion
Filled with sadness and confusion♪♫

From what 1966 song are those the opening lines?
What becomes of the Broken Hearted

ART BONUS QUESTIONS

BQ1) Which artist created the sculptures “The Thinker” and “The Kiss”?
Auguste Rodin

BQ2) By what name do we better know the piece of art, “La Gioconda”?
The Mona Lisa

BQ3) Which famous landscape artist painted The Haywain?
John Constable

BQ4) Which arts' movement was founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque? Cubism

BQ5) Which British artist created the artwork “My Bed”, literally an unmade bed, in 1998?
Tracey Emin

STINKER) Who sits on The Wool Sack in the UK's House of Lords?
The Lord Speaker

TRICKY) According to a 1985 Paul Hardcastle song, what was the average age of a US combat soldier in Vietnam?
Nineteen