Pub Quiz 16
1. In which scottish city was the "Beano" and "The Dandy" first published?
2. What is unique about the book of Esther in the bible?
3. What is the name for an eagles nest?
4. If you had your Vas deferens cut, what operation would you have had?
5. What name was given to modern stamps from 1967 onwards because of the sculptors cameo bust of the Queen?
6. Established in 1960 which organisation has the acronym EFTA?
7. Which Japanese island was captured by the US in 1945 and returned in 1968?
8. What is the worlds highest mountain that isnt part of a range?
9. What do frogs have in their mouth that toads do not?
10. How many zeros are there in a British billion?
11. Who wrote and starred in Hay Fever, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit?
12. What in Hinduism, is the sum of a persons actions, which affects his or fate in their next life?
13. Which British father & son both held world land speed records?
14. Which country transferred its capital from Mafeking to Gaborone in 1965?
15. What are Gobelin, Jacquard and Shell?
16. In 1968, Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the regime, who was the Czech leader?
17. Of which republic did Eduard Shevardnadze become acting head in 1992?
18. Henry Patrick McCarty was better known under another name, what was it?
19. What do Buddhists call the attainment of perfect serenity?
20. Which athlete won the gold medal for the 100 metres at the 1924 Olympic Games?
ANSWERS
1. DundeeThe Beano comic is a long-running British children's comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland in the United Kingdom. The comic first appeared in 1938 and was published weekly, during the Second World War, The Beano or The Dandy was published on alternating weeks due to paper and ink rationing. D.C. Thomson's other publications also suffered with the Oor Wullie and The Broons annuals falling victim to paper and ink shortages. Paper and ink supplies were fully restored shortly after the end of hostilities and weekly publication of The Beano and The Dandy soon followed. As of 2007, over 3000 issues have been published. The Dandy is a British children's comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland, which was first issued on 3 December (dated 4 December) 1937, and is currently the longest running comic in the UK, which it became as of issue 3007 (dated 10 July 1999). This beat the previous record holder, Comic Cuts, which ran for 3006 issues between 17 May 1890 - 12 September 1953. Internationally very few titles surpass the Dandys achievement, beaten in terms of duration by Detective Comics (USA) which began in March 1937 and is still running today. In terms of number of issues Pepin (Mexico) ran for 7,561 issues.
2. The only one that doesnt mention God
3. Eyrie
4. Vasectomy
5. Machin Stamps
6. European Free Trade Association
7. Iwo Jima
8. Mount Kilimanjaro
9. Teeth
10. 12 - 1,000,000,000,000
11. Noel Coward
12. Karma
13. Malcolm & Donald Campbell
14. Botswana
15. Types of Needlework stitches
16. Alexander Dubcek
17. Georgia
18. Billy the Kid
19. Nirvana
20. Harold Abrahams