Re: Pub Quiz [2003/12/02]

Gareth Owen wrote:

> 1.  Anagram of : A NATIONAL HERO, MILORDS (famous person)

Lionel Dorshantian

> 2.  At 2am on Monday morning a woman from Dundee, stopped for drunk driving
>     became the first person in the UK charged with what offence?
> 3.  At what age does lamb become mutton?

One.

> 4.  For what is the computer known as ERNIE used?

Along with BERT, it teaches letters of the alphabet.

> 5.  How many balls are used for billiards?

Sixteen.

> 6.  How many furlongs make a mile?

Eight.

> 7.  How many pieces does each player have at the beginning of a game of 
>     Backgammon?

Fifteen.

> 8.  If you had both X and Y chromosomes, what sex would you be?

Male.

> 9.  In mythology, what animal was half lion and half eagle?

Griffon.

> 10. On which British Island is Beaumaris Castle?
> 11. Today is Britney Spears' birthday.  How old is she?
> 12. What colour is a live lobster?

Reddish or brownish black.

> 13. What is a female fox called?

Vixen.

> 14. What is a perfect score at ten pin bowling?

300.

> 15. True or false : Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski have the same birthday? 
> 16. Anagram of : WORRY, I'M BANAL (famous person)
> 17. What is the name of the rabbit in the film Bambi?

Thumper.  The skunk was Flower.

> 18. What substance is a mixture of charcoal, sulphur and saltpeter?

Gunpowder.

> 19. What was the name of Michael Jackson's chimp?

Priscilla.

> 20. When the UK national lottery started, there were only two machines in use. 
>     Name either of them?
> 21. Where are Valentine's Brook, Beecher's brook and the Melling Road?

They are definitely NOT parts of the human lymph system.

> 22. Which Japanese car company make the Lexus marque?

Lexus?  Nissan.

> 23. Which organisation operated out of Tracy Island? 
> 24. Which poisonous metalloid chemical element has the symbol 'As'?

This is still arsenic.

> 25. Who has been assisted by Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King?

James Bond?

> 26. Who is president of the Republic of Ireland? 
> 27. Who were the first german group to have a UK #1 single? 
> 28. Whose works in the Eroica and Pastoral Symphonies and the 
>     Emperor Piano Concerto?

Wagner?

> 29. Why was Lieutenant General Sir Michael Willcocks on the News, if not
>     necessarily *in* the news, last week? 
> 30. True or false : In poker, a flush beats a straight? 

True.

--Jeff

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