Re: Pub Quiz [2003/12/02]

Gareth Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

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

Kiss me, Hardy! 

> 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?  

Drunk driving terrorism?

> 3.  At what age does lamb become mutton? 

2? 

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

They claim it's not a computer. Premium bond draws.

> 5.  How many balls are used for billiards? 

Which one?
3, one red, two whites.
8, one red, seven whites
I've also played versions with 4 or 5 balls.

> 6.  How many furlongs make a mile? 

8?

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

15

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

Either. However, if female, you might have AIS.

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

Griffon?

> 10. On which British Island is Beaumaris Castle? 

White?

> 11. Today is Britney Spears' birthday.  How old is she? 
> 12. What colour is a live lobster? 

Red. However, I'm not the person to ask.

> 13. What is a female fox called? 

vixen

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

230?

> 15. True or false : Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski have the same birthday? 

I like long shots - true.

> 16. Anagram of : WORRY, I'M BANAL (famous person)
> 17. What is the name of the rabbit in the film Bambi? 

Thumper

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

Gunpowder.

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

I'm forever blowing...

> 20. When the UK national lottery started, there were only two machines in use. 
>     Name either of them?

Something to do with the saga of King Arthur no doubt.

> 21. Where are Valentine's Brook, Beecher's brook and the Melling Road? 
> 22. Which Japanese car company make the Lexus marque? 

Toyota

> 23. Which organisation operated out of Tracy Island? 

International Rescue

> 24. Which poisonous metalloid chemical element has the symbol 'As'? 

Arsenic

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

Steed

> 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? 

Ludwig van

> 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? 

False?

Phil
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