Pub Quiz Night

-1. What is the name of the barber in Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville?
-2. Which group had a hit in the 70s with Chanson D'amour?
-3. In which Los Angeles district did serious race riots break out in August 1965?
-4. What organ of the human body produces insulin?
-5. The Pacific and Atlantic oceans are the two largest oceans in the world. What is the third largest?
-6. Which Egyptian president was assassinated in October 1981?
-7. Whose children were named Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva?
-8. In which field was Maria Montessori a pioneer?
-9. The University of Paris became better known under what name?
-10. Who invented the Thermos flask?
-11. What is the connection between the actress Mary Pickford and the mother of Elvis Presley?
-12. Who is this?

You just poked holes in the lie I tell myself, which is that I could answer some of these Pub Quiz questions if I just got here before anybody else.

8. education

oldbroad - deepest apologies!

Good one, Marian!

1. Figaro

Yes, Mad!

5. Indian Ocean

Impressive...!

2. Manhattan Transfer

12. Jimmy Durante - As Time Goes By

4. the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas

9. Sorbonne

6. Anwar Sadat

3. Watts

An excellent selection - all spot-on!

LadyK - I shall file "islets of Langerhans" away until everyone has forgotten it, and then produce it as a fake geography question...

I think I know the answer to #7, but will wait a bit on that one.

I'm thinking' Frank Zappa for #7

You're thinking correctly, michele. (And I guess Marian was too!)

11. first name Gladys

More than that, Joan - they were both born Gladys Smith

But I'll remember, Sir W.

10. James Dewar

Thanks, Koala!