Pub Quiz Night

-1. The largest of the seas of the Moon is the Mare Imbrium. What does this translate to?
-2. What is the largest artery in the human body?
-3. What was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?
-4. If you went on a scuba diving holiday in Hurghada, in which sea would you be?
-5. Which US senator was famous for leading an anticommunist witch-hunt in the early 1950s?
-6. Of which metal is calamine an ore?
-7. What name is given to the fruits of plants of the genus Ficus?
-8. Which flamboyant Russian-born ballet dancer died in Paris in 1993?
-9. What is the former name of JFK airport, New York?
-10. In the hexadecimal system, what is A + B ?
-11. Who was the consort of Queen Victoria?
-12. Who is this?

3. Lewis Carroll

2. the aorta

Marian, jb - both good!

6. zinc

The chemist strikes again!

9. Idlewild

11. Prince Albert

Yes and yes

5. McCarthy

10. In the hexadecimal system, A+B equals 15.

If we convert 15 from hexadecimal to decimal, then we get 21.

7. Fig

12. Paul McCartney

Great selection, everybody!

1. Channelling my high school Latin, I'll guess Sea of Rain.

1. Sea of Rain is technically correct, but I've always heard it called Sea of Showers. Guess either one is acceptable.

8. Has to be Rudolph Nureyev. The man's leaps were unbelievable. I always thought of him when Michael Jordan went for a layup and seemed to be suspended in midair. They both seemed to break the laws of gravity with their hang times.

Yes, ladies (I had "Sea of Rains")

4. Red Sea

Thumbs up as ever, big K!