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Pub Quiz Night

Posted By: Urban Worrier

Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 05:21 PM

-1. When bored, what strength cocaine solution did Sherlock Holmes inject?
-2. Which Austrian composer wrote the oratorios The Creation and The Seasons?
-3. The original line-up of The Supremes consisted of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and who?
-4. What flavouring is the root-like stem of the tropical plant Zingiber officinale?
-5. In 1960, the Russians shot down a U2 spy plane piloted by whom?
-6. In Greek mythology which Titan stole fire from the heavens and gave it to man?
-7. What comes next: threepenny bit, sixpence, shilling, florin..... ?
-8. What term describes the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?
-9. The slogan “Would you buy a used car from this man?” was coined by Mort Sahl about whom?
-10. What were the two radical policies adopted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev after 1985?
-11. What word is used to describe the process of making desirable discoveries by accident?
-12. Who is this?
Posted By: oldbroad

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 05:48 PM

11. eureka think
Posted By: bermag45

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 05:55 PM

5. Gary Powers (still remember the name and the incident) wave

Bernie monky
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 05:56 PM

Nice try oldbroad, but I was thinking of a longer word think
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 05:58 PM

Yes Bernie! Over 60 years ago... smile
Posted By: oldbroad

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 06:18 PM

I knew the word didn't really make sense Rog but ... duh
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 07:04 PM

No, it was a nice try oldbroad - only problem is it referred to one discovery in particular and not discoveries in general smile
Posted By: michele rose

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 07:10 PM

1. Ah, yes, the addictive 7% solution grin
Posted By: LadyKestrel

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 07:23 PM

11. serendipity
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 07:41 PM

Yes, ladies! bravo
Posted By: Marian

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 07:51 PM

6. That would be Prometheus. wave
Posted By: jboliver

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 08:02 PM

8. Refraction wave2
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 08:15 PM

...and two more little gems! grin
Posted By: Mad

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/04/22 10:35 PM

3. Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson ??
Posted By: flotsam

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/05/22 12:30 AM

7. A crown?
Posted By: Sherlock

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/05/22 01:13 AM

12. That would be Elvis Presley. grin
A couple years ago I went to Graceland in Tennessee. I was disappointed to learn that, while stationed in Germany, Elvis was allowed to live off post and moved his whole family to Germany. Not really the army stint expected of a typical draftee.
Posted By: soot

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/05/22 03:47 PM

#4 ... why that's a member of my favorite edible plant "Ginger" yes

Have not seen the small crystalized ginger bottles in the Spice section of the market for quite some time now. WOM used to make a heavenly mixture of ginger and local honey to make tea with ... oh my goodness it was marvelous.

penguin
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/05/22 04:50 PM

flotsam - close...

Mad, soot, Cheryl - spot-on! grin

Why am I not surprised, Cheryl? lol
Posted By: Mad

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/06/22 02:49 AM

7. Half Crown
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/06/22 01:27 PM

Good one, Mad - I just about remember them along with the ten-shilling note smile
Posted By: fildil

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/06/22 02:36 PM

9. Richard Nixon
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/06/22 04:05 PM

Tricky Dickey indeed smile
Posted By: Mad

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/06/22 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Urban Worrier
Good one, Mad - I just about remember them along with the ten-shilling note smile


Ahhhh. But did you ever go shopping with farthings ??? That's the question 😯

(I am SO old !!! 😱)
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/06/22 07:56 PM

Big white fivers is about as far back as I can go.

(And anyone who had one of those was a person of substance...) smile
Posted By: LadyKestrel

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/06/22 08:13 PM

2. Haydn
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/06/22 09:12 PM

It was, Lady K! smile
Posted By: ScarletDragon

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/07/22 12:58 AM

10. perestroika and glastnost
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Pub Quiz Night - 09/07/22 09:04 PM

How bright the future looked back then...
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