Pub Quiz Night

-1. What element has the chemical symbol Sn?
-2. Which great Czech distance runner died in 2000 at the age of 78?
-3. Who was the author of the novel Lorna Doone?
-4. To which airport does the code LGA apply?
-5. Which flamboyant Canadian prime minister made a state visit to Cuba in 1976?
-6. What is the most well-known member of the bird family picidae?
-7. What name is given to a boundary between air masses which have a different temperature and humidity?
-8. Which Irish monk founded the famous monastery at Lindisfarne off the coast of Northumberland, England?
-9. What is the name of the cat in The Simpsons?
-10. In art, what is the name for the technique where paint is applied thickly, so that brush and palette knife marks are evident?
-11. Which is the only vitamin not found in eggs?
-12. Who is this?

1. Tin

Always remembered that in chemistry by saying "sin, tin"

2. Emil Zatopek (I remember the name from my boyhood. A famous name at the time but I may have misspelt it)

Bernie

We're off and running (like Mr Zatopek)!

3. Richard Blackmore

Nice one, Mad!

12. That looks like Keith Richards to me.

5. P.E. Trudeau

11. Vitamin C

4. LaGuardia

Everyone a winner!

9. Snowball

6. woodpecker

7. weather front

8. Aidan, later known as Saint Aidan

And another 4 off to the winner's enclosure!

10. Impasto

10. painting

Koala gets the cigar, I'm afraid Dan!