Pub Quiz No. 15

[Carl]

• 1. Which English artist will appear on the new polymer £20 note to be issued from this year ?

• 2. Who appeared in the UK tv series "Three of a kind" with Lenny Henry and Tracy Ullman in the early 80’s ?

• 3. Which city lies at the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Foss ?

• 4. Which Football club paid $4.5 million for Pele in 1975 ?

• 5. The 1940 summer and Winter Olympics were both to be held in which country but were cancelled ?

• 6. In which country did the Second World War battle of El Alamein take place ?

• 7. Jack Slipper, known as "Slipper of the yard" was famous for his pursuit of which criminal ?

• 8. Whose biggest hit single as a solo artist was "Let’s stick together" which reached number 4 in the UK in 1976 ?

• 9. TAP airline is the national airline of which European country ?

• 10. Who played for the Chicago Bulls from 1984 to 1998 and is described as the greatest basketball player of all time ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[LucindaC]

9. Portugal

[freddo]

1 turner
2 david copperfield

3 york

6 egypt
7 ronnie biggs
10 babe ruth

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which English artist will appear on the new polymer £20 note to be issued from this year ? JMW Turner

• 2. Who appeared in the UK tv series "Three of a kind" with Lenny Henry and Tracy Ullman in the early 80’s ? David Copperfield

• 3. Which city lies at the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Foss ? York

• 4. Which Football club paid $4.5 million for Pele in 1975 ? New York Cosmos

• 5. The 1940 summer and Winter Olympics were both to be held in which country but were cancelled ? Japan ( Tokyo/ Sapporo)

• 6. In which country did the Second World War battle of El Alamein take place ? Egypt

• 7. Jack Slipper, known as "Slipper of the yard" was famous for his pursuit of which criminal ? Ronnie Biggs

• 8. Whose biggest hit single as a solo artist was "Let’s stick together" which reached number 4 in the UK in 1976 ? Bryan Ferry

• 9. TAP airline is the national airline of which European country ? Portugal

• 10. Who played for the Chicago Bulls from 1984 to 1998 and is described as the greatest basketball player of all time ? Michael Jordan