Pub Quiz No. 83

[Carl]

• 1. What connects Barker, Spithill and Coutts ?

• 2. Which chancellor of the exchequer ENJOYS RINK (anagram) ?

• 3. Which is the odd one out: baked Alaska, bombe Nero, Melba toast, peach Melba ?

• 4. Starting with the letter A, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach MEDITATION

• 5. Who preceded Jeremy Paxman as the host of University Challenge ?

• 6. Which country used the title 'dauphin' for the heirs to the throne between 1350 and 1830 ?

• 7. At which navel battle was Admiral Nelson killed ?

• 8. The works of which American composer include Fanfare For The Common Man and Appalachian Spring ?

• 9. Mount Fuji is the highest mountain of which country ?

• 10. Which metal has the Italian name 'ferro' ?

• 11. Who sang the 1983 hit Let's Dance ?

• 12. What is Cornish Yarg a variety of ?

• 13. Who played Jack Slater in 1993's Last Action Hero ?

• 14. How many players are there in a polo team ?

• 15. What type of creature is a kittiwake ?

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

[gail]

3. Melba toast
5. Bamber Gascoigne

[Carl]

ANSWERS

1. They have all been America's Cup skippers
2. Roy Jenkins
3. Baked Alaska; the others were created by Escoffier
4. One way is:
A
An
Man
Mean
Named
Tandem
Mediant
Dominate
Mediation
Meditation
5. Bamber Gascoigne
6. France
7. The Battle of Trafalgar
8. Aaron Copland
9. Japan
10. Iron
11. David Bowie
12. Cheese
13. Arnold Schwarzenegger
14. Four
15. Bird