Pub Quiz No. 61

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Pub Quiz No. 61

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  • 1. People in the Benelux countries exchange gifts on the evening of December 5 and morning of December 6 in honour of which saint ?
  • 2. In its UK spelling, pedology is the scientific study of what ?
  • 3. Which Wild West outlaw had a wife called Zerelda, which was also his mother's name ?
  • 4. Gabriella had 20 more euro coins than Ron, so she gave Ron a third of hers. Then Ron had more euro coins the Gabriella, so he gave Gabriella five, leaving them with the same amount of euro coins each. How many euro coins did Ron have to start with ?
  • 5. What connects dance, robin and trip ?
  • 6. Which Eurovision-winning act may improve RECENT GRADES (anagram) ?
  • 7. Which is the odd one out: Desert Orchid, Rooster Booster, Arkle, Monet's Garden ?
  • 8. Starting with A, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach RESTRAINT
  • 9. Which Premier League football club is nicknamed the Saints ?
  • 10. Without a free ball at the outset, how many consecutive pots does a snooker player need to make for a 147 break ?
  • 11. The spicy stew called goulash originates from which European country ?
  • 12. Born on 12 December 1724, which Royal Navy admiral gave his name to a battleship that was scuttled in the UK's Portland Harbour in 1914 to block access to U-boats, and a cruiser sunk by the Bismarck in 1941 ?
  • 13. What is the longest river in the British Isles ?
  • 14. Who was the 42nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 ?
  • 15. Nigel started the day with the same number of phone calls to make as Mary. If, at the end of the day, Nigel had made five-sevenths of his calls, while Mary had only made a third of hers, and the difference between the remaining numbers of phone calls was 16, how many phone calls did Nigel make ?

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

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1 Saint Nicholas
4 25
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5. Round
9. Southampton
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7 Rooster Booster
10 36
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11. Hungary
13. Severn
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6 Secret Garden
15 Thirty
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ANSWERS

1. St. Nicholas
2. Soil
3. Jesse James
4. 25 euro coins
5. They may all follow round
6. Secret Garden
7. Arkle, a bay; the other racehorses were greys
8. One way is:
A
An
Ran
Rain
Train
Retain
Nastier
Strainer
Restraint
9. Southampton
10. 36
11. Hungary
12. Samuel Hood
13. Shannon
14. Walter Mondale
15. 30 calls

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