The Pub Quiz (or The Barista Café Quiz) Number 2

1. What herb is the main constituent of the Italian sauce Pesto? 2. What collective noun is used to describe a group of crows? 3. At which racecourse in England is the Derby ran? 4. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1881? 5. Alphabetically what is the last American state? 6. In which play by Shakespeare does Titania appear? 7. Which British bird lays the largest egg? 8. What was the Royal Navy's rst iron hulled battleship which is now on display at Portsmouth? 9. Which famous politician lived at Chartwell in Kent? 10. How many of Henry VIII's wives were called Catherine. Bonus points if you can name them? 11. Who directed the Terminator and Titanic lms? 12. What chemical element is denoted by the symbol Sn in the Periodic Table? 13. PRET A MANGER is a popular food outlet but what is the English translation of it's French name? 14. What is the capital of Indonesia? 15. What year did Tony Blair become Prime Minister? 16. What was the old name of the Snickers bar? 17. Which non premiership English football team plays its home games at St James Park? 18. The Olympic symbol is made up of 5 rings of different colours, blue, yellow and black. What are the other two colours? 19. In the lm “Finding Nemo”, what type of sh was Nemo? 20. What is the only native venomous snake in the British Isles?

ANSWERS

Adder or Viper. Clownfish. Green and Red. Exeter City. Marathon – they changed it in 1990. 1997. Jakarta. “Ready to Eat”. Tin. James Cameron. 20. 19. 18. 17. 16. 15. 14. 13. 12. 11. Howard. Catherine Parr and Catherine 3 namely Catherine of Aragon, Winston Churchill. The Warrior. Mute Swan. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Wyoming. Jehovah's Witnesses. Epsom. A murder. Basil. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.