Hucknall and District U3A

The Pub Quiz took place on the 11^th September when 22 of us met at The Nabb Inn.  All are welcome – we prefer a maximum of four to a team where possible as we can always add a person to another team if you would like to attend but haven’t got a team of your own.  Sometimes the quiz is easy and occasionally it is very hard, but the idea is to have a bit of fun and to socialise whilst enjoying a lunch.

The next Pub Lunch Quiz will be on Monday, 9^th October at 12 noon.  Please note I shall be retiring as Pub Quizmaster after the December Quiz and we have decided that each team will take it in turn to organise a month. The quizzes etc for that year are all in a folder ready to go so it just means turning up, reading out the questions and answers and taking the £1 entry fee.  It would be a pity if the Pub Quiz Group folded as those attending enjoy not just the quiz but the lunch and good company.

And here are the answers to the September quiz;

1. Someone who designs dance moves.  Choreographer                                        
2. He makes and fits shoes for horses.  Farrier                                            
3. A medical professional who collects and tests blood.   Phlebotomist               
4. A professional wine waiter.  Sommelier                                                                   
5. Front of house at a restaurant. Maitre D                                                  
6. A head chef’s second in command.  Sous chef                                                       
7. A brain surgeon. Neurologist                                                                                       
8. Which stage musical tells the story of an Argentinian dictator’s wife?  Evita
9. Who sang with UB40 for their 1985 hit, ‘I Got You Babe’?  Chryssie Hinds                
10. Which horror film used Mike Oldfield’s ‘Tubular Bells’ as its theme? The Exorcist
11. Who played the title role in the 50s/60s TV show, ‘Dr Kildare’?  Richard Chamberlain
12. Who was the Prince of Denmark?  Hamlet                                                                            
13. What was the name of the spaceship in Blakes 7? The Liberator                                                     
14. What is the children’s game, Noughts and Crosses, called in the USA? Tic Tac Toe
15. What two names are given to a group of swans on the ground, beginning with B?    Bevy or Bank of swans
16. Which of the sciences is regarded as the oldest?  Astronomy
17. Born on 5 May 1818, who was known as the father of communism?  Karl Marx
18. Which word can go after PUPPY and before LETTER to make new words? Love
19. Which animal’s English name means earthpig in Afrikaans?  Aardvark          
20. What name is given to the chalk rocks situated in the Solent, just off the Isle of Wight?        The Needles   
21. Which book features a pub called ‘The Admiral Benbow’?  Treasure Island                           
22. In which year did Jesse Owens become the first black athlete win 4 gold medals at the Olympic Games?  1936
23. The Whitsunday Islands are located off the coast of which country? Australia                     
24. Which artist’s studio was known as the Factory?  Andy Warhol                                          
25. What is the lightest of all the elements and has the atomic number 1?  Hydrogen

And here is the October quiz:

1. Which historical Chinese rebellion can also be a type of dog?
2. If you were ill with rubella, what would you have?
3. The Nobel Literature Prize is awarded in which country?
4. What is the name of the half circle instrument found in a geometry set?
5. What name is given to the outermost layers of trees?
6. Which TV presenter ask the questions in University Challenge?
7. In which ocean did the Titanic sink?
8. What was the first name of the Spanish artist Dali?
9. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in which European mountain range?
10. How many days are there in February in a leap year?
11. Which mode of transport has parts called an envelope, burner and basket?
12. If something is done in a clandestine way, how is it done?
13. Give the four initials of the organisation responsible for maintaining a database of drivers in Great Britain?
14. In the Second World War what was the German equivalent of the RAF?
15. Which dance move, in which the dancer moves backwards, was made popular by Michael Jackson?
16. Which large animal’s name comes from the ancient Greek words for “river horse”?
17. What’s the name of the historical embroidered long cloth which depicts events leading up to the Battle of Hastings?
18. What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag?
19. If a letter of the alphabet is not a vowel, what must it be instead?
20. What was originally considered to be the ninth planet from the Sun but after 1992 had its status as a large planet changed?
21. How many teeth does an adult have?
22. Which 13th-century Scottish warrior was played by Mel Gibson in the film Braveheart?
23. Not including jokers, how many cards are there in a complete pack of playing cards?
24. Which sport is played on a lawn and involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a mallet through hoops?
25. By which three letter abbreviation do we better know the name given to the genetic instructions of all known living organisms?