QUIZ 003

Each week, I’ll post up a sample of the questions used in an actual Pub Quiz in Birmingham, UK. The answers will follow a week later. For information about the full six round quiz (which includes picture and music rounds) and how you can run it in your venue – email internetpubquiz@gmail.com

1. Only two London Underground lines were unaffected by the recent snowfall, because they’re entirely underground. The Waterloo and City Line is one, which line, running from Brixton to Walthamstow, is the other?

2. Which American thriller writer has retained his place as the number one most borrowed author from British libraries?

3. According to a study by the Potato Council, chips smell of a mix of butterscotch, cocoa, onion, flowers, cheese and which household implement?

4. In 2009, which footballer became the only player to score in every Premier League season?

5. Marks and Spencer have been involved in a court battle over the classification of Teacakes. Did the law lords rule that teacakes are cakes or chocolate biscuits?

6. Only two footballers have ever been sent off in two different FIFA World Cups. Zinedine Zidane is one, which Cameroonian former Liverpool defender is the other?

7. Carroll Spinney has played him since 1969. He’s eight foot two. He can roller skate and ride a unicycle and has a teddy bear named ‘Radar’. Who?

8. In a standard deck of cards, which King is the only one without a moustache?

9. Who was arrested in room 118 of the Cadogan Hotel , Knightsbridge in 1895?

10. Which High Street Company’s logo features a double-tailed mermaid?

11. What was the gastronomical front page headline of The Sun Newspaper on 13th March 1986?

12. Who jumped publicly for the first time in 1966, and for the last time in 1981?