Quiz 005

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. Heath Ledger was the second posthumous winner of an acting Oscar. Who, in 1977, was the first?

2. According to a survey by the Catholic Church, which of the 7 deadly sins are women most likely to commit? (clue: it’s only the 5th most likely for men)

3. It has been revealed that French Prime Minister Nicholas Sarkozy shares a hobby with Freddy Mercury, Franklin Roosevelt and George V, collecting what?

4. Ruben Cerda provides the voice for which purple Tyrannosaurus Rex?

5. What was the original name of London’s Fleet Street?

6. Which season ends at the Vernal equinox?

7. Specifically, what is measured by Scoville heat units?

8. Which English Football club has been champions of Europe more times than they’ve been champions of England?

9. If a sailor is a member of 'The Order of the Blue Nose', where has he been?

10. In the movie ‘Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid’ – which actor gets shot by Alan Ladd, William Conrad and James Cagney?