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Station Hotel Pub Quiz 17/08/2010

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1

Name the capital city of Pakistan.

2

Which green substance absorbs the light plants need? 

3

With which instrument do you associate Vanessa-Mae?

4

Who was the US Secretary of State 1973-1977?

5

Who are Marge Simpson's twin sisters? 

6

What is the medical name for the throat? 

7

Which comes first, sardine or pilchard?

8

Which musical has the song titled “I’m in love with a wonderful guy”

9

Which country's parliament is called the Duma?

10

Which comedy duo starred in the 1967 film 'Bedazzled'?

11

What is the chemical name for common salt? 

12

Which fruits are crossed to make a nectarine?

13

The autobiographical poem 'The Story of Suicide Sal' was written by which 1930s female outlaw?

14

In what sort of glass should brandy be served?

15

The green of London's Parliament Square was named what by activists during 2010, when sporadic protests developed into a large camp community?

16

Who composed the music for the opera Porgy and Bess, about 1920s African American life in Charleston, South Carolina?

17

How was Bangladesh formerly known?

18

The Scandinavian raw dish gravlax is made from which creature: Reindeer; Otter; Seal; or Salmon?

19

What is the one-sleeved half-jacket worn under a jacket as additional protection in the sport of fencing: Épée; Plastron; Foil; or Sabre?

20

JEEZ! ELFIN PORN (Female singer)

Female singer

21

Who made a series of decorated Easter eggs for the Russian tsar Alexander 3rd

22

What name has been the most popular among the kings of France

23

On which Spanish coast are Torremolinas and Marbella?

24

Bar wick is the theme to which radio serial

25

The Gatun and Miraflores lock are on which canal?

26

Thomas Wright were the real forenames of which famous jazz pianist

27

Which haddock dish a euro protected food name, originally came from the Forfar fishing village of Auchmithie?

28

On which island is the R A F base Akrotiri

29

Which 1993 film claimed to be an adventure 65 million yrs in the making

30

What sort of person is addressed as his or her Excellency

31

What would be collected in an anthology?

32

What did Thomas Bruce acquire from the Turks in the early 1800s and sold for 35000 IN 1816.

33

Who was England's football manager in the 1970 World Cup?

34

On which island was Nelson Mandela incarcerated for 27 years, from 1962-90?

35

What is the main ingredient of the Italian dish frittata?

36

What is the collective name for a set of bells?

37

What type of singing is particularly associated with Austria and Switzerland

38

For which newspaper did Clark Kent work? 

39

Which spice comes from the rhizome (root-stalk) of the plant Zingaber Officinal?

40

For who were the Pips the backing group?