The Saga Magazine November pub quiz - from Nobel Prizes to notorious killers
Put your general knowledge to the test with our 20 brain-teasers.
Put your general knowledge to the test with our 20 brain-teasers.
Bass player Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion are the rhythm section of which hugely successful British band?
Strangles, a respiratory disease with extremely unpleasant symptoms, commonly affects which domesticated animals?
What was new about Wembley Stadium when it staged the FA Cup final in 1990?
Newscaster Peter, long retired. His son Dan, TV historian. Their cousin Jon, also a long-serving and now retired newscaster. What is their common surname?
The name of what type of building comes from an Indian word meaning “a house built in the Bengali style”?
Five of the six Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm. Which is the only one that is presented in Norway at Oslo City Hall?
Which piece of sports equipment consists of a wrist-strap, a shaft and a basket?
Which mythological creature could only be tamed by a virgin maiden?
Where in the world has Margaret Thatcher Day been celebrated on 10 January since 1992?
The 2022 sequel to which classic 1970 film saw Jenny Agutter return in the same role as in the original movie?
The Liberty Bell, cracked and unable to be rung, is a great symbol of freedom in the United States. In which city can you find it?
If your doctor, or your hairdresser, said you had a mild form of seborrhoeic dermatitis, what everyday condition would you be suffering from?
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical production company is called The Really Useful Company, after a character named James in which series of children’s stories?
Which Middle Eastern country currently owns Harrods, via its sovereign wealth fund?
What is the only film directed by Christopher Nolan which has a palindrome for a title?
Which notorious murderer’s first names were Hawley Harvey?
The ballbarrow, which replaced the wheel of a wheelbarrow with a plastic ball, was the first success for which inventor, in 1974?
Which company paid most of the construction costs of the London Eye and was the first main sponsor of the project?
She’s a naturalised American now, but what nationality at birth was Oscar-winning actor Charlize Theron?
At Crufts, a black poodle named Champion La Marka Lemerle Oscar Wilde was stripped of three championship rosettes in 2001 after a banned substance was found in his coat. What substance?
1. Coldplay 2. Horses 3. It was the first all-seated FA Cup final 4. Snow 5. Bungalow 6. Peace 7. A ski pole 8. A unicorn 9. The Falkland Islands 10. The Railway Children 11. Philadelphia 12. Dandruff 13. Thomas the Tank Engine 14. Qatar 15. Tenet 16. Dr Crippen 17. Sir James Dyson 18. British Airways 19. South African 20. Hairspray
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