The Saga Magazine Pub Quiz - November

Fresh from the latest issue of Saga Magazine - The Pub Quiz!

Answer 20 cunning questions and see how many you can get right, answers below the cut.

Questions

Question 1

Which two countries largely share a border along the 49th parallel?

Question 2

Which British TV channel broadcast its first programme on 2 November 1982?

Question 3

And which broadcast its first show on 22 September 1955?

Question 4

Lloyds Bank lost its in 1889, Harrods on or about 1920, and Selfridges by 1940, while Earl’s Court has one but Barons Court doesn’t. What?

Question 5

Who duetted with Marc Bolan on TV a week before his death, and with Bing Crosby on TV a month before his?

Question 6

What will ptarmigans, stoats, long-tailed weasels, the willow grouse and some varieties of Arctic hare be doing this winter that almost no other animal does?

Question 7

Who are called Dupond et Dupont in French, Jansen en Janssen in Dutch, Schulze und Schultze in German, and Hernández y Fernández in Spanish?

Question 8

The last dodo died in 1681, or thereabouts. In which country?

Question 9

What was the name of the Polish astronomer who first showed that the Earth moves around the Sun, rather than the other way round?

Question 10

Which book, begun in 1884 and published in ten volumes in 1928, had a second edition published in 1989, costing £1,095 for its 20 volumes? A third edition is currently being prepared, but for online access only; it’s thought unlikely ever to be printed.

Question 11

Which bird, according to ancient legend, is said to sing only when it is about to die?

Question 12

Georgia the country and Georgia the US state: which one is larger by area?

Question 13

Which very small country has no hotels or income tax, the highest number of helipads per capita in the world and the highest crime rate?

Question 14

The title of which 1965 film – one of the most successful of all time – translates into English as Smiles and Tears from its Spanish name; All Together Passionately from its Italian title; and The Rebel Novice from its name in Mexico and Peru?

Question 15

In the book of Genesis, in the Garden of Eden, what was the snake’s punishment for tempting Eve?

Question 16

What is the only US state capital with a three-word title?

Question 17

With which film theme – probably better known than the actual movie it was attached to – did a band called Survivor have a number one in the UK in September 1982?

Question 18

And what movie was it from?

Question 19

E is represented by a single dot in Morse code. Which consonant is a single dash?

Question 20

‘People have weird ideas about nuns and can be surprised by almost anything. When I stayed in hotels while filming my documentaries I sometimes watched the television and found immense pleasure in the horse racing.’ Who said that in an interview in 2010? She died in 2018, aged 88.