Pub Quiz 16 (Questions only)

1. In which scottish city was the "Beano" and "The Dandy" first published?

2. What is unique about the book of Esther in the bible?

3. What is the name for an eagles nest?

4. If you had your Vas deferens cut, what operation would you have had?

5. What name was given to modern stamps from 1967 onwards because of the sculptors cameo bust of the Queen?

6. Established in 1960 which organisation has the acronym EFTA?

7. Which Japanese island was captured by the US in 1945 and returned in 1968?

8. What is the world’s highest mountain that isn’t part of a range?

9. What do frogs have in their mouth that toads do not?

10. How many zeros are there in a British billion?

11. Who wrote and starred in Hay Fever, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit?

12. What in Hinduism, is the sum of a person’s actions, which affects his or fate in their next life?

13. Which British father & son both held world land speed records?

14. Which country transferred its capital from Mafeking to Gaborone in 1965?

15. What are Gobelin, Jacquard and Shell?

16. In 1968, Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the regime, who was the Czech leader?

17. Of which republic did Eduard Shevardnadze become acting head in 1992?

18. Henry Patrick McCarty was better known under another name, what was it?

19. What do Buddhists call the attainment of perfect serenity?

20. Which athlete won the gold medal for the 100 metres at the 1924 Olympic Games?