Free Perfect Pub Quiz by David Pickering Page A

character find himself living the same day over and over again?
Where did Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson spend his final years?
What was baseball legend ‘Babe’ Ruth’s first name?
Which British battleship of 1906 gave its name to a whole class of similar warships?
Which European city is served by the port of Piraeus?
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    Jackpot
    How many Brandenburg Concertos are there?
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    Quiz 31
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    Round 1: Pot Luck
    What do the initials ‘SWALK’ mean when written on the back of a love letter?
Which vegetable has the Latin name
capsicum annuum
?
Which band’s line-up included Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson?
Which television programme had a theme tune based on Khachaturian’s
Spartacus
?
Which king of England was known by such nicknames as Tum-Tum, Edward the Caresser and Uncle of Europe?
Which television quiz was presented by Bamber Gascoigne from 1962 to 1987?
What make and model of car was Herbie?
Which country has the largest number of prisons and other penal establishments?
The Colossus of Rhodes was a huge bronze statue of which Greek god?
By what name is novelist David John Moore Cornwell better known?
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    Round 2: Crime
    Who, in the Sherlock Holmes stories, was called ‘the Napoleon of crime’?
What does the acronym ‘twoc’ stand for?
Why was Colonel Thomas Blood arrested in London in 1671?
What is the International Criminal Police Organisation otherwise known as?
Which television programme about real crime was presented for many years by Shaw Taylor?
Who was the special agent who put an end to scores of criminal enterprises with the help of his assistants Snowey White and Jock Anderson between 1946 and 1951?
What is the name of the police station in the long-running television series
The Bill
?
What nickname did the press give murderer Donald Nilsen, who carried out his crimes while wearing a black hood?
What nickname has been given to the coastal region of Spain where numerous criminals are said to live in comfortable exile?
Which garment commonly worn towards the end of the twentieth century became a symbol of street culture and criminal activity?
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    Half-time teaser
    What is the record (in feet and inches) for the longest moustache ever grown?
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    Round 3: Art and Artists
    Which artistic movement included among its founders Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso?
What nationality was Hieronymus Bosch?
Which Spanish artist is remembered for his melting clocks and long-legged elephants?
Antonio Canaletto is particularly associated with panoramic views of London and which other city?
Which artistic style of the 1920s and 1930s features geometrical shapes and zigzag forms?
Of which artistic movement were Edward Burne-Jones, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt leading members?
Of which monarch did Anthony van Dyck paint a celebrated portrait presenting three views of his subject’s face?
Which British artist made an impact with such works as
The Hut
and
My Bed
?
On which Pacific island did Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin paint many of his most famous works?
Where can you see Graham Sutherland’s official portrait of Sir Winston Churchill?
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    Round 4: Pot Luck
    Which country was awarded the George Cross for gallantry in 1942?
In bingo, which number is referred to as ‘snake eyes’?
Which fictional character was born on St Valentine’s Day, the daughter of Lord Henshingley Croft?
Who played the liberal Southern lawyer in the 1962 film
To Kill A Mockingbird
?
In which country was the Bofors anti-aircraft gun originally made?
Who won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Love shine a light’?
Which planet in the solar system is the largest?
What was added to the Olympic swimming events in 1984?
Which is ‘the windy city’? 31
Which line on maps of the London Underground is coloured yellow?
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    Jackpot
    Who became king of England in 1714?
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    Quiz 32
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    Round 1: Pot Luck
    According to the proverb, what is the greater part of