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ROLAND HALEY's
PLACE
established 1985

PUBLIC SECTOR

PRIVATE SECTOR
POEMS by SANDRACOLOUR BLIND?DAILY RECIPEMIX A DRINKWIERD LAWSPUB QUIZ
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English Pub Quiz # 209/2024
To select your answer for each of the five questions, click the radio button on the right
The first pub quiz was started in the 1970s as a way to get patrons into pubs in the UK on quieter nights.
Over the span of just a few years, the popularity of these nights grew from 30 teams playing each week to 10,000.

1
 Which Pope was carried off into France by Bonaparte's troops in 1798?
  Pius VIII
  Clement XIV
  Pius VI
  Gregory XVI

2
 Which mountains are between Lake Champlain and St Lawrence, in the state of New York, USA?
  Adirondacks
  Alleghenies
  Rockies
  Sierra Nevada

3
 In Britain, a portcullis has been used on whose stationery since 1967?
  Buckingham Palace
  House of Commons
  Victoria and Albert Museum
  Tate Gallery

4
 What is the star sign of someone born on Christmas Day?
  Orion
  Capricorn
  Southern Cross
  Matariki

5
 'Coronation Street' is set in what suburb?
  Weatherfield
  Albert Square
  Roseneath
  Remuera

6
 What structure was designed by John A Roebling, who supervised construction until his death when the project was taken over by his son, Washington?
  Brooklyn Bridge, New York
  Empire State Building, New York
  Sears Tower, Chicago
  Cable car system, San Francisco

7
 Which war between Austria, France and Russia versus England and Prussia ended with the ceding of Silesia to Prussia by Austria and the ceding of French territory in Canada to Britain?
  British-American War
  The War of Succession
  Seven Years War
  Thirty Years War

8
 The origins of which country can be traced to the forming of a defensive league by Uri, Schwyz and Lower Unterwalden in 1521?
  San Marino
  Luxembourg
  Andorra
  Switzerland

9
 The Manchu dynasty ceased to rule China in what year?
  1949
  1912
  1410
  1650

10
 The Exxon Valdez oil spill, considered one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters ever to occur at sea, happened on 24 March 1989 in the Prince William Sound, in which state of the USA?
  Oklahoma
  Nebraska
  South Dakota
  Alaska