Pub quiz

24th August 2007, 1:00am

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1 Which musician recently submitted a PhD thesis entitled “Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud” to Imperial College, London?

2 What name links the largest island in the Cyclades in Greece and a classical record label?

3 In which city was President John F Kennedy assassinated in November 1963?

4 In what year did Luciano Pavarotti reach number two in the UK singles chart with “Nessun Dorma”?

5 What is the maximum number of Friday 13th that can occur in any one year?

6 Stavanger is a ferry port in which country?

7 What is the currency of Poland?

8 In radio, what do the letters DAB stand for?

9 Tallahassee is the capital city of which of the United States of America?

10 What is the only UK number one single from the last 30 years to contain the word “yellow” in its title?

ANSWERS.

1 Brian May.

2 Naxos.

3 Dallas.

4 1990 (because of Italia 90).

5 Three.

6 Norway.

7 Zloty.

8 Digital Audio Broadcasting.

9 Florida.

10 “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” by Bombalurina.

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