Pub quiz: 20 questions and answers

Round 1: Football

1. Which country hosted the 1998 FIFA World Cup?

   • A. Italy
   • B. Germany
   • C. France
   • D. England
   Show answer

   France

2. Which country hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup?

   • A. United States
   • B. Mexico
   • C. Brazil
   • D. Canada
   Show answer

   United States

3. Which country hosted the 1982 FIFA World Cup?

   • A. Italy
   • B. Spain
   • C. Argentina
   • D. Mexico
   Show answer

   Spain

4. Which country hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup?

   • A. Mexico
   • B. Brazil
   • C. Spain
   • D. Argentina
   Show answer

   Argentina

5. Which country hosted the 1958 FIFA World Cup?

   • A. Sweden
   • B. England
   • C. Chile
   • D. Switzerland
   Show answer

   Sweden

Round 2: Music

1. Paul Weller fronted which trio that formed in Woking?

   • A. Secret Affair
   • B. The Who
   • C. The Specials
   • D. The Jam
   Show answer

   The Jam

2. Which keyboard instrument with pipes is found in many churches?

   • A. Organ
   • B. Harpsichord
   • C. Spinet
   • D. Accordion
   Show answer

   Organ

3. Meddle (1971) was an album by which band?

   • A. Genesis
   • B. Jethro Tull
   • C. Pink Floyd
   • D. Yes
   Show answer

   Pink Floyd

4. Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke formed which duo?

   • A. Everything but the Girl
   • B. Eurythmics
   • C. Yazoo
   • D. Erasure
   Show answer

   Yazoo

5. Who composed The Sorcerer's Apprentice?

   • A. Erik Satie
   • B. Jules Massenet
   • C. Maurice Ravel
   • D. Paul Dukas
   Show answer

   Paul Dukas

Round 3: TV & Film

1. Which studio made "Toy Story", the first fully computer-animated feature film?

   • A. DreamWorks
   • B. Studio Ghibli
   • C. Pixar
   • D. Aardman
   Show answer

   Pixar

2. In Star Wars, what kind of creature is Chewbacca?

   • A. Wookiee
   • B. Hutt
   • C. Jawa
   • D. Ewok
   Show answer

   Wookiee

3. In the Ice Age films, which sabre-toothed squirrel chases an acorn?

   • A. Diego
   • B. Manny
   • C. Sid
   • D. Scrat
   Show answer

   Scrat

4. In The Lord of the Rings, Mount Doom lies in which land?

   • A. Rohan
   • B. Gondor
   • C. The Shire
   • D. Mordor
   Show answer

   Mordor

5. The 1983 film "Local Hero" is about an American firm wanting to buy a Scottish village for what?

   • A. A golf course
   • B. An oil refinery
   • C. A nuclear plant
   • D. A casino
   Show answer

   An oil refinery

Round 4: North East

1. The town of Spennymoor is in which county?

   • A. North Yorkshire
   • B. Cumbria
   • C. County Durham
   • D. Northumberland
   Show answer

   County Durham

2. Dunston Staiths in Gateshead were built for loading what onto ships?

   • A. Timber
   • B. Wool
   • C. Coal
   • D. Grain
   Show answer

   Coal

3. Cleadon village, with its landmark water tower, is in which borough?

   • A. South Tyneside
   • B. North Tyneside
   • C. Sunderland
   • D. Gateshead
   Show answer

   South Tyneside

4. Chillingham Castle is famous for a herd of wild what?

   • A. Deer
   • B. Goats
   • C. Cattle
   • D. Ponies
   Show answer

   Cattle

5. Artist Joseph Crawhall III was born in which Northumberland town?

   • A. Hexham
   • B. Alnwick
   • C. Morpeth
   • D. Berwick-upon-Tweed
   Show answer

   Morpeth

All the answers

Round 1: Football

1. France
2. United States
3. Spain
4. Argentina
5. Sweden

Round 2: Music

1. The Jam
2. Organ
3. Pink Floyd
4. Yazoo
5. Paul Dukas

Round 3: TV & Film

1. Pixar
2. Wookiee
3. Scrat
4. Mordor
5. An oil refinery

Round 4: North East

1. County Durham
2. Coal
3. South Tyneside
4. Cattle
5. Morpeth

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