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February Quiz Questions

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Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month.
As always, they’re designed to be tricky but not impossible, so it’s unlikely everyone will know all the answers – just have a bit of fun.

Biology

  1. What is the biggest cat species in the world?
  2. What is the world’s fastest bird?
  3. What is the process by which plants convert sunlight to energy?
  4. How many eyes does a bee have?
  5. How many bones does a shark have?
  6. What colours are flamingos born?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

history

February 1926

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Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.

1. Death. Theodosius of Skopje, Bulgaria Orthodox religious leader and saint (b.1846)

2. Birth. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, President of France (d.2020)

9. Birth. Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer, politician, and 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d.2011)

10. Birth. Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer, football manager (d.1993)

11. Birth. Paul Bocuse, French chef (d.2018)

14. Death. John Jacob Bausch, German-born American optician, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb (b.1830)

16. Birth. John Schlesinger, British film director (d.2003)

22. Birth. Kenneth Williams, English actor (d.1988)

Kenneth Williams

25. Francisco Franco becomes General in Spain.

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January Quiz Answers

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Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

General Knowledge

  1. The numbers on the opposite sides of a six-sided die always add up to what number? Seven
  2. What was the name of the world’s first artificial satellite? Sputnik 1
  3. In what year did cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin reach space? 1961
  4. Where did backgammon originate? Persia
  5. What is England’s official national sport? Cricket
  6. Since the 1970s in which country has it been a tradition to eat fried chicken from KFC on Christmas Day? Japan

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2025.

memes

January Quiz Questions

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Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month.
As always, they’re designed to be tricky but not impossible, so it’s unlikely everyone will know all the answers – just have a bit of fun.

General Knowledge

  1. The numbers on the opposite sides of a six-sided die always add up to what number?
  2. What was the name of the world’s first artificial satellite?
  3. In what year did cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin reach space?
  4. Where did backgammon originate?
  5. What is England’s official national sport?
  6. Since the 1970s in which country has it been a tradition to eat fried chicken from KFC on Christmas Day?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

history

January 1926

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Our look at some of the significant happenings 100 years ago this month.

13. Birth. Michael Bond, English fiction writer, creator of Paddington Bear (d.2017)

16. A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers’ revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting.

Early BBC logo

26. Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times.

29. Birth. Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate (d.1996)