Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
People
- Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Marie Curie
- Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car? Karl Benz
- The name of which British prince is often used to describe a pierced manhood? Albert
- Who was married to John F Kenedy and was first lady from 1961 until 1963? Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- Name the author: He was born in Dublin in 1854, and died in Paris in 1900. Oscar Wilde
- Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, what famous author was also an ophthalmologist? He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s, was a determined supporter of compulsory vaccination, and partially based his most famous character on a former university teacher. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2025.
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.
People
- Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car?
- The name of which British prince is often used to describe a pierced manhood?
- Who was married to John F Kennedy and was first lady from 1961 until 1963?
- Name the author: He was born in Dublin in 1854, and died in Paris in 1900.
- Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, what famous author was also an ophthalmologist? He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s, was a determined supporter of compulsory vaccination, and partially based his most famous character on a former university teacher.
Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.
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