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.
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.
Physical Science & Mathematics
How many faces does a Dodecahedron have?
What is the cube root of 64?
The Sun is (of course) the closest star to Earth. What star is the next closest?
Who discovered that the Earth revolves around the sun?
What is the chemical symbol for the element mercury?
How is the Earth protected from the effects of Solar Winds from the Sun?
Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
Literature
Which Italian city is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set? Verona
Which of the following did not live entirely in the 19th century? Tolstoy (1828-1910)
What is the name of the snake in The Jungle Book? Kaa
Winston Smith is the protagonist of which George Orwell novel? 1984
Agatha Christie’s By the Pricking of My Thumbs and Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes are two novels who take their titles from lines in what Shakespeare play? Macbeth
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie after the publication of what 1989 novel that mocked the prophet Muhammad? The Satanic Verses
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.
Literature
Which Italian city is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set?
Which of the following did not live entirely in the 19th century: Lermontov; Tolstoy; Dostoevsky?
What is the name of the snake in The Jungle Book?
Winston Smith is the protagonist of which George Orwell novel?
Agatha Christie’s By the Pricking of My Thumbs and Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes are two novels who take their titles from lines in what Shakespeare play?
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie after the publication of what 1989 novel that mocked the prophet Muhammad?
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
What is the biggest cat species in the world?
What is the world’s fastest bird?
What is the process by which plants convert sunlight to energy?
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
The numbers on the opposite sides of a six-sided die always add up to what number?
What was the name of the world’s first artificial satellite?
In what year did cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin reach space?
Where did backgammon originate?
What is England’s official national sport?
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.
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