1) \u2018The Slave of Duty\u2019 is an alternative title to which Gilbert and Sullivan opera?<\/p>\n
Pirates of Penzance.<\/p>\n
2) Jerry and Mike are the first names of what famous pairing of 1950s hit songwriters?<\/p>\n
Leiber and Stoller. (Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Stand By Me, I Who Have Nothing.<\/p>\n
3) How many new states were created when the USSR collapsed in 1991 (Within 2)<\/p>\n
15 Georgia, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kygystan, Azerbaijan, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)<\/p>\n
4) Love, caddy and apostle are all types of what?<\/p>\n
Spoon.<\/p>\n
5) In the film Casablanca, how many times does Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, say the phrase \u2018Here\u2019s looking at you kid\u2019?<\/p>\n
Four times<\/p>\n
6) The village of Cheddar is in which English county?<\/p>\n
Somerset.<\/p>\n
7) Which airline postponed adverts claiming to ‘…go the extra mile to make you feel special…’ after a photo of (allegedly) a pilot and crew member having sex in an aircraft cockpit became public in Aug 2011?<\/p>\n
Cathay Pacific.<\/p>\n
8) At $12.5bn, what phone corporation became Google’s biggest acquisition in Aug 2011?<\/p>\n
Motorola (Motorola Mobility)<\/p>\n
9) What is the fruit of the tree technically known as Phoenix Dactylifera?<\/p>\n
Dates<\/p>\n
10) Flipkart was founded and became a major online retailer, notably of books, in which country?<\/p>\n
India<\/p>\n
11) The musical “Cats” is based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by which Author?<\/p>\n
T S Eliot.<\/p>\n
12) What metal does not dissolve in nitric acid. (giving us the common phrase \u2018Acid Test\u2019)<\/p>\n
Gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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