New pub quiz questions

[Fionn]

Lyric: We just have to face it, this time we're through

Anagram: SOCCER IDOL

On which Med island was Napoleon born?

Which British entertainer died of a drugs overdose in Sydney in 1968?

Which UK pop group of the 80s/90s was comprised of the Pearson family?

What's the capital of Estonia?

(Food and Drink) In Copenhagen it's called Austrian patisserie: what do we call it?

Who's 5th in line to the throne?

Who's the oldest actor to have received an Oscar?

Yes, all right! Just no's 3 and 4 to go.

3 - God Only Knows? Sloop John B?

Fionn, you always start these when I'm not here!

California Girls?

Barbara Ann?
(Going to go on guessing!)

Is 4. Rod Stewart?

Yes, it's Rod Stewart but it's none of the BB songs listed.
Sorry janh - I'll try to remember to start next week's in the evening to give you a chance!

surfin usa (is this a bb song?)

Not the answer! We're going away tomorrow for a few days so I'll post the answer before I go to bed!

It was Do It Again, surprisingly!

This week's:

Anagram: MBE MEDAL

Lyric: Open up your eyes, then you'll realise here I stand

1 On which European capital city does the River Vistula stand?

2 Which famous person was born on Corfu in 1921?

3 Which bird married the Owl and the Pussycat?

4 In which country was the Kate Winslet film Heavenly Creatures set?

5 What is gerontology the study of?

6 Who succeeded JF Kennedy as President?

7 In which year (same year) were the films My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins released?

8 In which century did Joan of Arc fight the English?

9 Current affairs - who is Rowan Williams?

10 Which part of the body does the word "glossal" refer to?

11 Who temporarily led the Labour Party after John Smith's death?

12 Which meat is traditionally used in Irish Stew?

13 Which does the crushing, the mortar or pestle?

14 Books - which famous character was created by author Hugh Lofting?

13 - pestle

temporary brain death on the rest

6 Lyndon B Johnson

11 Margaret Beckett

lyric - Everlasting Love ...couldn't tell you who it's by.

4 is Morocco i think.

these are hard!

Some wild guesses here!

2 Gerald Durrell

3 A turkey

7 1968

8 14th century

9 Person who had an affair with Stephen Byers? Or Ken Livingston's Bidie-in?

12 Lamb

SueDonim - your guess to no. 9 is very amusing considering what the answer is ...I didn't have a clue who he is either by the way.
Answers a bit later.

Lyric: Everlasting love.
3. Turkey
5. old age. (geriatrics)
11. Margaret Beckett.

This is a good idea!

SueDonim, I am deeply shocked! No 9 is the media favourite to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury, and a very good choice IMO. Currently Archbishop of Wales.
5 - ageing, or old age.
8. 15th century
10. Tongue? (something throaty)

1. Is that Prince Philip?

10. Throat? Mouth?

7 - 1964???

(I'm struggling again, Fionn!)

anagram - EMBALMED! YES! RESULT!

1 is Warsaw (but I cheated, with google - I knew it was E Europe though.)

Janh well done on the anagram and film year! And to Bozza for knowing Margaret Beckett, I couldn't remember that at all. And Sobernow for Dr Dolittle, I'm usually good at the book ones but didn't know that. And Marina is obviously an clergy expert! And everyone else who got:

1 Warsaw
2 Prince Philip
3 turkey
4 New Zealand
5 ageing
6 Lyndon B Johnson
7 1964
8 Fifteenth
9 new Archbishop of Canterbury
10 tongue
11 Margaret Beckett
12 mutton
13 pestle
14 Dr Dolittle

ROFL at number 9!!! But c'mon guys, gimme a break - the next Archbishop of Canterbury isn't exactly headline news in the Jakarta Post!!

EMBALMED is very apt for me, as we live next door to an embalmer. Strange job to choose. I looked at one of her books the other evening but I wish I hadn't, as DH had to wake me up from a nightmare about dead children in the middle of the night. I scared the wits out him by screaming out loud, apparently, and now I'm banned from looking at any more of her books.