Traditional British Pub Quiz

Answer: Bearded Dragon

Bearded dragons are often kept as pets around the world. There are seven species in the 'Pogona' genus, all inhabiting the semi-arid areas of Australia. Their name is derived from the 'beard' or frill that they can puff up when frightened or excited. They make excellent pets for both adults and children alike.

Answer: Blue John Cavern

The Blue John cavern takes its name from the mineral which is mined there, Blue John. There are many stories for how the mineral got its name the most famous being the French word bleu-jaune meaning blue yellow (but sounding like Blue John).

Answer: George VI

In 1939, King George VI was the first ever reigning monarch of the British Empire to visit Canada and the USA. This wasn't his first ever visit to North America, however, as he had previously visited as both the Duke of York and Prince Albert. The tour of Canada in 1939 was to promote the home rule of Canada as well as other dominions of the British Empire, as laid down by the Statute of Westminster in 1931.

Answer: Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick was an American novelist known for his science fiction works.
'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' was loosely adapted to the silver screen by Ridley Scott who renamed it 'Blade Runner'. Other famous novels of his include 'The Man in the High Castle', 'The Minority Report' and 'A Scanner Darkly'.

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg was born in New York in 1955. Her birth name is Caryn Elaine Johnson. In "Ghost", she played Oda Mae Brown, a medium who helped Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) contact her murdered partner Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) in the beyond. For this role she won her first Academy award. She also received a Golden Globe award and a BAFTA award, both for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

The Brandenburg concertos was originally named 'Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments' and consisted of six individual concertos in various major keys. Aside from the first concerto (which had four movements), the other five concertos each had three movements.

They were written over several years whilst he was the official music composer (Kapellmeister) in the town of Köthen in the Anhalt district.

Answer: Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley was born Edward Alexander Crowley in England in 1875. He was noted for being a magician, writer and occultist. In his youth Crowley became a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which was a magical order that practiced spiritual development.

He later broke away from this sect and formed his own philosophy called Thelema. This philosophy was based on ancient Egyptian beliefs of a three God hierarchy.

Answer: Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in what is now modern-day Croatia. Tesla was famed for his scientific theories and inventions, notably the alternating current and the Tesla coil. In June 1884, Tesla moved to New York City to work for Thomas Edison. When he resigned in 1886 due to a disagreement with Edison, Tesla went on to form his own company, Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing.

In 1888, he developed his alternating current product and gave a demonstration to George Westinghouse, who was so impressed that he bought the patent for it and had Tesla work for him at a salary of $2,000 a month.

Answer: Bandicoot

Crash Bandicoot, as he is better known, is an iconic character from the series of the same name. The game was developed in 1996 by Naughty Dog, meeting critical success and being the first non-Japanese game to win a Gold Prize in Japan.
Naughty Dog received similar success with the 'Uncharted' series of games, winning multiple Game of the Year awards.

Answer: 7,800

Over the centuries Notre Dame has had several organs installed, although most of the earlier ones were not adequate to the size of the cathedral and were systematically replaced. In the 18th century, François-Henri Clicquot built and installed the the first acceptable organ.

By the 19th century this had been re-developed and improved by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Since then, a number of restorations have been carried out as well as a modernisation in 1992 to make the organ computerised.