Pub Quiz #3

Trying to keep these coming at a nice rate now, had some good responses. Tough connection this week but Im sure some people will get it.

1.       In 2006, a group of COE Clergy campaigned for which saint to replace St. George as the patron Saint of England?

2.       What nationality was the astronomer and Scientist Georges Le Matire who in the 1920’s was one of the early proponents of the Big Bang Theory?

3.       Who played Paul McCartney’s ‘grandfather’ in the Beatles film A Hard Days Night?

4.       Which actress appears in the black and white dancing scenes in Chers video for “The Shoop Shoop Song”?

5.       True or False…..alongside the Hat Tax and Window Tax, there was a Wallpaper Tax in 18^th Century England?

6.       What is the collective term for a gathering of Starlings?

7.       Camulodonum was the first capital of Roman Britain. By what modern name is this city known?

8.       Name the act, issued by Constantine 1, which gave greater protection to Christians across the Roman Empire?

9.       A “Christie” is a manoeuvre is which Sport?

10.   If you were born on the day of the Battle of Waterloo, what star sign would you be?

11.   Which act had hits with “Missing” “Rollercoaster” and “Driving”?

12.   In what year was telephone voting introduced into the Eurovision Song Contest?

13.   In which city could you use the Park Lane Transport Interchange, visit the National Glass Centre and take a walk in Mowbray Park?

14.    From which fish are kippers made?

15.   Arno Penzias, along with who, devised proof of the big bang theory based on detection of cosmic background radiation?

Connections

16.   Name the TV series, the winners of which include, Brian Dowling and Craig Phillips?

17.   On the 25^th December you may find jokes, hats and novelty toys in these?

18.   Name the TV series, a follow up to Life on Mars, with the lead character being played by Phillip Glienster?

19.
   Which Beatles song contains the lyrics “All day long I’m sitting singing songs for everyone, sit beside a mountain stream, she her waters rise, listen  to the pretty sound of music as she flies”?

20.   What connects the above 4 answers?