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Autumn answers

WIN BEER! Get Quizzic-ale 1 Green beryl is the proper name for which valuable gem mineral? A: The first three correct entries to be drawn will win a month’s membership to Beer52.com* 2 In which European country is the Grande Dixence Dam? l Send entries to Quizzic-ale, A:

BEER, CAMRA, 230 Hatfield Road,

St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 4LW, by 30 November 2022. l Your details will 3 Who dreamed of a ladder that reached from Earth to the heavens? be passed on to A:

Beer52.com, but if you would prefer this not to happen, 4 Why is the silverfish misnamed? state so clearly on A: your entry.

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Membership number: 6 Which song has the lines “Won’t call her friends ’cause she’s ashamed of being locked into bed / can’t feel her legs and feeling like a liar at best”? A: 7 Which Devonshire brewery produces ales Firing Squad, Pilton Hopster and Agincourt? A: ❶ Timothy Taylor Landlord ❷ Ignorance is Strength 8 Which medical complaint is caused by excess uric acid in the blood? ❸ Octavian defeated A: Mark Antony ❹ Portugal ❺ A mechanical steam organ ❻ Old Dairy brewery, based in Tenterden ❼ Franklin D Roosevelt ❽ Taxi Driver 9 What does a hyetograph record? ❾ Measuring the density of smoke ❿ 1831 A: ⓫ The Losers ⓬ ‘About Damn Time’ – Lizzo ⓭ Steve Cram, in 1985 ⓮ Malala Yousafzai ⓯ Elephants ⓰ Basketball ⓱ Jane Eyre ⓲ All are left-handed ⓳ Freetime Beer Company in Swansea ⓴ Fear of string 10 What’s the connection between Kirsty Young, Sue Lawley and Michael Parkinson? A: 11 What was the name of the Portuguese singer created by Steve Coogan? A: 12 Who said: “We asked their opinion of the Monarchy. Do you know what they said? They said abolish them – we’ve had enough”? A: 13 Which beer won the Champion Beer of Britain in 2001? A: 14 Which insect is sometimes called a twitch-bell? A: 15 Which book’s last line is: “She died last month at the age of eighty-two”? A: 16 In which film is the lead character served by a valet called Riff-Raff? A: 17 Which people used the quipu as a means of calculation? A: 18 Who adopted the stage name of Walter Busterkeys? A: 19 Which Cumbrian brewery produces ales Tag Lag, Cat Nap and Red Bull Terrier? A: 20 What year saw the start of interregnum in British history?

Autumn winners: John Page, Swansea; Nigel Poulter, Warlingham; Phil A:

Smithson, London

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