General knowledge questions on sport, Scrabble and science to try in the Saturday Social online pub quiz
Compete against friends and family in our weekly online quiz - the Saturday Social.
There are 14 questions in total - including one local one each week. And we’d like you to play quiz master too. If you’d like to send in a question to be included in our Saturday Social, please email it (along with the answer!) to newsdesk@newburynews.co.uk
1. TRUE OR FALSE? The only letter not in the periodic table is the letter J?
2. WHO AM I? Name the three celebrities pictured above?
3. ODD ONE OUT: Can you name the odd one out from this list…
Dog; Ox; Panda; Pig; Rat; Tiger.
4. REMEMBER WHEN? The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Do you know the year?
▶ Millions of European flights were cancelled when a volcano erupted in Iceland
▶ David Cameron became UK Prime Minister
▶ Prince William and Kate Middleton got engaged
▶ Chelsea beat Wigan 8-0 to win the Premier League on the last day of the season
5. WHAT'S COOKING: Do you know the name of this famous fish soup/stew that originated in the French city of Marseille
6. QUESTION OF SPORT: Who is England rugby captain for this year’s Six Nations?
7. POPTEASER: Which band released the albums A Night at the Opera, Jazz and The Miracle?
8. WORDWISE: What is the meaning of the word, ADDLEPATED?
▶ Eloquent
▶ Bewildered
▶ Collective mark
9. WHO... was the UK Prime Minister when Queen Elizabeth II died?
10. WHAT… is the smallest US state by land?
11. HOW... many many teeth does the average adult have?
12. WHICH… letter in Scabble is the only one worth five points?
13. WHERE AM I? This city in Yorkshire is the 2025 UK City of Culture.
14. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE….Who was the famous showman and circus proprietor from Newbury who was murdered by a disgruntled employee in 1911?
ANSWERS: 1 True; 2 The new Match of the Day presenting team - Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan; 3 All the animals appear in the Chinese zodiac and relate to the Chinese calendar part from panda; 4 2010; 5 Bouillabaisse; 6 Maro Itoje; 7 Queen; 8 Bewildered; 9 Liz Truss; 10 Rhode Island; 11 32; 12 The letter J: 13 Bradford; 14 Lord George Sanger.
