Another 12 questions from Sunderland pub The Dun Cow's 125th anniversary quiz

As part of the 125th birthday celebrations for Sunderland’s famous Dun Cow on High Street West, the pub held a successful one-off quiz.

Topics for the questions were a mix of: Sunderland, the year 1901 (when the pub first opened), the Dun Cow itself, Sunderland AFC and general knowledge.

Here are 12 of them for you to try. We have already published the first 12. Another 12 will appear on Sunday. Answers are below. NO CHEATING.

1. Which of the following can not be seen in the Dun Cow’s exterior stone carvings: a frog, a lizard, a bat or a cat?

2. In 1901 Wilhelm Röntgen from Germany won the first Nobel Prize for Physics. What had he discovered?

3. On her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, Annie Edson Taylor from New York became the first person to do what – and survive?

4. Which variety of coffee is named after an order of monks founded by St Francis of Assisi?

5. From which German club did Sunderland sign Granit Xhaka in 2025?

6. What connects Rudolph Hess (1894-1987) with Tony Hadley?

7. Who currently provides the voiceovers for Sainsbury’s adverts, despite one saying ‘the great thing about Sainsbury’s is that it keeps the scum out of Waitrose’?

8. Who is the presenter of Sort Your Life Out?

9. Which Christmas song was written by Eric Boswell from Millfield A. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire B. I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In) C. Little Donkey D. Mary’s Boy Child

10. Which clothing did Brian Hyland sing about in 1960?

11. What was the name of the BBC’s 1998 fly-on-the-wall documentary about Sunderland AFC?

12. During which war did the 1854 Battle of Balaclava take place?

Answers

1. A bat 2. X-rays 3. She went over Niagara Falls in a barrel 4. Cappuccino (the Capuchin order. ) 5. Bayer Leverkusen 6. Spandau (Prison and Ballet respectively) 7. Stephen Fry 8. Stacey Solomon 9. C. Little Donkey 10. (Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot) Bikini 11. Premier Passions 12. The Crimean