The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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(06/01/21)

The Great Hump Day Quiz!
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Welcome to the first Great Hump Day Quiz of the year! :tada: All newcomers are most welcome :slightly_smiling_face: Check out the rules, pop your answers in a post, and I’ll add you to the Scoreboard. :+1:

Where do the questions come from?

I found a mysterious old box of trivial pursuit, with even more trivial pursuits stuffed inside. It is a treasure trove of quiz questions, and all of them really old. :slightly_smiling_face: Perfect fodder for a Hump Day special. :+1:

Piecing together a few bits and bobs, there were three sets, and a couple of the instructions. One is a Genus Edition, dated 2001, and the other the 20th Anniversary one, 2004. There’s also another old style board and questions in there that looks/smells quite a bit older. That’s the box they’re all stuffed in, and that has ©1983 printed on it. No instructions, so not sure if that’s accurate. That one says it’s a Master Game Genus Edition.

So, there you go. It’s a bit random, but it should add to the fun. :slightly_smiling_face:

Categories:

💙 Geography

  1. What’s the only active volcano on the European mainland?

  2. What Yukon region was the scene of a famous gold rush?

  3. What country contains the greater lengths of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

  4. What Italian landmark has 296 steps?

  5. What country lies directly south of Detroit?

💗Entertainment

  1. Who played Rowdy Yates on Rawhide?

  2. What catchphrase does Jack scream at his wife when he bursts through the bathroom door with an axe in The Shining?

  3. Who played the leading role in the 1969 film The Italian Job?

  4. Which US state gave its name to a Scottish band led by Sharleen Spiteri?

  5. Which TV quiz saw a duo linking five across while a solo contestant linked four down?

💛 History

  1. What is the term for a curved naval sword?

  2. What peace treaty ended Word War I?

  3. What is the Arc de Triomphe a memorial to?

  4. What was the hottest event of 1666?

  5. Who did Akihito take over from?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Who wrote Around the World in Eighty Days?

  2. What Harriet Beecher Stowe novel focuses on slavery?

  3. What was the name of Captain Bligh’s most famous ship?

  4. Who rode a donkey named Dapple?

  5. What ancient Greek had the world on his shoulders?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What’s permanently-frozen subsoil called?

  2. Who said in his notebook: ‘It is absurd to talk of one animal being higher than another’?

  3. What’s the name of Jacque Cousteau’s research ship?

  4. What insect transmits yellow fever?

  5. Which fruit produces a liquid which can be used instead of blood plasma in emergency circumstances?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. How many counters of each colour does backgammon have?

  2. What famous sproting location was opened by King George V in 1922?

  3. What colour separates red and black on an archery target?

  4. How many horses are there in a polo team?

  5. What term applies to the consistency, thickness and substance of a wine?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@Peitho 20 3 5 3 3 2 4
@SexInTheCity 19 2 2 4 3 4 4
@Sea 18 4 2 3 3 2 4
@MsSubExperimenter 16 2 5 3 2 3 1
@WillC 16 2 5 3 3 3 0
@Ian_Chimp 16 3 4 2 3 2 2
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. Mount Vesuvius | 1. Clint Eastwood
| 2. The Klondike | 2. Here’s Johnny!
| 3. Iraq | 3. Michael Caine
| 4. The Leaning Tower of Pisa | 4. Texas
| 5. Canada | 5. Blockbusters
|
:yellow_heart: History |
:poop: Arts & Literature |
| 1. Cutlass | 1. Jules Verne
| 2. The Treaty of Versailles | 2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
| 3. Napoleon’s Victories | 3. The Bounty
| 4. The Great Fire of London | 4. Sancho Panza
| 5. Hirohito | 5. Atlas
|
:green_heart: Science & Nature |
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. Permafrost | 1. Fifteen
| 2. Charles Darwin | 2. Wimbledon
| 3. The Calypso | 3. Blue
| 4. The mosquito | 4. Four
| 5. Coconut | 5. Body

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