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(17/03/21)

The Great Hump Day Quiz! 🐪

Welcome to this Wednesday’s Great Hump Day Quiz!

We’re always trying to add more people to our quiz gang , so check out how to hide your answers, pop them in a post, and I’ll add you to the Scoreboard. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

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 canal, spelled backwards, is a Greek god?

  2. What country consists mainly of the Jutland Peninsula?

  3. What’s pollo on a menu in Rome?

  4. How Many English counties touch Dartmoor?

  5. What islands got their name from the Spanish baja mar, meaning “shallow water”?

💗Entertainment

  1. Who wrote Rhapsody in Blue?

  2. Who claimed she’d always thought Coq au Vin was love in a lorry?

  3. What 1951 film featured Ronald Reagan raising a chimp?

  4. Which movie starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp sees Vianne opening up a sweety shop?

  5. What is Norville’s nickname in Scooby Doo?

💛 History

  1. Who lost her head at Fotheringhay in 1587?

  2. What shop started with the slogan: “Don’t ask the price - It’s a penny”?

  3. Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England?

  4. Who won the 1942 Nobel Peace Prize?

  5. Who summons the House of Commons to the House of Lords for the Queen’s speech?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What was the first Sam Spade novel?

  2. Who lost his “precious” to a hobbit?

  3. What Henri Charriere best-seller describes his escape from Devil’s Island?

  4. Who was Helen of Troy’s Trojan lover?

  5. Who devoured a cake with the words “Eat Me” written on it in currants?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina famous for?

  2. What causes baker’s itch?

  3. What might you spit out if you’ve just had a Norfolk Giant in your mouth?

  4. How many noggins are there in a pint?

  5. What sort of ache is otalgia?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. How many times can a horse win the Derby?

  2. What’s the highest ranking suit in Bridge?

  3. What colours do West Ham and Aston Villa play in?

  4. Which beach hosted the 2000 Olympic beach volleyball competition?

  5. What game does the New York Institute for the Investigation of Rolling Spheroids specialise in?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@WillC 21 4 5 4 5 2 1
@MsSubExperimenter 19½ 3 3 3 3 3½ 4
@Peitho 18½ 4 4 1 4 2 3½
@SexInTheCity 18 4 2 5 2 2 3
@Ian_Chimp 18 4 3 3 3 3 2
@FL45H 15 5 2 1 0 3 4
@Sea 14 3 2 3 4 1 1
@LuciousLegs 10 3 2 2 1 1 1
@Jacob0098 8 2 1 1 1 1 2
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. Suez | 1. George Gerschwin
| 2. Denmark | 2. Victoria Wood
| 3. Chicken | 3. Bedtime for Bonzo
| 4. One (Devon) | 4. Chocolat
| 5. Bahamas | 5. Shaggy
|
:yellow_heart: History |
:poop: Arts & Literature |
| 1. Mary Queen of Scots | 1. The Maltese Falcon
| 2. Marks and Spencer | 2. Gollum
| 3. Harold | 3. Papillion
| 4. No one | 4. Paris
| 5. Black Rod | 5. Alice
|
:green_heart: Science & Nature |
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. The Wright
Brothers’ first flight | 1. One
| 2. Yeast | 2. Spades
| 3. Raspberry pips | 3. Claret and blue
| 4. Four | 4. Bondi Beach
| 5. Ear | 5. Marbles

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