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(31/03/21)

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 country was called Botany Bay and New Holland until 1820?

  2. Where are the Everglades?

  3. What sea surrounds the Cayman Islands?

  4. What American state capital is found on the island of Oahu?

  5. Which European country’s name is derived from the Greek word for ‘monk’?

💗Entertainment

  1. What Detroit-based record company was founded by Barry Gordy Jr.?

  2. What song opens The Graduate?

  3. Who sang the title song and appeared in the film To Sir With Love?

  4. What century was the setting for Star Trek: The Original Series?

  5. Which northern band came up with their Perfect Ten in summer 1998?

💛 History

  1. Who was the cause of the Trojan Wars?

  2. What must be in position before the House of Commons can sit?

  3. What were Barbary Corsairs?

  4. What was Dillinger gang member George Nelson’s nickname?

  5. What attack did Isoroku Yammamota plan and lead?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Who sailed to adventure in the Argo?

  2. Who did Peeping Tom peep at?

  3. Who wrote The Purloined Letter?

  4. Who was Lancelot’s son in Arthurian legend?

  5. What was But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes a sequel too?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What does a panophobe fear?

  2. What are quasi-stellar radio sources better known as?

  3. What domestic fowl lives the longest?

  4. What is the better-known name for the human polex?

  5. What is “nutty slack”?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What is the closely-cut grass that surrounds a green called ?

  2. How many inches from the ground are the bails of a wicket?

  3. What sprot is the Federation Internationale d’Escrime, or FIE, the ruling body of?

  4. How many laps make up the Indianapolis 500?

  5. What did Liverpool first wear on their jerseys in 1979?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@Peitho 20 5 3 3 4 3 2
@WillC 20 4 3 4 4 4 1
@Ian_Chimp 18 4 3 3 5 3 0
@MsSubExperimenter 17 5 4 2 3 2 1
@FL45H 16 4 3 3 1 2 3
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. Australia | 1. Motown
| 2. Florida | 2. Sounds of Silence
| 3. The Caribbean | 3. Lulu
| 4. Honolulu | 4. The 23rd
| 5. Monaco’s | 5. The Beautiful South
|
:yellow_heart: History |
:poop: Arts & Literature |
| 1. Helen of Troy | 1. Jason
| 2. The Mace | 2. Lady Godiva
| 3. Pirates | 3. Edgar Allen Poe
| 4. Baby Face | 4. Galahad
| 5. Pearl Harbour | 5. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
|
:green_heart: Science & Nature |
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. Everything | 1. The apron
| 2. Quasars | 2. Twenty-eight
| 3. The goose | 3. Fencing
| 4. The thumb | 4. 200
| 5. Coal | 5. Sponsor logo (Hitachi)

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