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(26/05/21)

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.

(Edit: Now with an added sprinkling of more recent questions too :+1::slightly_smiling_face:)

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

Categories:

💙 Geography

  1. Which of these colours is not on the flag of Estonia - blue, red or black?

  2. What zone lies between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer?

  3. In which city was the first Gay Pride parade held?

  4. What was Britain’s first national park?

  5. The capital of Delaware shares its name with which British port?

💗Entertainment

  1. Of the first 10 UK singles by the Spice Girls, nine reached number one - but which was the only hit to miss out on the top spot?

  2. What’s the name of Sooty’s girlfriend?

  3. Name one of the two featured artists on Drake’s monster hit single “One Dance”.

  4. What was the first X-rated film to win the best picture Oscar?

  5. Who had the bestselling single of the first decade of the 21st century with double-A side “Anything is Possible/Evergreen”?

💛 History

  1. Who was assassinated on April 4, 1968?

  2. Who galloped from Boston toward Lexington on an April night in 1775 to warn that the British were coming?

  3. What was the infamous feat of Germany’s U-20 submarine?

  4. What was the fifth-largest city in the Roman Empire in A.D. 50?

  5. Which agriculturalist invented the horse-drawn seed drill in 1701, and gave his name to a progressive rock band in 1967?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What is the name of the 2016 sequel to bestselling children’s book Oi Frog! - Oi Hare! Oi Dog! or Oi Mule!?

  2. Which British novelist wrote the children’s story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

  3. Which artist’s works include Bedroom at Arles, 15 Sunflowers and Self Portrait with Straw Hat?

  4. What was Lady Chatterley’s first name?

  5. Which ‘loverly’ musical takes its name from the last line of London Bridge is Falling Down?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. In astronomy, the three brightest stars Alnilam, Mintaka and Alnitak are collectively known as what?

  2. What is aqua fortis?

  3. Where would you normally find lamb’s quarters - a garden, a farmyard or the night sky?

  4. What anthropological hoax was unearthed in a Sussex gravel pit in 1912?

  5. The Winklevoss twins sued which billionaire for allegedly stealing what they claim is their networking idea?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What Seagulls have played at Wembley?

  2. What American dice-rolling game can be won with an initial throw of 7 or eleven?

  3. Which upscale shoe designer is known for his signature red-lacquered soles?

  4. What’s the Scrabble point value of the word “jar” on a double-word-score, without blanks?

  5. What is the only country to have qualified for all of the soccer World Cup finals?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MsSubExperimenter 19 3 2 4 3 3 4
@Peitho 18 3 2 3 3 4 3
@SexInTheCity 18 4 3 0 4 3 4
@WillC 18 2 3 3 4 4 2
@Ian_Chimp 17 2 2 3 4 3 3
@LuciousLegs 15 2 4 1 2 2 4
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —

  1. Red :estonia: | 1. “Stop”
  2. Tropical Zone | 2. Soo
  3. New York City
     (June 1970) | 3. Kyla, Wizkid
  4. The Peak District | 4. Midnight Cowboy
  5. Dover | 5. Will Young
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Martin Luther King Jr | 1. Oi Dog!
  7. Paul Revere | 2. Ian Fleming
  8. It sank the Lusitania | 3. Vincent van Gogh
  9. Londinium | 4. Constance
  10. Jethro Tull | 5. My Fair Lady
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. Orion’s Belt | 1. Brighton
  12. Acid | 2. Craps
  13. A garden (it’s a plant) | 3. Christian Louboutin
  14. The Piltdown Skull | 4. Twenty
  15. Mark Zuckerberg | 5. Brazil
    16.
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