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(22/12/21)

The Great Hump Day Quiz! 🐪

Welcome to the 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:

:exclamation:We also have an answer template you can copy and paste now too. :+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.

(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 water link between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea first opened for business in 1869?

  2. Uluru is in New Mexico. True or false?

  3. In which European capital city can you walk up the Spanish Steps?

  4. Which religious group in North America allows teenagers to enjoy a rite called rumspringa, which means “running around”?

  5. Which country is also known as Burma?

💗Entertainment

  1. What Carry On film is set in India?

  2. In TV sitcom Benidorm, by what name is the character of Geoff Maltby better known?

  3. Who portrayed Carl Bernstein in All the President’s Men?

  4. “Skin” and “Human” were hits by which bearded Brit Award-winning singer?

  5. The X Factor stars John and Edward Grimes are better known by what shorter name?

💛 History

  1. What country did the Allies invade in World War II’s Operation Avalanche?

  2. What English explorer discovered and named Virginia?

  3. Whose palace was bought by George III?

  4. What river is Pocahontas buried along?

  5. What does a ship with a yellow Jack flag have on board?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Which real famous writer is mentioned on page 1 of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

  2. Which musical includes the song “Defying Gravity”?

  3. Designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971, by what name is the logo for Nike sportswear popularly known?

  4. Which series of novels features a space turtle called Great A’Tuin?

  5. Who found himself flying on the island of Laputa?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What’s the Fahrenheit equivalent of 100 degrees centigrade?

  2. What lemon-scented grass is used in perfumes and insect repellent?

  3. What does the victim of a herniated intervertebral part suffer from?

  4. What’s the science of growing plants in liquid nutrients rather than soil?

  5. What wheel did Blaise Pascal invent in a search for perpetual motion?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What sprot is it recommended that you duck the boom in?

  2. Where was the first test match played?

  3. What do all racehorses in the northern hemisphere celebrate on New Year’s Day every year?

  4. What stone is used in the manufacture of snooker tables?

  5. How many pieces does each player start a game of draughts with?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@WillC 21 4 4 2 4 3 4
@MrsLovett77 20 4 4 2 4 5 1
@Peitho 19 5 2 3 2 4 3
@MsSubExperimenter 18 5 3 2 3 3 2
@Ian_Chimp 17 3 2 3 4 3 2
@SexInTheCity 15½ 4 2 2 2 2½ 3
@Craig1234 15 4 2 0 2 4 3
The Answers

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

  1. Suez Canal | 1. Carry On Up the Kyhber
  2. False
    It’s in Australia | 2. The Oracle
  3. Rome | 3. Dustin Hoffman
  4. Amish | 4. Rag’n’Bone Man
  5. Myanmar | 5. Jedward
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Italy | 1. Mark Twain
  7. Sir Walter Raleigh | 2. Wicked
  8. The Duke of Buckingham | 3. Swoosh
  9. The Thames | 4. Discworld
  10. Disease | 5. Gulliver
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. 212 degrees | 1. Yachting
  12. Citronella | 2. Melbourne, Australia
  13. A slipped disc | 3. Their birthdays
    Regardless of their actual birthdate, their official birthdays are January 1.
  14. Hydroponics | 4. Slate
  15. The roulette wheel | 5. Twelve
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