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(29/12/21)

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. What mountain dropped 1,313 feet in 1980?

  2. What strait divides the Pillars of Hercules?

  3. What is the familiar name of the fair city also known as Baile Atha Cliath?

  4. What river begins in Syria and passes through Lake Tiberias into the Dead Sea?

  5. Which Scottish city has hosted a military tattoo each summer since 1950?

💗Entertainment

  1. What does Oscar stand on?

  2. Who was Elvis Presley’s manager?

  3. What story was the inspiration for West Side Story?

  4. Which American singer’s top ten singles in the UK include “Naturally”, “Come and Get It”, and “It Ain’t Me”?

  5. What is the name of Hiccup’s dragon friend in How to Train Your Dragon?

💛 History

  1. What country was annexed by Mussolini in 1936?

  2. What were the ancient Egyptian pyramids once covered in?

  3. What type of vessel did the Royal Navy first launch in 1901?

  4. Which century saw the start of the Renaissance in Italy?

  5. What would you pay a ‘knocker-upper’ to do in the 19th century?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What was the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine?

  2. Who wrote the Mr. Men series?

  3. What does the Latin quo vadis ask?

  4. What two figures usually feature in a pietà sculpture?

  5. In a theatre, where would you find the proscenium - in front of the stage, in the orchestra pit, or in the aisle?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What sailors’ disease resulted from a deficiency of Vitamin C?

  2. What’s the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere called?

  3. Which British aviation engineer invented the jet engine in 1937?

  4. Which mammal with the Latin name Gulo gulo, meaning glutton, is known for its fearlessness and razor-sharp retractable claws?

  5. When the time is 6 o’clock, what is the angle between a clock’s hour hand and minute hand?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What’s the only kind of golf hole you can shoot an albatross on?

  2. How many times are Mexican refried beans fried?

  3. Which spicy pickled vegetable dish, usually made with cabbage, is a staple in Korean cuisine?

  4. Where are adolphs, randolphs and rudolphs performed?

  5. In which game do you each choose a stick, drop them into a stream by a bridge, and then see which stick comes out from under the bridge first?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MsSubExperimenter 20 3 4 2 4 3 4
@Peitho 17½ 3 2 2½ 4 4 2
@WillC 17 4 3 2 2 5 1
@Ian_Chimp 17 2 3 3 4 3 2
@SexInTheCity 16 2 2 4 2 2 4
@Craig1234 12 2 1 2 2 2 3
The Answers

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

  1. Mount St. Helens | 1. A reel of film
  2. The Strait of Gibraltar | 2. Colonel Tom. Parker
  3. Dublin | 3. Romeo and Juliet
  4. The Jordan | 4. Selena Gomez
  5. Edinburgh | 5. Toothless
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Abyssinia | 1. The Nautilus
  7. Marble
    (though the internet says ‘polished limestone’) | 2. Roger Hargreaves
  8. A submarine | 3. ‘Where are you going?’
  9. 14th century | 4. Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary
  10. Wake you up
    Often by rapping on your window with a long pole | 5. In front of the stage
    It’s the arch between the stage and the audience
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. Scurvy | 1. A par five
  12. Corona | 2. Once
    The name is based on a mistranslation
  13. Frank Whittle | 3. Kimchi
  14. The Wolverine | 4. On a trampoline
  15. 180 degrees | 5. Pooh sticks
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