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(05/01/22)

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 colour of the French flag comes first, on the side nearest the flag pole?

  2. Which chilly island nation straddles two massive tectonic plates, subjecting it to occasional fiery volcanic activity?

  3. Which country in Europe comes first alphabetically?

  4. The Karakorum Highway connects Pakistan with which country - India, China or Russia?

  5. Which Pacific atmospheric system started playing havoc with the world’s weather in 1997?

💗Entertainment

  1. In which TV sitcom do the main characters listen (and sing along) to the radio station Forever FM?

  2. New Zealander Lucy Lawless rose to stardom for her role as sword-weilding royalty in which TV series?

  3. What bird is Shen in the Kung Fu Panda films - toucan, flamingo, or peacock?

  4. What is “small and white, clean and bright”, according to The Sound of Music?

  5. Which Band’s 1996 split resulted in thousands of calls to the Samaritans and Childline*?

💛 History

  1. Which ship at Greenwich caught fire in 2007?

  2. King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were the parents of which future queen of England?

  3. Which Roman emperor banned laughing and bathing after one of his sister-wives died?

  4. What do some claim Lord Carnarvon was exposed to seven weeks prior to his death, which resulted in his early demise?

  5. Where did the 2506 Brigade come ashore on April 17, 1961?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Which literary mash-up features Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy fighting against a growing tide of re-animated dead?

  2. Which National Park includes property left to the National Trust by Beatrix Potter?

  3. Which character in the Asterix books fell into a cauldron of magic potion when he was a boy?

  4. What 19th-century novel by William Thackery is also the name of a glossy news and fashion magazine?

  5. Which African nation is home to Precious Ramotswe, owner of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Alexander McCall Smith’s series of books?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What type of clouds have been recorded as having the greatest vertical range?

  2. What shape is crossed out on the wash care symbol for “do not bleach”?

  3. Which metal is the essential ingredient in an amalgam tooth filling?

  4. Which of these measurements is the longest - 2,500mm, 250cm, or 25m?

  5. What are scallions most frequently called in the UK?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. Who scored the drop goal in extra time that won the Rugby World Cup for England against Australia in 2003?

  2. What name is given to a swimming race where competitors perform four different strokes?

  3. Which popular herb comes from a species of laurel tree?

  4. What is the common name for the lower leg injury called medial tibial stress syndrome that is often experienced by runners?

  5. Which nuts go on top of a Dundee cake?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@WillC 26 5 4 5 5 4 3
@Peitho 20 5 3 3 4 3 2
@SexInTheCity 18 4 2 2 2 4 4
@Craig1234 15 4 2 0 2 2 5
@Ian_Chimp 13 2 3 2 2 2 2
The Answers

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

  1. Blue | 1. Peter Kay’s Car Share
  2. Iceland | 2. Xena: Warrior Princess
  3. Albania | 3. Peacock
  4. China | 4. Edelweiss
  5. El Niño | 5. Take That’s
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Cutty Sark | 1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (by Seth Grahame-Smith)
  7. Elizabeth I | 2. Lake District
  8. Caligula | 3. Obelix
  9. The Curse of Tutankhmun | 4. Vanity Fair
  10. The Bay of Pigs | 5. Botswana
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. Cumulonimbus | 1. Jonny Wilkinson
  12. Triangle | 2. Medley
  13. Mercury | 3. Bay leaf
  14. 25m | 4. Shin splints
  15. Spring Onions | 5. Almonds
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