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(09/02/22)

The Great Hump Day Quiz! 🐪

(apologies for the lateness)

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. Name one of the two lines of latitude that mark the tropics.

  2. Caused by high tides, the huge wave on the River Severn in south-west England is known as “The Severn Surges”. True or false.

  3. Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?

  4. Which country shares a southern border with Greece, and a northern border with Romania?

  5. Korfball is a sprot in which country?

💗Entertainment

  1. What radio series began broadcasting first - The Archers, Desert Island Discs, or Woman’s Hour?

  2. In which soap do you find the character Toadfish?

  3. Which popular BBC TV series is called Who Are You, Doc? in Hungary?

  4. Which 2001 musical comedy film features Ewan McGregor’s character Christian falling in love with Nicole Kidman’s Satine?

  5. Which ITV drama series focused on the life of a department store founder whose first name was Harry?

💛 History

  1. What colour were most pillar boxes in the United Kingdom until 1874, when it was decided they should all be painted red?

  2. British prime minister Winston Churchill won the Nobel Peace Prize. True or false?

  3. Who was born first - Richard the Lionheart, William the Conqueror, or Henry Tudor?

  4. What is the name of the preparation course that Catholic couples attend before getting married?

  5. Which of these countries does not have a king or queen as head of state - Japan, Sweden, or Thailand?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. There’s a life-sized statue of Paddington Bear at Paddington Station, London. True or false?

  2. What seaside word do we use to describe the old style of flip-opening mobile phones?

  3. What is the traditional price for the cow in Jack and the Beanstalk?

  4. The Observer is a daily newspaper. True or false?

  5. William Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated on which UK patron saint’s day?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. A cockapoo is a cross between which two breeds of dog?

  2. By what name is salted sturgeon roe more commonly known?

  3. What do we call an almost invisible dark puddle or sheet of frozen rain on the ground?

  4. The Maine coon, Scottish fold, and American curl are all breeds of what type of animal?

  5. By what name is the system of “radio detection and ranging” better known?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. Roughly one quarter of all the world’s hazelnuts go into the production of which chocolate product?

  2. How many ships need to be sunk to win a game of Battleships?

  3. In which endless running game might Guy Dangerous flee a horde of monkeys - Temple Run, Subway Surfers, or Sonic Dash?

  4. Which viral internet trend raised awareness of motor neurone disease in 2014 - Ice Bucket Challenge, Mannequin challenge, or Planking?

  5. Which of these countries does not participate in rugby union’s Six Nation tournament - Italy, Spain, or France?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MrsLovett77 25½ 4 3 4 4½ 5 5
@WillC 23½ 3 5 2 3½ 5 5
@MsSubExperimenter 23 4 4 3 4 5 3
@Peitho 23 3 3 3 5 5 4
@Craig1234 22 4 4 1 4 5 4
@SexInTheCity 20½ 5 1 2 3½ 5 4
@Ian_Chimp 17 1 3 2 4 4 3
@littlespoons 11½ 1 1 1 ½ 5 3
The Answers

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

  1. Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn | 1. Desert Island Discs[1]
  2. False[2] | 2. Neighbours
  3. Indian Ocean | 3. Doctor Who[3]
  4. Bulgaria | 4. Moulin Rouge!
  5. The Netherlands | 5. Mr Selfridge
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Green | 1. True
  7. False[4] | 2. Clamshell
  8. William the Conqueror| 3. Five magic beans
  9. Pre-Cana | 4. False[5]
  10. Japan | 5. St. George’s Day
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. Cocker spaniel and poodle | 1. Nutella
  12. Caviar | 2. Five
  13. Black Ice | 3. Temple Run
  14. Cat | 4. Ice Bucket Challenge
  15. Radar | 6. Spain

  1. In 1942. Woman’s Hour began in 1946; The Archers in 1950 ↩︎

  2. It’s called “the Severn Bore” ↩︎

  3. In Hungarian it is Ki Vagy, Doki? ↩︎

  4. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature ↩︎

  5. It appears on Sundays only ↩︎
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