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(16/02/22)

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 Middle East federation of seven states includes Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Fujairah?

  2. Which building in Berlin is the traditional home of the German parliament?

  3. In which city would you find Camp Nou stadium?

  4. In which country is the snow-capped mountain called Mount Fuji?

  5. Which crop covers 90 per cent of the cultivated land area of Mauritius?

💗Entertainment

  1. Adele’s song “Lovesong” from her 21 album was originally written by The Cure. True or false?

  2. In which US sitcom do the main characters work at California Institute of Technology?

  3. Which mobile app features Clarendon, Hudson, and X-Pro II?

  4. What is the baby meerkat’s name in the Compare the Meerkat adverts - Olive, Oleg, or Boris?

  5. Which Oscar-nominated actress plays the lead role in the ITV drama Vera?

💛 History

  1. How many years of military service must one have to become a Beefeater at the Tower of London - 8, 14, or 22?

  2. What fraction of a penny was a farthing worth, in pre-decimal Britain?

  3. In what Indian village is the Buddha said to have become enlightened while meditating under a bodhi tree?

  4. Which is these is the name of a real historical battle - Battle of Stamford Bridge, Battle of White Hart Lane, or Battle of Anfield?

  5. Which was the first British retailer to post annual profits in excess of £2 billion?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What word for knockabout comedy comes from a panto prop of a sword, made from two hinged pieces of wood, which made a loud noise when it hit someone?

  2. Which of these is not an opera by Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, or The Magic Flute?

  3. In a pantomime, what is the usual name for Cinderella’s father?

  4. Which of these is the biggest - viola, cello, or violin?

  5. Which musical includes the song “The Music of the Night”?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. How many grams does a litre of water weigh?

  2. Corgis were originally a herding dog. True or false?

  3. What is the approximate equivalent temperature of 100° Fahrenheit in Celsius - 18°C, 28°C, or 38°C?

  4. What colour are the flowers of a coffee plant?

  5. What is the London Array - railway system, offshore windfarm, or fibre-broadband network?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. How many points are scored in a standard maximum break in snooker?

  2. In which winter sprot does a person ride a sledge down a frozen track while lying face down?

  3. The Blues, Ospreys, and Scarlets compete on Judgement Day in which sprot?

  4. Before conkers grew in Britain, the game conkers was sometimes played with snail shells. True or false?

  5. In golf, which type of club shares its name with a best-selling video game series that started in 1999?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MrsLovett77 22 4 5 4 4 3 2
@WillC 22 3 3 4 5 4 3
@Craig1234 19 3 3 3 3 5 2
@Peitho 19 2 3 3 4 5 2
@KnottyDevil 18 3 3 3 3 4 2
@Ian_Chimp 14 3 2 1 3 2 3
@littlespoons 11½ 2 1 1 2½ 3 2
The Answers

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

  1. United Arab Emirates[1] | 1. True
  2. The Reichstag | 2. The Big Bang Theory
  3. Barcelona | 3. Instagram[2]
  4. Japan | 4. Oleg
  5. Sugar cane | 5. Brenda Blethyn
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. 22 | 1. Slapstick
  7. One-quarter | 2. Carmen[3]
  8. Bodh Gaya | 3. Baron Hardup
  9. Battle of Stamford Bridge | 4. Cello
  10. Tesco | 5. The Phantom of the Opera
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. 1,000 | 1. 147
  12. True[4] | 2. Skeleton[5]
  13. 38°C | 3. Rugby (union)[6]
  14. White | 4. True
  15. Offshore wind farm | 5. Driver

  1. The other states are Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, and Ras al-Khaimah ↩︎

  2. They’re all image filters within the app ↩︎

  3. It’s an opera by Bizet ↩︎

  4. They were bred to drive cattle ↩︎

  5. In luge, competitors lie on their backs and travel feet first ↩︎

  6. The Dragons also take part in this annual event ↩︎

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