The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

Ian_Chimp · October 14, 2020, 5:22am

The Great Hump Day Quiz!
(14/10/20)

Welcome to this week’s Great Hump Day Quiz. It’s open to everyone, so check out the rules, pop your answers in a post, and I’ll add you to the Scoreboard.

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. Perfect fodder for a Hump Day special.

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.

So, there you go. It’s a bit random, but it should add to the fun.

Categories:

💙 Geography

What continent is Jamaica considered part of?
Which US city’s high-rollers claim more ex-directory phone numbers than anywhere else in the world?
Which major news organisation is based in Atlanta, Georgia?
Where does Cathay Pacific fly to from London?
Who succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s President?

💗Entertainment

What was the first name of the wife of the previous owner of Elvis Presley’s Memphis mansion?
What drink topped the charts for All Saints?
Who won Oscars for her roles in Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire?
Who spoke the only word in Mel Brooke’s Silent Movie?
Which show with a totally bald star won an Emmy award for Outstanding Hairstyling in a TV series?

💛 History

Which German Prince ruled England from 1714 to 1727, but couldn’t speak a word of English?
Who was the first British Concorde test pilot?
Which mountainous country’s Crown Prince died in 2001 after wiping out the rest of the royal family?
Which university sucked up to Bill Clinton by giving him an honorary degree 26 years after he left there?
What former British ambassador to the US had a prime minister as a father-in-law?

💩 Art & Literature

Who created private detective Philip Marlowe?
Which famous film director is Loyd Grossman’s father-in-law?
Which British newspaper purchased the so-called Hitler Diaries?
How many dozen Canterbury Tales are there?
What category of writing are the Hugo and Nebula awards given for?

💚 Science & Nature

Who’s known as The Father of Geometry?
Which British sculptor has a surname which means the speed of sound?
What vehicle did Clive Sinclair launch in the 1980s with a retail price of £399?
What did a 1999 British Dental Association report warn can lead to infection and even death?
What’s the square root of one-quarter?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

Who said in 2000: It’s typical of me to be finishing a long and distinguished drinking career just as the Government plans to open pubs 24 hours a day’?
Which 66-year-old former England manager replaced Ruud Gullit at Newcastle United?
In which sprot did Richard Faulds win 2000 Olympic gold for Britain?
Who married John Lloyd?
What does a notaphile collect?

Scoreboard

	Total
@Ace12345	18	3	2	3	3	4	3
@SexInTheCity	16½	2	2	3	4	2½	3
@Peitho	14½	3	3	2	1½	4	1
@Serpentwand	14½	2½	3	2½	1	3½	2
@MsSubExperimenter	12	2	2	0	2	2	4
@Ian_Chimp	9	1	2	0	3	3	1
@Cassii	2					2

The Answers

| Geography | Entertainment
— | — | —

North America | 1. Grace
Las Vegas’ | 2. Black Coffee
CNN | 3. Vivien Leigh
Hong Kong | 4. Marcel Marceau
Thabo Mbeki | 5. Star Trek Voyager
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History |
Arts & Literature |