The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

Ian_Chimp · November 4, 2020, 6:57am

The Great Hump Day Quiz!
(04/11/20)

Welcome to this Wednesday’s Great Hump Day Quiz! All newcomers are most welcome 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 is the claim to fame of Agra, India?
Which Duke is based in Arundel?
Where is Gorki Park?
Which is the closest major city to the centre of the Iberian Peninsula?
What ocean is only a 12th of the size of the Pacific?

💗Entertainment

Who starred in both Singing in the Rain and The Singing Nun?
Which TV chef is fully clothed when he plays with a band called Scarlet Division?
What’s the name of Popeye’s adopted son?
Who made his mask from his dead brother’s waistcoat?
Who co-starred with Charlotte Rampling in The Night Porter?

💛 History

What two houses fought the War of the Roses?
Which consort, who died in 2003, famously ordered: A gin and tonic, no ice and go easy on the tonic?
What was Horatio Nelson’s most famous ship?
What word completes billionaire Jacob Astor’s quip: ‘A man with a million dollars is as well off as if he were…’?
What southern US town was the site of the last battle between Britain and the US?

💩 Art & Literature

Who was captain of the Hispaniola?
Which writer’s home are 21st century tourists seeking when they visit London’s Doughty Street?
What James Leo Herlihy novel recounts the story of Joe Buck and Rico Rizzo?
How many sisters were a bestseller for Chekhov?
What’s the nationality of Agatha Christine’s detective Hercule Poirot?

💚 Science & Nature

What do the Masai bleed for food?
What part of trendy trousers is most likely to carry the Yoshida Kogyo Kabushililaisha company’s YKK logo?
What constellation represents a hunter with a club and a shield?
Which 70s starter is the most requested dish with US astronauts?
How many eyes does a bat have?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

What team on the FA Cup final in 1981 and 1982?
Who based his win in the 1994 Italian elections on a network of local clubs, similar to the AC Milan supporter’s clubs?
How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
Which country produced the world cross-country champion in eight of the ten years from 1987 to 1996?
What does ‘scuba’ stand for?

Scoreboard

	Total
@VanillaWithSprinkles	20½	3	1	4	4	5	3½
@WillC	19	2	4	2	4	5	2
@Serpentwand	17½	3	1	3	2½	5	3
@SexInTheCity	17	4	1½	2	3½	3	3
@MsSubExperimenter	16	3	1	2	2	4	4
@Peitho	15½	3	1	2	3½	3	3
@Ian_Chimp	10	2	1	1	2	3	3
@KottanKitten	7	1	1	0	2	1½	1½

The Answers