The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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Thank you @Ian_Chimp - I love the quizzes!

Congratulations @MrsLovett77 , a truly sensational score! :clap::clap::clap::clap:

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Congratulations @MrsLovett77 :slight_smile:

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Congratulations @MrsLovett77! :smiley:

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Thank you all so much! :slight_smile:
Wow, I can’t believe it! :star_struck:
I may celebrate it later on with a bit of Sangria!!

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(10/11/21)

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:

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. What’s the closest county to the Isle of Wight?

  2. What is the common nickname for the belt of volcanic and seismic activity that borders most of the Pacific Rim?

  3. What’s the capital of Morocco?

  4. Trastevere is a district of which European city?

  5. What London station is the Old Vic found behind?

💗Entertainment

  1. Where does Yogi Bear live?

  2. “Le Freak” and “Good Times” were hit singles for which band, co-founded by Nile Rogers?

  3. Which film did the author Ken Kesey refuse to watch?

  4. What theatre opened in Sheffield in 1972?

  5. Who asked the musical question: “Where have you gone, Joe Dimaggio?” ?

💛 History

  1. What constituency did Margaret Thatcher represent in Parliament?

  2. In 1932, the Australian army declared war on which creatures, believed to have become a nuisance - camels, kangaroos or emus?

  3. What building are British monarchs crowned in?

  4. The 1973 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel ended which war?

  5. Who betrayed Norway to the Nazis?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Who wrote The Night of the Iguana?

  2. Who had a parrot named Polynesia?

  3. Which mid-19th-century art movement focused on American landscapes, and is named after a major American river?

  4. Who wrote 187 Men to Avoid: A Survival Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman in 1995, using the pen name Danielle Brown?

  5. What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. Where is the human skin the thickest?

  2. What’s a woofer?

  3. What is the lifespan of a termite queen - five hours, five months or five decades?

  4. What’s the term for space devoid of matter?

  5. What is a shark’s skeleton made of?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What distinguishes a sculler in rowing?

  2. How high is the centre of a tennis net?

  3. What cities were the start and finish of the first intercontinental auto race, in 1908?

  4. Which craft uses moss, purl and stocking techniques?

  5. What number is 6 o’clock on a dartboard?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MrsLovett77 18 4 5 2 2 3 2
@Peitho 16½ 3 3 2 3 2 3½
@WillC 16 2 5 2 2 3 2
@Ian_Chimp 15 2 4 2 2 3 2
@SexInTheCity 14 5 1 3 2 3 0
@MsSubExperimenter 10½ 1 4 1 1 2 1½
@Craig1234 7½ 1 2 1 0 2 1½
The Answers

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

  1. Hampshire | 1. Jellystone National Park
  2. Ring of Fire | 2. Chic
  3. Rabat | 3. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
  4. Rome | 4. The Crucible
  5. Waterloo Station | 5. Simon and Garfunkel
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Finchley | 1. Tennesse Williams
  7. Emus | 2. Dr Dolittle
  8. Westminster Abbey | 3. Hudson River School
  9. Yom Kippur War | 4. Dan Brown
  10. Vidkun Quisling | 5. Gamma
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. On the back | 1. Two oars
  12. A low-frequency speaker | 2. Three feet
  13. Five decades | 3. New York and Paris
  14. Vacuum | 4. Knitting
  15. Cartilage | 5. Three
    16.
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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Dorset?
2, Ring Of Fire
3, Rabat
4, No idea
5, London Victoria?

Entertainment

1, Jellystone Park
2, Chic
3, One Few Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (I know he wrote it!)
4, The Crucible?
5, Simon and Garfunel!

History

1, No idea
2, Emus?
3, Westminster Abbey?
4, No idea
5, No idea

Art and Literature

1, No idea
2, Doctor Doolittle!
3, No idea
4, No idea
5, Gamma?

Science and Nature

1, Sole of the foot?
2, A bass speaker
3, Five Months?
4, Vacuum?
5, Cartilage

Sprot and Leisure

1, No idea
2, 4ft?
3, No idea
4, Knitting
5, 3

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Geography
1)

Summary

Hampshire
2 San andrus fault
3
4 Berlin?
5 Victoria

Entertain
1 jellystone
2
3
4 crucible
5

History
1 Berkshire?
2 kangaroo
3 Westminster abbey
4
5 russia
Art
1
2 Robinson cruso?

Science
1
2 speaker
3 5 month
4 Black hole
5 cartlidge

Sport
1
2 3 foot
3 Paris to dacar
4 hovercraft

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My attempt

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. What’s the closest county to the Isle of Wight? Dorset?
  2. What is the common nickname for the belt of volcanic and seismic activity that borders most of the Pacific Rim? Ring of Fire?
  3. What’s the capital of Morocco? I know this but can’t remember
  4. Trastevere is a district of which European city? Copenhagen?
  5. What London station is the Old Vic found behind? Victoria?

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. Where does Yogi Bear live? Jellystone?
  2. “Le Freak” and “Good Times” were hit singles for which band, co-founded by Nile Rogers? Chic?
  3. Which film did the author Ken Kesey refuse to watch? One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?
  4. What theatre opened in Sheffield in 1972? Crucible?
  5. Who asked the musical question: “Where have you gone, Joe Dimaggio?” ? Billy Fury?

:yellow_heart: History

  1. What constituency did Margaret Thatcher represent in Parliament? Grantham?
  2. In 1932, the Australian army declared war on which creatures, believed to have become a nuisance - camels, kangaroos or emus? Kangaroos?
  3. What building are British monarchs crowned in? Westminster Abbey?
  4. The 1973 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel ended which war? Don’t know
  5. Who betrayed Norway to the Nazis? No idea

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. Who wrote The Night of the Iguana? No idea
  2. Who had a parrot named Polynesia? Charles Darwin? :woman_shrugging:t2:
  3. Which mid-19th-century art movement focused on American landscapes, and is named after a major American river? Mississippi?
  4. Who wrote 187 Men to Avoid: A Survival Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman in 1995, using the pen name Danielle Brown? Danielle Steel?
  5. What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet? Gamma?

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. Where is the human skin the thickest? Fingertip? Torn between that and sole of the foot, will go fingertip?
  2. What’s a woofer? Speaker / frequency?
  3. What is the lifespan of a termite queen - five hours, five months or five decades? Five months?
  4. What’s the term for space devoid of matter? Vacuum?
  5. What is a shark’s skeleton made of? Bone?

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure

  1. What distinguishes a sculler in rowing? They face the way they’re going?
  2. How high is the centre of a tennis net? 1m?
  3. What cities were the start and finish of the first intercontinental auto race, in 1908? Paris and Dakar?
  4. Which craft uses moss, purl and stocking techniques? Knitting?
  5. What number is 6 o’clock on a dartboard? 7?
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Okay, here goes…

💙 Geography
  1. I think Hampshire
  2. The Ring of Fire
  3. I do not know and I’m usually good on capitals! Annoying.
  4. Rome - I think I’ve been there… maybe?
  5. Not a theatre I’ve been to (and I did at first read it as Queen Vic and was trying to think where Eastenders is set!)… um, theatres… West End… so, Charing Cross maybe? I may be getting my stations confused though!
💗 Entertainment
  1. Jellystone Park :grin:
  2. Not a clue
  3. Never heard of Ken Kesey… um… Bambi? Too sad.
  4. The Crucible? Only one I can name in Sheffield… albeit because of the snooker but they always refer to it as “The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield”
  5. Simon and Garfunkle
💛 History
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2: Nope
  2. Not camels… Emus?
  3. Westminster Abbey
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: Nope
  5. Not the foggiest!

Sorry pressed reply before finishing… editing to add rest of my answers :woman_facepalming:t2:

💩 Art and Literature
  1. Tennessee Williams
  2. Doctor Dolittle
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2: Mississippi Movement?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: Monica Lewinski? Think I’d have heard of it then though :rofl:
  5. Gamma γ - Science question really, thanks!
💚 Science and Nature
  1. Soles of feet?
  2. A music loudspeaker thing (…or my parents dog, serious woofer!)
  3. 5 months? Though that doesn’t seem extreme enough… I feel this is the question Richard Osman would have helped me with if I’d been home for House of Games today.
  4. A vacuum
  5. :thinking: I thought fish had normal bones, are shark’s hollow like birds? :woman_shrugging:t2:
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. I do not know
  2. Three height of the stick that hangs at the side of the court :rofl:. Um, old measurements ~ 3 foot?
  3. Not a clue… different continents you can drive between so either North and South America or Europe and Asia… let’s try Paris and Beijing :woman_shrugging:t2: Not a clue.
  4. Knit and purl is in knitting, don’t know the other two but I’ll say knitting?
  5. 3 I think.
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MrsLovett answers

:blue_heart:
1-Hampshire
2-St Andreas Fault?
3-Rabat
4-Rome
5-Waterloo
:heartpulse:
1-Jellystone?
2-Chic
3-One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
4-The Crucible?
5-Simon and Garfunkel
:yellow_heart:
1-East Finchley?
2-Kangaroos?
3-Westminster Abbey
4-Arab -Israeli War?
5-No idea
:poop:
1-Tennessee Williams
2-Gauguin?
3- Thinking Mississippi but no…
4-Helen Fielding?
5-Gamma
:green_heart:
1-The back?
2-A speaker ( for bass)
3-5 hours?
4-Void?
5-Cartilage

:orange_heart:
1- 2 oars?
2- 1 metre?
3-No idea
4-Knitting
5- 5?

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@SexInTheCity @Bella_1 @LuciousLegs

Any more for any more?

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Oh gosh. For some reason I had the deadline as 8 in my head :grimacing:

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography

  1. Hampshire
  2. The ring of fire
  3. Rabat
  4. Rome
  5. Waterloo

Entertainment

  1. No idea
  2. Chic
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

History

  1. Finchley
  2. Emu
  3. Westminster Abbey
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

Arts and Lit

  1. No idea
  2. No idea
  3. No idea
  4. Dan Brown
  5. Gamma

Science and Nature

  1. Soles of feet
  2. A speaker
  3. Guess at 5 hours
  4. Vacuum
  5. Cartilage

Sprot and Leisure

  1. No idea
  2. Guess at 1 metre
  3. No idea
  4. Crocheting?
  5. Gosh I have no idea, guess at 2?

Thank you and sorry again for my poor show/lateness :purple_heart:

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I have added the answers to the quiz post :+1:

And the winner of this week’s Great Hump Day Quiz is… :drum::drum::drum:

@MrsLovett77 :trophy::balloon:

Congratulations! :slightly_smiling_face: (two-win streak as well :+1: :medal_military::medal_military:)

And the Great Hump Clean-Sweepers this week are…

@SexInTheCity :blue_heart:
@WillC :heartpulse:
@MrsLovett77 :heartpulse:

And a very special award for @Craig1234 for their first time. :cherries: :clap::clap: Hopefully we’ll see you again. :crossed_fingers::slightly_smiling_face:

I hope you enjoyed it. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks for my cherries :rofl::rofl:

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You earned them buddy. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Congratulations @MrsLovett77 :slightly_smiling_face:

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Congratulations @MrsLovett77 ! Very well deserved :clap:t2::clap:t2::clap:t2:

And @Craig1234 for your official Cherry Pop :cherries:

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Well done @MrsLovett77 , impressive quizzing! :clap::clap:

And welcome to the fold @Craig1234 :blush:

Thanks @Ian_Chimp - I enjoyed it!

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Well done @MrsLovett77 and @Craig1234 :smiley:

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Thank you all and congrats to @WillC and @SexInTheCity for the clean-sweeps!
Enjoy your cherries, @Craig1234, well deserved!

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