The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

[Ian_Chimp]

(17/11/21)

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.

We also have an answer template you can copy and paste now too.

Where do the questions come from?

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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.

(Edit: Now with an added sprinkling of more recent questions too )

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

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Categories:

💙 Geography

1. What’s country left the Commonwealth in 1961?

2. Which South American country lays claim to the invention of the Panama hat?

3. What sea laps at the Great Barrier Reef?

4. Which African country is home to Gombe National Park, where Jane Goodall did her revolutionary study on chimpanzees?

5. What did the Romans call Scotland?

💗Entertainment

1. What city was the setting for Gunsmoke?

2. Which Irish actor wears a certain pair of boxers when starting a new film, because they’re covered in lucky shamrocks?

3. What band did Boy George spring to fame with?

4. Which big-top performance group has produced shows O, Mystère and Alegria?

5. Who gained stardom as The Ringo Kid in the 1939 film Stagecoach?

💛 History

1. What did Americans celebrate the end of in 1933?

2. Who abdicated as king of Spain in 2014, after nearly 40 years on the throne?

3. What university presented its first degree in 1973?

4. Which activist organisation’s slogan was ‘We are the 99 percent’?

5. Who was the last British monarch killed in battle?

💩 Art & Literature

1. What Russian novel embracing more than 500 characters is set in the Napoleonic Wars?

2. What type of poem has fourteen lines and follows a formal rhyming scheme?

3. Who penned The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

4. Which young criminal mastermind, star of a series of novels by Eoin Colfer, shares his first name with the Greek goddess of the hunt?

5. What nursery rhyme character was rich on Monday and buried on Sunday?

💚 Science & Nature

1. Who invented the mercury thermometer?

2. Name four of the eight main taxonomic ranks used in biological classification.

3. What type of product was Red Vet Pet, a crimson-coloured gel that G.I.s in the South Pacific used during World War II?

4. What’s the term for any four-sided figure?

5. The poison cyanide is often said to have the aroma of what - almonds, oranges or liquorice?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

1. How many double-word score spaces are there on a Scrabble board?

2. If you are showing off your spank step, Maxie Ford or jump click, what style of dance have you masteted - tap, Tango or waltz?

3. In which martial art do the competitors display their skill with a bamboo sword called a shinai?

4. How many yards wide is a soccer goal?

5. What sprot begins in front of the south stake?

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Scoreboard

	Total
@Peitho	22½	4	3	3	4½	4	4
@WillC	22	4	4	4	5	3	2
@MsSubExperimenter	18	1	3	4	5	2	3
@Ian_Chimp	17	1	4	3	5	2	2
@SexInTheCity	14	3	2	3	2	3	1
@Craig1234	13	3	2	2	1	3	2

The Answers

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| Geography | Entertainment
— | — | —

1. South Africa | 1. Dodge City
2. Ecuador
   Residents of Montecristi started making Panama hats as early as the 17th century | 2. Colin Farrell
3. The Coral Sea | 3. Culture Club
4. Tanzania | 4. Cirque de Soleil
5. Caledonia | 5. John Wayne
   |
   History |
   Arts & Literature |
6. Prohibition | 1. War and Peace
7. Juan Carlos I
   He was succeeded by his son, Felipe VI | 2. Sonnet
8. The Open University | 3. Victor Hugo
9. Occupy Wallstreet | 4. Artemis Fowl
10. Richard III | 5. Solomon Grundy
    |
    Science & Nature |
    Sprot & Leisure |
11. Gabriel Fahrenheit | 1. Seventeen
12. Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species | 2. Tap
13. Sunblock
    A Miami pharmacist created the red petroleum too that evolved into Coppertone | 3. Kendo
14. Quadrilateral | 4. Eight
15. Almonds | 5. Croquet

[WillC]

WillC Answers

Geography

1, South Africa
2, Panama?
3, Coral Sea
4, Tanzania
5, Caledonia

Entertainment

1, Dodge?
2, Colin Farrell?
3, Culture Club
4, Crique Du Soleil?
5, Gary Cooper?

History

1, Prohibition?
2, Juan Carlos
3, Open University?
4, No idea
5, Richard III?

Art and Literature

1, War and Peace
2, Sonnet?
3, Victor Hugo
4, Artemis Fowl
5, Solomon Grundy

Science and Nature

1, No idea
2, No idea
3, Sun Cream?
4, Quadrilateral
5, Almonds

Sprot And Leisure

1, No idea
2, Tap?
3, Kendo?
4, No idea
5, No idea

[Craig1234]

@Craig1234 answers

Summary

1?
2?
3 coral sea
4 Tanzania
5 Caledonia

Ent
1 dodge

3 culture club

His
1 Prohibition?

5 Richard iii?

Art

3 Victor hugo

Sci
2 family, species, class, order
3 suncream
4 pyramid
5 almond?

Sp
2 tap
3 aikido
4 11?
5 croquet?

[MsSubExperimenter]

MsSub answers

Geography

1. What’s country left the Commonwealth in 1961? No idea, Japan?
2. Which South American country lays claim to the invention of the Panama hat? I want to say Panama but… Brazil?
3. What sea laps at the Great Barrier Reef? Tasman? Don’t think it is though!
4. Which African country is home to Gombe National Park, where Jane Goodall did her revolutionary study on chimpanzees? Tanzania?
5. What did the Romans call Scotland? I want to say Albion but I know it’s not because that was England…

Entertainment

1. What city was the setting for Gunsmoke? No idea, Reno?
2. Which Irish actor wears a certain pair of boxers when starting a new film, because they’re covered in lucky shamrocks? Liam Neeson? Not a clue!
3. What band did Boy George spring to fame with? Culture Club?
4. Which big-top performance group has produced shows O, Mystère and Alegria? Cirque Du Soleil?
5. Who gained stardom as The Ringo Kid in the 1939 film Stagecoach? No idea, John Wayne?

History

1. What did Americans celebrate the end of in 1933? Prohibition?
2. Who abdicated as king of Spain in 2014, after nearly 40 years on the throne? Juan Carlos?
3. What university presented its first degree in 1973? Open University?
4. Which activist organisation’s slogan was ‘We are the 99 percent’? No idea
5. Who was the last British monarch killed in battle? Richard the 3rd?

Art & Literature

1. What Russian novel embracing more than 500 characters is set in the Napoleonic Wars? War and Peace?
2. What type of poem has fourteen lines and follows a formal rhyming scheme? Sonnet?
3. Who penned The Hunchback of Notre Dame? Victor Hugo?
4. Which young criminal mastermind, star of a series of novels by Eoin Colfer, shares his first name with the Greek goddess of the hunt? Artemis Fowl love these books!
5. What nursery rhyme character was rich on Monday and buried on Sunday? Solomon Grundy?

Science & Nature

1. Who invented the mercury thermometer? Celsius?
2. Name four of the eight main taxonomic ranks used in biological classification. Species, genus, family, group?
3. What type of product was Red Vet Pet, a crimson-coloured gel that G.I.s in the South Pacific used during World War II? A drink/energy gel?
4. What’s the term for any four-sided figure? Cuboid?
5. The poison cyanide is often said to have the aroma of what - almonds, oranges or liquorice? Almond?

Sprot & Leisure

1. How many double-word score spaces are there on a Scrabble board? 8?
2. If you are showing off your spank step, Maxie Ford or jump click, what style of dance have you masteted - tap, Tango or waltz? Tap?
3. In which martial art do the competitors display their skill with a bamboo sword called a shinai? Kendo?
4. How many yards wide is a soccer goal? 4?
5. What sprot begins in front of the south stake? Croquet?

[MsSubExperimenter]

Impressive @WillC!

[WillC]

Thanks, surprised i got that score as a lot were guesses!

[Peitho]

Okay, here goes:

💙 Geography

1. South Africa (…might want to check your grammar on this question @Ian_Chimp )
2. Standard quiz question - Not Panama, Ecuador
3. Is it not the Pacific Ocean? Not a sea though
4. Don’t know the National Park but I think Jane Goodall was in Tanzania
5. Caledonia

💗 Entertainment

1. Sounds Wild West or Cattle Ranch country… but my mind’s gone blank so let’s pick a random place in Texas as lots of guns and cattle - Fort Worth?
2. Random stab at Irish actor - Michael Fassbender?
3. Culture Club
4. Cirque du Soleil?
5. John Wayne?

💛 History

1. The end of prohibition
3. The Open University?
4. Extinction Rebellion?
5. Richard III maybe? Can’t think of a later one.

💩 Art and Literature

1. War and Peace?
2. Studied enough of Shakespeare’s in English Lit - Sonnets
3. Victor Hugo
4. Don’t know the books but the Greek Goddess of the Hunt is Artemis
5. Solomon Grundy

💚 Science and Nature

1. Fahrenheit (don’t know his first name I’m afraid)
2. Class, Order, Genus and Species
3. Not a clue
4. A quadrilateral
5. Bitter almond (apparently)

🧡 Sprot and Leisure

1. Centre Square plus I think 4 going to each corner… in which case 17… might be 4 more or 4 less though
2. Jump click sounds like tap so I’ll guess that.
3. Kendo
4. 6? Wish I’d read these questions before taking the dogs for a walk this evening I could have strided out the football goal in the park, normally have a read through earlier but didn’t have time today. Would that have been cheating?
5. You start at a post in Croquet, closest thing I can think of though may be totally off. Never heard of a South Stake.

Not horrible today, thanks for the quiz @Ian_Chimp !

[SexInTheCity]

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography

1. South Africa
2. No idea
3. Pacific
4. Tanzania?
5. Caledonia

Entertainment

1. No idea
2. No idea
3. Culture club
4. Cirque du Soleil
5. No idea

History

1. No idea
2. King Juan Carlos
3. Open University?
4. No idea
5. Richard the third

Arts and Literature

1. War and Peace
2. A sonnet
3. Feel like I should know this but no idea
4. No idea
5. No idea

Science and Nature

1. I can’t remember the first name but surname is Farenheight
2. No idea
3. No idea
4. Quadrilateral
5. Almond

Sprot and Leisure

1. 16?
2. Tap
3. No idea
4. No idea, guess at 10?
5. No idea

That was an awwwwwwful performance, however I muchly appreciated the template - saved me so much time so thank you!!!

[Ian_Chimp]

I have added the answers to the quiz post

And the Great Hump winner this week, by the finest of margins, is…

@Peitho

Congratulations!

And the Great Hump Clean-Sweepers are…

@MsSubExperimenter
@WillC

[Peitho]

Yay - Thank you @Ian_Chimp , a week that suited me! I’m assuming the cup has a banana in it

Congratulations to the clean sweepers

[WillC]

Congratulations! @Peitho

[MsSubExperimenter]

Congratulations @Peitho and thank you!

[Ian_Chimp]

A bit later than normal, but I got there in the end…

(24/11/21)

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.

We also have an answer template you can copy and paste now too.

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.

(Edit: Now with an added sprinkling of more recent questions too )

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

---

Categories:

💙 Geography

1. What’s the capital of Saudi Arabia?

2. Which fruit, called ‘anana’ by Carib Indians, symbolises hospitality?

3. What country is Angel Falls in?

4. What did the letters USSR stand for?

5. Which country is run according to the principles of Juche, or self-reliance?

💗Entertainment

1. What actress was the top box-office draw during World War II?

2. By what group name are singers Urs Bühler, Carlos Marin, David Miller and Sébastien Izambard better known?

3. Who played the sheriff in Jaws?

4. Which two actresses starred as the movie outlaws Thelma and Louise?

5. What part did Ray Bolger play in The Wizard of Oz?

💛 History

1. What fighting machine was originally codenamed a “cistern” or “reservoir”?

2. On which historic building in Brighton can you see a fine example of an onion dome?

3. What American city did Cadillac found?

4. What was the name of the peaceful revolution that took place in Ukraine in 2004 - Orange, Tulip or Rose?

5. What country was the target of Germany’s planned but canned Operation Sea Lion?

💩 Art & Literature

1. What John Bunyan story opens in the City of Destruction?

2. What is the name of the mongoose in Kipling’s The Jungle Book?

3. What novel features the character Leiutenant Milo Minderbinder?

4. What type of musical instrument is the hurdy-gurdy - brass, keyboard, string or woodwind?

5. Which James Bond novel introduced the villainous Mr Big and the voluptuous Solitaire?

💚 Science & Nature

1. How many times a year does a penguin have sex?

2. Which pungent flower, said to smell like rotting flesh, blooms only once every seven to ten years?

3. In 1952, English scientist Rosalind Franklin was the first person to create clear images of which important molecule?

4. What form of pollution means that more than 75 per cent of Americans cannot see the Milky Way?

5. How many tentacles does a squid have?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

1. Silovitz is a type of brandy, popular in Eastern Europe, that is made from which fruit?

2. Name one of the two sprots in which you would be interested in your equipment’s camber and sidecut.

3. What’s a racetrack’s betting board called?

4. A footrace that is longer than 26.2 miles is called a what?

5. What was the biggest-selling toy of 1957?

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Scoreboard

	Total
@WillC	21	4	4	4	4	4	1
@FL45H	18	5	3	1	3	4	2
@MrsLovett77	17	4	3	5	2	3	0
@Ian_Chimp	16	2	2	3	3	5	1
@Peitho	15½	2½	2	3	3	4	1
@SexInTheCity	15	5	1	3	0	5	1
@Craig1234	14	4	1	2	1	4	2
@MsSubExperimenter	14	3	2	2	3	2	2

The Answers

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| Geography | Entertainment
— | — | —

1. Riyadh | 1. Betty Grable
2. Pineapple | 2. Il Divo
3. Venezuela | 3. Roy Scheider
4. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 4. Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis
5. North Korea | 5. The Scarecrow
   |
   History |
   Arts & Literature |
6. The tank | 1. Pilgrim’s Progress
7. The Royal Pavilion | 2. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
8. Detroit | 3. Catch-22
9. Orange
   The Rose and Tulip Revolutions were in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan respectively | 4. String
   You make sounds by turning a wheel that runs against the strings
10. Britain | 5. Live and Let Die
    |
    Science & Nature |
    Sprot & Leisure |
11. One | 1. Plums
12. Corpse flower | 2. Skiing, snowboarding
    The sidecut is the board or skis’ turning radius, and the camber how springy it is
13. DNA | 3. The totalizer, or tote board
14. Light pollution | 4. Ultramarathon
    Typical race lengths are between 31 and 100 miles, but can extend much further
15. Ten
    (Though the internet is saying 8 arms + 2 tentacles) | 5. The hula hoop

[WillC]

WillC Answers

Geography

1, Riyadh
2, Pineapple
3, Venezuela
4, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
5, No idea

Entertainment

1, Shirley Temple?
2, Il Divo?
3, Roy Scheider
4, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
5, Scarecrow

History

1, Tank?
2, The Pavillion
3, Detroit?
4, Rose?
5, The U.K.?

Art and Literature

1, Pilgrim’s Progress?
2, Rikki Tikki Tavi (Unsure of spelling!)
3, Catch 22?
4, Woodwind?
5, Live and Let Die

Science and Nature

1, Once?
2, Corpse Lilly?
3, DNA?
4, Light
5, 6?

Sprot and Leisure

1, Peach?
2, No idea
3, Tote?
4, No idea
5, Lego?

[Peitho]

Okay, busy afternoon but finally a chance to sit down and go through stuff so…

💙 Geography

1. Riyadh (and thank you predictive text for giving me the “h” )
2. I know I’ve heard this before, I know it’s not banana, it’s something tropical, maybe pineapple?
3. Oh my God, I should definitely know this! It’s South America… Colombia?
4. Well, it’s the Soviet Union so… Union of Soviet Socialist Regime?

💗 Entertainment

1. Ingrid Bergman?
3. I can picture him, don’t know his name.
4. Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
5. 1 in 3 stab… The Scarecrow?

💛 History

1. Tanks?
3. Detroit?
4. Tulip?
5. Sea invasion… Us, the UK?

💩 Art and Literature

2. Rikki-Tikki-Tarvi
4. I’d have said both woodwind and string . It definitely has strings so I’ll say string but am not sure.
5. Honestly I don’t remember the name Mr Big but I think Solitaire is in Live and Let Die

💚 Science and Nature

1. I know they’re supposed to be monogamous (often aren’t), but surely once paired they get plenty of sex. Surely it depends on the individual penguin and some will have higher sex drives than others. I feel the question wants me to say once but I can’t. I think this is mass generalisation and shouldn’t be allowed on this forum. I choose not to answer as it is a question for each penguin couple to decide for themselves, I will say as many times as they want to.
2. The Corpse Flower
3. DNA
4. Light Pollution
5. Ooh, I feel trick question. I know (from QI) that Octopus have zero tentacles, they have 8 arms instead. Is a squid similar and they’re not actually tentacles… Will try zero?

🧡 Sprot and Leisure

1. Now I think about it, I’ve no idea what normal brandy is made from… maybe grapes normally?? So, um… peaches? They tastes nice and grown in Europe, might make brandy from them
2. Rock climbing?
3. The tote
4. Um…A Marathon Plus … no idea, maybe a Snickers? The “new” Marathon though I suspect that would be shorter not longer
5. Rubik Cube?

I found these really hard, I knew less than usual so many, many guesses and some silliness.

[Craig1234]

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography

1. Reyhad
2. Pineapple
3. Brazil
4. North korea
5. Union of soviet socialist republic

Entertainment

3. Roy Richard
5. Scarecrow

History

1. Machine gun??
3. Detroit?
4. Rose?
5. Uk

Arts and Literature

5. Live & let die

Science and Nature

1. 1
2. Remember it on Blue Peter in Kew Gardens greenhouse, big dildo like middle
3. Dna
4. Light
5. 10 - 8 and 2 arms

Sprot and Leisure

1. Plum
2. Golf??
4. Ultra marathon

[FL45H]

Hi everybody, apologies as not had the time to participate for a while but got the opportunity to sneak one in this week. So here goes........

Geography

1. Riyadh
2. Pineapple
3. Venezuela
4. Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
5. Korea

Entertainment

2. Il Divo
3. Roy Scheider
5. Scarecrow

History

1. Tank

Art and Literature

2. Rikki Tikki Tavi
4. String
5. Live and Let Die

Science and Nature

1. Once
3. DNA
4. Light
5. Two

Sport and Leisure

2. Skiing
3. Tote
4. Marathon

[MrsLovett77]

MrsLovett answers

1-Riyadh
2-Pineapple?
3-Venezuela
4-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
5- Japan?

1-Rita Hayworth?
2- Il Divo?
3-Roy Scheider
4-Gina Davies and Susan Sarandon
5-Lion? ( that or Tin Man, so I did head or tails here)

1-Tank?
2-Royal Pavilion
3-Detroit?
4-Orange?
5-UK

1-Pilgrim’s Progress?
2-Don’t know
3-His Dark Materials?
4-Woodwind
5-Live and Let Die

1- 1?
2- Cannot think of the name
3- DNA
4- Light pollution
5- 8

1-Pear?
2-Hockey?
3- I would call it a betting board
4-Marathon?
5-Barbie?

I found them quite hard. I’d be surprised if I have any correct answer in Sprot & Leisure. Is there any award for that?

[SexInTheCity]

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography

1. Riyad (not 100% on spelling)
2. Pineapple
3. Venezuela
4. Union of Soviet something Republics
5. North Korea

Entertainment

1. No idea
2. No idea
3. No idea
4. No idea
5. The Scarecrow

History

1. No idea
2. Royal Pavilion
3. No idea
4. Orange
5. Britain

Arts and Literature

1. No idea
2. No idea
3. No idea
4. Wild guess at Woodwork
5. No idea

Science and Nature

1. Hmmmmm I feel like the only educated guess I can do is once a year, otherwise surely it varies penguin to penguin
2. Corpse Flower
3. DNA
4. Light pollution
5. 2

Sprot and Leisure

1. No idea
2. Snowboarding
3. No idea
4. A mega marathon
5. Gosh no idea, tiddlywinks?

Template still giving me lots of joy, although I’m considering one with “no idea” next to each answer might save me even more time

[Ian_Chimp]

Last call… @MsSubExperimenter @LuciousLegs @Bella_1