The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

Games
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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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(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. :+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. 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?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@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

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: 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
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: 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
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: 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
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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

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@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?

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MsSub answers

:blue_heart: 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…

:heartpulse: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?

:yellow_heart: 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?

:poop: 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 :blush: love these books!
  5. What nursery rhyme character was rich on Monday and buried on Sunday? Solomon Grundy?

:green_heart: 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?

:orange_heart: 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?
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Impressive @WillC! :clap:

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

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