The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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Sorry guys, I’ve been actually out, out all night. Real rarity. Yep @Craig1234 hiding answers is good for all quizzes though I’m perfectly happy if people want to help each other. A solid 25% so far on puzzles I really do try to frazzle brains with :joy::+1:

@VanillaWithSprinkles - Hooray you’re back but first time ever I think without a perfect score on one of these! Key word missing from one so ONLY 9½ out of 10 I’m afraid! :rofl:

@Baby_Jane extremely close behind with 8½ out of 10 - more wine has definitely been earned!

Very impressive both of you, I thought 5 was really hard but no problem to you it seems :clap::clap::clap:

I’ll pop the full answers up sometime over the weekend so plenty of time for others to have a go if they’d like. All random stabs in the dark very welcome!

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My Answers to:
Rebus Quiz X 🧩
  1. Stand up and count bees
  2. Brian’s all over the place
  3. No one understands
  4. Mixing business and pleasure
  5. End up at bars
  6. Ready for anything
  7. Four eyes I ovulate
  8. What in the blue blazes
  9. ?
  10. Fade away
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I’m hopeless with general knowledge questions but, I must say, I quite enjoyed these cryptic ones! :smile:

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Hooray and welcome to the fold! :blush::clap::clap::clap:
9 earlier ones to have a play at if you fancy :rofl:

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I’ll take a look… I need a few extra goes to help hone my skills :blush:

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It might be worth pulling them all out into their own archive topic?

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:thinking: I will consider it. I might seek your advice on the best way to go about it slightly in the future.

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Answers to Rebus Quiz X

With apologies for terrible tardiness!!!

The Answers are:

  1. Stand Up and Be Counted
  2. Scatter Brain
  3. Noone Understands
  4. Mixing Business With Pleasure
  5. End Up Behind Bars
  6. Ready for Anything
  7. I Over Ate! (Square root of -1 = i; Square root of 64 = 8)
  8. What in Blue Blazes
  9. Sacred Cow
  10. Fade Away

Well done to all who who had a go. The trophy goes to @VanillaWithSprinkles with 95% :clap::clap::clap:

:trophy:

but a special banana bonus :banana: for being the only one to get in Blue Blazes to @Ian_Chimp ; very impressive quizzing @Baby_Jane , hopefully you’ll play again and an extra special boobie prize :watermelon::watermelon: to @Craig1234 for giving it a go… they are brain bending :rofl:

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Love a good boobie prize… Thanks @Peitho

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I will certainly play again :grinning: it’s been bugging me what that missing word was… “blue”
Half a point was better than nothing so I can’t complain :+1:

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Could not think of 9 to save my life. The only phrase I could think of was, ‘fucks sake, you cow’. I didn’t want to write it in though in case you thought it was a critique. :slightly_smiling_face:

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:rofl: I think I’d have seen the funny… you wouldn’t have got any points for it though!

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(15/12/21)

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. Which English city was known by the Romans as Aquae Sulis?

  2. What must all postage stamps in the world have on them, except for UK stamps?

  3. Which popular salad dressing is said to be named after the capital of Menorca?

  4. In what city is the Spanish Riding School?

  5. To which country do the Galápagos Islands belong?

💗Entertainment

  1. Who portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 14 films between 1939 and 1946?

  2. Which boy band’s name is short for “Jack the Lad Swing”?

  3. Which Blackadder character shares a name with an item of medieval clothing?

  4. In the musical and film, what does Billy Elliot pretend he is doing when he secretly goes to ballet classes?

  5. Name one of the four people who were in the top ten Google searches for 2016?

💛 History

  1. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

  2. 2013 was the first year to be written with four different numbers since when?

  3. Who was the first member of the Royal Family to be interviewed on TV?

  4. What ship did Captain Scott sail to the Antarctic in 1901?

  5. In what kind of shop is the Great Fire of London believed to have started - a butcher’s, a baker’s, or a candlestick-maker’s?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What’s the alternative title of the masterpiece painting La Giaconda?

  2. Who is Othello’s wife?

  3. Who has “terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws”?

  4. Which 1955 novel by Patricia Highsmith was the first in series of books collectively known as the Ripliad?

  5. What is the name given to the famous triptych by Hieronymus Bosch housed at Madrid’s Museo del Prado?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. The Electrobat, patented in 1894, was America’s first what?

  2. What did Clarence Birdseye perfect in 1924?

  3. What Chinese tea’s name translates to “black dragon”?

  4. Which metal has the highest melting point of all metals?

  5. Who wrote Elementary Seismology in 1958?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. Which annually contested rugby trophy is adorned with three king cobras and an elephant?

  2. What rhyming nickname did F1 champion James Hunt acquire?

  3. How many eyes are there in a deck of 52 cards?

  4. In 2016, who became Wimbledon champion for the second time after defeating Milos Raonic in the men’s singles final?

  5. Which of these is not a Minecraft mode - Survival, Flying or Adventure ?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MsSubExperimenter 19½ 3 5 1 3 3½ 4
@Peitho 18 4 4 2 3 2 3
@Ian_Chimp 16 2 2 3 4 3 2
@WillC 14 2 4 2 4 1 1
@Craig1234 5½ 0 2 1 1 ½ 1
The Answers

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

  1. Bath | 1. Basil Rathbone
  2. The name of the country | 2. JLS
  3. Mayonnaise
    It takes its name from the town of Mahón | 3. Baldrick
    A baldrick is a kind of belt worn across the chest that holds a sword
  4. Vienna | 4. Boxing
  5. Ecuador | 5. David Bowie, Donald Trump, Prince, Alan Rickman
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Lord Louis Mountbatten | 1. The Mona Lisa
  7. 1987 | 2. Desdemona
  8. Prince Philip | 3. The Gruffalo
  9. The Discovery | 4. The Talented Mr Ripley
  10. A baker’s
    It was in Pudding Lane | 5. Garden of Earthly Delights
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. Electric car | 1. The Calcutta Cup
  12. Frozen Food | 2. Hunt the Shunt
  13. Oolong | 3. Forty-two
  14. Tungsten | 4. Andy Murray
  15. Charles Richter | 5. Flying.
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Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Bath?

  2. Country?

  3. Balsamic? :woman_shrugging:t2:

  4. Vienna?

  5. Argentina?

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Basil Rathbone?

  2. JLS?

  3. Baldrick?

  4. Boxing?

  5. Donald Trump?

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Queen Victoria?

  2. 1987?

  3. The Queen?

  4. A big one?

  5. Baker?

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Mona Lisa?

  2. Desdemona?

  3. The Gruffalo?

  4. No idea

  5. Will probably have heard of it but not know it in relation to this

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Don’t know but sounds like fun!

  2. Breadcrumbs for frozen food?

  3. Oolong?

  4. Tungsten?

  5. Is it too obvious to say Richter?

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Calcutta Cup?

  2. Hunt the shunt?

  3. 40? (Excluding jokers)

  4. Andy Murray?

  5. Flying?

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Can I have last week questions back please…

Looking for the wooden spoon award

:sob::sob::sob::sob::sob:

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

5 Costa Rica?

Entertainment :heartpulse:
4. Boxing
5. Trump??

History :yellow_heart:
3. Edward iiiv
4.
5. Baker

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Gruffalo in the deepest darkest wood

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Fish fingers??

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:
3. 48
4.
5. Flying???

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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Bath
2, The Price?
3, No idea
4, Vienna (I watched White Horses as a kid!)
5, No idea

Entertainment

1, Sir Basil Rathbone
2, JLS
3, Baldrick
4, Boxng?
5, Kim Kardashian?

History

1, No idea
2, No idea
3, Queen Elizabeth II
4, Discovery
5, Bakers

Art and Literature

1, Mona Lisa
2, Desdemona
3, The Gruffalo
4, The Talented Mr Ripley
5, No idea

Science and Nature
1, Submarine
2, The freezing of foodstuffs
3, No idea
4, No idea
5, No idea
Sprot and Leisure

1, No idea
2, Hunt The Shunt
3, No idea
4, No idea
5, No idea

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I apologise for the mistake, i had a brain fart and forgot how to hide my answers!

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Late but tea break to finish and fill in my answers now…

💙 Geography
  1. Bath
  2. The Country they’re from
  3. :thinking:
  4. Vienna… Yes, I know that’s in Austria but it is “The Spanish Riding School in Vienna”
  5. Ecuador
💗 Entertainment
  1. Basil Rathbourne?
  2. JLS?
  3. Baldrick?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: Football?
  5. Donald Trump almost certainly
💛 History
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. 1987
  3. :thinking: 60s? Um… Princess Margaret?
  4. Oh… I should definitely know this but brain’s filing system seems faulty.
  5. Started in Pudding Lane so presumably a Baker’s?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Going to be very famous… :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. Desdemona
  3. The Gruffolo
  4. The Talented Mr Ripley
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2:
💚 Science and Nature
  1. Sonar?
  2. :woman_shrugging:t2: Custard?
  3. Oolong …how is this Science and Nature?!
  4. Tungsten
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2:
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. Um, I think The Calcutta Cup is rugby? I can’t think of any others.
  2. I feel I should but I don’t know. I am refraining from the jump out rhyme as I’m sure that’s not what commentators would have said and I’m sure he wasn’t :rofl:.
  3. Oh God um, majority of face cards have 4 eyes on… but some are in profile so only have 2 eyes. I don’t know how many :see_no_evil:. Um, with 2 profile cards that’s 44 eyes so will guess that but there are probably more face cards in profile so number comes down.
  4. Andy Murray
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2: Flying?
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I forgot about the quiz. :partying_face:

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

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

@MsSubExperimenter :trophy::balloon:

Congratulations! :slightly_smiling_face:

And the only one to get a clean-sweep too. :heartpulse::bouquet::clap:

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Thank you! Not sure how that happened but I’ll take it! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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