The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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My go…

💙 Geography
  1. St. Helen’s when it erupted?
  2. Strait of Gibraltar
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2: Athens?
  4. The Tigres?
  5. Edinburgh
💗 Entertainment
  1. “What does Oscar stand on?” - Is that really the question? Well, Oscar the Grouch stands on… or sits in a bin. Oscar Pistorius stands up in court (though his story does not). Oscar Wilde, well I’m not too sure what he stands on but he stood up for homosexuality and was treated abysmally. The Oscar statue stands on a little round base… possibly a film real… Do any of those get a point?
  2. Not a clue
  3. Romeo and Juliet
  4. Don’t think I know any of those songs!
  5. Nope… I’ll say Puff but I suspect it’s a different dragon
💛 History
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. I know they were white and smooth, chalk doesn’t seem right but I can’t think of anything else.
  3. Submarine?
  4. Here mainly 16th century I think… so Italy… earlier… 15th Century?
  5. Wake you up… QI told me this!
💩 Art and Literature
  1. The Nautilus
  2. Roger Hargreaves
  3. Where are you going?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: Peter and the Wolf? …probably not.
  5. Where the scene is? So the front of the stage?
💚 Science and Nature
  1. Scurvy
  2. The Corona
  3. Sure I should know this… was it something to do with Rolls Royce or do they just make them now?
  4. Retractable claws without Leo in it’s Latin name… something Marvel got right… the Wolverine?
  5. 180° - that seems too easy!
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. An albatross is 3 under par so presumably any golf hole that’s par 4 or more? That doesn’t really fit “only” does it!
  2. No idea… Trick question? Once?
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  4. The North Pole?
  5. Pooh Sticks! :smile: - Fun with my Dad as a kid and then taken very seriously in Oxford later :rofl:

Not my best but the last question cheered me up with fun memories so all good!

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Sparse week this week. Any more for any more?

@VanillaWithSprinkles @SexInTheCity @MsSubExperimenter @LuciousLegs @MrsLovett77 @Bella_1

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Almost 3 weeks in a row at the bottom :rofl::rofl::rofl: Hopefully not, I’ll get to keep the wooden spoon…

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Aware I’m late so happy for any reductions in score required but thought I’d still give it a go!

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. No idea, going to take a wild guess at Mount Everest which I know is wrong but I have nothing else
  2. Gibraltar
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. Edinburgh

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. I don’t understand this question :joy:
  2. No idea
  3. Romeo and Juliet
  4. Selena Gomez
  5. No idea

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Ethiopia
  2. White limestone
  3. Submarine?
  4. 15th
  5. Wake you up

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. No idea
  2. Roger Hargreaves (although it changed to his son I think who I can’t remember the name of)
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. Front of stage

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Scurvy
  2. Feel like I should know this but no idea
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. 180 (this took a lot longer than it should have to work out :joy:)

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. No idea
  2. Once
  3. Kimchi
  4. On a trampoline
  5. Pooh sticks (loved doing this as a child)
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Apologies @Ian_Chimp, been distracted this week!

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Answers to Hump Day Quiz at 5am having not gone to bed yet 🤣

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Mount St Helen’s?

  2. Something Greek? Ionian?

  3. Dublin? :heart:

  4. Can’t think of one

  5. Edinburgh?

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Film reel?

  2. Colonel Tom Parker?

  3. Romeo and Juliet?

  4. No clue

  5. Toothless (I love him)

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Italy?

  2. Hieroglyphics?

  3. Submarine?

  4. 16th?

  5. Get someone up?

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Nautilus?

  2. Roger Hargreaves?

  3. Pass

  4. Jesus and Mary?

  5. Front of the stage?

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Scurvy?

  2. Corona?

  3. Barnes Wallace?

  4. No idea

  5. 180 degrees/straight line?

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Par 5? (Par, birdie, eagle, albatross, hole in one?)

  2. 2?

  3. Kimchi?

  4. In the air (trampolining)?

  5. Pooh sticks?

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A little later than usual, but I have added the answers to the quiz post :+1:

And I can declare the winner of The Last Hump Day Quiz of 2021 to be…

@MsSubExperimenter :trophy::balloon:

Congratulations! :slightly_smiling_face:

And the Great Hump Clean-Sweepers this week are… :bouquet::clap:

@WillC :green_heart:

We’re going to need to rustle up a suitable emoji if you want a booby prize. :slightly_smiling_face: Butt plug? :clubs: Maybe a potato? :potato:

Hopefully you all enjoyed it, and I’ll be back with another next year. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Actually, there may be a small score change for :yellow_heart:2 as the card says ‘marble’, but the internet says ‘polished limestone’. I’ll amend the scores. :+1:

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Thank you for your immense efforts with the quiz this year @Ian_Chimp!

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Edit: well done clean sweeper @WillC and @Craig1234 :partying_face::+1:t2:

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Congratulations @MsSubExperimenter ! :clap::clap::clap:

Thank you for all the quizzes this year @Ian_Chimp - I’ve really enjoyed them and hooray for all who take part.

P.S. I think, as one who gained from it, that you’re being generous with my answer for :yellow_heart:2 … I knew they were white and smooth but I think if they’d actually been covered in chalk as I guessed it would probably have weathered away before being recorded! :rofl: I do agree with the Internet though, not marble.

Can I have a ½ instead? I think I like ½s

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Isn’t chalk limestone?

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Congratulations @MsSubExperimenter :slightly_smiling_face:

Also, my teachers always told me to read through my answers! Missed out the Proscenium Arch question! :rofl:

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Yep your right, good old google… I know I kept away from limestone crags to slippy for my clown feet

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It’s a type of limestone but they probably used a rather more robust one!

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The White Cliffs of Dover have held up pretty well. :slightly_smiling_face: But I’m happy to downgrade your points. :+1:

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:thinking: Fair point!

I don’t think it really matters as @MsSubExperimenter was well ahead anyway! :rofl: I think I just feel more special with a fraction score :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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They fell quite kindly for me this week :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I have not forgotten, I just haven’t got round to it yet. :slightly_smiling_face: I should get a chance when the kids have gone to bed. :+1:

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(05/01/22)

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 colour of the French flag comes first, on the side nearest the flag pole?

  2. Which chilly island nation straddles two massive tectonic plates, subjecting it to occasional fiery volcanic activity?

  3. Which country in Europe comes first alphabetically?

  4. The Karakorum Highway connects Pakistan with which country - India, China or Russia?

  5. Which Pacific atmospheric system started playing havoc with the world’s weather in 1997?

💗Entertainment

  1. In which TV sitcom do the main characters listen (and sing along) to the radio station Forever FM?

  2. New Zealander Lucy Lawless rose to stardom for her role as sword-weilding royalty in which TV series?

  3. What bird is Shen in the Kung Fu Panda films - toucan, flamingo, or peacock?

  4. What is “small and white, clean and bright”, according to The Sound of Music?

  5. Which Band’s 1996 split resulted in thousands of calls to the Samaritans and Childline*?

💛 History

  1. Which ship at Greenwich caught fire in 2007?

  2. King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were the parents of which future queen of England?

  3. Which Roman emperor banned laughing and bathing after one of his sister-wives died?

  4. What do some claim Lord Carnarvon was exposed to seven weeks prior to his death, which resulted in his early demise?

  5. Where did the 2506 Brigade come ashore on April 17, 1961?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Which literary mash-up features Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy fighting against a growing tide of re-animated dead?

  2. Which National Park includes property left to the National Trust by Beatrix Potter?

  3. Which character in the Asterix books fell into a cauldron of magic potion when he was a boy?

  4. What 19th-century novel by William Thackery is also the name of a glossy news and fashion magazine?

  5. Which African nation is home to Precious Ramotswe, owner of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Alexander McCall Smith’s series of books?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What type of clouds have been recorded as having the greatest vertical range?

  2. What shape is crossed out on the wash care symbol for “do not bleach”?

  3. Which metal is the essential ingredient in an amalgam tooth filling?

  4. Which of these measurements is the longest - 2,500mm, 250cm, or 25m?

  5. What are scallions most frequently called in the UK?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. Who scored the drop goal in extra time that won the Rugby World Cup for England against Australia in 2003?

  2. What name is given to a swimming race where competitors perform four different strokes?

  3. Which popular herb comes from a species of laurel tree?

  4. What is the common name for the lower leg injury called medial tibial stress syndrome that is often experienced by runners?

  5. Which nuts go on top of a Dundee cake?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@WillC 26 5 4 5 5 4 3
@Peitho 20 5 3 3 4 3 2
@SexInTheCity 18 4 2 2 2 4 4
@Craig1234 15 4 2 0 2 2 5
@Ian_Chimp 13 2 3 2 2 2 2
The Answers

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

  1. Blue | 1. Peter Kay’s Car Share
  2. Iceland | 2. Xena: Warrior Princess
  3. Albania | 3. Peacock
  4. China | 4. Edelweiss
  5. El Niño | 5. Take That’s
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Cutty Sark | 1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (by Seth Grahame-Smith)
  7. Elizabeth I | 2. Lake District
  8. Caligula | 3. Obelix
  9. The Curse of Tutankhmun | 4. Vanity Fair
  10. The Bay of Pigs | 5. Botswana
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. Cumulonimbus | 1. Jonny Wilkinson
  12. Triangle | 2. Medley
  13. Mercury | 3. Bay leaf
  14. 25m | 4. Shin splints
  15. Spring Onions | 5. Almonds
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Seemed easier this week! But I’ll wait and see…

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Blue
  2. Iceland
  3. Andorra
  4. China
  5. El nino

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Car share
  2. Game of thrones
  3. Peacock
    4.?
    5.?

History :yellow_heart:

1.?
2. Mary
3. Nero?
4.?
5. Kuwait

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Walking dead.?
  2. Lake District
  3. Obliques - fat one with white and blue trousers.
  4. Vogue
  5. South Africa

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Nimbus
  2. Triangle
  4. 25m

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Johnny Wilkinson
  2. Medally
  3. Bay leaf
  4. Skin splints
  5. Almonds
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