The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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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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@Ian_Chimp how dare you take my booby prize away :joy::joy::joy:

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Chips for me tomorrow :slightly_smiling_face: :potato::potato::potato:

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Okay… here goes

💙 Geography
  1. Blue
  2. Iceland
  3. Albania (after much thought!)
  4. Sounds more Chinese than Russian or Indian so China?
  5. El Niño
💗 Entertainment
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2: Golden Girls?
  2. Xena: Warrior Princess - desperately wanted to grow up to be her and without question Ares was my first real crush… though actually I wanted to look like Callisto.
  3. :thinking: Toucan?
  4. Edelweiss- I spelt it differently but auto correct says it’s like this.
  5. Take That?
💛 History
  1. Cutty Sark
  2. Elizabeth I
  3. Nero?
  4. Curse of Tutankhamen - again thank you auto correct for the spelling
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2: Never heard of it - Dover?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
  2. I’m sure I dhould know where she was based but don’t- Lake District?
  3. Obelix - I had an Asterix and Obelix choose your own adventure book when I was little, it was amazing. Still have it somewhere, not sure I still have all the bits that came with it though and definitely cheated by having more potions than I should have during the adventure.
  4. Vanity Fair
  5. :thinking: Not read them - Kenya?
💚 Science and Nature
  1. :thinking: I think possibly Cumulonimbus?
  2. I think a triangle?
  3. Sure I should know this but no element symbols are jumping out… think it’s wrong but will guess Gold, Au?
  4. 25m
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2: Scallops?
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. Johnny Wilkinson?
  2. Medley
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  4. Probably something obvious but I can’t think of anything
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2: Walnuts?

Thanks Mr. Chimp :blush:

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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Blue
2, Iceland?
3, Albania?
4, China?
5, El Nino

Entertainment

1, The Office?
2, Xena Warrior Princess
3, Peacock?
4, Eidelweiss (Not sure of spelling, but i sing this in my head at work when i’m working with a particularly idle colleague “Idle git, idle git” )
5, Take That maybe?

History

1, The Cutty Sark
2, Elizabeth I
3, Caligula?
4, The Curse of King Tutunkahmun (Not sure of spelling!)
5, Bay Of Pigs?

Art And Literature

1, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2, The Lake District
3, Obelix?
4, Vanity Fair
5, Botswana

Science and Nature

1, Can only think of Cumulonimbus
2, A square?
3, Mercury i think
4, 25m
5, Spring Onions!

Sprot and Leisure

1, No idea
2, Freestyle?
3, Bay leaf?
4, Shin Splints?
5, Almonds

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Last orders! :bell:

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

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Making a habit of being late recently so again happy for any deductions required but giving it a go whilst the answers are still not up :blush:

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Blue
  2. Iceland?
  3. Albania
  4. China?
  5. No idea

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Car Share
  2. No idea
  3. Toucan?
  4. Feel like I’ll kick myself for this one but no idea
  5. Take That?

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Cutty Sark
  2. Queen Elizabeth the First
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. No idea
  2. It’s in the Lake District but I can’t remember the name
  3. No idea
  4. Vanity Fair
  5. No idea

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. No idea
  2. Triangle
  3. Mercury
  4. 25m
  5. Spring Onions

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Jonny Wilkinson
  2. Medley
  3. No idea, guess at Basil?
  4. Shin splints
  5. Almonds

That felt HARD! :woman_facepalming:t2:

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I am shocked at 18!!! Very chuffed with that :joy:

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I forgot to put the answers in this morning. I was very late putting the quiz up though, so maybe it’s good to leave it a little longer. I’ll put the answers up at 7pm this evening, no matter what. :slightly_smiling_face:

So @MsSubExperimenter @MrsLovett77, you’ve still got a chance to topple the mighty 26. :slightly_smiling_face: (or steal my potatoes)

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

And the glorious and most triumphant winner of the First Great Hump Day Quiz of 2022 is…

@WillC :trophy::balloon:

Congratulations! What a score. :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

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

@Craig1234 :orange_heart:
@Peitho :blue_heart:
@WillC :blue_heart::yellow_heart::poop:

And I get all the potatoes… :slightly_smiling_face: :potato::potato::potato::potato::potato:

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Thanks, a lot of luck, especially on the sprot!

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Cheers and well done folks! @Ian_Chimp my belly was getting bigger with all the potatoes I was eating :rofl::rofl::rofl: back to the bottom next week I’m guessing

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Insanely high score @WillC - amazing!
Congratulations :clap::clap::clap:

Thank you @Ian_Chimp - happy memories of my Asterix and Obelix book and Ares from Xena: Warrior Princess! :rofl:

…And potatoes are very useful, enjoy your chips!

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(12/01/22)

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. In which English cathedral was Archbishop Thomas Becket assassinated?

  2. On which island was the mythical labyrinth that served as a prison for the Minotaur?

  3. The capital city of which island country was the starting point of Diana Nyad’s epic 103-mile swim to Key West, Florida, in 2013?

  4. What country is home to the Blue Grotto?

  5. What body of water lies to the south of Carmarthen and Swansea bays?

💗Entertainment

  1. Which adventurer tracks down dangerous animals on Deadly 60?

  2. The pop star born Robyn Fenty in Barbados 1988 uses what stage name, which is also her middle name?

  3. What did Frank Sinatra call “my kind of town”?

  4. What compliment was Babybird’s biggest hit?

  5. Which TV comedy series was set in the newsroom of Globelink News?

💛 History

  1. For how many years were Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales married?

  2. Which German state, of which Berlin was the historic capital, was formally abolished in 1947?

  3. Windsor Castle was first built in the reign of who - Queen Victoria, Henry VIII, or William the Conqueror?

  4. Who, on hearing Liverpool was to be 2008’s European City of Culture, said: I feel ecstatic, tattyphilarious and discumknockerated?

  5. What did the Rhodes Island legislature try to bang a $2 tax on in the early 1970s?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. In 1938, George Bernard Shaw became the first person ever to add which award to his Nobel Prize for Literature?

  2. Who was Anastasia and Drizella’s stepsister?

  3. Who observed: “Mad dogs and English men go out in the mid-day sun”?

  4. What is the English name for the detergent that means “parsley” in France?

  5. What Greek artist painted View to Toledo?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What invention of Ferdinand II, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, received a warm reception in 1654?

  2. What animal provided the hair for hair spring watches?

  3. What is the world’s largest predatory fish?

  4. What is the more common name for the buccal cavity?

  5. How many pecks are there in a bushel?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What was the first soccer team to win the European Cup for Britain?

  2. An annual tournament in which sprot is played at Roland-Garros in France?

  3. Who was the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France?

  4. What name was given to those plastic balls everyone was banging together in 1971?

  5. A twizzle is a move in which sprot - snowboarding, ice dancing, or skateboarding?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MrsLovett77 18½ 5 2½ 2 3 2 4
@WillC 17 4 5 2 3 2 1
@Peitho 14 3 3 1 3 1 3
@Ian_Chimp 14 3 3 2 3 1 2
@Craig1234 11 4 2½ 2 1 0 1½
@SexInTheCity 11 2 2 2 2 1½ 1½
The Answers

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

  1. Canterbury Cathedral | 1. Steve Brackshall
  2. Crete | 2. Rihanna
  3. Cuba [1] | 3. Chicago
  4. Italy | 4. You’re Gorgeous
  5. The Bristol Channel | 5. Drop the Dead Donkey
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. 15 | 1. An Oscar
  7. Prussia | 2. Cinderella
  8. William the Conqueror | 3. Noel Coward
  9. Ken Dodd | 4. Persil
  10. Sex | 5. El Greco
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. The sealed thermometer | 1. Celtic
  12. The pig | 2. Tennis
  13. Great White Shark | 3. Bradley Wiggens
  14. The mouth | 4. Klackers or Klik Klaks
  15. Four | 5. Ice dancing[2]

  1. Her first attempt was when she was 28 years old; she finally did it age 64 ↩︎

  2. It’s a one-footed turn ↩︎

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Oucha my head hurts… Chips for me or the golden butt plug

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  2. Crete
  3. Havana
  4. Italy
  5. Bristol chanel

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Steve bagshaw
  2. Rihanna (bet its j lo haha)
  3. New York
  4. Who???
    5.?

History :yellow_heart:

  1. 12???
  3. William the conquer
  4. Ken Dodd

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Cinderella
  4. Areial??

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  2. Horse??
  3. Orca?
  5. 10

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Liverpool??
  2. Tennis?
  4. Knockers? Lethal haha
  5. Snow boarding
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My answers

:blue_heart:
1-Canterbury
2-Crete
3-Cuba
4-Italy?
5-Bristol Channel?

:heartpulse:
1-Don’t know… Bear Grylls?
2-Rihanna
3-Chicago
4-Gorgeous
5-Don’t know

:yellow_heart:
1- 12?
2-Prussia
3-Henry VIII?
4-Ken Dodd
5- Hum, don’t know… clams?

:poop:
1-Pulitzer?
2-Cinderella
3-Noel Coward
4-Persil
5- El Greco ( can’t remember his real name though)

:green_heart:
1- Tuscany? Something wine related maybe… but no, don’t know.
2-Horses?
3-Great White Shark?
4-Mouth
5- No idea…8?

:orange_heart:
1-Liverpool?
2-Tennis
3-Bradley Wiggins?
4-Clackers
5- I like the idea of it being ice dancing :laughing:

Thanks @Ian_Chimp and Happy New Year everyone!

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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Canterbury
2, Crete
3, No idea
4, Italy
5, Bristol Channel?

Entertainment

1, Steve Backshall?
2, Rihanna
3, Chicago
4, You’re Gorgeous
5, Drop The Dead Donkey

istory

1, No idea
2, Prussia
3, Henry VIII?
4, Ken Dodd!
5, No idea

Art and Literature

1, Pulitzer?
2, Cinderella?
3, Noel Coward
4, Persil sounds like parsley!
5, No idea

Science and Nature

1, No idea
2, Horse?
3, Great White Shark
4, Mouth (Assuming Amuse Bouche is linked!)
5, No idea

Sprot And Leisure

1, No idea
2, Golf?
3, No idea
4, Clackers! I had a pair!
5, Snowboarding?

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My answers… Hard this week I thought.

💙 Geography
  1. Canterbury - We went there on a school trip at Junior School
  2. Crete - much more my type of question
  3. :thinking: The Bahamas? They’re not too far from Florida I don’t think.
  4. Not the foggiest - Greece?
  5. Ummmm… Bristol Channel?
💗 Entertainment
  1. I would have thought Steve Irwin but being dead makes it less likely. No one else is coming to mind though… maybe it’s an old question?
  2. Rihanna
  3. Chicago
  4. You’re Gorgeous… if you’d asked me to name the band from the song I couldn’t have!
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2:
💛 History
  1. I think they divorced in the queen’s annus horribilis which I think was 1992, William a few years older than me and probably came around quickly so about 12 years?
  2. Not a clue
  3. Well the order of the Garter was held there by Henry VIII but I think it predates that by a fair bit so I’ll go for William the Conqueror
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: Roald Dahl? His sort of words, no idea if he has anything to do with Liverpool but seems unlikely
  5. Not a clue. 1970s, what were people doing in the 70s? Marijuana?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. An Oscar… I don’t know what for but I’m sure he has one.
  2. :thinking: Cinderella
  3. I should definitely know this! Maybe PG Wodehouse?
  4. Persil?
  5. Oh dear, I can’t think of any Greek Artists! :see_no_evil:
💚 Science and Nature
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2: Hot water bottle?
  2. A hare? No, cancel that, probably something domesticated… a horse?
  3. Whale Shark
  4. Mouth
  5. I know you can pick a peck of pickled pepper and that it’s an imperial measurement, I don’t know how many in a bushel… 6?
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. I don’t have a clue! I know Oxford University won the FA Cup twice. I don’t know any other football facts… I do know it’s football not soccer. I will guess Manchester United.
  2. Tennis
  3. Bradley Wiggens?
  4. If they’re the same ones we had in the later 80s then clackers
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2: Snowboarding? I feel ice dancing would have more classic names.

Now I know you got some kids questions… none of these felt like them… what happened to them please?

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