The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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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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Off to the theatre so won’t get a chance this week!

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Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Canterbury
  2. Crete
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. No idea
  2. Rihanna
  3. No idea
  4. You’re gorgeous?
  5. No idea

History :yellow_heart:

  1. 10?
  2. Prussia
  3. William the conqueror
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. No idea
  2. Cinderella?
  3. No idea
  4. Persil
  5. No idea

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. No idea
  2. No idea
  3. Shark?
  4. Mouth
  5. No idea

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. No idea
  2. French open
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. Ice skating

I know I say this most weeks but these were SO hard!!!

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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:

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

@WillC :heartpulse:
@MrsLovett77 :blue_heart:

We currently have joint potato place… Though there may also be some friendly marking at play too, so it’s worth a score review. Potatoes pending. :slightly_smiling_face:

Potato Place Update

On review, I think both entries benefited from a bit of friendly marking so are both more than eligible to share the Potato Prize. :partying_face:

Congratulations @Craig1234 and @SexInTheCity :slightly_smiling_face: :potato::potato::potato::potato::potato:

For anyone still wondering, the kid’s questions this week were :blue_heart:2, :heartpulse:1, :yellow_heart:3, :poop:2, :green_heart:3, and :orange_heart:5 :slightly_smiling_face:

And we also have to make a rather serious decision. Do we keep the :poop:, or go for the new :brown_heart:? I urge everyone to consider this most carefully.

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Congratulations @MrsLovett77 :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks @Ian_Chimp and congratulations @MrsLovett77 ! :clap::clap::clap:

Three follow up statements:

  1. The kids’ questions were really hard - kids must be smarter than they were in my day! Scary.

  2. :green_heart:3 - A Whale Shark is bigger than a Great White. It might not eat Seals but I’m sure the shrimp see it as predatory!

  3. I vote to keep the poop :poop: - tradition now and I quite like him constantly being in my list of recent emojis :rofl:

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Often the answers are a bit iffy! I once argued the toss over Clark Kent’s home town being Smallville not Ohio!

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Where does Ohio come from? Definitely raised in Smallville, Kansas… though you could maybe argue for a town on Krypton even if he left as a baby. Ohio though? :thinking:

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I have no idea! Bloody Trivial Pursuit! I know they purposely put wrong answers in to catch out plagiarism, so that may explain it?

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Googling it, it seems Superman was created in Cleveland, Ohio. Maybe it had something to do with that?

I googled the whale shark and it said it was a filter-feeder, so I didn’t think it counted. :man_shrugging:

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