The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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No rush, don’t worry! :slightly_smiling_face:

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(02/03/22)

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 natural wonder above the village of Zermatt was first climbed by Englishman Edward Whymper in 1865?

  2. What is the main ingredient of the Indian delicacy Bombay Duck?

  3. What shape is a red STOP road sign?

  4. In which city can you find a model of an iron atom magnified 165 billion times, called the Atomium?

  5. In which country would you find the world’s busiest railway station, in terms of passenger numbers?

💗Entertainment

  1. What kind of car did Bullitt drive?

  2. Which Canadian rapper was born Aubrey Graham?

  3. What did The Wicked Witch of the West write in the sky over Emerald City?

  4. What are the bear-hunters going to catch in the book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt - a big one, a brown one, or a grizzly one?

  5. Which comedy duo were famous for the catchphrase “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into!”?

💛 History

  1. What is the Welsh name for the Party of Wales?

  2. Who was England’s longest-reigning king?

  3. Who was Siddhãrtha Gautama more commonly known as?

  4. What was the capital of West Germany from 1949 until reunification?

  5. Where on the body would a knight wear gauntlets?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What kind of dancer wears pointe shoes?

  2. Whose biography, first published in 1994, is entitled Long Walk to Freedom?

  3. In which British seaside town is the Turner Contemporary art gallery?

  4. In Rossini’s most celebrated opera, what does the character Figaro do for a living?

  5. What Aesop animal assumed the grapes he couldn’t reach were sour anyway?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. If a boat is moving at 5 knots per hour, approximately how many miles per hour is it going - 6, 12, or 24 mph?

  2. Which of these animals has the most teeth - a giraffe, a rabbit, or a rat?

  3. What was the last Apollo mission to land men on the moon?

  4. What is the smallest of the big cats?

  5. In computing, what does the abbreviation USB stand for?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. Since August 2016, which English football team’s home ground has been the London stadium?

  2. What do the dimples on a golf ball do - reduce drag, help it stay on the tee, or stop it from floating in the water?

  3. Which condiment did Heinz produce before ketchup - mustard, mayonnaise, or horseradish?

  4. In 2017, which snooker player defended his World Championship title to secure his third crown in four years?

  5. What are the Queen’s racing colours?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@Peitho 20 4 2 3 4 4 3
@Knottydevil 19 4 4 3 3 3 2
@MrsLovett77 19 2 3 4 4 4 2
@WillC 18½ 4 3 5 3 ½ 3
@SexInTheCity 17 4 3 3 3 1 3
@Craig1234 15½ 3 3 3 2 2 2½
@Ian_Chimp 13 1 3 2 4 2 1
@Forever_his 9 ½ 2½ 1 2 ½ 2½
@littlespoons 5½ 1 0 1 2 1 ½
The Answers

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

  1. Matterhorn | 1. A Ford Mustang
  2. Fish | 2. Drake[1]
  3. Octagonal | 3. Surrender Dorothy
  4. Brussels | 4. A big one
  5. Japan[2] | 5. Laurel and Hardy
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Plaid Cymru | 1. A ballet dancer
  7. George III | 2. Nelson Mandela
  8. The Buddha | 3. Margate
  9. Bonn | 4. Barber[3]
  10. Their hands and arms | 5. The fox
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. 6mph | 1. West Ham
  12. A giraffe[4] | 2. Reduce drag
  13. Apollo 17[5] | 3. Horseradish[6]
  14. Leopard[7] | 4. Mark Selby
  15. Universal Serial Bus | 5. Red and Blue
    Purple, gold braid, scarlet sleeves, black velvet cap, gold fringe (red and purple)

  1. That’s his middle name ↩︎

  2. Shinjuku station in Tokyo ↩︎

  3. In The Barber of Seville ↩︎

  4. It has 32 teeth, a rabbit has 28, and a rat has 16 ↩︎

  5. Nobody has been back since 14 December 1972 ↩︎

  6. It was the company’s first product ↩︎

  7. Apparently the ‘big cats’ are tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards, and snow leopards ↩︎

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And one that didn’t quite make it in…

:green_heart:6 What did Otto Titzling invent?

The brassiere

Otto Titzling - Wikipedia

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Not sure if that’s cosher! :thinking:

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A lot of guesswork again! :crossed_fingers:

Knottydevil’s Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. The Eiger
  2. Fish
  3. Octagon
  4. Brussels
  5. Japan

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Ford Mustang
  2. Drake
  4. A big one
  5. Laurel & Hardy

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Eistedfodd
  2. George II
  3. Buddha
  4. Bonn
  5. Hands

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Ballet
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Margate
  5. Donkey

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. 6
  2. Giraffe
  3. Apollo 12
  4. Panther
  5. Universal Serial Bus

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. West Ham
  2. Reduce drag
  3. Mustard
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I shall be firmly holding on to my :potato: crown this week! I knew 2 of those I think :+1::rofl:

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. The Alps?
  2. Duck?
  3. Hexagonal
  4. Boston
  5. India

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. A Ford
  2. Drake
  3. Come my pretties??
  4. A big one
  5. Morcombe and wise

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Pass
  2. Henry the 8th?
  3. The dalai lama
  4. Pass
  5. Hands

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Ballerina
  2. Nelson mandela
  3. Cornwall
  4. Plumber
  5. Monkey

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. 12
  2. A rat
  3. Apollo 13
  4. Lynx
  5. Universal synchronisation board

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. West ham
  2. Reduce drag
  3. Ketchup
  4. Ronnie o’sullivan
  5. Red white and blue
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Saving mine for tomorrow, Eye Hospital appointment… last time I was there for 5 hours. Weekly Quiz is just what’s needed to break up the hanging around a bit! :blush:

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I thought it sounded a bit off when I was typing it up, so I googled it and found that Wikipedia page. It was very nearly part of the quiz though. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Here goes @Ian_Chimp… T hanks

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Matterhorn
  2. Potato
  3. Octagonal
  5. Tokyo

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Dodge
  2. Drake
  4. Big one
  5. Laurel & Hardy

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Pri cumry… Spelling
  2. Edward viii
  4. Bonn
  5. Hands

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Ballet
  2. Nelson Mandela???
  4. Butcher??
  5. Sloth??

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. 6mph
  2. Rat
  3. 11
  4. Lynx
  5. Universal serial bus

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. West ham???
  2. Reduce drag
  3. Mustard
  4. Ronnie sullivan??
  5. Red & gold??
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Not sure I’m brave enough to have a go at this one !

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Just go for it

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WillC Answers

Geography

1, The Matterhorn
2, Fish
3, Octagonal
4, No idea
5, Japan?

Entertainment

1, Ford Mustang?
2, Drake
3, No idea
4, A Grizzly one?
5, Laurel and Hardy

History

1, Plaid Cymru
2, George the third?
3, Buddha
4, Bonn
5, Hands

Art and Literature

1, Ballet?
2, Nelson Mandela
3, No idea
4, Barber
5, No idea

Science and Nature

1, 12?
2, Rabbit
3, 14?
4, Lynx?
5, Universal Support Bus

Sprot and Leisure

1, West Ham?
2, Reduce drag
3, Horseradish?
4, Ronnie O’Sullivan
5, No idea

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Just don’t come for my potato crown :rofl: I’ve won it fair and square from @Craig1234 and I plan to keep it!

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All entries are most welcome. :slightly_smiling_face::+1: It’s mainly for fun, so I wouldn’t worry too much about the scores. Though it turns out the King Edward Potato crown for last place is proving to be more desirable than many of the other awards. :slightly_smiling_face:

(and here’s an example of a results post, if you’ve not seen one already :+1:)

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Don’t you worry, some weeks I’ll get it back!!! The questions have just been right up my brain cell alley :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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My answers (actually completed earlier but the forum threw a hissy fit and wouldn’t post them).

💙 Geography
  1. Sounds European, what are the peaks in the Alps? I’ve been near Mont Blanc but don’t recognise the name so will assume not there and will try the Matterhorn? (As I can’t think of any other peaks :see_no_evil: and people talk about conquering the Matterhorn don’t they? )
  2. It’s fish of some sort. My food knowledge is terrible but I have definitely come across this in other quizzes.
  3. Octagon
  4. I have no idea, and it’s sciencey so I probably should know - Um, Zurich is quite techy, maybe there?
  5. Got to be Japan surely?
💗 Entertainment
  1. Is Bullitt a cartoon character? Um, something in the wacky races?
  2. Does such a thing as a Canadian Rapper exist? Try Eminem but I’m pretty sure he’s American
  3. Ooh, don’t remember this bit :thinking: - Fly My Pretties?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: A Big One?
  5. Laurel and Hardy
💛 History
  1. Plaid Cymru
  2. Hmm, Queens are much easier… Elizabeth II then Victoria… King’s… it’ll be one of the George’s probably but I can’t remember numbers
  3. Gandhi?
  4. Bonn?
  5. Hands… as in throw down the Gauntlett
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Ballet
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Know he lived in Oxford for a while, I think Kent too so probably somewhere coastal there… is Ramsgate a place in Kent?
  4. Is Figaro the Barber of Saville?
  5. The Fox - Sour Grapes
💚 Science and Nature
  1. 6… though actually a little less than 6
  2. I think a giraffe has the same number as us, 32… surely the others have less!
  3. Apollo 17, early 70s
  4. The Cheetah
  5. Universal Serial Bus
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. Not Arsenal or Chelsea… who else is in London?.. Tottenham Hotspur?
  2. I have heard it’s something to do with flight through the air so I guess reduce drag?
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2: Horseradish was popular in Ye olde days, so I’ll guess that? …Though Mustard probably was too. Oh well, 50:50 but take my first answer.
  4. Ronnie O’Sullivan?
  5. Purple and Gold with Red sleeves and a Black hat - much more ornate than most racing colours and the first Sprot and Leisure that I actually know today! :rofl:

The quiz took depressingly little of the waiting room time up but that’s okay because it let me do today’s Wordle, Lewdle and Nerdle and type up most of a new Rebus Puzzle (that will appear in FlickLit first due to utilising the MathJax plugin) and then via pictures here if anyone wants a go. The Rebus is easier than most of the previous ones I think. I also quite liked today’s quiz questions (I hope :crossed_fingers:) - thanks @Ian_Chimp !

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I think I need to re-mark :orange_heart:5 due to new information. God damn trivial pursuit cards. *shakes fist*

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:rofl: Oh dear, what does the card say? I didn’t know any of the other Sprot questions (though am pretty sure which my other point is) but :orange_heart:5 I know! (I mean it’s gold braiding on purple main colour rather than blatent purple and gold block colour but that’s why it’s so recognisable, definitely red (or maybe called crimson?) sleeves.)

Annoyed about :green_heart: though - thought I had all of those. C’est la vie. Oh well :pensive:

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MrsLovett's answers

:blue_heart:
1-Mont Blanc
2-Fish
3-Round/ Circular
4-Brussels
5-Beijing?

:heartbeat:
1-Chevrolet?
2-Drake
3-Surrender, Dorothy
4-Grizzly?
5-Laurel and Hardy

:yellow_heart:
1-Plaid Cymru
2-Henry VIII?
3-Buddha
4-Bonn
5-Hands

:poop:
1-Ballet dancer
2-Mandela?
3-Brighton?
4-Barber
5-Vixen

:green_heart:
1-12?
2-Giraffe?
3-Apollo XVII
4-Leopard?
5- Universal Serial Bus

:orange_heart:
1-West Ham?
2- Reduce drag
3-Mustard?
4-No idea
5-Don’t know

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I’ve just done the re-marking. Most people have kept the ½ mark for a partial, but you have gained one. :+1:

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