The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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Here we go

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. In Tokyo, what tiny piece of land must you own before you are permitted to buy a car? Driveway?
  2. Name one of the two former names of St. Petersburg. Stalingrad?
  3. The North Pole is in the middle of which ocean? Arctic?
  4. The Sultan Ahmet Mosque in Istanbul is known as - the Red Mosque, the White Mosque, or the Blue Mosque? Blue Mosque?
  5. Which British city is nicknamed “The Granite City”? Aberdeen?

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. What was the registration number of Lady Penelope’s car? Parker 1?
  2. In which children’s television programme do stories always end with the words, “Isn’t that a pip”? Mr Rogers?
  3. Which US film comedian and musician won a Grammy award for best bluegrass album in 2009? Steve Martin?
  4. Set on a spaceship, which 2016 film features actor Chris Pratt waking up from his hibernation pod 90 years early? No idea
  5. What MAS*H character’s favourite drink is a Grape Knee-High? No idea

:yellow_heart: History

  1. Which of these Apple products was released first - iPad, iPod, or iPhone? IPod?
  2. What ancient site near Dorchester is Europe’s largest and most complex Iron Age hillfort? Salisbury Plains?
  3. Which Essex town was the capital of Roman Britain before London became the capital in the 1st century AD? Colchester?
  4. Which Anglo-Saxon king was born at Wantage in around 849, and ruled the kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899? Ethelred the Unready?
  5. What year did the UK join the EEC? 1985?

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. Which city in Yorkshire was the UK’s City of Culture in 2017? Bradford?
  2. Ikebana is the Japanese art of what - folding paper, meditating, or flower arranging? Flower arranging?
  3. Who wrote Bitter Sweet? Zadie Smith?
  4. Which American artist created a series of paintings referred to as ‘black pourings’? Jackson Pollock?
  5. What E. B. White story became a popular film featuring the voice of Michael J. Fox? Stuart Little?

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. Roughly what percent of the Earth’s surface is covered in water - 51, 61, or 71 per cent? 61?
  2. Which plant that looks like a daisy is drunk as a relaxing herbal tea? Camomile?
  3. What’s the medical term for cancer of the blood? Leukaemia?
  4. In a maths class, what item would you use to measure angles? Set square?
  5. A gross is equivalent to how many dozen? 12?

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure

  1. Which of the following is not a yoga pose - kite, torch, plough, or chair? Torch?
  2. In diving, what does the thumbs up gesture mean? Okay?
  3. In cricket, what bird is the term used when a batsman is out without scoring a run? Duck?
  4. Which of the following is not part of a fish hook - barb, eye, tooth, or shank? Tooth?
  5. What does MDF stand for? Medium Density Fibreboard?
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Okay, here we go…

💙 Geography
  1. A parking space?
  2. Petrograd
  3. I feel like this is a trap and QI buzzers are going to go off but I’m going to say the Arctic Ocean
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: The Blue Mosque?
  5. Aberdeen
💗 Entertainment
  1. L7DY P3N?
  2. Adventures of Pippin Dog - Don’t think that was the title but it had a eoman and a dog called Pip who had adventures so maybe that?
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  4. Passengers
  5. I think there was a Hawkeye in MASH? Can’t name any other characters it turns out.so him.
💛 History
  1. IPod - Pretty sure they were first.
  2. I feel I should definitely know this but it’s not coming.
  3. Colchester
  4. Alfred the Great? He’s the most famous of the Saxon’s right?
  5. Hmm, a fair while before I was born… it was much discussed during our departure as I know my parents voted different ways to each other first time around. But when was it??? Um… 70s… 1976?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Leeds?
  2. Origami is folding paper… of the other two… Flower arranging?
  3. As in Symphony? If so, Richard Ashcroft
  4. Not heard of them but splattery, pouring paint and for some reason calling it art is very Jackson Pollock - perhaps it was before he learnt other colours were available?
  5. Charlotte’s Web? Only thing I can name by E. B. White
💚 Science and Nature
  1. 71%
  2. Camomile?
  3. Leukemia
  4. Protractor
  5. A gross is 144 so 12 dozen
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. Torch? Doesn’t sound old enough though can’t say I’ve heard of any of them.
  2. That you’re surfacing/going up
  3. I have heard of a duck in cricket… is that what it is?
  4. Tooth?
  5. Medium Density Fibreboard… and it a lot more pleasant to work with that the fibre glass I’ve been cutting and shaping all afternoon! Not quite sure how MDF is either Sport or Leisure though :joy:.

Thanks

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Just realised I actually know the one I got wrong on orange… I was thinking Olympic type diving rather than scuba diving :woman_facepalming:t2:

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Ok. I think I knew quite a few this week :crossed_fingers:

Knottydevil’s Answers

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. A parking space
  2. Leningrad
  3. Arctic Ocean
  4. The Blue Mosque
  5. Truro?

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. FAB1
  2. Pippin the mule
  3. ?
  4. Captain America
  5. Radar ( don’t know any others!)

History :yellow_heart:

  1. iPhone, I think.
  2. Maiden Hill
  3. Colchester
  4. Alfred the Great
  5. I’m going with 1971

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. I missed that but I’m going with Bradford
  2. Meditating
  4. Rothko

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. 61
  2. Chamomile
  3. Leukemia
  4. Protractor
  5. 12

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Torch I think
  2. The pool’s clear & judges are ready?
  3. A duck
  4. Tooth
  5. Medium density fibreboard
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Answers for quiz.

Geography :blue_heart:

  3. Artic ocean
  4. The red mosque
    5.London

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  4. Passengers

History :yellow_heart:

  1. iPod
  2. Stonehenge

Arts and Literature :poop:

2 flower arranging
3.
4.
5. Mamma Mia

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. 51%
  2. Dandelion
  3. Leukaemia
  4. Protractor
  5. 3

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Plough
    2.Thank you
  3. Tooth
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Pleasantly surprised. Thought I had full marks on Science but Geography and Sprot were definitely lucky guessing… very much a quiz of two halves for me this this week :rofl:

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MrsLovett's answers

:blue_heart:
1-A parking space?
2-Leningrad
3-Artic
4-Blue Mosque
5-Aberdeen

:heartpulse:
1-FAB1
2-Don’t know
3-Steve Martin
4-No, can’t think of the title…
5-Radar

:yellow_heart:
1- Have a feeling it was the IPod
2-Maiden Castle
3-Colchester
4-Alfred?
5-1973?

:poop:
1-Leeds
2-Flower Arranging
3-Don’t know
4-Jackson Pollock
5-Charlotte’s Web

:green_heart:
1-71%
2- Chamomile
3-Leukaemia
4-Protractor
5-12

:orange_heart:
1-Hummm… the Kite?
2-Surfacing?
3-Duck
4-Tooth
5-Medium Density Fibreboard

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Going to have to miss this weeks unfortunately! Good luck all :blush:

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Sorry I’m so late! It’ll be surprised if I get over 5 this week!

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Parking spot?
  2. Pass
  3. Arctic
  4. The red mosque
  5. Pass

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. ?
  2. ?
  3. ?
  4. ?
  5. ?

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Ipod
  2. ?
  3. Romford
  4. ?
  5. ?

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. York
  2. Flower arranging
  3. Pass
  4. Pass
  5. Pass

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. 61%
  2. Chamomile
  3. Leukemia
  4. Protractor
  5. 2

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Torch
  2. Good job??
  3. Duck
  4. Tooth
  5. Pass
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I have added the answers to the quiz post :+1:

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

@MrsLovett77 :trophy::balloon:

Congratulations! :slightly_smiling_face:

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

@MsSubExperimenter :blue_heart:
@craig1234 :green_heart::orange_heart:
@Peitho :blue_heart::green_heart::orange_heart:
@WillC :blue_heart:
@MrsLovett77 :blue_heart::yellow_heart::green_heart:

The kids questions were:

:blue_heart:3 | :heartpulse:2 | :yellow_heart:1 | :poop:5 | :green_heart:4 | :orange_heart:3

And the much coveted King Edward crown goes to…

@littlespoons :slightly_smiling_face::crown::potato:

And I think we should include ‘special mentions’ so everyone gets an emoji to take home. :slightly_smiling_face:

@Knottydevil :hedgehog: @Forever_his :hedgehog:

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Congratulations @MrsLovett77 :slightly_smiling_face:

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Congratulations @MrsLovett77! :blush:

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Congratulations @MrsLovett77 - Impressive scoring, 5 on those History questions is mind blowing! I thought they were horrible :rofl:

Thanks for the quiz @Ian_Chimp :blush:

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(23/03/22)

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. As at 2016, which two countries, both in North Africa, boast the only two underground railway systems on the whole continent?

  2. In which historic county is the fictional Downton Abbey located - Yorkshire, Hampshire, Cornwall, or Cheshire?

  3. Which is the oldest remaining British overseas territory, administered by the Crown since 1684?

  4. Spanish children leave a lost tooth under their pillow for the tooth mouse, not the tooth fairy. True or false?

  5. Which North African stew is also the name of the dish its cooked in?

💗Entertainment

  1. Who is Gru’s mad scientist partner-in-crime in Despicable Me?

  2. Which model of robot was sent back in time to kill John Conner in Terminator 2: Judgement Day?

  3. On which animated 1960s TV series were the household appliances powered by animals?

  4. Which of the Seven Dwarfs comes first (alphabetically)?

  5. What two people’s pictures were hanging on Alf Garnett’s living room wall?

💛 History

  1. From which root vegetable were jack-o’-lanterns originally made?

  2. What has been the most common name given to baby boys over the last 500 years - George, John, or David?

  3. Which period of prehistory has a name that roughly translates from Greek as ‘New Stone Age’ ?

  4. Who inherited the throne of Scotland at the age of six days?

  5. In 2017, the Queen celebrating 65 years on the throne was referred to as her what - Golden Jubilee, Diamond Jubilee, or Sapphire Jubilee?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Whose Another Place sculpture can be seen on Crosby Beach near Liverpool?

  2. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which child blew up into a giant-sized blueberry?

  3. Who was the first major author to read his own work in public for profit?

  4. Which prolific artist, famous for his ‘paintings of light’, hid the number 5282 in his work to honour his wedding day, 2 May 1982?

  5. What was the African Queen in C. S. Forester’s novel?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. The Greek mathematician Euclid is popularly known as “The Father of…” which branch of maths?

  2. What type of engine uses the same basic technology as a pressure cooker?

  3. After oxygen, what is the most abundant element in the human body by weight - calcium, carbon, nitrogen, or hydrogen?

  4. Which animal makes the longest land migration?

  5. What is the modern name for the Draisienne which Baron Karl Dreiss von Sauerbronn invented in 1817 to travel around the parks of Paris?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What colour light is displayed on the port side of a boat?

  2. In French cooking, what do you add to a croque monsieur to make it a croque madame?

  3. Which Czech-born tennis player won an unprecedented nine women’s singles championships at Wimbledon between 1978 and 1990?

  4. What distance is covered by runners on a junior parkrun event?

  5. What is the name of the international multi-sprot event for wounded armed forces personnel, created by Prince Harry?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@Peitho 18½ 2½ 3½ 3 2½ 4 3
@Knottydevil 16 2½ 3 2 2½ 4 2
@Ian_Chimp 15½ 3 3 3 2½ 2 2
@MsSubExperimenter 15 3 2½ 3 2½ 1 3
@Craig1234 14 1½ 3½ 3 2 1 3
@Forever_his 9 1 1½ 2 ½ 3 1
The Answers

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

  1. Egypt and Algeria[1] | 1. De Nefario
  2. Yorkshire | 2. T-1000
  3. Bermuda | 3. The Flintstones
  4. True[2] | 4. Bashful
  5. Tagine | 5. Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. Turnips[3] | 1. Anthony Gormley
  7. John | 2. Violet Beauregarde
  8. Neolithic | 3. Charles Dickens
  9. Mary, Queen of Scots | 4. Thomas Kinkade
  10. Sapphire Jubilee[4] | 5. A steam launch
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. Geometry | 1. Red
  12. Steam engine | 2. An egg
  13. Carbon | 3. Martina Navratilova[5]
  14. Caribou | 4. 2km
  15. Bicycle | 5. Invictus Games

  1. The Cairo Metro opened in 1987, and the Algiers Metro in 2011 ↩︎

  2. He’s called Ratón Perez and often leaves a small gift rather than money for the tooth ↩︎

  3. People also carved beetroots and potatoes in order to ward off those who might bear them ill will ↩︎

  4. The Golden Jubilee marked her 50 years, and the Diamond 60 years ↩︎

  5. Six of those nine titles were won in consecutive years from 1982 to 1987 ↩︎

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Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Senegal and Camarou(?)
  2. Hampshire
  3. Australia
  4. True
  5. Pass

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Dr Lathario
  2. T something
  3. Pass
  4. Bashful
  5. Pass

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Turnip
  2. John
  3. Pass
  4. Pass
  5. Golden jubilee

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Pass
  2. Violet
  3. Shakespeare
  4. Pass
  5. Pass

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Algebra
  2. Steam engine
  3. Calcium
  4. Caribou (I hope this is right after all those fact books my kids make me read!!)
  5. Bicycle?

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. White
  2. White wine
  3. Pass
  4. 3km
  5. The Invictus games
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Okie dokes… life has been somewhat busy but I’m not missing the quiz!

💙 Geography
  1. Based on North… Egypt? and Morocco?
  2. This is not Geography it’s Entertainment! I’ve never seen it. Guess Hampshire?
  3. Gibraltar?
  4. True?
  5. A Tagine
💗 Entertainment
  1. Have seen it once but can’t remember :pensive:
  2. I think T-1000… definitely T - something.
  3. Animated animals? (and dinosaurs?) - The Flintstones
  4. Bashful
  5. The name rings the vaguest of bells but I’ve no idea… The Queen and Audrey Hepburn?
💛 History
  1. Because I feel pumpkins is a trap and I think I may have seen this on QI… suedes?
  2. :thinking: John?
  3. Neolithic
  4. One of the James’s?
  5. Well Golden would be 50 and Diamond would be 60 so I assume Sapphire?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Anthony Gormley?
  2. Violet Beauregard (sp?)
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2: Chaucer? Actually scrap that… probably one of the ancient Greek playwrights… Aristophanes?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: Sure I dhould know but no names are coming
  5. A boat of some sort
💚 Science and Nature
  1. Geometry
  2. Steam Engine?
  3. Well we’re Carbon Based so without any certainty I’ll say Carbon? (…though we’re mainly water which would indicate H2O being big and since Oxygen is highest maybe Hydrogen but Hydrogen is very, very light so by weight I’m sticking with Carbon)
  4. :thinking: Wolves? Though actually depends on your definition of migration, I have a friend that spends Summer here then Winter in Australia, she travels by plane in which case some humans. Does that count?
  5. Bicycle?
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. Red
  2. :woman_shrugging:t2: White wine instead of red?
  3. Martina Navratilova (thank you predictive text for the spelling!)
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: 1 mile?
  5. The Invictus Games
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Bit tipsy tonight… So

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Algeria Tunisia
  2. Hampshire?
  3. Fiji?
  4. True?

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Dr nefario plus fart gun :joy:
  2. T2000
    3.?
  3. Bashful
  4. Queen. Churchill??

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Turnip
  2. George
  3. Jurassic
  4. James ii
  5. Sapphire

Arts and Literature :poop:

  2. Violet
  3. Charles dickens
  5. Boat

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Algerbra
  2. Steam engine
  3. Calcium
  4. Bison /water buffalo
  5. Train

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Red
  2. Cream
  3. Martina navratilova
  4. 1 mile
  5. Invictus games
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Phew! Challenging week. :sweat: :+1:

Knottydevil’s Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Libya & Egypt
  2. Hampshire
  3. The Falkland Isles
  4. True
  5. Tagine

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Nefario
  3. The Flintstones
  4. Bashful

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Pumpkin
  2. John
  3. Neolithic
  5. Diamond Jubilee

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Antony Gormley
  2. Veruca Salt
  3. Charles Dickens
  4. Mark Rothko
  5. A boat

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Geometry
  2. Steam engine
  3. Carbon
  4. Bison
  5. Bicycle

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Green
  2. Tomato
  3. Martina Navratilova
  4. 3km
  5. Invictus Games
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Little prod for those yet to get their answers in… :slightly_smiling_face:

@WillC @SexInTheCity @MsSubExperimenter @MrsLovett77 @littlespoons

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I cant believe I got 9. I was quietly confident this time too :rofl::rofl:

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