The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

It’s pretty impressive that we have all the regular players’ answers in already. :slightly_smiling_face::clap:

Fair warning, I think :blue_heart:1 may trigger a re-mark, though I still have to double check…

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

I have been googling :blue_heart:1, but I’m buggered if I know if it’s actually right or not. I’ll leave as is, and you guys can tell me. :slightly_smiling_face:

So, provisionally, with heart in mouth, I tentatively declare this week’s Great Hump Day Quiz winner to be… :drum::drum::drum:

@MsSubExperimenter :trophy::balloon:

Congratulations! :slightly_smiling_face:

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

@Craig1234 :orange_heart:
@WillC :poop:
@Peitho :green_heart:
@MsSubExperimenter :orange_heart:

The kid’s questions were:

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

And the glorious and most triumphant winner of the King Edward crown is…

@littlespoons :potato::crown::slightly_smiling_face:

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Provisionally thank you kindly! And as always thank you for doing the quiz!

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Well done folks, thanks. @Ian_Chimp for the continued pain and suffering

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Congratulations @MsSubExperimenter :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thank you for the quiz @Ian_Chimp and Congratulations @MsSubExperimenter :clap::clap::clap:

I have no knowledge of :blue_heart:1 , I’d give the mark for it is the highest city or it used to be the highest city. Sounds like at some stage it was so I presume that is it’s claim to fame :woman_shrugging:t2:. I have done no googling on this I’m just going on the answer given and your concerns over it :rofl:.

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(16/03/22)

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. In Tokyo, what tiny piece of land must you own before you are permitted to buy a car?

  2. Name one of the two former names of St. Petersburg.

  3. The North Pole is in the middle of which ocean?

  4. The Sultan Ahmet Mosque in Istanbul is known as - the Red Mosque, the White Mosque, or the Blue Mosque?

  5. Which British city is nicknamed “The Granite City”?

💗Entertainment
  1. What was the registration number of Lady Penelope’s car?

  2. In which children’s television programme do stories always end with the words, “Isn’t that a pip”?

  3. Which US film comedian and musician won a Grammy award for best bluegrass album in 2009?

  4. Set on a spaceship, which 2016 film features actor Chris Pratt waking up from his hibernation pod 90 years early?

  5. What M*A*S*H character’s favourite drink is a Grape Knee-High?

💛 History
  1. Which of these Apple products was released first - iPad, iPod, or iPhone?

  2. What ancient site near Dorchester is Europe’s largest and most complex Iron Age hillfort?

  3. Which Essex town was the capital of Roman Britain before London became the capital in the 1st century AD?

  4. Which Anglo-Saxon king was born at Wantage in around 849, and ruled the kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899?

  5. What year did the UK join the EEC?

💩 Art & Literature
  1. Which city in Yorkshire was the UK’s City of Culture in 2017?

  2. Ikebana is the Japanese art of what - folding paper, meditating, or flower arranging?

  3. Who wrote Bitter Sweet?

  4. Which American artist created a series of paintings referred to as ‘black pourings’?

  5. What E. B. White story became a popular film featuring the voice of Michael J. Fox?

💚 Science & Nature
  1. Roughly what percent of the Earth’s surface is covered in water - 51, 61, or 71 per cent?

  2. Which plant that looks like a daisy is drunk as a relaxing herbal tea?

  3. What’s the medical term for cancer of the blood?

  4. In a maths class, what item would you use to measure angles?

  5. A gross is equivalent to how many dozen?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure
  1. Which of the following is not a yoga pose - kite, torch, plough, or chair?

  2. In diving, what does the thumbs up gesture mean?

  3. In cricket, what bird is the term used when a batsman is out without scoring a run?

  4. Which of the following is not part of a fish hook - barb, eye, tooth, or shank?

  5. What does MDF stand for?


Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MrsLovett77 24 5 3 5 2 5 4
@WillC 23 5 3 3 4 4 4
@Peitho 20 5 1 2 2 5 5
@Craig1234 18½ 4 2 1 5 5
@MsSubExperimenter 18 5 1 2 3 3 4
@Knottydevil 17½ 4 2 0 4 4
@Ian_Chimp 17 3 3 2 2 4 3
@Forever_his 10 2 0 1 1 3 3
@littlespoons 7 1 1 1 0 1 2
The Answers

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

  1. Parking space | 1. FAB 1
  2. Petrograd or Leningrad | 2. In the Night Garden
  3. Arctic Ocean | 3. Steve Martin[1]
  4. The Blue Mosque[2] | 4. Passengers
  5. Aberdeen | 5. Radar O’Reilly’s
    |
    :yellow_heart: History |
    :poop: Arts & Literature |
  6. iPod[3] | 1. Hull
  7. Maiden Castle | 2. Flower arranging[4]
  8. Colchester[5] | 3. Noel Coward
  9. Alfred the Great | 4. Jackson Pollack[6]
  10. 1973 | 5. Stuart Little
    |
    :green_heart: Science & Nature |
    :orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
  11. 71 per cent | 1. Torch
  12. Camomile | 2. Stop the dive and ascend
  13. Leukemia | 3. Duck
  14. A protractor | 4. Tooth
  15. 12 | 5. Medium-density fibreboard

  1. He has long been a keen banjo player ↩︎

  2. Intricate blue tiles decorate the inside walls ↩︎

  3. In 2001. The iPhone came in 2007, and the iPad followed in 2010 ↩︎

  4. The form developed as an expression of Buddhist ideas of beauty ↩︎

  5. They called it Camulodunum ↩︎

  6. This dark period followed his colourful drip paintings ↩︎

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Here goes… Thanks @Ian_Chimp

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. A place to park it
  2. Stalingrad
  3. Artic ocean
  4. Red
  5. Aberdeen

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Fab 1
  2. Jackanory???
  3. Will Smith??
  4. Radar

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Ipod
  2. 1972

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Sheffield???
  2. Flower arrangement

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. 71%
  2. Calamine
  3. Leukemia
  4. Pertractor
  5. 12 doz = 1 gross

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Torch?
  2. To surface?
  3. Duck :duck:
  4. Tooth?
  5. Medium density fibreboard
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WillC Answers

Geography

1, A parking space?
2, Leningrad
3, Arctic Ocean
4, Blue?
5, Aberdeen

Entertainment

1, FAB 1
2, No idea
3, Steve Martin? I know he plays the banjo.
4, Passengers
5, Hawkeye?

History

1, iPod
2, No idea
3, Colchester?
4, Alfred the Great?
5, No idea

Art and Literature

1, Sheffield?
2, Flower Arranging?
3, Noel Coward?
4, Jackson Pollock?
5, Stuart Little

Science and Nature

1, 71%
2, Camomile (Not sure of spelling)
3, Leukeamia (Again not of spelling)
4, Protractor
5, One dozen?

Sprot and Leisure

1, Torch?
2, Everything’s OK?
3, Duck
4, Tooth?
5, Medium Density Fibreboard (thank you Changing Rooms!)

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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:

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
  3. 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:

  1. Artic ocean
  2. The red mosque
    5.London

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. 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
  2. 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:

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:

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

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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