The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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It’s a day late, but I thought I’d see if I could bash one out anyhoo. :slight_smile:

This one has been made on my laptop, which was an experience. It’s really odd using an actual computer rather than my phone. The forum looks a strange and unusual place. And even more so using a laptop. :slight_smile:

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Wow! This feels extra challenging this week. Good luck everyone​:crossed_fingers:

Knottydevil’s Answers

Geography :blue_heart:

  2. False
  3. Rome
  4. Greenland
  5. 10

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Cannes
  2. Victoria Wood
  3. Oscar Wilde
  4. Derren Brown
  5. Yellow

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Benito Mussolini
  3. Augusta
  4. Sphinx
  5. Labour party

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Albatross
  2. False (it’s by Picasso).
  4. Rotten
  5. Alma Mater

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. True
  2. Post-it note
  3. Air pressure
  4. Aspirin
  5. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Baseball
  2. Pepsi
  3. Germany
  5. Juggling
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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Hawaii
2, False?
3, No idea
4, Greenland
5, No idea

Entertainment

1, Venice
2, Victoria Wood
3, Oscar Wilde?
4, Derren Brown
5, Pink!

History

1, Mussolini?
2, Dicken Medal? ( Not sure of spelling)
3, Alexandrina
4, The Sphinx
5, Labour?

Art and Literature

1, Albatross
2, False
3, No idea
4, Rotten!
5, Alma Mater

Science and Nature

1, False
2, Paperclip?
3, Air Pressure
4, No idea
5, One small step for man, a giant leap for mankind.

Sprot and Leisure

1, Ten Pin Bowling?
2, Sprite?
3, No idea
4, No idea
5, Juggling?

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Thanks Mr Chimp!

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. The flag of which US state features the UK flag in its top-left corner? Hawaii?
  2. There is an English airport named after highwayman Dick Turpin. True or false? False?
  3. What European capital celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1951? Athens?
  4. What’s the world’s largest island? Australia?
  5. How many countries lie along the Greenwich Meridian line? 2?

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. Which of these international film festivals is the oldest - Cannes, Berlin, or Venice? Cannes?
  2. Which much-loved comedian, who died in 2016, created and starred in the TV sitcom Dinnerladies? Victoria Wood :disappointed:
  3. Who said of his only heterosexual experience: “My heart was never in it, but my loins were grateful for the outing and the exercise”? Oscar Wilde?
  4. Which British illusionist has hosted TV shows called Mind Control and Trick of the Mind? Derren Brown?
  5. What colour is the cat Custard in Roobarb and Custard - pink, yellow, or green? Pink?

:yellow_heart: History

  1. Who replaced the assassinated Giacomo Matteotti in 1924? Mussolini?
  2. Instituted in 1943 by the PDSA, what is the name of the medal awarded to animals for outstanding acts of bravery in wartime? Purple Heart?
  3. What was Queen Victoria’s real first name - Alexandrina, Eleanora, or Augusta? Alexandrina?
  4. A large statue of what mythical creature sits by the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt? Sphinx?
  5. Which British political party was formed in 1900? Labour?

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. Which seabird features in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”? Albatross?
  2. Guernica is a painting by the French artist Matisse. True or false? False?
  3. Who wrote It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us? No idea
  4. What word is used to describe the Romans in the Horrible Histories book - Rotten, Rude, or Rough? Rotten,
  5. What Latin phrase for nurturing mother is often used to describe someone’s old school? Alma Mater?

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. Sound travels faster in water than in air. True or false? False?
  2. Which office staple was invented by Art Fry in 1974, because he was tired of his bookmarks slipping out of his hymnal at church? Paper clip?
  3. What is a barometer used to measure - temperature, windspeed, or air pressure? Air pressure?
  4. What drug is obtained from the cinchona tree? Cocaine?
  5. What were the first words spoken from the moon? Hello?

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure

  1. In which game can you score a strike, a spare, and a turkey? Ten Pin Bowling?
  2. Which popular fizzy drinks brand started life as Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda? 7Up?
  3. What country won soccer’s first ever World Cup? Chile?
  4. What sprots brand, still in existence today, was the manufacturer of the original rugby balls in the 19th century? Gilbert?
  5. If I am impressing you with my reverse chops and my frantic cascade, I am - dancing, jumping, or juggling? Juggling?
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Cheers @Ian_Chimp, I’ve had chips today so I’m out of king Edwards :joy::joy:

Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. New England?
  2. True
  3. Rome
  4. Greenland
  5. 9

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Cannes
  2. Victoria Wood
  3. Kenny everate (spelling??)
  4. Paul mckenna??
  5. Pink

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Mussolini??
    2.?
  2. Augusta… Sounds German
  3. Sphinx
  4. Liberals

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. Albatros
  2. False
  4. Rotten

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. False
  2. Paper clip
  3. Air pressure
  4. Morphine
  5. The Eagle has landed?

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. 10 pin bowling
  2. 7up?
  4. Umbro?
  5. Juggling
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Managed to fit it in this week. Here’s my answers. . Thanks again @Ian_Chimp

Answers

Geography :blue_heart:

  2. True
  3. Venice
  4. Hawaii
    5.Four

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Cannes
  4. Darren brown
  5. Pink

History :yellow_heart:

  2. The dickin medal
  3. Alexandrina
  4. The sphinx
  5. Labour

Arts and Literature :poop:

2 True
3.
4. Rotten
5.

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. False
  2. Paper clip
  3. Air pressure
  5. One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Ten pin bowling
    2 Sprite
  2. Brazil
  4. Jumping
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Definitely not going to miss the Boxing Hump Day Quiz!

💙 Geography
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2: Not a clue, I’ll go for one of the “New’s” as they must have liked us at some stage… New Hampshire?
  2. Surely not - False
  3. France was invaded by the Roman Empire in around 50BC (according to Asterix and Obelix) so I’m going to take a stab at Paris?
  4. It’s always stated that Greenland is but I don’t understand why… surely it should be North and Sounth America or Africa or at least Australia! I’ll go for Greenland as my quiz answer but why don’t bigger ones count?!
  5. Oh not a clue - us, a few in mainland Europe, a load in Africa’s top left bump… um 12?
💗 Entertainment
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2: Venice?
  2. Victoria Wood, this was on TV a couple of night’s ago… somewhat relevant to Lovehoney and a giggle:

Victoria Wood - Lets do it - The Ballad of Barry and Freda - An Audience With... - YouTube

  1. Stephen Fry?
  2. Derren Brown
  3. I have seen stills from it but I can’t remember… I don’t think green. Whichever one is Custard must be yellow. Let’s assume the Cat is Custard and say yellow?
💛 History
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. I feel I should absolutely know this and yer it’s not coming to me.
  3. Alexandrina
  4. The Sphinx
  5. Labour? It was basically just the Liberals and the Torries before wasn’t it?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. An Albatross
  2. False - Guernica is by Picasso
  3. Don’t know
  4. The Rotten Romans (I had The Vile Victorians, The Terrible Tudors and Dark Knights and Dingy Castles when I was a kid)
  5. I did a bit of Latin at school but not much and the description doesn’t ring a bell.
💚 Science and Nature
  1. True
  2. Paperclip?
  3. Air Pressure
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” … that’s my answer but seems too obvious so slightly expecting QI sirens to go off.
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. 10 pin bowling? Don’t know what the second two are though.
  2. Sprite?
  3. Since it’s been put incorrectly as “Soccer” somewhere in South America… Argentina?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: Nike?
  5. Juggling?

Thanks @Ian_Chimp . Looks like I’m going to have to do some homework on how to get You Tube clips to play in situ within hidden lists.

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I’ll pass this week! Having had a quick look at the questions, I think i might actually get minus points!

Good luck though folks :crossed_fingers:

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Answers to Boxing Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. No idea. New Jersey?
  2. False
  3. Paris
  4. Random guess at Madagascar?
  5. 5?

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Venice
  2. Victoria Wood
  3. No idea but it made me laugh :joy:
  4. Derren Brown?
  5. Surely green has to be discounted?! I’m going to guess pink

History :yellow_heart:

  1. No idea
  2. No idea
  3. Augusta?
  4. Sphinx
  5. Labour

Arts and Literature :poop:

  1. No idea
  2. False (do I get a bonus point for knowing it’s Picasso?)
  3. No idea
  4. Rotten
  5. No idea

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. True
  2. No idea :thinking: I can’t even think of an educated guess
  3. Air pressure
  4. No idea
  5. I can’t remember but know it’s not the “one small step” line. It’s something quite boring and technical

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. Bowling
  2. 7 up
  3. No idea
  4. Gilbert
  5. Juggling?

These felt haaaaaaaard!! So many guesses!

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

And I can duly declare the winner of this week’s Great Boxing Hump Quiz to be… :drum: :drum: :drum:

@WillC :trophy::balloon:

Congratulations! :slight_smile:

And you were the only Great Boxing Hump Clean-Sweeper too. :clap::bouquet:

@WillC :yellow_heart:

The kids questions were…

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

And the one and only Boxing Hump King Edward Crown goes to @littlespoons :partying_face::potato::crown:

And some ‘help yourself’ hedgehogs, if anyone wants one. :slight_smile:

:hedgehog: :hedgehog: :hedgehog: :hedgehog: :hedgehog:

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Congratulations @WillC!

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Thanks! Looking at the answers, i should have got the moon landing one too, as i was torn between the two!

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Congratulations @WillC - tough questions! :clap::clap::clap:

Thank you for the quiz @Ian_Chimp :blush:

Observations:

  • I feel stupid on the Moon Landing one, I knew those QI sirens were going to go off at me! :woman_facepalming:t2:

  • 50:50 between Sprite and 7UP, went the wrong way.

  • But the Rubarb and Custard one - I felt sure Custard would be yellow, I was just going with a toss up of whether Custard was the cat or not. How can you call a pink cat Custard? Custard is yellow - Someone is making Custard wrong!

Ooh, and thank you for my hedgehog!

:hedgehog:

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I only know Roobarb and Custard cos i grew up on it! 5.40pm just before the BBC1 news at 5.45pm Monday to Friday!

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Thanks @Ian_Chimp thanks I’ll grab a hedgehog… What to do with it? Release it to be free, use it in the bath as a back scrub :bath:?
Oooh the choices

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(05/07/22)

The Great Hump Day Quiz! 🐪

Welcome to the Great Hump Day Quiz! Dusted off and revived for an extra-special @Knottydevil Leaving-Do edition. :slight_smile: :partying_face:

I might be a bit late to the leaving-do with this one as I seem to have completely forgotten how to do them :slight_smile:, but nevertheless, if you’re still in the building @Knottydevil… here is a slightly premature Great Hump Day Quiz for old time’s sake. :clinking_glasses: :balloon:

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 is Scotland’s busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers?

  2. Which Yorkshire town gives its name to a circular, liquorice-flavoured sweet?

  3. Java and Sumatra are two of the thousands of islands that make up which Asian country?

  4. Which statue is found on a rock overlooking Copenhagen harbour?

  5. Which canal-filled Russian city is called the Venice of the North?

💗Entertainment

  1. Which singer and Academy Award winner joined The Voice UK as a coach in 2017?

  2. Which performer gave a series of concerts in 2014 called Before the Dawn, her first live shows since 1979?

  3. As of 2017, roughly how many English-language articles are on Wikipedia - 5 million, 20 million, or 50 million?

  4. What is both the home to SpongeBob SquarePants and a part of a bathing suit?

  5. Which film studio is represented by a roaring lion?

💛 History

  1. What was George VI’s nickname among members of his family - Georgie, Bertie, or Squidgy?

  2. Name the folkloric ghost ship that can never make it to port.

  3. How many different letters are used in Roman numerals?

  4. Richard Gere’s son shares his name with which ancient Greek poet and modern-day cartoon character?

  5. In 1847 Parliament passed a law that said children under the age of 18 were allowed to work in textiles factories for how many hours a day - 6, 10, or 18?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Which Jacqueline Wilson character lives in a children’s home that she calls The Dumping Ground, until she is fostered by Cam?

  2. Which of these is not a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Cats, Miss Saigon, or Starlight Express?

  3. The English nursery rhyme “Oranges and Lemons” was used in which dystopian novel published in 1949?

  4. If C is Charlie, which five other names are used in the NATO phonetic alphabet?

  5. Which London gallery opened a multi-storey extension, called the Blavatnik Building in 2016?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. Which was the final planet on the space probe Cassini’s journey?

  2. What insect spreads royal jelly over eggs?

  3. Who was the first official UK astronaut to visit the International Space Station?

  4. Which type of tea leaves have the highest amount of antioxidants - green, white, or black?

  5. What is the name for the white part of the eye?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. How many balls are used in the game of snooker, on a full-size table?

  2. Which of these has completed the London Marathon in the fastest time - Jenson Button, Amanda Holden, or Gordon Ramsey?

  3. In rounders, what score does the batting team get if the batter reaches the third post in one hit?

  4. Which fruit is found in Eve’s pudding?

  5. Shotokan is a form of which martial art - judo, karate, or taekwondo?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@Peitho 23 3 3 5 5 3 4
@MsSubExperimenter 20½ 4 3 5 4 ½ 4
@WillC 20½ 5 3 2 5 2½ 3
@MrsLovett77 19½ 5 3 4 3½ 2 2
@Knottydevil 19 4 2 3 4 3 3
@Craig1234 16½ 4 2 2 5 1½ 2
@Ian_Chimp 16 3 3 3 3 2 2
The Answers
:blue_heart: Geography :heartpulse: Entertainment
1. Edinburgh Airport 1. Jennifer Hudson
2. Pontefract[1] 2. Kate Bush
3. Indonesia 3. 5 million
4. The Little Mermaid 4. Bikini Bottom
5. St Petersburg 5. MGM[2]

:yellow_heart: History
:poop: Arts & Literature
1. Bertie 1. Tracy Beaker
2. Flying Dutchman 2. Miss Saigon[3]
3. Seven[4] 3. Nineteen Eighty-Four
4. Homer 4. Juliet, Mike, Oscar, Romeo, Victor[5]
5. 10 [6] 5. Tate Modern

:green_heart: Science & Nature
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure
1. Saturn 1. 22
2. Honey bee[7] 2. Jenson Button[8]
3. Tim Peake[9] 3. Half a Rounder
4. White 4. Apples
5. Sclera 5. Karate

  1. Though definitely a sweet, the product is called Pontefract cake ↩︎

  2. Leo the lion was created in 1916 when the studio was called Goldwyn Pictures ↩︎

  3. It’s by Boublil and Schonberg, who also created Les Misérables ↩︎

  4. I, V, X, L, C, D, M ↩︎

  5. India, Papa, and Sierra could also be names ↩︎

  6. Children could work for 10 hours a day on Mondays to Fridays and 8 hours on Saturdays, but had Sundays off ↩︎

  7. Large amounts of royal jelly turn an ordinary egg into a queen ↩︎

  8. He crossed the line in 2015 in an impressive 2 hours 52 minutes ↩︎

  9. Helen Sharman was the first Brit to go into space, but Tim Peake was the first to visit the ISS ↩︎

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Hooray!!!

💙 Geography
  1. Based on my 1 person sample group of me, I’ll go for Edinburgh Airport as I’ve flown in and out of there a couple of times and never been to any of the others! (Seems too obvious an answer though so I suspect wrong but it’s what my data shows.)
  2. Not round and I don’t think a Yorkshire town but the only licorice I can think of… Black Jacks
  3. Indonesia
  4. The Little Mermaid
  5. Donetsk? Does that count as Russia now? :disappointed_relieved: Too political?
💗 Entertainment"
  1. Not the foggiest
  2. Kate Bush… and she’s doing alright again now isn’t she? :rofl:
  3. :thinking: A million is a lot bigger than people think… so 5 million?
  4. I thought he “lived in a pineapple under the sea”, I don’t recall a pineapple being part of my bikinis though. Uncomfortable I’d have thought. Maybe it’s a kink thing.
  5. MGM
💛 History
  1. Bertie? - Georgie seems too mundane to ask about and I can’t imagine it being Squidgy
  2. The Flying Dutchman
  3. I,V,X,L,C,D and M so 7
  4. Homer? Greek poet and Cartoon character, there are probably others though.
  5. :thinking: 10?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Tracey Beaker is the only Jacqueline Wilson character I can name so her.
  2. Miss Saigon
  3. Must be Nineteen Eighty Four
  4. Victor, Mike, Oscar, Juliet and Romeo - first three came straight away, had to work through the alphabet to remember the last two, they do come as a pair though :rofl:
  5. Tate Modern? No idea.
💚 Science and Nature
  1. Saturn, it was crashed into it but sent data on route in. I worked briefly on data it sent about Enceladus mapping the hot pole during a Summer job between Undergrad and PhD :blush:
  2. Honeybees
  3. Tim Peake I think, don’t think there was another before him :thinking:
  4. Green? Green tea is meant to be good for you isn’t it? I’ll stick to Tetleys or PG Tips myself though :rofl:
  5. I should know this! Not coming though.
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. 15 Red, Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue, Pink, Black and White so 22
  2. :woman_shrugging:t2: Gordon Ramsey? - he’s pretty competitive.
  3. God this takes me back a bit. Um, I think you just score 1 if you get fully round. Do you get half a rounder for third base?
  4. Given the name it must be apple though I’ve never eaten one.
  5. Karate?

Thanks @Ian_Chimp ! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Will have a look tomorrow when i’m sober! :wink:

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Given my actual definite knowledge score was 13 I’m rather pleased with my guessing tonight! :rofl:

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Wow, @Peitho! Great score!
I‘ve done quite a bit of guessing too. So here goes​:crossed_fingers:

Knottydevil’s Answers to Hump Day Quiz

Geography :blue_heart:

  1. Edinburgh
  3. Indonesia
  4. The Little Mermaid
  5. St Petersburg

Entertainment :heartpulse:

  1. Sir Tom Jones
  3. 20 Million
  4. Bikini Bottom, of course!
  5. MGM

History :yellow_heart:

  1. Bertie
  2. Marie Celeste
  3. 7 (that I can think of)
  4. Pluto
  5. 10

Arts and Literature :poop:

  2. Miss Saigon
  3. Nineteen Eighty Four
  4. Juliet, Mike, Oscar, Romeo, Victor
  5. Tate Modern

Science and Nature :green_heart:

  1. Pluto
  2. Honey Bee
  3. Tim Peake
  4. Green
  5. Sclera

Sprot and Leisure :orange_heart:

  1. 16
  2. Jenson Button
  3. Half a point
  4. Apple
  5. Taekwondo
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