The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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@MsSubExperimenter Whoops! That’s a freebie lol

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Shall I go be more specific in my answer? :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Haha. That’s a really good effort by the way

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My go...
  1. Sadly, I don’t know. My Greek and Roman mythology knowledge is pretty good… my Norse, not so much.
  2. 17 assuming primes
  3. Hummingbird?
  4. Crete
  5. Seattle
  6. Quanta
  7. Bull?
  8. Alphabet
  9. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  10. 14th July

I’m more comfortable with these than lyrics, though where that brought back happy memories, this takes me back to the horrors of undergrad Quantum Mechanics lectures :joy:

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Summary

1 Pass
2 17
3 Hummingbird
4 Pass
5 Seattle
6 Quanti :man_shrugging:t2:
7 Bull
8 Alphabet
9 Taylor Swift
10 14 July ~ my birthday :upside_down_face:

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Click to reveal answers
  1. What is the Norse tree of life called?

Yggdrasil

  1. What’s next in this sequence? 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, ??

17

  1. What is the smallest Bird

The Bee Hummingbird

  1. What island was at the centre of the Minoan civilisation

  2. What city would I be in if I was looking at the Space Needle

Seattle

  1. What is the plural of quantum

Quanta

  1. What does “toro” translate to in English

Bull

  1. What English word is derived from the first 2 letters in the Greek alphabet?

Alphabet

  1. Whose celebrity exes include Jake Gyllenhaal, Harry Styles and Calvin Harris?

  2. What day of the year is Bastille Day?

14 July

And thank you to @M-Sfnb1 for the quiz.

Good luck everybody :crossed_fingers:

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@pootle :disguised_face:

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Afternoon all,

Here’s the answers for the quiz

1 Yggdrasil

2 17

3 Bee Hummingbird

4 Crete

5 Seattle

6 Quanta

7 Bull

8 Alphabet

9 Taylor Swift

10 July 14th

@MsSubExperimenter 9/10 :partying_face:
@Peitho 8/10
@FL45H 8/10
@JoCat 7/10

Well done everybody!

Thanks for taking part

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Excuse me Miss @M-Sfnb1 , I have a question :raising_hand_woman:t2:

Where did I lose my 8th point? I make my score 8/10

…obviously, it makes no difference to the victor. Congratulations @MsSubExperimenter , a very deserved winner :clap::clap::clap:
(…but I still want to know where I lost a point beyond Taylor Swift and Yggdrasil :rofl:)

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Thank you kindly!

My useless trivia knowledge came in handy :joy::kissing_heart:

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Hmm, it was the Hummingbird one but I’ll grant it lol

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If nobody else has a quiz then I’ll get another one up this week

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Go for it!

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Good morning all. Anyone up for a quiz?

  1. How many main Islands make up the Canaries and the Balearics?
  2. What constellation do Rigel & Betelgeuse belong to?
  3. How would you pronounce “Betelgeuse”
  4. What mythical beast guards the gates of Hades?
  5. How many species of Deer are there in the UK?
  6. Name them
  7. Which is the smallest?
  8. True or false, Viking helmets had horns?
  9. What are the 2 landlocked countries in South America?
  10. Who said “if you’re going through hell, keep going”
  11. What TV show includes White Walkers & the 3 eyed raven?
  12. What is said to happen if the ravens leave the Tower of London?
  13. What’s the standard gauge of railway in UK & Europe?
  14. Links & chains are a measure of what?

Hide your answers please and good luck!

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It’s bad…
1)

Summary

50???
2) universe :joy:
3) eeerrrrr. Bell…
4)devil hounds
5)3?
6) roe
7) roe
8) false
9) Bolivia, Paraguay… I wonder if they have a navy
10)
11) game of thrones
12) monarchy will fall
13) 4ft 8 1/2 inches
14) distance
10 chains in a furlong

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Are you particularly fond of Deer? :deer:

My answers:
  1. Absolutely no idea… total guess… 17?
  2. Orion
  3. Your question is, how do I pronounce Betelgeuse, not how is it correctly pronounced. I pronounce it BeetleJuice, like the film. Ergo, we should all get the points for this one :rofl:
  4. Cerberus
  5. Ooh, I can think of 5… I’m probably missing a couple so… 7?
  6. Red, Roe, Fallow, Muntjack(sp?) and Seeka (I have no idea what a Seeka is or looks like but a friend’s dog was named after it!) and a possible couple of others?
  7. Muntjack(still sp?)
  8. Can all Hollywood films be wrong? Probably! So… false?
  9. Bolivia and Paraguay
  10. Churchill
  11. Game of Thrones
  12. Tower falls, monarchy falls, UK falls… thank you school trip!
  13. Think that’s the width of the track… 5 foot? :woman_shrugging:t2: Actually, if all Europe then it’s probably metric… 1.5 metres(ish)
  14. I don’t know what a link is but there’s 10 chains in a furlong in racing so distance?
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Haha, they’re nice animals but no lol. The questions just sort of rolled off as I was thinking

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Think I did this right @Ian_Chimp ?.. Have never won anything in my life :duck::joy:

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