The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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I’ve set the Default_Marking_Stringency value to ‘Friendly’. :slightly_smiling_face:

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I’ll give @WillC and @Ace12345 a little mention for a last chance to check their scores before I declare an official winner. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

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@Ian_Chimp i checked them mate, they’re fine. Congratulations ladies!

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Then I herby declare the first and most triumphant winner of The Great Hump Day Quiz! :tada::dromedary_camel: to be…

:balloon::balloon: VanillaWithSprinkles :balloon::balloon:

:blue_heart::heartpulse::yellow_heart::poop::green_heart::orange_heart::blue_heart::heartpulse::yellow_heart::poop::green_heart::orange_heart::blue_heart::heartpulse::yellow_heart::poop::green_heart::orange_heart::blue_heart::heartpulse::yellow_heart::poop::green_heart::orange_heart::blue_heart::heartpulse::yellow_heart::poop::green_heart::orange_heart::blue_heart::heartpulse:

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Aaaa thank you so much @Ian_Chimp for setting it all up, it was great fun! Well done all participants :two_hearts::two_hearts:

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And I’ve already got the next one lined up. :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

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Congratulations @VanillaWithSprinkles :tada::confetti_ball::clap:t2::hugs: You are one clever cookie.

And thanks to @Ian_Chimp for all the hard work that went in! I had a lot of fun :blush:

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I’m honestly surprised by my score, i was expecting like half that, if not lower :joy:

Well done @VanillaWithSprinkles anyway, you did amazingly.

If you need any filler questions for the next one @Ian_Chimp i think i’ve got some good ones, especially regarding Greek mythology (had a bit of a research binge recently)

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Was a great quiz @Ian_Chimp , thanks very muchly and congratulations @VanillaWithSprinkles - superb answering!

Ooh, studied Classics GCSE and my name states I’m the Greek Goddess of Seduction :rofl:… give us a (fairly basic) Greek mythology quiz @Ace12345 :pray:t2:

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If people are interested i’ve got 6 ok questions i can post this weekend (or i can wait and add a round to @Ian_Chimp’s hump day quiz if that’d be preferred, i don’t mind).

They could possibly be a little specialist but even without actually knowing most are very guessable from very basic mythology knowledge (and also have quite a lot of opportunities for bonus points - plus some of the stuff is genuinely really interesting)

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Ooh whatever suits you @Ace12345 don’t suppose there’s Norse mythology in there? :blush:

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The Great Hump Day Quiz (:tada::dromedary_camel:) is all old trivial pursuit questions, so you may be better off doing anything else separately. It’ll give the topic a bit more variety too. :+1:

If I accidentally answer in Roman can I have half points? :slightly_smiling_face:

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@MsSubExperimenter Sorry just Greek in this set though i may look into doing more sets from some other areas of mythology, there’s so much info in all of them.

And ok @Ian_Chimp :joy: i’ll credit most Roman answers. I think i might post it tomorrow then as a little weekend one then

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Ok i figured i post it now as I’m likely to oversleep, this way people can have a look when they want.

  1. Who is Helen of Troy’s father? (bonus point for naming the myth regarding her conception or her mother, it’s actually quite a well known myth though most people don’t realise she is one of the children conceived)

  2. What is the original name if Persephone? (bonus if you know the meaning of her old or new name)

  3. In most versions of the myth (ie the ones where she began human and became a gorgon) who cursed Medusa?

  4. Who is the only member of the original pantheon not born directly from the line of Kronos? (ie is not his child or grandchild)

  5. Name 2 rivers in the underworld (there are 6 i believe so a few options, though i think most people will have one common answer)

  6. In some versions of mythology, who created the sirens? (bonus point if you can name the myth this is part of, it’s honestly probably the MOST famous Greek myth)

  7. Which god is considered by many to have never had any children (and also 1 of the few with no known affairs)? (His wife has children but it’s generally believed they are not his, due to a rumoured curse from the one who is actually the children’s father)

  8. Name the 3 virgin goddesses.

  9. In the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, what killed Eurydice?

  10. What was the role of Lachesis? (half a point if you name the collective title she holds with her sisters)

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I think I know two. :slightly_smiling_face:

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My Answers to Greek Mythology ⚡👑💀🌊💗📖⚒✉⚔🌿☀️🌙
  1. Zeus and Leda are her parents - Leda was raped by a swan! How unfortunate and biologically implausible :thinking:
  2. Persephone means bringer of death which is unfair since she escapes death and brings growth and harvest each year :woman_shrugging:t2:. Don’t know her previous name.
  3. Athene/Athena for shagging Poseidon in her temple
  4. Can eliminate some… of those left, Hefaestus? Guess.
  5. The Styx and I can’t think of another name though I know there’s one about forgetfulness which seems apt.
  6. Hera? She created a lot of monsters. No idea what myth their origin story is in but there’s a chapter about them failing to lure Odysseus in the Odyssey though that would probably put them as created by Poseidon? :thinking:
  7. Hades
  8. Artimus, Hestia and Athene/Athena
  9. Don’t know, know he looked back though as they were leaving the underworld so she didn’t return to life.
  10. She was one of the fates, don’t know which though… one spins, one measures, one cuts… let’s say she measures.

Enjoyed that, love Greek mythology… harder than I expected though because I thought I knew a lot about the subject! :joy:

Edited to change emojis in title so no spoiler - sorry @Ian_Chimp ! :rofl:

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Is that :swan: another spoiler? :slightly_smiling_face:

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Surely not… Just a representation of a God as there aren’t many specific Greek Myth emojis. Want me to change it?

Okay editing to try and represent each of the main Gods with one emoji… it becomes a long title…
:zap::crown::skull::ocean::heartpulse::open_book::hammer_and_pick::email::crossed_swords::herb::sunny::crescent_moon:

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Well, it is part of the answer to the first question, but I don’t mind either way. :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

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Well I’ve managed to miss a fair few rounds (probably for the best since I don’t think Id’ve got more than 4 points total :joy:

Here we go! (They are equally terrible, be warned)

Greek mythology answers
  1. Zeus. he probably turned into a Swan to seduce her mother, or some other animal, a bull maybe? Randy shapeshifter!
  2. …Mildred
  3. Hera
  4. Apollo?
  5. Styx and Styx II (revenge of the Styx)
  6. Hera again? To try kill Hercules, cause she’s upset her husband has been off shagging again. Oh Zeus :roll_eyes:
  7. Mercury?
  8. Athena, and two other lovely ladies
  9. A snake?
  10. She could see the future - the fates?
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