The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

Games
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WillC Answers

Geography
1, Israel and Jordan
2, No idea
3, The Bermuda Triangle
4, Medina
5, No idea
Entertainment
1, Little Susie
2, John Culshaw
3, Grace Kelly
4, 3?
5, Gilbert no idea of first name!

History
1, No idea
2, Dalai Lama
3, Russia
4, Joseph McCarthy?
5, No idea

Art and Literature

1, Shamrock
2, Georges Simenon
3, Whale bone?
4, No idea
5, Japan

Science and Nature

1, No idea
2, No idea
3, No idea
4, Antelope
5, 5th

Sprot and Leisure

1, Roger Bannister?
2, No idea
3, No idea
4, Champagne!
5, No idea.

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Answers

Geography

  1. Greece and Turkey
  2. Mount Fuji
  3. The Bermuda Triangle
  4. Cairo
  5. London

Entertainment

  1. Dracula
  2. Scheiffer Bates
  3. Audrey Hepburn
  4. 4
  5. Ernest Hemingway

History

  1. Tutankhamen’s mummy
  2. The Dalhi Llama
  3. Russia
  4. No idea
  5. Slovakia

Art & Lit

  1. Clover
  2. Agatha Christie
  3. Wood
  4. Murakama
  5. France

Science

  1. Uranium
  2. Sun
  3. 3
  4. A little rodenty type thing (I know it’s a cute animal, but I don’t know exactly what type it is, it kind of looks like a little deer :sweat_smile: )
  5. 3 years

Sport

  1. Arnold Schwarzenegger
  2. Australia
  3. Sprinting
  4. Beer
  5. Tottenham
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My Hump Day Quiz Answers :tada::camel:

My 💙 Geography Answers
  1. Israel and Jordon
  2. Mauna Kea …or does Hawii count as a mountain range? Might well, in which case no idea.
  3. Bermuda Triangle
  4. Cairo :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Dorset?
My 💗 Entertainment Answers
  1. Sleeping Beauty?
  2. Jon Culshaw
  3. Assuming UK stamp… Marilyn Monroe Grace Kelly (as unlikely to be Marilyn since she’s the next question :rofl:)
  4. Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller definitely… couple of others? 4?
  5. Mr. Gilbert
My 💛 History Answers
  1. :thinking: Not sure… it is NOT shrunken heads! They are in the Pitt Rivers Museum which is at the back of the Natural History Museum, neither of which are associated with the Ashmolean!!! Hopefully I am underestimating the Trivial Pursuit cards and there is something other that they want but the most common item in Oxford Museums asked about is the shrunken heads and they are not in the Ashmolean. Rant over and probably on completely the wrong line anyway.
  2. Dalai Lama?
  3. Russia
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Holland?
My 💩 Art and Literature Answers
  1. 3 leaf clover?
  2. Know Maigret is a detective, don’t know the author
  3. Wood… surely Naval individuals all have wooden legs don’t they?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Japan
My 💚 Science and Nature Answers
  1. DNA
  2. The Sun
  3. Based on decimal so 10 :woman_shrugging:t2:
  4. Small antelope
  5. Five
My 🧡 Sprot and Leisure Answers
  1. Only runner I can think of from that sort of era is Roger Bannister :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. Australia :woman_shrugging:t2:
  3. I know Michael Phelps is Swimming… maybe his relative likes Modern Pentathlon?
  4. Champagne
  5. Epsom
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I’ve adjusted your score by a ½ point on Yellow1 as I misremembered the exact answer when I marked them. :slightly_smiling_face: But there’s a strong chance you’ll get it back in the re-marking. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

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I was going to try and join in this week. However looking at the questions, I dont know a single one. Maybe next week :rofl::rofl:

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Ms Sub’s Attempt

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. What two countries border the Dead Sea? Israel and Jordan?
  2. What’s the world’s highest mountain that isn’t part of a range? K2?
  3. What fabled area touches the coasts of Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico? Bermuda Triangle
  4. Which city boasts the tomb of Mohammed? Mecca?
  5. What county’s port of Dunwich fell into the sea? Jamaica?

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. Who were The Everly Brothers trying to wake up? Little Susie?
  2. Which Dead Ringers impressionist was put through to Tony Blair when he dialled Downing Street pretending to be William Hague? Jon Culshaw?
  3. Who was the first American actress to appear on a postage stamp? Marilyn Monroe?
  4. How many times did Marilyn Monroe marry? 3?
  5. Who was Arthur Sullivan’s collaborator? Someone Gilbert

:yellow_heart: History

  1. What’s the claim to fame of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum? Oldest library?
  2. Which exiled spiritual leader was awarded the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize? Dalai Lama?
  3. What country did the houses of Rurik and Romanov rule? Russia?
  4. Which US anti-communist claimed he’d been wounded in action but had actually fallen off a ladder? Hoover?
  5. What country did King Gustav V reign over from 1907 to 1950? Sweden?

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. What plant did St. Patrick use to explain the Trinity? Clover?
  2. Which Belgian creator of Maigret died in 1989? Monsieur Chocolate!
  3. What was Captain Ahab’s peg leg made of? Bone?
  4. Whose Mazurkas were described by a German critic as ‘repugnant’ and ‘tortuous’? Chopin?
  5. What country was the setting of You Only Live Twice? Japan?

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. What molecule did James Watson and Francis Crick unravel in 1944? DNA
  2. What celestial body has a diameter of 864,000 miles? The sun?
  3. What’s the minimum number of bars on an abacus? 5?
  4. What is a dik-dik? A teeny tiny deer
  5. What is the Wood Anniversary? 5?

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure

  1. What runner was Sprots Illustrated’s 1954 Sprotsman of the Year? Roger Bannister?
  2. Which defending champions staged the 2003 Rugby World Cup? Australia?
  3. What was Brian Phelps’s Olympic sprot? Swimming?
  4. What’s bottled in Jeroboams? Champagne?
  5. What racecourse features Tattenham Corner? Donington Park?
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Answers to Hump Day Quiz 02.12.20

:blue_heart:

  1. Israel and Jordan
  2. No idea
  3. Bermuda triangle
  4. Medina
  5. Suffolk

:heartpulse:

  1. The devil?! :joy: No idea
  2. John Culshaw
  3. Grace Kelly
  4. Oooh not sure… Either 2 or 3… I’ll go with 3
  5. No idea

:yellow_heart:

  1. First museum open to the public I think?
  2. The dalai lama
  3. Guess at Germany
  4. No idea… Wonder if that’s where the “accident at work” started though…
  5. Denmark?

:brown_heart:

  1. Shamrock
  2. No idea
  3. No idea, I’m gonna guess something from the sea though. Shark teeth? (:joy: that’s ridiculous isn’t it… I can’t come up with anything better)
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

:green_heart:

  1. DNA
  2. The sun?
  3. 1?
  4. No idea
  5. 5th

:orange_heart:

  1. No idea
  2. New Zealand?
  3. Not sure. Swimmer?
  4. No idea
  5. Epsom Racecourse
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Good morning everybody. :slightly_smiling_face: Before I put the answers in for this week I’ll give @VanillaWithSprinkles @Ace12345 @Serpentwand and @Cassii a little shout out to see if they want to squeeze a last minute entry in… :slightly_smiling_face:

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I’m going to have to skip this week, a lot of stuff went dodgy yesterday that i still need to fix today

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I’m having to skip again too, life getting in the way

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Sorry, that was a longer delay than I was planning. Housework is so much fun I just get carried away sometimes. :slightly_smiling_face:

I have added the answers to the quiz post. :slightly_smiling_face:

The card wanted ‘World’s Oldest Museum’ for Yellow1, but I’ve accepted ‘Britain’s First Museum’ for a full point (and ‘oldest library’ as a ½ point as it said ‘oldest’ in it :slightly_smiling_face:).

This one was a very close race for the top spot, but I think @Onlyones has just pipped ahead with the extra ½ point for Yellow1. :+1:

So, I do declare this week’s winner to be…

@Onlyones :trophy::tada:
With a well deserved gold-ish silver medal for @MsSubExperimenter :2nd_place_medal:

Congratulations! :balloon::partying_face:

Hope you enjoyed it, and I’ll be back next week with another. :+1:

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I seem to be getting worse each week :joy::joy:

Enjoyed it though, thank you @Ian_Chimp!

Well done to the winner @Onlyones - Excellent job :clap:t2::clap:t2::clap:t2:

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Congratulations! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks @Ian_Chimp and well done @MsSubExperimenter .

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You too @Onlyones :tada::champagne::champagne::tada::clap:

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Thanks @SexInTheCity and @WillC

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Congratulations @Onlyones - impressive quizzing!

I had been waiting with great anticipation to find out which of Sprot 1 or 3 I had guessed right. Only knew the last two, assumed Australia was a correct answer as quite likely but though Roger Bannister and Pentathlon were both ridiculous guesses and was amazed that 1 was correct! :rofl:

Thanks for hosting @Ian_Chimp and I apologise to the questions for getting completely the wrong end of the stick about the Ashmolean… didn’t know that actual fact before though so yay, I’ve learnt something that I will actually now remember! :clap:

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The Noughties Quiz Round
Everyone welcome to join in! Answers Monday morning :blush:

  1. What was the UK’s best-selling book of the 2000?
  2. What was limewire?
  3. Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie starred on a 2000s reality show called… ?
  4. Beyoncé’s Single Ladies famously lost the accolade for Best Female Videos at the 2009 VMAs. Who won and why was the moment marred by controversy?
  5. In 2002, which rock and roll family invited cameras into their home for a reality show on MTV?
  6. Which well known high street shop had its final branch close in January 2009?
  7. Which iconic gadget was first released on November 10, 2001?
  8. People were shocked when Madonna kissed which star at the 2003 MTV VMAs?
  9. Who became British Prime Minister in 2007?
  10. England celebrated victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, thanks to a winning drop goal from which player?
  11. Which group won the first series of ‘Popstars’ in 2001?
  12. Which cartoon character beat Westlife to the Christmas number one spot in 2000?
  13. In what year did pop band Steps break up, before they reformed in 2011?
  14. What was the highest grossing movie of the decade?
  15. Who became the first woman poet laureate in May 2009?
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WillC 00's Quiz Answers

1, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone?
2, No idea!
3, I can’t remember!
4, Taylor Swift and Kanye West made a tit of himself!
5, The Osbournes
6, Woolworths?
7, No idea!
8, Britney Spears?
9, Gordon Brown
10, No idea!
11, Hear’say
12, Bob The Builder
13, No idea!
14, Avatar?
15, No idea!

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Do you lose points for getting the wrong decade? :slightly_smiling_face:

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