The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

Games
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I can’t work out how to copy the table format :sob: Any tips?

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It’s okay, you can just type the answers to those as “one, two, three, four” :+1:

(but if anyone ever wants to see the code for these things you can pull up the reply editor and point it at my post, and then tap the ‘quote’ speech bubble in the top left of the formatting bar, and that will copy the whole thing into your reply window :+1:)

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Answers to Random Word Puzzles
  1. Brain
  2. Black (the Friday on this threw me for a second!)
  3. I can’t get this one… I know its not this but I’m gonna guess potato :joy:

For the next two can I get a clue about what category of titles they are? None are jumping out at me… Titles of films, books?
Edit: Still not got a clue about 4 and 5 even with the clue! :joy:
4.
5.

Word Ladders:

COST
CAST
CASE
BASE
BALE
SALE

DARK
LARK
LARE
LORE
LOBE
LOVE

SWAP
SOAP
SOAK
SOCK
SUCK
DUCK

HELP
HELD
HOLD
GOLD
GOLF
WOLF

CLAW
FLAW
FLAD
FOAD
FOOD
FOOR (is this a word?!) / FOOT :blush:

Going to be honest in that I’m not 100% sure they’re all real words… :joy:

They were hard!!! Def got my brain going.
P.s. Sorry for the formatting :grimacing:

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Ah, well spotted. It should be FOOT. :slightly_smiling_face:

I award a +1 golden edit for anyone who needs to adjust their answer. :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

Yes, both are both. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

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@Ian_Chimp I’ve just changed FOOR to FOOT on my answers, didn’t change anything else :blush:

@SexInTheCity I copied the whole thing into the notes app on my phone, did it then copied and pasted it back and there appears to be a table :blush:

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Okay, my go 🤔....
  1. Brain
  2. Black
  3. Carpet
  4. BLH - BLEAK HOUSE
  5. Not getting this one :woman_shrugging:t2:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
COST DARK SWAP HELP CLAW
CAST DART SOAP HELD FLAW
CASE DARE SOAK HOLD FLOW
TASE DAVE SOCK SOLD FLOD
TALE DOVE DOCK WOLD FOOD
SALE LOVE DUCK WOLF FOOT

Hmm, not sure about the word ladders as my answers to both 7 and 9 have a completely pointless step just to add a word and 7 also has a proper noun which I’m not certain is allowed but I think they work :thinking:.

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They are from a bargain bin Christmas quiz stocking filler thing, so don’t expect them to be gospel. :slightly_smiling_face: @MsSubExperimenter has got a couple of alternative routes on the word ladders which seem to work. :+1: Not 100% sure FLOD is a word though. :slightly_smiling_face:

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@Peitho if I’m right with number 5, and you want a hint, how are Cerberus and his sister? And your horse?

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It’s not as popular or as well-known as Peitho’s Homestead, but I think it’s close? :slightly_smiling_face:

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@MsSubExperimenter :rofl: Got 5 now! ART was throwing me off.

@Ian_Chimp Flod (plural flodes) A waterbody or water in general (opposed to land): A river; a waterbody that moves in one direction. A lake or ocean; a large open body of water.

And yes, I did just Google :rofl:

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I can’t find it in a real dictionary, only the wiktionary entry?

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:rofl: It’s in the Middle English Dictionary:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED16368

Okay, either I’m living in the past or It’s no longer a real word, I can accept a nil point for that one as obviously I didn’t have a clue what it meant when I put it in it just sounded like a possible real word :rofl:

ETA I think mainly used in Middle English because people couldn’t spell then… I clearly still can’t spell now! :joy:

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I even checked my scrabble dictionary and it didn’t even have it in there. :slightly_smiling_face:

We could make up our own definition?

Flod - the sound a butt plug makes when it falls out in the baked goods aisle.

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I always think the name of the Fifa? guy Sepp Blatter sounds like the noise of diarrhoea hitting the pan.
I remember Alexei Sayle saying the name Trish is the sound made when you tread in dog poo.

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The Answers to:
Random Word Puzzles

  1. Can you find the 5-letter word that can be placed either before or after the following three words to make a new word or phrase?

    A) BrainTeaser
    B) BrainWash
    C) BrainWave

  2. Can you find the 5-letter word that can be placed either before or after the following three words to make a new word or phrase?

    A) Black Friday
    B) Pitch Black
    C) Black Hole

  3. Can you find the 6-letter word that can be placed either before or after the following three words to make a new word or phrase?

    A) Magic Carpet
    B) Carpet Bag
    C) Carpet Beater

  4. Three letters have been replaced with wrong ones, which could also have been put in the wrong place. Can you tell which 3 letters have been replaced in this title?

    SPEAK MOUSE
    BLEAK HOUSE

  5. Three letters have been replaced with wrong ones, which could also have been put in the wrong place. Can you tell which 3 letters have been replaced in this title?

    MINIMAL ART
    ANIMAL FART

Word Ladders

Can you change the top word into the bottom word by changing a single letter per rung?

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
COST DARK SWAP HELP CLAW
CAST DARE SOAP HELD SLAW
CASE DIRE SOAK HOLD SLOW
CAME DIVE SOCK GOLD SLOT
SAME DOVE SUCK GOLF SOOT
SALE LOVE DUCK WOLF FOOT
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Animal Fart @Ian_Chimp? :joy:

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Is that not right? :slightly_smiling_face:

(fart :face_with_hand_over_mouth:)

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(20/01/21)

The Great Hump Day Quiz! 🐪

Welcome to this Wednesday’s Great Hump Day Quiz! All newcomers are most welcome :slightly_smiling_face: Check out the rules, pop your answers in a post, and I’ll add you to the Scoreboard. :+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.

So, there you go. It’s a bit random, but it should add to the fun. :slightly_smiling_face:

Categories:

💙 Geography

  1. What river flows through Rome?

  2. What absolute necessity did Frinton-on-Sea finally get in 2000 following much campaigning and controversy?

  3. What do Frankfurters refer to as Schwarzwald?

  4. Which Frenchman designed Italy’s national flag?

  5. What national capital is heated by underground hot-water springs?

💗Entertainment

  1. Which movie matched Tom Hanks with Antonio Banderas as lovers?

  2. Which member of Queen had a solo hit with Too Much Love Will Kill You?

  3. Which Simpsons duo smoke Laramie cigarettes?

  4. Who was the first British winner of the Eurovision Song Contest?

  5. What 1963 movie comedy had over 50 stars in it?

💛 History

  1. What British prime minister had a bag named after him?

  2. Who, in 1642, attempted to arrest five Members of Parliament in the House of Commons?

  3. Who was the next Labour leader after Neil Kinnock?

  4. What were an estimated 3.2 million unmarried British people doing at the stroke of midnight on 31st December 1999?

  5. How many Tolpuddle Martyrs were executed?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What was the name of G K Chesterton’s Catholic priest-detective?

  2. Which community was just across the bay from Jay Gatsby’s estate in West Egg?

  3. What were the last names of Dr. Henry and Mr. Edward?

  4. What Cornelius Ryan book chronicles the events of D-Day?

  5. Which Sting hit was inspired by writer Quentin Crisp’s American lifestyle?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What are the two kinds of blood corpuscles in vertebrates?

  2. How many teaspoons make up a tablespoon?

  3. What name was shared by Andy Green and Peter Noble’s World land speed record-breaking cars?

  4. What did Colonel Jacob Schick patent on November 6, 1928?

  5. What is banana oil produced from?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What’s the end person on a tug-of-war team called?

  2. What Olympic event’s winner is considered the world’s greatest athlete?

  3. What do wet Formula 1 tyres have that dry ones don’t?

  4. Which former boxing champion became consul to Sheikh Faisal, the United Arab Emirates’ minister of sprot?

  5. Who joined Baddiel and Skinner on the Three Lions football anthem?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@WillC 15½ 1 4 2 3 1½ 4
@Peitho 13 3 2 2 3 0 3
@Sea 12½ 2 3 1½ 2 2 2
@SexInTheCity 9 2 0 2 2 1 2
@KottanKitten 5 2 1 0 1 0 1
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. The Tiber | 1. Philadelphia
| 2. A pub | 2. Brian May
| 3. The Blackforest | 3. Patty and Selma
| 4. Napoleon | 4. Sandie Shaw
| 5. Reykjavik, Iceland | 5. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
|
:yellow_heart: History |
:poop: Arts & Literature |
| 1. William Gladstone | 1. Father Brown
| 2. King Charles I | 2. East Egg
| 3. John Smith | 3. Jekyll and Hyde
| 4. Co-habiting | 4. The Longest Day
| 5. Zero | 5. An Englishman in New York
|
:green_heart: Science & Nature |
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. Red and white | 1. The anchor
| 2. Four | 2. The decathlon’s
| 3. Thrust | 3. Tread
| 4. The electric shaver | 4. Chris Eubank
| 5. Coal | 5. The Lightning Seeds

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My answers to the Great Hump :dromedary_camel: Day Quiz:

💙 Geography
  1. The Tiber
  2. Public toilet :restroom:?
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  4. Napoleon?
  5. Reykjavik (Know, or at least think I know, the answer but did have to look up the spelling!)
💗 Entertainment
  1. I am sure I should know this but it rings absolutely no bells.
  2. Brian May
  3. Patti and Selma
  4. Cliff Richard?
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2:
💛 History
  1. William Gladstone
  2. The King… Charles (I think the first :crossed_fingers:)
  3. Tony Blair?
  4. Having Sex?
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2: Don’t know who they are I’m afraid… 3?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Father Brown?
  2. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  3. From the pronouns - Jekyll and Hyde
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Englishman in New York?
💚 Science and Nature
  1. Don’t know what corpuscles are but we have veins and arteries for blood so let’s go with them.
  2. 2.5ish
  3. Blue Bird? Or something very like it unless that was someone else’s?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. NOT banana’s I’m guessing :joy:… pineapples?
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. Anchor?
  2. Men’s 100m?
  3. Ridge treads for water to go into so they run on the track rather than aquaplaning… I’m guessing.
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. The Lightning Seeds
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:rofl: Oh dear… Back to normal then!

Zero on Science is depressing though. Given my answer to :green_heart:1 is wrong I suspect I now know what it is actually asking for. Doh.

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