The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Victoria?
2, Silver
3, No Idea
4, No Idea
5, Houses of Pariament, Big Ben?

Entertainment

1, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2, Lenny Henry
3, The Seven Samurai
4, The Simpsons
5, No Idea

History

1, No Idea
2, Queen Victoria?
3, No Idea
4, Admiral Nelson
5, Yuri Gagarin?

Art and Literature

1, Felix Leiter
2, Billi Holliday
3, Goldfish?
4, No Idea
5, Adolf Hitler

Science and Nature

1, Silkworm
2, Mercury?
3, Pigs
4, Butt Muscle
5,Silicon

Sprot and Leisure

1, Win The Grand National?
2, Love
3, No Idea
4, No Idea
5, No Idea

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My Poor Attempt

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. Which of London’s underground lines was the world’s first? Victoria?
  2. What metal gave Argentina its name? Silver
  3. What Australian state boasts Mount Isa, the world’s largest town by area? Western Australia?
  4. Which nation’s throne has been occupied by a member of the same family since the sixteenth century? England?
  5. Where is Britain’s largest bell? London? Specifically Elizabeth Tower?

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. What was Walt Disney’s first full-length feature cartoon? Steamboat Willie?
  2. Whose comedy alter egos included DJ Delbert Wilkins? Steve Coogan? Not a clue!
  3. What Japanese film was The Magnificent Seven adapted from? Seven Samurai?
  4. Which family’s pet dog is called Santa’s Little Helper? Simpsons?
  5. What was the nickname of blues pianist Ferdinand Morton? Jelly roll?

:yellow_heart: History

  1. Who was Israel’s first prime minister? David David :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. Who was the first monarch to boast a franked face? Victoria?
  3. Who was known as The Serpent of the Nile? Cleopatra?
  4. Who said: “England expects every man will do his duty”? Churchill?
  5. What Russian cosmonaut was killed in an air crash in 1968 while commanding a training unit? Yuri Gagarin?

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. Who is James Bond’s CIA contact? Felix Leightner?
  2. Whose biography is titled Lady Sings the Blues? Billie Holliday?
  3. What kinds of animals were Pinocchio’s pets Cleo and Figaro? Cats?
  4. What three words did Stalin find scrawled on a loo wall during the Potsdam Conference? Peace, Love & Pixiedust :joy:
  5. Who was cloned in The Boys from Brazil? Pele?

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. What worm prefers the mulberry? Silk?
  2. Which metal becomes solid at -40 degrees F? Mercury?
  3. What are Saddlebacks, Middle Whites and Berkshires? Pigs?
  4. What is the gluteus maximus the largest example of in the human body? Muscles?
  5. What’s the main ingredient of glass? Sand?

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure

  1. What did Bindaree do to make news in 2002 that Red Marauder did the previous year? Won the Grand National
  2. What tennis term is said to come from the French word for “egg”? L’ouef = love?
  3. What’s the lowest hand that beats ace-high in straight Poker? 3 of a kind? 3 x 2?
  4. Who beat Manchester United in the 2000 Charity Shield? Chelsea?
  5. How many points are there on a backgammon board? 24?
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very bad answers I'm sure, can't do trial pursuit - maybe I can get points for neatness instead :smiley:

:blue_heart: Geography
Which of London’s underground lines was the world’s first? victoria
What metal gave Argentina its name? tin :man_shrugging:
What Australian state boasts Mount Isa, the world’s largest town by area? new england
Which nation’s throne has been occupied by a member of the same family since the sixteenth century? Netherlands
Where is Britain’s largest bell? york :man_shrugging:

:heartpulse:Entertainment
What was Walt Disney’s first full-length feature cartoon? I feel like it’s a trick on what counts as feature length either snowwhite and the seven dwarfs or steamboat willie
Whose comedy alter egos included DJ Delbert Wilkins? harry enfield :man_shrugging:
What Japanese film was The Magnificent Seven adapted from? seven samurai
Which family’s pet dog is called Santa’s Little Helper? simpsons
What was the nickname of blues pianist Ferdinand Morton? mo :man_shrugging:

:yellow_heart: History
Who was Israel’s first prime minister? a trail blazer :man_facepalming:
Who was the first monarch to boast a franked face? victoria
Who was known as The Serpent of the Nile? cleopatra :thinking:
Who said: “England expects every man will do his duty”? churchill
What Russian cosmonaut was killed in an air crash in 1968 while commanding a training unit?

:poop: Art & Literature
Who is James Bond’s CIA contact? Felix
Whose biography is titled Lady Sings the Blues? Aretha franklin
What kinds of animals were Pinocchio’s pets Cleo and Figaro? he had pets :exploding_head: ,guessing an orange cat and grey dog :man_shrugging:
What three words did Stalin find scrawled on a loo wall during the Potsdam Conference?
Who was cloned in The Boys from Brazil? pele :man_shrugging:

:green_heart: Science & Nature
What worm prefers the mulberry? a drunk worm :woozy_face:
Which metal becomes solid at -40 degrees F? mercury
What are Saddlebacks, Middle Whites and Berkshires? horses
What is the gluteus maximus the largest example of in the human body? muscle
What’s the main ingredient of glass? sand

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure
What did Bindaree do to make news in 2002 that Red Marauder did the previous year?
What tennis term is said to come from the French word for “egg”? love
What’s the lowest hand that beats ace-high in straight Poker?
Who beat Manchester United in the 2000 Charity Shield? arsenal
How many points are there on a backgammon board?

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Welcome aboard. :slightly_smiling_face:

Don’t worry too much about the scores, it’s just for fun. And the questions are really random too, so it’s a wonder anyone gets any of them. :slightly_smiling_face:

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My answers…

💙 Geography
  1. The Metropolitan Line
  2. Silver (Ag)
  3. Victoria?
  4. I would think a Scandinavian one… let’s try Denmark?
  5. Is it Big Ben? In which case, London but seems too obvious!
💗 Entertainment
  1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  2. Paul Whitehouse?
  3. The Seven Samurai
  4. The Simpsons
  5. Ray Charles?
💛 History
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. Don’t really know what the question means. Queen Victoria was first monarch on a stamp :woman_shrugging:t2:
  3. Cleopatra?
  4. Nelson
  5. Yugi Gargarin
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Felix Lieter (surname sp?)
  2. Billie Holiday
  3. Figaro is a cat :cat:, Cleo is a fish :tropical_fish:
  4. “Don’t force it” :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2:
💚 Science and Nature
  1. :worm: This one!
  2. So just asking what metal is liquid at normal temperature - Mercury!
  3. Pigs… except in Dick King Smith when Saddlebottom’s saddle had slipped :rofl:
  4. A muscle
  5. Sand or Silicon dioxide
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. Win the Grand National
  2. Love?
  3. Flush?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2: Not a clue… Arsenal?
  5. :thinking: 24 maybe?

Think I quite liked those questions

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I’m telling myself it’s like a golf score for this one, lower the better :shushing_face:

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Answers to Hump Day Quiz 17.02.21

Geography:

  1. Metropolitan
  2. Silver
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. St Paul’s Cathedral (London)

Entertainment:

  1. Snow White and the 7 dwarfs?
  2. Lenny Henry
  3. No idea
  4. Definitely heard this before but can’t remember
  5. No idea

History:

  1. No idea
  2. Queen Victoria I think
  3. Cleopatra
  4. Nelson
  5. No idea

Arts & Lit:

  1. Have to admit I’ve never watched a bond movie, so no idea
  2. No idea
  3. The cat and fish
  4. No idea
  5. Hitler

Science & Nature:

  1. The only name of a specific worm I know is silk worm so let’s go with that :joy:
  2. Mercury?
  3. Horses?
  4. Muscle
  5. Ooooh I think it’s sand

Sprot & Leisure:

  1. No idea
  2. Love (from l’oeuf
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

Ooooooof, they felt hard this week!

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

It’s very close this week, and I haven’t had chance to triple check the answers, but I tentatively declare this week’s provisional winner to be… :drum::drum::drum:

@Peitho :trophy::tada:

Congratulations!

And @LuciousLegs gets a very special :cherries: award for their very first Hump Day Quiz. Hopefully we’ll see you next week too. :slightly_smiling_face:

Now, does anyone have any quibbles? What have I missed? :slightly_smiling_face:

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Congratulations @Peitho :slightly_smiling_face:

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Congratulations @Peitho - very well done :confetti_ball::clap:t2::confetti_ball::clap:t2:

And to @LuciousLegs too :cherries:

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Well done @Peitho :blush:

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Yay - Thanks guys!

Couple of lucky History guesses but otherwise these questions did suit me this week, next week I’ll probably be back at the bottom! :blush:

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A bit late to the party but I’ve started following this thread and hope to join in the next one.

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The more the merrier!

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(24/02/21)

The Great Hump Day Quiz! 🐪

Welcome to this Wednesday’s Great Hump Day Quiz!

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:

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 trench is the world’s deepest, at 36,198 feet?

  2. What South American city has the world’s highest commercial landing field?

  3. Which office complex in Washington DC took its name from a channel leading to the Potomac River?

  4. What’s the geographic term for the submerged fringe of a continent?

  5. What island is the Canadian city of Victoria found on?

💗Entertainment

  1. Who was Roger Moore’s singing wife?

  2. Which 1997 Tommy Lee Jones movie had a soundtrack featuring Snoop Doggy Dog?

  3. What was Vera Brittain’s serialised autobiography called?

  4. Which Quentin Tarantino movie has all the clocks stopped at 4.20?

  5. Who directed Raiders of the Lost Ark?

💛 History

  1. Who did Nathuran Godse shoot and kill on January 30, 1948?

  2. Who fought the battle of fashions at Brighton in the 1960s?

  3. Who became Britain’s first woman Member of Parliament in 1919?

  4. Who did General de Gaulle tell Winston Churchill the French viewed him as a reincarnation of?

  5. Who, in an act of bravery, walked out of Scott’s tent?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What Robert Louis Stevenson adventure features the ship the Covenant?

  2. What Dickens character was always expecting something to turn up?

  3. Who wrote I, Claudius?

  4. Who plays shortstop for Charlie Brown’s baseball team?

  5. What can be at the side of the road as well as between columns on a printed page?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What symbol do the French call un petit escargot?

  2. What creatures live in a formicary?

  3. What’s 40 percent of 40?

  4. Who is the first person known to have died of radiation poisoning?

  5. What’s does a basophobic fear?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What race was increased by 385 yards so Edward VII could see the finish line better?

  2. What were Gillingham FC fans told not to take into the ground during 1996 because it could be used as an offensive weapon?

  3. What objects does the hand imitate in the children’s game ick-ack-ock?

  4. Which country is LIE on a European soccer scoreboard?

  5. How many cards are dealt to each player in Gin Rummy?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@Peitho 18 2 3 2 3 4 4
@WillC 17 4 4 3 3 3 0
@FL45H 15 3 3 0 2 3 4
@SexInTheCity 15 1 2 4 2 3 3
@Ian_Chimp 15 2 3 2 3 4 1
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. The Marianas Trench | 1. Dorothy Squires
| 2. La Paz | 2. Men in Black
| 3. Water Gate | 3. Testament of Youth
| 4. Continental shelf | 4. Pulp Fiction
| 5. Vancouver Island | 5. Steven Spielberg
|
:yellow_heart: History |
:poop: Arts & Literature |
| 1. Mohandas Mahatma Ghandi | 1. Kidnapped
| 2. The Mods and Rockers | 2. Mr. Micawber
| 3. Lady Astor | 3. Robert Graves
| 4. Joan of Arc | 4. Snoopy
| 5. Captain Oats | 5. Gutter
|
:green_heart: Science & Nature |
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. @ | 1. London Marathon
| 2. Ants | 2. Celery
| 3. Sixteen | 3. Rock, Paper, Scissors
| 4. Marie Curie | 4. Liechtenstein
| 5. Standing up/Falling down | 5. Ten

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:exploding_head: Good Luck Everybody

Here goes....

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. Mariner
  2. Rio
  3. Whitehouse
  4. Shelf
  5. Vancouver

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. :exploding_head:
  2. Men in Black
  3. :exploding_head:
  4. Pulp Fiction
  5. Steven Spielberg

:yellow_heart: History

  1. :exploding_head:
  2. :exploding_head:
  3. :exploding_head:
  4. :exploding_head:
  5. Scott

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. :exploding_head:
  2. :exploding_head:
  3. :exploding_head:
  4. Snoopy
  5. Gutter

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. @
  2. Ants
  3. 16
  4. :exploding_head:
  5. :exploding_head:

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure (Sprot)

  1. Marathon
  2. Celery
  3. Rock, Paper, Scissors
  4. Liechtenstein
  5. Seven
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SummaryWillC Answers

Geography

1, Mariana
2, La Paz?
3, No Idea
4, Continental Shelf?
5, Vancouver

Entertainment

1, Dorothy Squires
2, Men In Black
3, Great Brittain?
4, Pulp Fiction?
5, Steven Spielberg

History

1, Ghandi
2, The Mods and Rockers
3, No idea
4, No idea
5, Captain Oates

Art and Literature

1, Kidnapped
2, Mr Macawber (not sure of spelling)
3, Robert Graves
4, No idea
5, No idea

Science and Nature

1, Ampersand? &!
2, Ants
3, 16
4, Marie Curie or her hubby, not sure!
5, No idea

Sprot and Leisure

1, Grand National?
2, No idea
3, No idea
4, Ni idea
5, No idea

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Okay… here goes… My answers:

💙 Geography
  1. The Mariana Trench
  2. Quito?
  3. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  4. :thinking: Is that the Continental Shelf?
  5. I should definitely know this but brain has gone blank… let’s just say Victoria Island
💗 Entertainment
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. Men in Black? Imagine more likely Will Smith but can’t think of other Tommy Lee Jones films from the right sort of time.
  3. Never heard of her im afraid :woman_shrugging:t2:
  4. Pulp Fiction
  5. Steven Spielberg
💛 History
  1. Ghandi
  2. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  3. Betty Boothroyd? Sure it’s far too early for her but can’t think of anyone else!
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Oates
💩 Art andLiterature
  1. Kidnapped
  2. Not actually read Great Expectations but let’s assume it’s Pip who has the Great Expectations.
  3. :thinking: Feel i should know this but sadly don’t
  4. Snoopy?
  5. I think I’ve heard of gutters in page formatting so will try that.
💚 Science and Nature
  1. A small snail… let’s go for this one: @
  2. Ants
  3. 16
  4. Maybe not the first but Marie Curie certainly did so I’ll go for her.
  5. Fish? No idea why I’m thinking fish though.
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. London Marathon
  2. Football Scarfs?
  3. Rock, paper, scissors?
  4. Liechtenstein?
  5. Ha! Interesting… we’ve just started playing this and both thought different from playing in our youth to what my new card book states. We always played with 7 cards but apparently it should be 10 for Gin Rummy and if straight Rummy then 10 if two people are playing, 7 if three or four are playing and 6 if more than four are playing so we now play with 10 cards each :woman_shrugging:t2:. Do think it works better with three players than two though.
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Answers to Hump Day Quiz 24.02.21

Geography:

  1. No idea
  2. No idea
  3. No idea
  4. Continental shelf
  5. No idea

Entertainment:

  1. No idea
  2. Men in Black
  3. No idea
  4. Pulp Fiction
  5. No idea

History:

  1. Ghandi
  2. The Mods and the Rockers
  3. Nancy Astor
  4. Joan of Arc
  5. No idea

Art & Lit:

  1. Treasure Island?
  2. No idea
  3. No idea
  4. Snoopy
  5. Gutters?

Science & Nature:

  1. ‘@’ “the little snail” :snail:
  2. Ants
  3. 16
  4. No idea
  5. Steps or stepping?

Sprot & Leisure:

  1. The marathon?
  2. Flags?
  3. Rock, paper, scissors?
  4. No idea
  5. 10 (always remember this cause it definitely should be the famous 7)

Geography really let me down today! I’m no good at American stuff :sob:

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

And this week’s winner is… :drum::drum::drum:

@Peitho :trophy::tada:

Congratulations! :slightly_smiling_face:

And @FL45H gets a special :cherries: award for their very first Hump Day Quiz. :slightly_smiling_face::clap:

It seems like quite a sparse week this week. Does everyone still want a weekly quiz, or would people prefer a break?

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