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Congratulations @Peitho! :slight_smile:

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Yay - Thank you!

Didn’t expect to win that one as I thought it was really hard! Definitely another week of Sprot scuppering @WillC :rofl:

Question for @FL45H who actually knew the answer, why was celery banned as an offensive weapon?! :joy:

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I would have drawn with you, but i totally messed up the snail even though i knew it! :wink:

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@Peitho I was at first thinking inflatables but that may have been earlier, possible late 80s. The celery was also linked to an offensive chant which I’ve found online for you all…

Celery, Celery,
If she don’t cum,
I’ll tickle her bum,
With a lump of celery…

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Congratulations @Peitho! Very well deserved :clap:t2::clap:t2:

And happy first quiz to @FL45H :cherries:

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(03/03/21)

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’s the only Scandinavian country the Artic Circle doesn’t cut through?

  2. What are the ‘huddled masses’ ‘yearning’ to do according to the Statue of Liberty’s inscription?

  3. What falls are near where Jimmy Angel crashed his plane in 1937?

  4. Of where did The Rough Guide to Wales say: ‘There is almost no reason to stay in this decaying Edwardian Resort’?

  5. What city is home to almost half of Michelangelo’s statues?

💗Entertainment

  1. What actor came to dinner in the 1967 film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

  2. Which movie sees Jim Carrey as a TV host who is granted divine powers for 24 hours?

  3. What was Del Trotter’s favourite pub?

  4. What breezy movie was by far the most highly-rated ever produced by David Selznick?

  5. What film starred Sir Laurence Olivier as the brooding Max de Winter?

💛 History

  1. How many years are there in four score and seven?

  2. What supermarkets were founded by Sir John Cohen with the slogan: “Pile it high, sell it cheap”?

  3. How many King Stephens have ruled England?

  4. What Canadian described Fidel Castro as “the sexiest man I have ever met”?

  5. What were Swiss women given in 1971?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What Italian artist painted Birth of Venus?

  2. What Somerset Maugham novel has been filmed three times?

  3. Which opera singer gave her name to a style of toast?

  4. What was the most popular hardback book with American shoplifters during the latter half of the 20th century?

  5. Who kills Macbeth?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What’s another term for a wildebeest?

  2. Which planet has the shortest day?

  3. What’s the difference between two square miles and two miles square?

  4. What does barley become when prepared for brewing?

  5. What nut is used in the manufacture of dynamite?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What’s the captain of a curling foursome called?

  2. What colour jersey does the Tour de France best sprinter get to wear?

  3. What is a golfer’s double bogey?

  4. What line is twenty-one feet from the net on a tennis court?

  5. Of whose 1997 resignation did a Newcastle official say: “People say it’s like the Queen dying. I think it’s much worse”?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@MsSubExperimenter 17½ 4½ 2 4 3 2 2
@Peitho 17½ 3 4 2 4 4 ½
@Ian_Chimp 17 2 3 4 3 4 1
@FL45H 16 1 2 3 1 5 4
@SexInTheCity 15 2 2 3 2 4 2
@Jacob0098 14 0 2 3 1 5 3
@Sea 14 2 3 4 3 2 0
@WillC 13½ 3 3½ 2 2 3 0
@LuciousLegs 12½ ½ 5 1 1 2 3
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. Denmark | 1. Sidney Poitier
| 2. ‘Breathe free’ | 2. Bruce Almighty
| 3. Angel Falls | 3. The Nag’s Head
| 4. Rhyl | 4. Gone With the Wind
| 5. Florence | 5. Rebecca
|
:yellow_heart: History |
:poop: Arts & Literature |
| 1. Eighty-seven | 1. Botticelli
| 2. Tesco | 2. Of Human Bondage
| 3. One | 3. Dame Nellie Melba
| 4. Margaret Trudeau | 4. The Bible
| 5. The vote | 5. Macduff
|
:green_heart: Science & Nature |
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. Gnu | 1. The skip
| 2. Jupiter | 2. Green
| 3. Two square miles | 3. Two over par on a hole
| 4. Malt | 4. The service line
| 5. Peanut | 5. Kevin Keegan’s

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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Iceland?
2, Breathe Free
3, Angel Falls?
4, Barry Island?
5, Florence?

Entertainment

1, Sideney Poitier
2, God Almighty
3, The Nag’s Head
4, Twister?
5, Rebecca

History

1, 87
2, Tesco
3, No idea
4, No idea
5, No idea

Art and Literature

1, Botticelli
2, No idea
3, Nellie Melba
4, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?
5, Malcolm

Science and Nature

1, Gnu
2, Jupiter
3, No idea!
4, No idea
5, Peanut

Sprot and Leisure

1, No idea
2, Yellow?
3, No idea!
4, No idea!
5, Bobby Robson?

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:exploding_head: Good Luck Everybody

Here goes....

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. :clown_face:
  2. :clown_face:
  3. Angel Falls
  4. :clown_face:
  5. :clown_face:

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. :exploding_head:
  2. Bruce Almighty
  3. The Nag’s Head
  4. :clown_face:
  5. :upside_down_face:

:yellow_heart: History

  1. 87
  2. Tesco
  3. :exploding_head:
  4. :exploding_head:
  5. The vote

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. :exploding_head:
  2. :exploding_head:
  3. Melba
  4. :boom:
  5. :man_shrugging:

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. Gnu
  2. Jupiter
  3. 2
  4. Malt
  5. Peanuts

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure (Sprot)

  1. Skip
  2. Green
  3. Two over par
  4. Base Line
  5. Kevin Keegan
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My Answers… quite a few guesses!

💙 Geography
  1. Denmark
  2. Yearning in huddled masses… must be an orgy! Odd thing to have written on the statue of liberty but no other obvious answer so must be that.
  3. Certain to be wrong but go for the obvious… The Angel Falls
  4. Cardiff :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Florence
💗 Entertainment
  1. Sidney Poitiere (sp?)
  2. Bruce Almighty
  3. The Nag’s Head
  4. Never heard of him, guessing Twister as a breezy movie
  5. Max De Winter is in Rebecca so that, not seen film though.
💛 History
  1. 87
  2. Tesco’s?
  3. :thinking: 2?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Swiss Army Knifes?
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Botticelli
  2. Sure I should know this but my mind has gone blank of Somerset Maughan
  3. Nellie Melba Toast
  4. The Bible :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Macduff (in the play)
💚 Science and Nature
  1. The Gnu (…I’m a Gnu, how do you do? The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo)
  2. Jupiter
  3. I think though semantics and could well be wrong that 2 miles squared = 4 Square miles so 2 miles squared is bigger?
  4. Soggy? :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Not a clue, I thought fertiliser was what people sourced for explosives. Let’s guess Peanuts :peanuts: because I’m pretty sure they’d make good shrapnel :rofl:
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. From when we were doing well in it I think it’s something nautical like Skipper?
  2. It’s not yellow… pink?
  3. I know a double Birdie is an Eagle and 3 under is an Albatross, don’t know a double bogey… let’s assume it takes the same pattern as unders and say, 2 over is a Menstruation? Pretty sure 3 over would then be Pus :joy:
  4. The base line. Or maybe service line. How long is a tennis court? :thinking: (Do I get a half if one of those is right or do I have to pick one?)
  5. Alan Shearer is the only Newcastle player I can name but seems unlikely.
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First one of March! How on earth is it March?!

Answers to Hump Day Quiz 03.03.21

Geography:

  1. Iceland?
  2. No idea
  3. Angel falls
  4. No idea
  5. Florence

Entertainment:

  1. No idea
  2. Bruce Almighty
  3. The Nags Head
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

History:

  1. No idea so random guess at 4x7 = 28
  2. Tesco
  3. 1?
  4. No idea
  5. The right to vote :raised_hands:t2:

Arts & Lit:

  1. Botticelli
  2. No idea
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. Macduff

Science & Nature:

  1. Gnu
  2. Jupiter
  3. This question is baffling me :joy:
  4. Malt?
  5. Peanuts

Sprot & Leisure:

  1. No idea
  2. Green
  3. No idea
  4. Service line
  5. No idea
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By my rough tally, it’s about the 368th March 2020 :slightly_smiling_face:

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probably a lower score than last time

Geography
1
2 be free???
3 niagra
4
5 Rome :man_shrugging:

Entertainment
1 Sidney porter (I think thsts how you spell it)
2 bruce all mighty
3 no idea the nags head?
4 I’m going to guess gone with the wind
5 so not seen his one but just saw the newest one, Rebecca

History
1 87?
2pound stretcher?
3 no idea guessing 3
4 only just watched a movie on him and drawing a blank
5

Art and leisure
1 Well its got to be a turtle so I’m going to go for Raphael
2
3
4
5 Macduff I believe, only just whatched the Patrick Stewart play so hopefully I get this one right :face_with_monocle:

Science and nature
1 warthog
2 I assume the smallest but no idea, mercury
3 its double
4 malt
5 no idea

Sports and leisure
1 the shouty one lol, no idea
2 Green
3 don’t know golf but maybe 2 over
4 service line/base line
5 Kevin keegan

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Hopefully got some of these right, nice to join you all!

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. Iceland
  2. Freedom?
  3. Niagra Falls
  4. Lledr Hall
  5. Rome

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. No idea
  2. Bruce Almighty
  3. The Nags Head
  4. No idea
  5. No Idea

:yellow_heart: History

  1. 87
  2. Tesco?
  3. Im Guessing, Zero
  4. No Idea
  5. The right to vote

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. No Idea
  2. No Idea
  3. No Idea
  4. Harry Potter
  5. Macduff

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. Gnu
  2. Jupiter
  3. Two Miles Square Is double Two Square Miles?
  4. Malt
  5. Guess, Peanut?

:orange_heart: Sport & Leisure

  1. No Idea
  2. Green
  3. Two Over Par
  4. The Service Line
  5. No idea
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I think I actually knew a few (literally a few 😂)

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. What’s the only Scandinavian country the Artic Circle doesn’t cut through? Denmark?
  2. What are the ‘huddled masses’ ‘yearning’ to do according to the Statue of Liberty’s inscription? Be free?
  3. What falls are near where Jimmy Angel crashed his plane in 1937? Angel Falls? Or is that too obvious?
  4. Of where did The Rough Guide to Wales say: ‘There is almost no reason to stay in this decaying Edwardian Resort’? Rhyl?
  5. What city is home to almost half of Michelangelo’s statues? Florence? (I have seen the one in Bruges)

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. What actor came to dinner in the 1967 film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? No clue, Ian McKellen!
  2. Which movie sees Jim Carrey as a TV host who is granted divine powers for 24 hours? Bruce Almighty?
  3. What was Del Trotter’s favourite pub? The Nag’s Head?
  4. What breezy movie was by far the most highly-rated ever produced by David Selznick? Twister?
  5. What film starred Sir Laurence Olivier as the brooding Max de Winter? No idea, something old

:yellow_heart: History

  1. How many years are there in four score and seven? 87
  2. What supermarkets were founded by Sir John Cohen with the slogan: “Pile it high, sell it cheap”? Tesco?
  3. How many King Stephens have ruled England? 1?
  4. What Canadian described Fidel Castro as “the sexiest man I have ever met”? Celine Dion! :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. What were Swiss women given in 1971? Seems late but will say the vote

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. What Italian artist painted Birth of Venus? Botticelli?
  2. What Somerset Maugham novel has been filmed three times? No clue
  3. Which opera singer gave her name to a style of toast? Nelly Melba?
  4. What was the most popular hardback book with American shoplifters during the latter half of the 20th century? Feel like it’s probably something obvious… the bible!
  5. Who kills Macbeth? Malcolm?

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. What’s another term for a wildebeest? Gnu?
  2. Which planet has the shortest day? Mercury?
  3. What’s the difference between two square miles and two miles square? Length and area?
  4. What does barley become when prepared for brewing? Hops?
  5. What nut is used in the manufacture of dynamite? Peanut?

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure

  1. What’s the captain of a curling foursome called? Skip
  2. What colour jersey does the Tour de France best sprinter get to wear? Green?
  3. What is a golfer’s double bogey? 4 shots over par?
  4. What line is twenty-one feet from the net on a tennis court? Baseline?
  5. Of whose 1997 resignation did a Newcastle official say: “People say it’s like the Queen dying. I think it’s much worse”? Bobby Robson?
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Lol so I’m at the bottom again or should I say the upside down top :crazy_face:

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My answers:

Geography

  1. Denmark
  2. ?
  3. Angel Falls?
  4. Portmeirion?
  5. ?

Entertainment

  1. ?
  2. Bruce Almighty
  3. Nags Head
  4. Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn! (GWTW)
  5. ?

History

  1. 87
  2. Tesco
  3. 1
  4. ?
  5. the vote

Art & Literature

  1. Botticelli
  2. ?
  3. Dame Nellie Melba
  4. ?
  5. Macduff

Science & Nature

  1. gnu
  2. Mercury
  3. ?
  4. dried malt
  5. ?

Sprot & Leisure
1.?
2. yellow
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?

Thanks and sorry to have missed last week. I do appreciate your effort to put this together. :smiley:

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Perfect score for :heartpulse: though. That’s pretty impressive. :slightly_smiling_face:

Welcome aboard! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Aaargh I just reread Orange 3 @Ian_Chimp and doubled it - I doubled that double :woman_facepalming:t2: I know what it should be!!

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:green_heart:3 is the one I’m having trouble marking. I think a few people may pick up some points when I finally work out what the question means. :slightly_smiling_face:

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

After a bit of a brainfart with :green_heart:3 I have adjusted the scores. I think I’ve been relatively consistent with it, but shout out if I’ve fluffed it up. :slightly_smiling_face:

So, this week’s Hump Day winners are… :drum::drum::drum:

@MsSubExperimenter and
@Peitho :trophy::tada:

Congratulations!

And @Jacob0098 gets a special :cherries: award for their very first Hump Day Quiz. Hopefully the first of many. :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

(And I did not give a half mark for anyone who tried to cram in two guesses for one question @Peitho :slightly_smiling_face:)

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