The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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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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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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