The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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Thanks! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Would you have accepted :zap: for number 1 or if @Peitho did the backwards wrighting stuff? :crazy_face:

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(24/03/21)

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 is Palermo the capital of?

  2. What South American country took its name from the Inca for “cold winter”?

  3. What colour are Venetian gondolas, except those of high public officials?

  4. What body of water does the Rhone River empty into?

  5. What Russian city boasts the Hermitage Museum?

💗Entertainment

  1. What record label first captured The Beatles?

  2. What two travellers were featured in The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy?

  3. Who played the butcher in Dad’s Army?

  4. Who wrote the music for West Side Story?

  5. What was Roger Moore’s first Bond film?

💛 History

  1. What Italian explorer is buried in the Dominican Republic?

  2. What did Hermann Goering do three hours before he was to be executed?

  3. What nationality was the team that beat the British to the South Pole by four days?

  4. What were Allen and Evans the last to go to in Britain?

  5. What kind of bones once stiffened corsets?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. Who wrote the 1937 novelette Of Mice and Men?

  2. What Shakespeare play features a character named Puck?

  3. What European country witnessed Lord Byron’s death?

  4. Who was Becky Thatcher’s boyfriend?

  5. Who left The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished at his death?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What, for a bicephalous person, are better than one?

  2. What flower was named after a Roman gladiator sword?

  3. What two months are named after men?

  4. How many pounds are there in a kilogram?

  5. What is a.m. an abbreviation for, as in 10a.m.?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What American ball sprot do they shag flies in?

  2. What was a “Johnny Hicks” to a dice player in the Old West?

  3. What gooey substance that bounced and stretched was sold in a plastic egg?

  4. How many fingers are used to draw a bow?

  5. What do huntsmen traditionally call out upon sighting a fox?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@WillC 21½ 4 3 5 4 2½ 3
@SexInTheCity 21 5 2 4 3 3 4
@Peitho 20½ 4 4 3 3 3 3½
@FL45H 17 4 2 3 0 5 3
@Ian_Chimp 17 3 2 3 3 4 2
@LuciousLegs
(:banana: bonus)		 15
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. Sicily | 1. Polydor
| 2. Chile | 2. Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent
| 3. Black | 3. Clive Dunn
| 4. The Mediterranean Sea | 4. Leonard Bernstein
| 5. St. Petersburg | 5. Live and Let Die
|
:yellow_heart: History |
:poop: Arts & Literature |
| 1. Christopher Columbus | 1. John Steinbeck
| 2. He committed suicide | 2. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
| 3. Norwegian | 3. Greece
| 4. The gallows | 4. Tom Sawyer
| 5. Whale bones | 5. Charles Dickens
|
:green_heart: Science & Nature |
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. Two heads | 1. Baseball
| 2. The gladiolus | 2. A six
| 3. July and August | 3. silly putty
| 4. 2.2 | 4. Three
| 5. Ante Meridiem | 5. Tallyho!

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:exploding_head: Good Luck Everybody

Here goes....

:blue_heart: Geography

  1. Scicily
  2. Chile
  3. Black
  4. Mediterranean Sea
  5. Moscow

:heartpulse:Entertainment

  1. :exploding_head:
  2. :exploding_head:
  3. Clive Dunn
  4. :exploding_head:
  5. Live and Let Die

:yellow_heart: History

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. :clown_face:
  3. :exploding_head:
  4. Gallows / Noose
  5. Whale

:poop: Art & Literature

  1. :exploding_head:
  2. :exploding_head:
  3. :clown_face:
  4. :exploding_head:
  5. :man_shrugging:

:green_heart: Science & Nature

  1. Two Heads
  2. Gladioli
  3. July and August
  4. 2.2 lbs
  5. Anti Meridiam

:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure (Sprot)

  1. Baseball
  2. Six
  3. Silly Putty
  4. Two
  5. “Oh Look, there’s a fox” :laughing:
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Very much needed this quiz today - Thank you @Ian_Chimp !

My answers…

💙 Geography
  1. I should definitely know this, heard of it and usually good at capitol cities but can’t think.
  2. Chile?
  3. Something is telling me they are black… somewhere’s gondolas are definitely black.
  4. The Med I think
  5. Saint Petersburg
💗 Entertainment
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  2. Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect
  3. Clive Dunn
  4. Leonard Bernstein
  5. :thinking: Live and Let Die?
💛 History
  1. Only two I can think of are Christopher Colombus and Marco Polo… take a guess at Marco Polo
  2. Committed suicide?
  3. Norwegian
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Whale :whale2:
💩 Art and Literature
  1. John Steinbeck
  2. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  3. Ireland?
  4. :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Charles Dickens
💚 Science and Nature
  1. Heads
  2. Gladiolus
  3. July and August
  4. Ooh :thinking: 2(ish)
  5. Something Meridian… Afore? :woman_shrugging:t2:
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. :woman_shrugging:t2: Baseball?
  2. Rhyming… pair of 6?
  3. Silly Putty!!! - I had an orange one :blush:
  4. 2?
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2: Tally Ho?
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Ooh - very happy with my Sprot guessing …And now I get a round of try to work out which one is wrong as I only know 1 is definitely right! Yay :rofl:

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Hopefully that’s perked your day up a bit. :slightly_smiling_face:

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It has, always thrilling to break the 20 boundary (even if it is fluke and lucky guesses! :rofl:)

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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Sicily
2, Chile?
3, No idea
4, The Mediterranean?
5, St Petersburg

Entertainment

1, EMI
2, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect
3, Clive Dunn
4, Rogers and Hammerstein
5, Live and Let Die

History

1, Christopher Columbus
2, Commit suicide?
3, Norwegian
4, The gallows?
5, Whale

Art and Literature

1, John Steinbeck
2, A Midsummer’s Night Dream
3, No idea
4, Tom Sawyer
5, Charles Dickens

Science and Nature

1, Heads
2, Gladioli
3, January and August
4, 2-ish
5, Anti Meridian

Sprot and Leisure

1, No idea
2, 6?
3, Slime?
4, 3?
5, Tally Ho?

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There’s a lot of half marks floating about. Apologies, I may have to go through these again for consistency.

Edit: Okay, I think that’s right. :slightly_smiling_face: Don’t forget to query any tomorrow though, I am prone to mistakes. :slightly_smiling_face:

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So far, I’m still breaking the 20 barrier so I’m happy :+1:

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Answers to Hump Day Quiz 24.03.21

Geography:

  1. Sicily
  2. Chile? :joy:
  3. Black
  4. Mediterranean Sea I think
  5. St Petersburg

Entertainment:

  1. Ohhh I feel like I will have heard this when u see the answer but I’m not sure…
  2. No idea
  3. No idea
  4. Bernstein
  5. Live and let die?

History:

  1. Christopher Columbus?
  2. No idea… Kill himself?
  3. No idea
  4. The Gallows (last men to be executed)
  5. Ooh this is a very LH question! Whale bones

Arts & Lit:

  1. John Steinbeck
  2. A Midsummer’s Night Dream
  3. I think Greece
  4. Not sure
  5. Not sure

Science & Nature:

  1. Oooh Cephaly is head so I’ll go with that
  2. No idea. Roses? :joy:
  3. May and August?
  4. 2.2 (ish)
  5. Ante meridiem

Sprot & Leisure:

  1. Guess at baseball?
  2. No idea
  3. Silly Putty
  4. 3
  5. I think this is where “Tally Ho” comes from

Formatting took longer than the questions I think :joy: I think it’s sorted now but for some reason the numbers were all over the place! :crossed_fingers:t2:

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It’s a close one. A successful challenge could upset the whole apple cart. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Oooooh I’m actually really shocked I’m over 20. I’ll be on the hunt for an extra half point :male_detective:t2:

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Science and Nature question 3…could be contentious i make it three not two months! :wink:

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

Only a few players this week, but some nice high scores nonetheless. :slightly_smiling_face: Hopefully I’ve scored the half-points fairly, but don’t forget to double-check.

I think I can say that the winner this week is… :drum::drum::drum:

@WillC :trophy::confetti_ball:

Congratulations!

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I don’t think Janus is a real person. :slightly_smiling_face:

July for Julius Caeser
August for Augustus Gloop*

*(Okay, perhaps not Augustus Gloop :slightly_smiling_face:)

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True but the question just says man, doesn’t disclude a male god! :wink:

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:thinking: I would have said a god can’t be a man, but I’m happy to open it up to the group?

What do we reckon? Can Will have January as being named after a man? There’s a half point hanging in the balance…

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No need, i’m just pulling your leg!

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