The Great Pub Quiz Game Thread

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Yay - thanks for the quiz @Ian_Chimp and nice to share the spoils with you @WillC !

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Congratulations @Peitho hope you’re feeling better! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Not a Pub Quiz as such, but a University Challenge one from the Guardian: :slightly_smiling_face:

Edit: 6/15 for me. Though I actually only ‘knew’ 3 of them. :slightly_smiling_face:

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4/15 mostly guesses!

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5/15 though the only one I was actually sure of was the Shakespeare one. Definitely easier with options! I tend not to watch University Challenge as it’s too difficult, think I used to average about 2 correct answers a show :rofl:

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6/15, I’m happy with that! Mainly guesses except for the Ireland one… having been to 2 of the 3 towns named I knew that one!

The Rock of Cashel is a gorgeous ruin! And Clonmel = home of Magners mmmm :yum:

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Aw I’m sorry! Gutted I missed it this week :broken_heart: Congrats to the winners @WillC and @Peitho! :clap:t2::confetti_ball:

I’ll be back next week for sure. I also just tried to do the university challenge one but for some reason it won’t let me click on the answers!

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(07/04/21)

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 monument measures 170 feet, two inches in height?

  2. Where is the Marsh of Decay?

  3. What country did the Romans call Hibernia?

  4. What two countries are separated by the Gulf of Bothnia?

  5. Which of the Marshall Islands gave its name to a garment?

💗Entertainment

  1. Where does the girl come from in Astrid Gilberto’s most famous song?

  2. What name was a 2000 smash hit for Emenem?

  3. What state does John Denver call his mountain momma?

  4. What star of Peyton Place married Frank Sinatra in 1966?

  5. What Elvis Presley song contains spoken lines from Shakespeare?

💛 History

  1. What island was Napoleon’s first home in exile?

  2. Where were Billie Clanton and the McLowery brothers gunned down?

  3. What did Americans prohibit the drinking of in 1775?

  4. What became mandatory in the UK on January 30, 1983?

  5. What exploded outside the Houses of Parliament in 1869, killing a policeman?

💩 Art & Literature

  1. What’s the revealing occupation of an ecdysiast?

  2. Who put butter in the Mad Hatter’s watch?

  3. What French impressionist gained renown for his paintings of ballet dancers?

  4. Who lost his head after creating Utopia?

  5. What was Eric Arthur Blair’s pseudonym?

💚 Science & Nature

  1. What are Lincoln Red, Galloway and Welsh Black?

  2. What does the E stand for in E=mc2?

  3. How many days will it be before a clock, losing 30 minutes a day, shows the right time again?

  4. How deep is ‘mark twain’?

  5. What is the only clockwise rotating planet?

🧡 Sprot & Leisure

  1. What poker hand comprises three of a kind and a pair?

  2. Who did John McEnroe beat in the final for his first Wimbledon title?

  3. How many spaces are there on a Scrabble board?

  4. What sprot requires stones to be thrown at houses?

  5. Who was the first player to make a 147 break in a World Snooker Championship and then go on to win?

Scoreboard

Total :blue_heart: :heartpulse: :yellow_heart: :poop: :green_heart: :orange_heart:
@Peitho 20 2 2 4 4 4 4
@SexInTheCity 17 4 1 2 3 5 2
@Ian_Chimp 17 3 3 2 4 2 3
@WillC 16 3 4 4 3 1 1
The Answers

| :blue_heart: Geography | :heartpulse: Entertainment
— | — | —
| 1. Nelson’s Column | 1. Ipanema
| 2. On the moon | 2. Stan
| 3. Ireland | 3. West Virginia
| 4. Finland and Sweden | 4. Mia Farrow
| 5. Bikini Atoll | 5. Are You Lonesome Tonight
|
:yellow_heart: History |
:poop: Arts & Literature |
| 1. Elba | 1. Stripteaser
| 2. The O. K. Corral | 2. The March Hare
| 3. Tea | 3. Edgar Degas
| 4. The wearing of seat belts | 4. Sir Thomas Moore
| 5. The world’s first set of traffic lights | 5. George Orwell
|
:green_heart: Science & Nature |
:orange_heart: Sprot & Leisure |
| 1. Cattle | 1. A full house
| 2. Energy | 2. Bjorn Borg
| 3. Twenty-four | 3. 225
| 4. Two fathoms or twelve feet | 4. Curling
| 5. Venus | 5. Stephen Hendry

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These are hard!!! :see_no_evil: Think my 20 target is a little out of reach today.

Anyway… my answers…

💙 Geography
  1. Nelson’s Column?
  2. In the Neverending Story? :thinking: (Think that was actually despair though)
  3. Ireland
  4. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia because it sounds a bit like Bosnia! :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. I can’t name any Marshall Islands… um, the Isle of Pantaloons?
💗 Entertainment
  1. I feel I should know this… I don’t.
  2. Stan?
  3. West Virginia
  4. Know it’s not Nancy Sinatra but can’t think of who the others were :woman_facepalming:t2:
  5. :woman_shrugging:t2: …probably not Hound Dog then?
💛 History
  1. Well it’s either St. Helena or Elba… which was first??? Think he died on St. Helena so I’ll go with Elba.
  2. Gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone, killed by the Earps
  3. I am sensing a trap… maybe over thinking it but I am not going with alcohol. They were getting pissed off with Britain then so I’m going to say tea :coffee:?
  4. Seatbelts?
  5. A cart of fireworks? :woman_shrugging:t2:
💩 Art and Literature
  1. Stripper?
  2. The March Hare
  3. Degas was the ballet dancers (I think)
  4. Sure I should know this but have a mental block!
  5. George Orwell?
💚 Science and Nature
  1. Cattle
  2. Energy
  3. A hands clock or a 24 hour digital clock? With hands, 12 hour total loss so 24 days.
  4. :thinking: buried? 6 foot under??? :woman_shrugging:t2:
  5. Venus
🧡 Sprot and Leisure
  1. Full House
  2. Björn Borg
  3. Yikes… I think it’s 15x15 so 225?
  4. Curling?
  5. Jimmy White? Prob someone earlier though.

Thanks for the quiz @Ian_Chimp :blush:
(What’s your score this time?)

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I’ve been in such a rush this morning that this week’s was set up and posted with seconds to spare. :slightly_smiling_face: I haven’t typed up the answers yet, but I promise I’ll pop my score in before I start marking everybody’s. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

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Well I very much appreciate the effort that goes into it - love the weekly quiz!

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WillC Answers

Geography

1, Nelson’s Column?
2, No Idea
3, Ireland
4, No Idea
5, Bikini?

Entertainment

1, Ipanema
2, Stan?
3, West Virginia
4, Mia Farrow
5, No idea

History

1, Elba?
2, OK Corral?
3, Tea?
4, Seatbelts in cars
5, No idea

Art and Literature

1, Stripper!
2, No idea
3, Toulouse Lautrec?
4, Thomas More
5, George Orwell

Science and Nature

1, Sheep?
2, Energy?
3, No idea
4, 2 Leagues?
5, Earth?

Sprot and Leisure

1, No idea
2, Bjorn Borg?
3, No idea
4, No idea
5, Cliff Thorburn?

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I am extremely surprised - I most certainly was not sure of 20! Knew 4 in Science but the other 4s definitely had some lucky guessing going on :rofl:.

(Happily take 20 though - thanks!)

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Well deserved my friend! :slightly_smiling_face:

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It was a good run though. I make it 4 wins in a row. I’ll have to flick back through them, but surely we’d have noticed a better run? I think we can comfortably say it’s a course record. :slightly_smiling_face::racehorse::medal_sports::medal_sports::medal_sports::medal_sports:

Edit: I’ve just had a nostalgic riffle, and the previous record holder seems to be @Onlyones with 3 in a row. :medal_sports::medal_sports::medal_sports:

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Well, you either know them or you don’t! As usual i excelled at Sprot! :wink:

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Answers to Hump Day Quiz 07.04.21

Geography:

  1. Not sure, guess at Nelsons column?
  2. The moon
  3. Ireland
  4. Finland and Sweden
  5. No idea

Entertainment:

  1. No idea
  2. Well Stan AND The Real Slim Shady were both released that year but because of the wording of the question I’m gonna go Stan.
  3. No idea
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

History:

  1. Saint Helena
  2. No idea
  3. Random guess at beer
  4. Wearing a seatbelt
  5. Traffic lights

Art & Lit:

  1. Stripper?
  2. The March Hare
  3. Edgar Degas
  4. No idea
  5. No idea

Science & Nature:

  1. Type of cows
  2. Energy
  3. 24?
  4. 12 feet
  5. Venus

Sprot & Leisure:

  1. Full House
  3. 225
  4. No idea. Horse racing?
  5. Not sure… Hendrix?

Jheeeeeze that was very hard this week!!!

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Just a tiny group this week. Shall I give it a little longer?

@MsSubExperimenter @FL45H

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Give it a bit longer :+1:

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Yes, give it a bit longer.

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