Kate's Pub Quiz.
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And the winner is.... *drum roll*
Zorak with an impressive 22/40 (though despite listening to me go on about the Tudors non-stop he managed to get that question wrong!)
Zirconaz came in second and joint 3rd was HK and Porterjack!!
Questions and Answers
1. This is what happens when Voices Rant On (anagram).
A. Conversation
2. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came is a poem by which poet
A. Robert Browning
3. The State of Maine in the USA is known by what nickname?
A. The Pine Tree State
4. Who played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network?
A. Jesse Eisenber
5. Who is Patron Saint of Librarians, Scholars, Students and Abandoned Children?
A. Saint Jerome.
6. What is the name of the author of books including Jude The Obscure, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Far From The Madding Crowd?
A. Thomas Hardy
7. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is better known by what stage name??
A. Lady Gaga - Not Angelina Jolie
8. Which Daily Mail writer suffered a backlash last week for her article on “why women hate her for being beautiful”?
A. Samantha Brick.
9. Lettuce is a member of which flower family?
A. Sunflower
10. Which of Henry VIII’s wives outlived him?
A. Catherine Parr and Anne of Cleves
11. What are you afraid of if you have Omphalophobia?
A. Bellybuttons
12. Which sport takes place in a velodrome?
A. Cycling
13. When was the Great Fire of London?
A. 1666 - 1066, which some people said, is the Battle of Hastings.
14. Alec Guinness, Robert Carlyle, Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen have all played which 20th Century historical figure?
A. Adolph Hitler. (Alec Guinness played him in Hitler: The Last Ten Days, Robert Carlyle in Hitler: The Rise of Evil, Anthony Hopkins in The Bunker and Ian McKellen in Countdown to War.
15. Which male animal is called a Jake when it is young and a Tom when it matures?
A. A turkey - Cat was a popular answer but while a male cat is a Tom, a young male cat isn't a Jake.
16. Bagpuss sits in whose shop window?
A. A little girl named Emily
17. Who was the ancient Egyptian god of the sun?
A. Ra
18. What are you eating if you are eating March Bread?
A. Mazipan - It was a popular Tudor dish.
19. The left hand page of an open book is known as what?
A. Verso (the right hand page is Recto)
20. True or False: The character of Indiana Jones was named after actor Harrison Ford’s dog.
A. False. He was named after George Lucas’s dog. Indiana the Dog was also the inspiration for Chewbacca in the Star Wars films.
21. How many wings does a bee have?
A. 4
22. Which mythological character died when he flew too close to the sun?
A Icarus
23. In which country is the Simpson Desert?
A. Australia
24. “Nuke the entire site from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure” is a quote from which 1986 film?
A. Aliens (not Alien).
25. How many years of marriage is denoted by a ‘Diamond’ wedding anniversary?
A. 60
26. What are the three primary colours?
A. Red, yellow, blue
27. Which has more annual rainfall, the Sahara or the Antarctic?
A. Sahara
28. If A is for Alpha and B is for Bravo, what is V?
A. Victor
29. Which animal follows the Rat in the Chinese years, is it the Rooster or Ox?
A. Ox
30. Eugene Cernan was the last man to do what? (We all know who did it first).
A. Walk on the moon (Apollo 17, December 1972. Harrison Schmitt was the last person to arrive on the moon but Cernan was the last to leave. After a final EVA - extra vehicular activity - Schmitt re-entered the modual first before Cernan, making him the last man to walk on the moon)
31. Coulrophobia is the fear of what?
A. Clowns
32. What does a philographist collect?
Autographs
33. Alphabetically, which US state comes first?
A. Alabama
34. A bicycle manufacturer, a US state capital and a county in West Virginia are all named after which Englishman?
A. Sir Walter Raleigh
35. What word begining with the letter ‘P’ means to fake ones own death?
A. Pseudocide
36. How many lines are there in a sonnet?
A. 14
37. What number is represented in Roman Numerals by the letter ‘D’?
A. 500 - So many people said 50 but 50 is L
38. Where is your Dactylion?
A. The tip of your middle finger
39. Which organisations motto is “Don’t be evil”?
A. Google
40. Which American poet wrote the poem “Lady Lazarus”?
A. Sylvia Plath
Zorak with an impressive 22/40 (though despite listening to me go on about the Tudors non-stop he managed to get that question wrong!)
Zirconaz came in second and joint 3rd was HK and Porterjack!!
Questions and Answers
1. This is what happens when Voices Rant On (anagram).
A. Conversation
2. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came is a poem by which poet
A. Robert Browning
3. The State of Maine in the USA is known by what nickname?
A. The Pine Tree State
4. Who played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network?
A. Jesse Eisenber
5. Who is Patron Saint of Librarians, Scholars, Students and Abandoned Children?
A. Saint Jerome.
6. What is the name of the author of books including Jude The Obscure, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Far From The Madding Crowd?
A. Thomas Hardy
7. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is better known by what stage name??
A. Lady Gaga - Not Angelina Jolie
8. Which Daily Mail writer suffered a backlash last week for her article on “why women hate her for being beautiful”?
A. Samantha Brick.
9. Lettuce is a member of which flower family?
A. Sunflower
10. Which of Henry VIII’s wives outlived him?
A. Catherine Parr and Anne of Cleves
11. What are you afraid of if you have Omphalophobia?
A. Bellybuttons
12. Which sport takes place in a velodrome?
A. Cycling
13. When was the Great Fire of London?
A. 1666 - 1066, which some people said, is the Battle of Hastings.
14. Alec Guinness, Robert Carlyle, Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen have all played which 20th Century historical figure?
A. Adolph Hitler. (Alec Guinness played him in Hitler: The Last Ten Days, Robert Carlyle in Hitler: The Rise of Evil, Anthony Hopkins in The Bunker and Ian McKellen in Countdown to War.
15. Which male animal is called a Jake when it is young and a Tom when it matures?
A. A turkey - Cat was a popular answer but while a male cat is a Tom, a young male cat isn't a Jake.
16. Bagpuss sits in whose shop window?
A. A little girl named Emily
17. Who was the ancient Egyptian god of the sun?
A. Ra
18. What are you eating if you are eating March Bread?
A. Mazipan - It was a popular Tudor dish.
19. The left hand page of an open book is known as what?
A. Verso (the right hand page is Recto)
20. True or False: The character of Indiana Jones was named after actor Harrison Ford’s dog.
A. False. He was named after George Lucas’s dog. Indiana the Dog was also the inspiration for Chewbacca in the Star Wars films.
21. How many wings does a bee have?
A. 4
22. Which mythological character died when he flew too close to the sun?
A Icarus
23. In which country is the Simpson Desert?
A. Australia
24. “Nuke the entire site from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure” is a quote from which 1986 film?
A. Aliens (not Alien).
25. How many years of marriage is denoted by a ‘Diamond’ wedding anniversary?
A. 60
26. What are the three primary colours?
A. Red, yellow, blue
27. Which has more annual rainfall, the Sahara or the Antarctic?
A. Sahara
28. If A is for Alpha and B is for Bravo, what is V?
A. Victor
29. Which animal follows the Rat in the Chinese years, is it the Rooster or Ox?
A. Ox
30. Eugene Cernan was the last man to do what? (We all know who did it first).
A. Walk on the moon (Apollo 17, December 1972. Harrison Schmitt was the last person to arrive on the moon but Cernan was the last to leave. After a final EVA - extra vehicular activity - Schmitt re-entered the modual first before Cernan, making him the last man to walk on the moon)
31. Coulrophobia is the fear of what?
A. Clowns
32. What does a philographist collect?
Autographs
33. Alphabetically, which US state comes first?
A. Alabama
34. A bicycle manufacturer, a US state capital and a county in West Virginia are all named after which Englishman?
A. Sir Walter Raleigh
35. What word begining with the letter ‘P’ means to fake ones own death?
A. Pseudocide
36. How many lines are there in a sonnet?
A. 14
37. What number is represented in Roman Numerals by the letter ‘D’?
A. 500 - So many people said 50 but 50 is L
38. Where is your Dactylion?
A. The tip of your middle finger
39. Which organisations motto is “Don’t be evil”?
A. Google
40. Which American poet wrote the poem “Lady Lazarus”?
A. Sylvia Plath
freakofnature
Vampire
:24: I said that to fake one's own death was pseudodeath...and I totally made that up. I almost got it.
freakofnature
Vampire
:nod: I should have gotten that one too. I couldn't remember where I'd seen that before and now I realize it was in Abcinthia's sig a while ago.I might have got 1 more had I spent more time on that last one realising your fondness for her
Thanks for doing it. Very tough but interesting!
:24: I said that to fake one's own death was pseudodeath...and I totally made that up. I almost got it.
I gave it to you because you were pretty much correct. Pseudo means pretended (or almost) and the -cide bit means killing so pseudodeath was close enough.
I tried to be as generous as possible with everyone. It was hard because some of the questions had specific answers but if it was close enough, I let people have it.
freakofnature
Vampire
You know how little I know about that period. I once said Henry VIII had 8 wives, and lost all the jackpot in the quiz machine.
dancingpotato
Banned PER USER's Request
I wonder if I am intelligent enough for the next one...:humm:
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