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Pub Quiz (20.03.05)

Quiz Mistress: Nicky

Geography

1. What is the capital of the Ukraine? Kiev

2. Which two languages are spoken in Belgium? French, Flemmish

3. What is the largest town in the Channel Islands? St. Helier

4. What is the capital of Peru? Lima

5. Leith is a port in which major UK city? Edinburgh

Board Games

6. What colour are the hotels on a standard monopoly board? Red

7. In Monopoly, how much must each player pay you if it’s your birthday? £10

8. In Cluedo, which of the rooms comes last alphabetically? Study

9. At the beginning of a game of chess, how many pawns are on the board in total? 16

10. How many triple score squares are there on a Scrabble Board? 8

Food & Drink

11. From which plant is the food flavouring Vanilla obtained? Orchid

12. From which vegetable is vodka made? Potato

13. From which country does Gorgonzola cheese come from? Italy

14. A nectarine is a cross between which two fruits? Peach, Plum

15. Which drink can be sweet, dry or rough? Cider

Television

16. Who plays Sadie King in Emmerdale? Patsy Kensit

17. Who originally narrated The Wombles? Bernard Cribbins

18. What is Marge Simpson’s maiden name? Bouvier

19. Who lived at 23 Railway Cuttings? Tony Hancock

20. Dickie Davies was the main presenter of which TV show? World of Sport

Questions 21-30: Picture Quiz

21. Mr Tickle

22. Mr Greedy

23.. Mr Happy

24. Mr Nosey

25. Mr Sneeze

26. Mr Bump

27. Mr Snow

28. Mr Messy

29. Mr Topsy - Turvy

30. Mr Silly

Sport

31. What name is given to the rubber disc used in Ice Hockey? Puck

32. How many players are there in a volleyball team? 5

33. In which sport are there categories called ‘Snatch’ and ‘Jerk’? Weightlifting

34. In which sport would you observe the Queensbury Rules? Boxing

35. At which course is the St. Ledger run? Doncaster

Music

36. Who wrote the operas The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni? Mozart

37. Who composed The Barber of Seville? Rossini

38. Which singer’s debut album was entitled "Baby One More Time"

      Britney Spears

39. In which city’s sewers is the opera The Phantom of the Opera set? Paris

40. Name the two US television series to have their own orchestras. Simpsons, Star

Trek, The Muppets.

Science and Nature

41. What is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere? Nitrogen

42. How many legs does a squid have? 10

43. How many teeth does an adult human have? 32

44. What substance makes plants green? Chlorophyll

45. What is the SI unit of time? second

Pot Luck

46. What are the names of Marge Simpson’s sisters? Selma & Patti.

47. Name all 8 Ivy League colleges. Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard,

Pennsylvannia, Princeton & Yale.

48. From which substance is the Taj Mahal built? Marble

49. With which art movement would you associate Picasso? Cubism

50. Which ancient Greek discovered the mathematical constant PI? Archimedes

51. What is the 12th sign of the Zodiac? Pisces

52. What was Maggie Simpson’s 1st word & name the guest actress that spoke it. Daddy, Elizabeth Taylor.

53. What is Zymurgy the study of? Brewing

54. On a computer keyboard, which letter falls between B and C? V

55. In carpentry, what is a rasp? a coarse file

Lyrics Quiz

56. The Firm, Startrekkin’

57. Roland Rat Superstar, Rat Rapping

58. Dolls Toys, Nellie The Elephant

59. Black Lace, Agadoo

60. Spitting Image, The Chicken Song

Tie-Break

1. According to FIFA, how many passes did David Beckham make during EURO 2004? 173

2. In what year was the toothbrush invented? 1498

3. In 2002, How many accidents were reported to UK doctors involving Cheese graters? 593

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