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I have to help write a quiz, and would like to include a few tricky questions. Great examples include the largest manufacturer of tyres (Lego) or how many lakes in the Lake District (one) - the kind of questions that will really annoy people.
Any suggestions? Cheers.
(just seen this prompt under the Topic Title - think it might need some work!)
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How many wives did Henry VIII have? Answer - three. The other three marriages were annulled, meaning they were never his wife.
Ooohhhhhhhhhh. Nasty, I love them.
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, spell it.
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Which angels are named in the Bible?
Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Lucifer.
Although it does vary depending on which Bible you are referring to.......
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YEMEN
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CHILE
FIJI
Sport: Red, Blue, White, Black, Orange. What comes next in the sequence
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Answer: the Tour de France (people often guess the World Cup or Olympics but they aren't annual)
Science, which planet is on average closest to the Earth
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What is the only US state not to share a letter with the word mackerel? Ohio
With which country does France share its longest land border
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These are all on paper and don’t need reading out by the quiz master so gives you a break.
Walk around locally and take pictures and ask what is behind you. Could be any landmark: statues, pubs, hotels….
ID the country from its silhouette.
Buy some crisps and guess the flavor.
Answer: Mercury, because of the size of their orbits Venus and Mars spend a lot of time far away from the Earth on the opposite side of the Sun, Mercury with its orbit very close to the Sun is on average closer to the Earth than any other planet.
If you liked that...
Which is more valuable, flotsam or jetsam?
Answer, flotsam, because it floated off deck unintentionally, whereas jetsam was deliberately ejected.
If you want one for people to ponder over for a while you can have them list the 11 countries that start with G. Might cause a few arguments as there are a few non countries like Greenland and Gibraltar. Bonus point for the only country that ends with G
One that made me smile recently was to give the value of Pi to 5 decimal places, with one point per DP. I am an engineer though so I may be slightly biased in my amusement.
Only county in the UK to have 2 entirely separate coastlines (mainland only, islands off the coast don't count) - Devon.
What are the second highest peaks in Scotland, Wales, England (excluding peaks on the same massif)? Ben Macdui, Carnedd Llewelyn, Helvellyn. Bonus point if they can spell Carnedd Llewlyn correctly.
Highest Peak in a UK territory (Mount Hope, Antarctica).
Just for fun, how about a couple of crossword puzzle type questions.
Sea animal (5, 3).
Large fish (7).
Maybe a silly prize if anyone gets them.
Oh and the answers are ship's cat and special.
The second president of the USA
Band who released the classic 80's album the Lexicon of Love
Those were both tricky ones I remember from our pub quiz last week
One that we have got wrong on more than one occasion is what does the acronym BAFTA stand for, and you've got to get it exactly right. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. You can't have Awards as the final word. Quiz master is always right, (even when he's wrong).
Q Who is younger - Gary Oldman or Gary Newman?
A Gary Oldman, by 13 days
Ah, never mind…
Which of these UK cities is the furthest east?
- Bristol 2.5879° W
- Edinburgh 3.1883° W
- Carlisle 2.9329° W
- Manchester 2.2426° W [correct]
There is "difficult" and there is "impossible," do you really want a quiz full of gotchas? Some of these suggestions you might as well ask "what is my middle name" (and give a point for "no it isn't").
whereas jetsam was deliberately ejected.
Same root as "jettison."
Oh yeah, another one, though maybe 50/50 questions shouldn't count, which UK city is further west, Bristol or Edinburgh. It's actually Bristol by about 1 degree.
edit - beaten to it while I was just fact checking myself!! (although Keva has a more comprehensive question/answer).
Jesus, these are all incredible. Thanks very much...you evil bastards
There is "difficult" and there is "impossible," do you really want a quiz full of gotchas? Some of these suggestions you might as well ask "what is my middle name" (and give a point for "no it isn't").
There are a few rounds - I was thinking of putting one of this kind of question in each round. The rest are pretty normal...
If you want one for people to ponder over for a while you can have them list the 11 countries that start with G
Its a pretty tough one, I'm a bit of a geography trivia nerd but I only managed 8 without google.
Greece
Georgia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Gambia
Gabon
Guatemala
No Idea on the others
Can't get the one that ends in "G" either
EDIT "Luxembourg" cheated and asked the wife.
Name a country whose flag does NOT contain red, white, or blue.
Can you name the three actors who have all been killed in films, by an Alien, a Predator AND a terminator?
Now I've typed it out, I can't remember the third... There's definitely two.
Edited to add: it's only two, quite tricky to get though, I think.
Why was Knight Rider's car called KITT ?
It was an acronym for Knight Industries Two Thousand
Saw this on some telly program the other day.
Which European Union country has a National anthem with no words - Spain
Though easy if you're Spanish or know it :-).
Can you name the three actors who have all been killed in films, by an Alien, a Predator AND a terminator?
Oh, that's good. Bill Paxton was the punk in Terminator 2 ("nice night for a walk"), Hudson in Aliens and the gobshite cop in Predator 2. Not that he's typecast or anything.
Who else? Was Lance Henrickson in a Predator film?
A couple of times I've compiled quizzes and without declaring the round as such, it was themed.
So if the seemingly unconnected answers were Fiesta, Galaxy, Granada, Escort etc. the theme is old Ford cars. Mail Telegraph, Mirror, Sun the theme is Newspapers. The last question is "what is the theme" and as you go along you see teams twigging it and going back and getting the answers. So it lets you set seemingly impossible questions which only become easy when the theme is clear. As in "the superior of a Franciscan Convent" is The Guardian.
Its a pretty tough one, I'm a bit of a geography trivia nerd but I only managed 8 without google.
Yes. It's definitely more of a team one to ponder over the course of the evening.
No Idea on the others
You have missed an easy one 🙂
Yep, well done. Lance Henriksson was playing Weyland Yutani founder in Alien v Predator and got stabbed by the predator.
You have missed an easy one
doh! Germany
Guyana too
Which of these are nuts - list of 'nuts' (lots of nuts aren't genuine nuts)
Best questions I got once were 8 film scenes made from Lego and you had to identify the film. It was flipping ace although hard work for the question writers.
Mark Radcliffe was going on about a book called haiku killer qu'est que ce which describes pop songs in 17 words.
That'd be a good round, maybe one of them ones thats written down to ponder on during an interval.
Think it's only from Amazon, at least that's the only source I can find.
We’re doing a quiz at new year and for my round I’ve come up with ‘Band or Beer’.
I’m going to do a mixed list of the names of obscure bands, who’ve done 6 music sessions, or artisan/hipster craft beers. You have to guess which is which 😃
How many beans make five?
Band who released the classic 80's album the Lexicon of Love
I'd say that's a pretty easy quiz question TBH.
If you want a tricky but (IMO) gettable music question, how about 'Stan Ridgeway, the writer and performer of the No. 2 UK hit song 'Camouflage', was the original lead singer of what band? (Wall of Voodoo).
What colour is your anus?*
Blue
* Uranus
I ended up in detention for asking my science teacher "Sir, what colour is you anus?".
Taste challenges if you can prepare samples for tasting:
Put the five Tesco cheddar cheese samples in order of maturity rating.
Put the chocolate in order of cocoa content
Put the wines in order of price
Name the herb
What is the elephant population of Bedfordshire
10
5 at Woburn 5 at Whipsnade
Which is more valuable, flotsam or jetsam?
Answer, flotsam, because it floated off deck unintentionally, whereas jetsam was deliberately ejected.
How about "Name the 4 different categories for items lost or discarded at sea". FWIW drug smugglers will intentionally drop their cargo offshore with a beacon attached so it can be collected later. That could be quite valuable! (and what category does it fall into? Clue - it's not not flotsam,)