Everyone got first woman in space wrong.
Really? Who did they guess? The _second_ woman in space would be a more difficult question...
What is the origin of Fallout Boy's band name?
Great question.
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Who designed the Chupa Chups logo?
^ I know that one 🙂
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.
They're great examples of badly phrased questions, that's for sure.
Here's a silly one I found out today, similar to @nickjb's up thread.
What is the EU's largest national park? Guiana Amazonian Park in South America
Who popularized the term "Carbon Footprint"
A BP and their Ad. Agency (Ogilvy and Mather)
Which region of Scotland has the highest average height above sea level.
Answer. The Scottish Borders.
Everyone got first woman in space wrong.
Really? Who did they guess? The _second_ woman in space would be a more difficult question...
Tereshkova was the first (also the youngest female in space and the only female solo mission) , savitskaya was the second in thev80's.
But that wasn't too the question, the question was were you born before or after the first woman in space. 1963. 13 years before womans rowing was in the olympics.
Its good because you can make an educated guess where as knowing the names requires knowing random facts.
How many UK postcode areas only use a single letter to signify the geographical area?
Or, variation, list them.
Answer appears to be 6
Liverpool L
Sheffield S
Birmingham B
And three in London - W, E & N (S was abandoned in 1868)
Aside from the Americans, name two actors in the Slaughtered Lamb scene of American Werewolf in London..... everybody knows Brian Glover, but who was the other pre-fame comedy actor...? (Prompted by a Yorkshire pub I popped in to this afternoon).
Ade Edmonson isn't it? Or was it Rick Mayall?
But that wasn't too the question, the question was were you born before or after the first woman in space. 1963.
if the question was 'were you born before or after the first woman in space' then the first woman in space was born in 1937 🙂
A cheeky one could be connected to Lt Den Brotheridge. There's a few variations of a question in there, the significance of his death, the location, etc.
“Can you name a Labour Prime Minister whose first name was James?” is a good one. There were four of them (out of seven) but none of them are obvious.
We did our work Christmas quiz today and the quizmaster did a round where the answers were themed and were all Monopoly squares.
List 10 Slade chart topping singles for the music round. Everyone will score at least 1 point.
Lyrics round, short snippets read out, 3 to 4 words tops. Are they Christmas songs or Black Metal?
A troubled man regains his sanity as his imaginary companion shrinks from chaos into harmless nonsense before fading completely.
His apartment fixes itself, his job stabilises, and he slowly becomes a polite, rule-following member of society.
Name the inverted film
Ade Edmonson isn't it? Or was it Rick Mayall?
Yeah - Rik Mayall – he spits out his beer just after Glover delivers his punchline 'then threw out the Mexican'. I have watched the film too many times haven't I?
What is the connection between Donald Trump, the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, and Zelensky?
Donald's mother was a MacLeod. The MacLeod clan are descendants of Harold Hardrada who died at Stamford Bridge. Harold Hardrada was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Yaroslav the Wise of Ukraine.
Thus Donald shares Ukrainian ancestry with Zelensky.
Obscure enough for the quiz?
Answer appears to be 6
theres 8
B - Birmingham
E - East London
N - North London
W - West London
L - Liverpool
M - Manchester
S - Sheffield
G - Glasgow
Interesting fact today on the following BBC show. Who actually played the drums on the soundtrack of the 90s Beatles origin film Backbeat? Think: prolific famous 90s drummer....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n415?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
I'm just raiding this thread to put my new years quiz together that we're hosting in the pub on New Years Eve. There's some absolute belters in here. You lot are evil! A trait I greatly admire.
See how you get on with my first couple of rounds....
I'll post the answers up later
I don't know if this just came to me or if I read it here earlier but, "who is the only person to sing their own name in Do They Know It's Christmas?".
The bitter Sting of tears?
Is it when Bono sings "tonight thank God it's them, instead of you"
(in his own mind at least)
Reminds me of a story from the Make Poverty History / the white silicone band years...Bono was playing a charity gig somewhere and clapping his hands every second (whatever it was) to demonstrate "every time I clap my hands, another child in Africa dies of starvation" to which some wag in the audience calls back "well stop doing it then you evil c**t"
^^ Thats the point of my question. Adds levity to the proceedings, and hopefully some wag will shout that out and those that get it will get a laugh.
What year was Christmas day officially a public holiday in Scotland?
1958, it was banded by the Scottish Parliament in 1640.
What are the full names of the 3 monopoly characters, Mr Monopoly, the policeman and the prisoner?
Two contentious and hence tricky ones.
How many English Kings are called "the great"?
There is Alfred since he defeated the vikings but also **** a hundred years later although he doesnt get that in England but in Sweden and Denmark instead.
Last successful invasion of England is normally claimed as 1066 but ask the Dutch and 1688 will come up and for me "invasion" does seem more accurate than "glorious revolution". Sure there was lots of people especially aristocrats switching sides but exploiting splits in a country is just good invasion advice see the Romans and British Empire who both specialised in it.
What are the full names of the 3 monopoly characters, Mr Monopoly, the policeman and the prisoner?
The Monopoly guy is something like Mr Pennybags. I had no idea the other two had names.
What are the full names of the 3 monopoly characters, Mr Monopoly, the policeman and the prisoner?
The Monopoly guy is something like Mr Pennybags. I had no idea the other two had names.
Mr. Monopoly (formerly Rich Uncle Pennybags) is the mascot of the game. His full name is Milburn Pennybags.
The Policeman who sends players to jail is named Officer Edgar Mallory.
The Prisoner (the disgruntled man in jail behind the bars) is named "Jake the Jailbird"
Huh. That's one for "Today I Learned." Neat.