Pub Quiz TRICK Questions

[Oneeyedvic]

I am writing a pub quiz and am after some ideas - one of the categories will be entitled: Things you really ought to know - question like "What did the Tin Man want from the Wizard" - I am after some similar questions.

A separate category is "things you think you know" and could be questions like: "what man made object is visible from space" - answer none - the Great Wall of China is not visible - but something a bit more challenging.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

[wideboy]

Try these old 'chestnuts' (if AB allows the whole post:-

Passing requires 4 correct answers)
Please answer all questions before scrolling down for the answers.
1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What color is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese Gooseberries from?

10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

All done?

Remember, you need 4 correct answers to pass. Check your answers below.

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

(Passing requires 4 correct answers)

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years

2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador

3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs

7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert

8) What color is a purple finch? Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand

10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange, of course.


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Me, too.

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[Magyar]

Q: What kind of creture is a Bombay Duck?
A: A Fish

Q: On which planet was Dr Spock born?
A: Earth (Dr Spock is the paediatrician, Mr Spock was the vulcan)

Q: In what month does the Oktoberfest festival begin?
A: September

[trastevere]

Q: What was the highest mountain in the world before Everest was discovered?
Q: How many of each animal did Moses take aboard the Ark?
Q: What was the Trotter's vehicle in Only Fools & Horses?


Everest, of course!!
None... It was Noah
Reliant Regal Supervan III (most people say Robin)

[Oneeyedvic]

Thanks guys - these are brilliant.

Any more gratefully received

[Dimbo]

First yorkshire captain to tour australia, yet never made it inti the test team

Captain Cook

[diane1706]

Very old one

If a plane full of Italians crashed on the French/Spanish border,where would you bury the survivors?

[mike b]

I should double-check some of those chestnuts before you use them;
the Canary Islands are in the Atlantic, of course, and the Chinese gooseberry originally comes from, ahem, China - it was subsequently grown in New Zealand, where it became known as the Kiwi fruit...

[Oneeyedvic]

Cheers all - 3 stars all round

[morag1302]

What is Ghandi's first name?
Mohandas

Which is the only flag that is neither square nor rectangular?
Nepal

How many wives did Henry VIII have?
2
Because of the technicalities of annulment (declaring a marriage null and void as opposed to ending a legal marriage in the case of divorce), it can be argued that 4 of them (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard) were never his wives because by declaring the marriage null, the marriages never existed. This one was on QI once.

[wideboy]

Thanks Mike B - always good to check! I forwarded a recent version from a friend rather than go back to the original with Atlantic. Have now looked up Chinese Gooseberry (if we can believe Wikipedia) and agree with you.

Oneyedvic:-

What about "Where is Leeds Castle"?

[happyjo]

Kent?

[wideboy]

Yes

[Oneeyedvic]

Thanks guys - the quiz was on Friday and a very good night.

Will hopefully be repeating the exercise soon so thanks again.