The Quizzial Pub Quiz

Round 1: General Knowledge

#	Question
1	What are the largest animals to have ever lived?
2	Montevideo is a city in which South American country?
3	Which city was once called the Paris of the Middle East?
4	With which sport was Brooklands most associated?
5	In 1476 William Caxton introduced the first what to England?
6	In Greek mythology, Zeus threw what at his enemies?
7	What is the main source of vitamin D?
8	Insulin is produced where in the human body?
9	The first atom bomb was dropped on which Japanese city?
10	What is coulrophobia the fear of?
11	A ‘pedestrian curricle’ was a nineteenth-century forerunner of what?
12	Which publication claims to be world’s oldest weekly magazine?
13	What was Beethoven’s first name?
14	What does a lepidopterist study?
15	The term bhp is used when describing the power of a motor vehicle; for what does it stand?
16	What is the name of Princess Anne’s eldest child?
17	Who invented the Spinning Jenny in the 1760’s?
18	What does a seismometer measure?
19	If you are awarded an LLD, what subject would you have studied?
20	How many of Henry VIII’s wives were called Catherine?

Answers

#	Answer
1	Blue Whale
2	Uruguay
3	Beirut
4	Motor Racing
5	Printing Press
6	Lightning Bolts
7	Sunlight
8	Pancreas
9	Hiroshima
10	The fear of clowns
11	A bicycle
12	The Spectator (Founded 1828)
13	Ludwig
14	Butterflies and moths
15	Brake horse power
16	Peter Phillips
17	James Hargreaves
18	Earthquakes, ground shaking
19	Law (Doctor of Law)
20	Three – Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr

Round 2: Sport

#	Question
1	In which sport can you win the Stanley Cup?
2	Tennis: In 1997 which woman became the youngest winner of a Grand Slam title?
3	Which German Manchester City goalkeeper arrived in Britain as a prisoner of war?
4	Tennis. The two girls who won the women’s doubles for the USA at the 1992 Olympic Games had the same surname. What name?
5	In which country did the first Cricket World Cup take place in 1975?
6	Cricket. Which batmen holds the world record for scoring the most test runs?
7	Kenny Roberts was famous for racing what?
8	Michael Schumacher raced for which Formula 1 team for most of his career?
9	Who did Muhammad Ali beat to first become world champion?
10	Which sport was originally named Poona after an Indian town where it was popular?
11	Who has scored a record 277 points in Rugby World Cup football?
12	Who did Manchester United beat with injury time goals in the 1999 Champions League final?
13	Golf: In which country was the 2018 Ryder Cup, held for the first time?
14	What is the name of the two Ukrainian brothers who have held boxing World Heavyweight titles in the twenty-first century?
15	Who was the first black player to play for the senior England football team?
16	In which country was the final match of the first Football World Cup in the 21st century held?

Answers

#	Answer
1	Ice Hockey
2	Martina Hingis (Australian Open)
3	Bert Trautmann
4	Fernandez
5	England
6	Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 runs)
7	Motorcycles
8	Ferrari
9	Sonny Liston
10	Badmington
11	Jonny Wilkinson
12	Bayern Munich
13	France (Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Paris)
14	Vitaly and Wladimir Klitschko
15	Viv Anderson
16	Japan

Round 3: Name the Song and Performer

#	Question
1	With the lights out, it’s less dangerous. Here we are now, entertain us.
2	You're twistin' my melon man
3	Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold
4	You must understand though, the touch of your hand makes my pulse react.
5	Take a sad song and make it better
6	My job is very boring I’m an office clerk
7	Another girl in the neighbourhood, wish she was mine, she looks so good
8	But it’s been no bed of roses, No pleasure cruise
9	Just a small town girl, Livin' in a lonely world, She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
10	I've played all my cards, And that's what you've done too, Nothing more to say, No more ace to play.
11	Her name is Noelle, I have a dream about her, She rings my bell
12	Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp
13	Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air, I know I can count on you, Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care
14	I’m never gonna dance again, Guilty feet have got no rhythm
15	Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play, And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate

Answers

#	Answer
1	Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
2	Happy Mondays – Step On
3	Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
4	Tina Turner – What’s Love Got do to With
5	The Beatles – Hey Jude
6	Martha and the Muffins – Echo Beach
7	The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
8	Queen – We are the Champions
9	Journey – Don't Stop Believin'
10	ABBA – Winners Takes It All
11	Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
12	REM – Man on the Moon
13	Florence and the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (Originally by The Source featuring Candi Staton)
14	George Michael – Careless Whisper
15	Taylor Swift – Shake it Off

Round 4: Movies and TV

#	Question
1	In Star Wars what relation is Princess Leia to Luke Skywalker?
2	‘The Godfather’ was released in 1972; who played Michael Corleone?
3	What is the name of the villain in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012) played by Tom Hardy?
4	In 2019 which British actress won an Emmy for Lead actress in a comedy series?
5	Who plays the psychopathic assassin Villanelle in the BBC series Killing Eve?
6	Who directed and narrated the 2002 documentary film ‘Bowling for Columbine’?
7	Which film concerns the declaration of war by Freedonia against neighbouring Sylvania?
8	Lena Headey portrayed who in Game of Thrones?
9	Who is the central character in the Halloween film series?
10	Geena Davis played Thelma, who played Louise?
11	Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as corrupt detective Alonzo Harris in the film Training Day (2001)?
12	In 2017 which film was wrongly announced as the Oscar winner for Best Picture?
13	Who played Hugh Glass in the ‘The Revenant’?
14	What was the name of Alex Haley’s slave drama, screened in the 1970s and still one of the most watched dramas in the US TV history?
15	In Downton Abbey who dies shortly after giving birth?
16	David Tenant and Olivia Coleman starred in which 2013 crime drama?
17	Who played James Bond in “The Spy who Loved Me”?

Answers

#	Answer
1	Sister
2	Al Pacino
3	Bane
4	Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)
5	Jodi Comer
6	Michael Moore
7	Duck Soup
8	Cersei Lannister
9	Michael Myers
10	Susan Sarandon
11	Denzel Washington
12	La La Land
13	Leonardo DiCaprio
14	Roots
15	Lady Sybil
16	Broadchurch
17	Roger Moore

Round 5: History

#	Question
1	22 September 1980 saw Iraq start a war with which neighbouring state?
2	The Soviet Union started an invasion of which country in November 1939?
3	In which year did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?
4	In the 5th century which barbarian leader was called the ‘Scourge of God’?
5	In which year did the Battle of Waterloo take place?
6	Which volcano erupted in AD 79, destroying the Roman city of Pompeii?
7	The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during which war?
8	In 1960 which country became the first to elect a woman as head of government?
9	In the 1100’s which empire became the largest contiguous land empire in history?
10	Which type of animal did Hannibal use to win a naval battle?
11	Who was British Prime Minister at the start of World War II?
12	What year did Queen Victoria die?
13	Who immediately succeeded Oliver Cromwell after his death in 1658?
14	What important contribution did Sir Rowland Hill make to the Post Office in 1837?
15	VE Day marking the unconditional surrender of the German Army at the end of World War II is celebrated on what date?
16	Which country did Germany invade first at the start of World War I?
17	What was the nationality of dancer Mata Hari, shot as spy?

Answers

#	Answer
1	Iran
2	Finland
3	1941
4	Attila The Hun
5	1815
6	Mount Vesuvius
7	Crimean
8	Sri Lanka
9	Mongolian
10	Snakes
11	Neville Chamberlain
12	1901
13	Richard Cromwell (Oliver’s Son)
14	Invented the Adhesive Stamp
15	8 May
16	Luxembourg
17	Dutch

Round 6: Science

#	Question
1	Deoxyribonucleic Acid is commonly known as?
2	What substance makes plants green and allows photosynthesis to occur?
3	What part of the brain controls muscle movement and maintains posture, and balance?
4	Which NASA mission first landed men on the moon?
5	Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?
6	What fly around the nucleus of an atom?
7	A gauss meter measures the strength of what?
8	A mutation in a gene called MC1R usually results in?
9	What is the heaviest, naturally occurring element?
10	Electric power is usually measured in what units?
11	What is the most common gas in the earth’s atmosphere?
12	Hg is the symbol of which chemical element?
13	Numbers: How many zeros are there in a Googol?
14	Who wrote the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?
15	Who discovered Oxygen?

Answers

#	Answer
1	DNA
2	Chlorophyll
3	Cerebellum
4	Apollo 11
5	Jupiter
6	Electrons
7	Magnets
8	Red Hair
9	Uranium
10	Watts
11	Nitrogen
12	Mercury
13	100
14	Stephen Hawking
15	Joseph Priestley