Pub quiz questions

[Elfy]

I have been tasked with compiling a 'pub quiz' for a bunch of rowdy drunks on Xmas day (my family that is). In past years, I have gone to a local quiz and plagarised their questions..adding in a few researched ones of my own. This year, I have a baby and don't get out quite as easily as I used to, hence no quiz. Can anyone help? What are the best pub quiz questions you have heard this year? The ones that surprised you. Or flummoxed you.

Many thanks in advance and Merry Christmas!

[SeanMacGabhann]

If people post them on here won't that give advance warning to anyone attempting the quiz on the day?

I have done one or two in the past and used some online resources

some of them here

but really it's best to use plenty of your own and make the quiz more personal. Nothing worse than a quizmaster contesting a wrong answer when he/she doesn't even know anything about the question because they are just reading from an "issued" list

[Keef]

By what name is guitarist Saul Hudson better known? Slash

[SeanMacGabhann]

And who used to babysit Slash when he was a nipper? David Bowie

[Elfy]

Hi Sean, no danger of anyone seeing it. They are not local and are not Forumites. I agree regarding the personal touch. BUT I have run out of time. I work full time and have a baby...NO time for internet searching (she writes whilst sitting at her desk 'working')....

Thanks, Keef. That's a good one.

[Keef]

In what city was the first ever performance of Handel's Messiah? Dublin. Name all 4 ghostbusters. Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Winston Zedmore, Ray Stanz. You might want to check those, but I think it's a good question. Name all 4 teenage turtles, with extra points for colour of mask and weapon used (this question was in the mag quiz a few years back). Leonardo blue katana, Raphiel red sai, Michelangelo orange nunchucks and Donatello purple bo staff. God I need to get a life!

[Elfy]

Keep them coming...

[RosieH]

Slightly more cryptic - which seminal guitarist might the French think was a bit annoyed? Johnny Mar (j'en ai marre)

[Elfy]

That one's cool...my aunt's a French teacher and my parents live there for half the year...so someone should have a chance at it.

[????]

Are they Smiths fans!?

[Elfy]

My dad went to a Nick Cave gig the other day. I think he considers himself something of a grey groover (or whatever the term may be).

[SeanMacGabhann]

ahem - those of us with white hair can often be found at Nick Cave gigs! I'm not having anyone call me a "grey groover" tho..

[Moos]

Keef Wrote:

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Name all 4 ghostbusters.

> Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Winston Zedmore, Ray

> Stanz. You might want to check those, but I think

> it's a good question. Name all 4 teenage turtles,

> with extra points for colour of mask and weapon

> used (this question was in the mag quiz a few

> years back). Leonardo blue katana, Raphiel red

> sai, Michelangelo orange nunchucks and Donatello

> purple bo staff. God I need to get a life!

Keef, that is so sweet! I can just see 10-year-old Keef running about being a Ninja Turtle.

In order to be helpful and not just wiffling on about Keef, couple of questions off the top of my head:

- Who is Apollo's twin sister in Greek mythology (Artemis)

- Which country won the most medals in the Paralympics (China (211) with GB 2nd with 102)

[Keef]

I was a great Nija Turtle, and the wise cracking Michelangelo was my favourite :-$

I was also a good He-Man when I was about 5/6, which reminds me of another question.

What was the name of He-Man's sister who had a spin off series? She-Ra (Princess of power)

[Moos]

(scornfully) EVryone knows that!

What I want to know is why female heroes in comic books always wear huge boots, enormous head-dresses, lots of straps and, erm, a very small furry or PVC bikini. And they all look, erm, a bit cold.

*thinks about it for a moment*

*light dawns*

Oh yeah..

OK. Who won the first Nobel prizes, and in what year? (I reckon you could give a point for any)

- Chemistry: Jacobus H. van't Hoff

- Physics: Wilhelm C. R?ntgen

- Physiology or Medicine: Emil A. von Behring

- Literature: Rene F. A. Sully Prudhomme

- Peace: Jean H. Dunant and Fr?d?ric Passy

In 1901.

[Keef]

What is most commonly believed to have been the last song played by the band on the titanic before it went down?

The tune that by far the most survivors reported was the last was "Nearer My God to Thee". (although no band members survived to confirm this).

It's a good question though I think.

[Keef]

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(scornfully) EVryone knows that!

Okay smartypants, who was She-ra's nemesis?

Hordak.

I can't think of any other female heroes that dress as you describe, other than Wonder Woman. And to be fair, She-ra would have been a lot warmer in a snow storm than her brother!

http://www.joevautour.com/images/HeManSheRa.jpg

[mockney piers]

I dunno, Red Sonja was probably a bit parky if it got chilly, and the practicality of her armour was far from ideal.

 

[mockney piers]

Who played Red Sonja in the eponymous film?

Brigitte Nielsen.

[Moos]

Humph, really didn't mean to start a posting frenzy of nearly naked buxom sword-wielding comic ladies, but I guess I should have thought ahead.

Q - Whose was the shortest US Presidency?

A - William Henry Harrison, who died of pneumonia in 1841 within a month of his first term. How much would that suck after all the campaigning?! Answer - a lot.

[Keef]

The original singer of which band died of accute alcohol poisening in a car outside of 67 Overhill Road East Dulwich?

AC/DC (The singer was Bon Scott)

[EDOldie]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> And who used to babysit Slash when he was a

> nipper? David Bowie

And where did he live till the age of 11?

Crystal Palace

[Keef]

Who, david bowie? Regarding Slash, I'm not sure he actually baby sat, but he was definitely bonking his mum!

[EDOldie]

No. Slash lived in Crystal Palace, I read an interview with him where he said the Dinosaurs in the park were one of his earliest memories. And Bowie, although originally from Brixton, lived in Beckenham. I'd never heard that Bowie babysat for Slash before but CP's not far from Beckenham. Oh, it's like stella street.

[EDOldie]

Who used to have their offices at 12 Downing Street and now has their office at 9 Downing Street?

The Chief Whip

When Paddy Ashdown was an MP he was often referred to as the 'second fittest person in the House'. Who was the fittest?

Sebastian Coe (Now Lord Coe)