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July Quiz Questions

Each month we’re posing five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As before, they’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as having a bit of fun.

Biology

  1. How many legs does a lobster have?
  2. How many species of elephant are there?
  3. Francis Crick and James Watson made which discovery in 1953?
  4. Every cat has the same distinctive coat pattern. What is it?
  5. What is the world’s most venomous fish?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

June Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

Art

  1. What year did Vincent Van Gogh die?  1890
  2. What Renaissance artist is buried in Rome’s Pantheon?  Raphael
  3. Who painted the famous artwork Guernica?  Picasso
  4. Who painted the famous artwork The Birth of Venus?  Botticelli
  5. Which US artist died in a car crash in August 1956, aged 44?  Jackson Pollock

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2023.

June Quiz Questions

Each month we’re posing five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As before, they’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as having a bit of fun.

Art

  1. What year did Vincent Van Gogh die?
  2. What Renaissance artist is buried in Rome’s Pantheon?
  3. Who painted the famous artwork Guernica?
  4. Who painted the famous artwork The Birth of Venus?
  5. Which US artist died in a car crash in August 1956, aged 44?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

May Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

General Knowledge

  1. Which long distance train had its first run in October 1883?  Orient Express
  2. With 158 separate stanzas, which nation is considered to have the longest national anthem in the world?  Greece
  3. Which of the following sauces is NOT traditionally vegan: Hoisin, Worcestershire, Mustard, Wasabi?  Worcestershire
  4. Over 500 million of the Flying Pigeon PA-02 bicycles have been made, many times more than any other bicycle. But what country owns the Flying Pigeon brand?  China
  5. The Goodwin Sands is a large sandbank off the coast of Kent. What game was played there, at low tide, every year until 2003?  Cricket

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2023.

May Quiz Questions

Each month we’re posing five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As before, they’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as having a bit of fun.

General Knowledge

  1. Which long distance train had its first run in October 1883?
  2. With 158 separate stanzas, which nation is considered to have the longest national anthem in the world?
  3. Which of the following sauces is NOT traditionally vegan: Hoisin, Worcestershire, Mustard, Wasabi?
  4. Over 500 million of the Flying Pigeon PA-02 bicycles have been made, many times more than any other bicycle. But what country owns the Flying Pigeon brand?
  5. The Goodwin Sands is a large sandbank off the coast of Kent. What game was played there, at low tide, every year until 2003?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

April Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

Geography

  1. There is a very small (180 square miles) landlocked sovereign country between France and Spain with a population of approximately 75,000. What is the name of this country?  Andorra
  2. What is the world’s largest coral reef system?  Great Barrier Reef
  3. What is the only US state that borders just one other?  Maine
  4. What does the Beaufort scale measure?  Wind Strength
  5. On which continent is the volcano Mt Erebus?  Antarctica

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2023.

April Quiz Questions

Each month we’re posing five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As before, they’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as having a bit of fun.

Geography

  1. There is a very small (180 square miles) landlocked sovereign country between France and Spain with a population of approximately 75,000. What is the name of this country?
  2. What is the world’s largest coral reef system?
  3. What is the only US state that borders just one other?
  4. What does the Beaufort scale measure?
  5. On which continent is the volcano Mt Erebus?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

March Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

Language

  1. Sea urchins got their name from what non-aquatic animal, which was known as an “urchin” until the 15th century?  The hedgehog
  2. What is a group of crows called?  A murder
  3. How many letter tiles are there in a game of Scrabble?  100
  4. What is the origin of the expression “cobblers”, meaning something isn’t true or rubbish?  It derives from “cobbler’s awls”, Cockney rhyming slang for “balls”.
  5. What in pidgin is “Magimiks bilong Yesus”?  Helicopter

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2023.

March Quiz Questions

Each month we’re posing five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As before, they’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as having a bit of fun.

Language

  1. Sea urchins got their name from what non-aquatic animal, which was known as an “urchin” until the 15th century?
  2. What is a group of crows called?
  3. How many letter tiles are there in a game of Scrabble?
  4. What is the origin of the expression “cobblers”, meaning something isn’t true or rubbish?
  5. What in pidgin is “Magimiks bilong Yesus”?

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.

February Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

Medicine

  1. Where in the human body would you find the medulla oblongata?  The brain
  2. If you have cryophobia, what are you afraid of?  Ice or cold
  3. What is the largest organ of the human body?  The skin
  4. Which is the only body part that is fully grown from birth?  Eyes
  5. Where is the strongest human muscle located?  Jaw

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2023.