"Pub Quiz" Questions

Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:32 am

I am currently organising a pub quiz for my society, and am researching questions for it. I was wondering if anyone had any good suggestions for questions?

Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:00 pm

What the words are for multiples of animals, herd of cow, murder of crows ect. Those are cool.

Gaggle of Geese?

Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:37 pm

Pack of Hyenas.
Herd of Cows.
Pride of Lions.
Rush of Rhinos.

they come to mind.

Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:23 am

A business of ferrets is one that a lot of people don't know.

I know a lot of the quizzes I've been too have had sporting questions, like which team won the .....

Maybe some questions like "What is written on the bottom of the Statue of Liberty?" and question based on random facts about other monuments?

Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:35 pm

What temperature is it if it is equal in both the fahrenheit and celsius scales?

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Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:12 pm

What mythical land do the Polynesians all share as their homeland?

Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:37 pm

Can I get your phone number?

Its a question I usually end up asking when i'm quizzing ladies at my pub.

Funny haha, not quite that sleazy.
I just follow them home so I can look it up later. Hey-yo!

Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:47 pm

coming2atvnearu wrote:Can I get your phone number?

Its a question I usually end up asking when i'm quizzing ladies at my pub.

Funny haha, not quite that sleazy.
I just follow them home so I can look it up later. Hey-yo!

Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:20 am

Igg wrote:
coming2atvnearu wrote:Can I get your phone number?

Its a question I usually end up asking when i'm quizzing ladies at my pub.

Funny haha, not quite that sleazy.
I just follow them home so I can look it up later. Hey-yo!

Conveniently, that's usually the extent of the response I end up with there too.

Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:58 am

Funnily enough, I had to do this yesterday, too. One of the ones I wrote was, "Complete the folowing sequence: J F M A M J J A" Answer: S O N D. They're the first letters of the months of the year.

zorg wrote:What the words are for multiples of animals, herd of cow, murder of crows ect. Those are cool.

Gaggle of Geese?

Here's one most people don't know: an exaltation of skylarks.

Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:47 pm

thanks guys! these are great! although answers to some of them would be good

we are planning on having the following rounds:
~Music
~Picture
~General Knowledge
~Film
~Geeky (Course related questions)
~Sport

And possibly one more, we havent decided.

In the sport round i'm hoping to find some facts about obscure sports... so suggestions for that would be great!

Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:12 pm

Film: Who eats Piggy in Lord of the Flies?

Website · Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:23 pm

Film: Rat Race is based of what movie?
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Sport: Name 3 professional Canadian sports teams
Wow, I'll name a few:
Ottawa Senaators(NHL)
Montreal Canadians(NHL)
Toronto Maple Leafs(NHL)
Calgary Flames(NHL)
Edmonton Oilers(NHL)
Vancouver Canucks(NHL)
Toronto Blue Jays(MLB)
Toronto Raptors(NBA)
Then you have CFL, I don't know if you would count that as professional

General Knowledge: What planet is the rocket that was laucnhed recently headed to?
Pluto

Yeah, I may be back with more

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Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:41 pm

answers guys!!

Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:54 pm

Geeky: dy/dx e^x. What does this mean, and what's the answer?

Answer: What is the derivative of e to the power of x? e to the power of x.

Geeky: What purpose does capital pi serve in mathematics?

Answer: It is used to show a multiplication infinite series, such as 1*2*3*4...