Pub Quiz Questions.

[Mackenzie]

I'm doing a pub quiz tomorrow would anyone like to suggest a question (or two) that I could include in the quiz. I think its going to be just general knowledge type questions, so anything goes really.

Cheers.

 

[Buckley's Mad Eye]

How about: What colour connects Leicester Square, Piccadilly and Coventry Street?

A: Yellow. (properties on a monopoly board)

 

[Mackenzie]

How about: What colour connects Leicester Square, Piccadilly and Coventry Street?

A: Yellow. (properties on a monopoly board)

Perfect.....keep 'em coming folks!

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Q. Which actor played 'George' in a British sitcom and then appeared again in the next series playing an entirely different 'George'?

A. Hugh Laurie (Blackadder the Third & Blackadder goes Forth.

 

[half time scores]

How about: What was the former name of Iceland?


A: Bejam

 

[Thunder Bolt]

What do greyhound, frostie, savoy and Ormskirk have in common?

They're all types of cabbages.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Q) What english word has all of the vowels in the correct order?

A) Facetious (somewhat suitable for on here) and/or abstemious.

 

[Socialist Sid]

What was the first man made object to break the sound barrier?







The whip.

 

[half time scores]

Q: Only one record has reached No. 1 in which both the title and artist's name are palindromes?




A: SOS ABBA

 

[dougdeep]

1) Who wrote Blue Suede Shoes?
2) Who first had a hit with Blue Suede Shoes?

Answer to both. Carl Perkins.

 

[drew]

Of what list is Egerton Crescent in Kensington top of?

The most expensive place to live in the UK. Average prices £7.4m


What is the current capital of Brazil and which city was the capital prior to 1960?

Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro


Who was secretary of state for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs at the time of the first Gulf War?

Douglas Hurd


In 1924, Ramsay MacDonald became the first what?

Labour Prime Minister.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Q. Why didn't Aled Jones make any money from the successful animated film The Snowman?

A. Because he had nothing to do with it. (Peter Auty sang 'Walking in the air' for the soundtrack - Jones covered it two years later.)

 

[vegster]

Q. What was the name of Bill Syke's dog in Oliver ?

A. Bullseye

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Q: Which car manufacturer's logo is made up of three elipses?

A: Toyota

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Q: There are two cows in a field, how can you tell which one had CJD?

A: It is the one that is alight

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Q: What is the correct sequence of lights in UK traffic lights from green?

A: Green, amber, red, red and amber, green

 

[Timbo]

On road signs, where are distances to London measured to?

Charing Cross Station

 

[Timbo]

Which 2 South American countries are land locked?

Bolivia & Paraguay

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Q. What do the songs 'A little help from my friends' (Beatles version), 'Hotel California' and 'I'm a believer' all have in common?

A. All songs on which the drummer has lead vocal.

 

[ringmerseagulltoo]

Q - Yorkshire has a North Riding, East Riding and West Riding. Why then is it not possible for there to be a South Riding

A - Because "Riding" means "a third part"