Here are the questions from a pub quioz that I was at last week.
10 points per question for the first 20 and 20 each for the last 6.
I just thought I’d post them here to show people the level of intellect to be found in an Irish bar in Paris We came 3rd out of 13 with 160 points.
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 brought an end to war between which 2 countries?
Who, after the death of King Hussein, became the present king of Jorden?
What form of execution was first legally used in the USA in 1923?
Who played Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby?
The Lateran Treaty was signed between which 2 European countries?
2.
What animal represents this years new Chineese year?
Who recently completed a single-handed round-the-world voyage in record-breaking time?
What is sodium thiocyanate better known as?
How many colours make up the South Africian flag?
Who composed the theme to Dr. Zhivago?
3.
What is ‘15’ in hex?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is better known as ?
Who was the first Prime Minister of Isreal?
What is the name of the first volumn of “Remembrance of Things Past”?
What is the difference between a’meteor’ and a ‘metorite’?
What country is the worlds leading producer of cork?
4.
In which country would you find the city, ‘Dnipropetrovsk’?
What is the negitave charged elementary particle found in an atom?
What ex-coalminer had a hit with ‘What’s new Pussycat’?
Using the number ‘9’ 6 times (but no other numbers) come up with an equation where the equation equals 100.
[i.e. if it was “where the equation equals 54” then you could have 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 = 54)
5.
How many legs does a crab have?
Joseph Pujol, the famous Moulin Rouge artist preformed under what name and what was his act?
Who was the last king of Greece?
What are the Minor & Major Arcana?
The word ‘anorak’ comes from what language?
What is the most common STD?