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General Knowledge Pub Quiz...

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  1. wizered

    wizered Ol' Mucker Staff Member

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    Here we go then, not a football quiz, not a Bristol City FC quiz but a general knowledge quiz.:emoticon-0103-cool:

    These are medium difficulty questions used in pub quizzes..:emoticon-0138-think

    I'll start off with 10 questions and see what interest we get, if you wish it to continue please participate.:rolleyes:

    Remember if you use google your god will know and punish you..:p

    If we have enough interest I'll create a table as usual & carry it over to the next quiz, we'll have 4 rounds. :emoticon-0126-nerd:

    General Knowledge Quiz Questions I
    1. In which American city would you find the headquarters of General Motors?
    2. The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in which English town?
    3. Who became the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992?
    4. Which newspaper, once the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, ceased publication in 2011?
    5. In which war was the Gatling gun first used?
    6. Which country has a flag that is not rectangular?
    7. Which desert covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia?
    8. Which rock band wrote and performed the theme for the long-running adult cartoon South Park?
    9. Which viaduct carrying the M6 motorway in Birmingham is a quarter mile longer than the Second Severn Crossing?
    10. Who was the 40th President of the United States?
    Just out of interest I scored 6
     
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  2. MassiveAttack

    MassiveAttack Well-Known Member

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    1 Detroit
    2 - 10 don't know!

    1 correct :cool:
     
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  3. banksyisourhero

    banksyisourhero Well-Known Member

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    1. In which American city would you find the headquarters of General Motors? -- Detroit?
    2. The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in which English town? -- Wooten basset?
    3. Who became the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992? -- Glenda Jackson? Maybe Tony Blair?
    4. Which newspaper, once the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, ceased publication in 2011? -- The news of the world
    5. In which war was the Gatling gun first used? -- Boer war?
    6. Which country has a flag that is not rectangular? -- Switzerland?
    7. Which desert covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia?-- Kahahari?
    8. Which rock band wrote and performed the theme for the long-running adult cartoon South Park?--- Green day?
    9. Which viaduct carrying the M6 motorway in Birmingham is a quarter mile longer than the Second Severn Crossing? -- spaghetti junction?
    10. Who was the 40th President of the United States? -- Bill Clinton?
    No google used!

    4 correct
     
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  4. wings-of-a-crow

    wings-of-a-crow Well-Known Member

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    Detroit
    reading
    Glenda Jackson
    notw
    American civil war
    japan
    don't know
    green day?
    birnghm reliefe -toll road
    ron Reagan

    6 Correct...
     
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  5. smhbcfc

    smhbcfc Well-Known Member

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    1. In which American city would you find the headquarters of General Motors? Detroit
    2. The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in which English town? No idea - guess at Milton Keynes
    3. Who became the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992? Glenda Jackson
    4. Which newspaper, once the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, ceased publication in 2011? NOW
    5. In which war was the Gatling gun first used? Boer?
    6. Which country has a flag that is not rectangular? Vatican?
    7. Which desert covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia? Khalahari
    8. Which rock band wrote and performed the theme for the long-running adult cartoon South Park? Bon Jovi?
    9. Which viaduct carrying the M6 motorway in Birmingham is a quarter mile longer than the Second Severn Crossing? Spagetti Junction?
    10. Who was the 40th President of the United States? George W Bush?

    Quite a few guesses here!

    5 correct
     
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  6. wizered

    wizered Ol' Mucker Staff Member

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    Rankings..

    ROD..............07
    wings............06
    wiz................06
    smh...............05
    bcfcr&w........05
    banksy..........04
    massive.........01
     
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  7. RedorDead

    RedorDead Well-Known Member

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    1. In which American city would you find the headquarters of General Motors? -- Detroit?
    2. The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in which English town? -- Reading?
    3. Who became the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992? -- Glenda Jackson
    4. Which newspaper, once the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, ceased publication in 2011? -- NOTW
    5. In which war was the Gatling gun first used? -- ?
    6. Which country has a flag that is not rectangular? -- Napel
    7. Which desert covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia?-- .?
    8. Which rock band wrote and performed the theme for the long-running adult cartoon South Park?--- primus
    9. Which viaduct carrying the M6 motorway in Birmingham is a quarter mile longer than the Second Severn Crossing? -- Rayhall
    10. Who was the 40th President of the United States? -- Ronald Ragen?
    7 correct.
     
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  8. wizered

    wizered Ol' Mucker Staff Member

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    Answers:
    1. Detroit
    2. Reading
    3. Glenda Jackson
    4. The News of the World
    5. The American Civil (by the Union)
    6. Nepal
    7. The Kalahari
    8. Primus
    9. Bromford Viaduct
    10. Ronald Reagan
     
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  9. bcfcredandwhite

    bcfcredandwhite Well-Known Member

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    1. In which American city would you find the headquarters of General Motors? Detroit
    2. The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in which English town? Ipswich - guess
    3. Who became the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate in 1992? Tony Blair - guess
    4. Which newspaper, once the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, ceased publication in 2011? News of the World
    5. In which war was the Gatling gun first used? American Civil War
    6. Which country has a flag that is not rectangular? Switzerland - guess
    7. Which desert covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia? Kalahari - guess
    8. Which rock band wrote and performed the theme for the long-running adult cartoon South Park? Guns n Roses - guess
    9. Which viaduct carrying the M6 motorway in Birmingham is a quarter mile longer than the Second Severn Crossing? No idea!
    10. Who was the 40th President of the United States? Ronald Reagan - guess
    I swear I did this before checking answers.

    5 - not bad guesses!
     
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