OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

[Shawswood]

Or is it 7

I’ve just concluded
You might be mathematically deluded

 

[Steelmonkey]

I’ve just concluded
You might be mathematically deluded

It's taken you this long to work that out? Is it 8

 

[Shawswood]

It's taken you this long to work that out? Is it 8

It’s based on time, that’s a strong hint

 

[Wherever]

Not that one

And there’s me thinking I had a beautiful (****ing) mind

 

[Shawswood]

Zero right answers so far, that’s my final hint

 

[kiwiqpr]

0

 

[Shawswood]

0

Correct, it’s part of a time sequence hours, minutes and seconds;
12595(7, 125958, 125959, 130000.....
Congrats Kiwi, your medal is in the post

 

[Ninj]

The first paragraph of which books starts with "Call me Ishmael"

 

[Wherever]

Mobey dick

 

[kiwiqpr]

Still waiting for my medal

 

[Ninj]

Which novel begins it was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen?

 

[sb_73]

Which novel begins it was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen?

Nineteen Eighty-four

 

[Ninj]

correct - your turn

 

[sb_73]

I like this theme, another novel first line:

Mother died today, or maybe it was yesterday.

 

[qprbeth]

The Stranger by Camus...
The Algerian goalie

 

[sb_73]

The Stranger by Camus...
The Real Madrid goalie

Right answer, but he was only Algiers University goalie, before he got TB. Probably my biggest hero. Not just because of the footie.

 

[qprbeth]

Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

Opening line of which novel

 

[sb_73]

Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

Opening line of which novel

Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

 

[qprbeth]

Take it away Sir

 

[sb_73]

Take it away Sir

That’s about the only thing I remember about that book.

Which meat is the most eaten in the world? By number of people who eat it rather than volume of flesh - the answers are different, extra point if you get both.