Monday, December 11

The Great British Pub Quiz #2

Geography

1. Name Australia’s six states.
2. In terms of land mass, what is the smallest country in the world?
3. What is the capital of Morocco?
4. Which is the only State in the United States to have a monosyllabic name?
5. What is the longest river in the World?
6. What is the currency of the Czech Republic?
7. In which country can you find Transylvania
8. What is the height of Mt Fuji, in metres?
9. In which country is the highest waterfall in the World?
10. If your geographical position was a latitude of 0 degrees and a longitude of 0 degrees, where would you be?

Literature

1. Which city was home to Romeo and Juliet?
2. Who wrote ‘Robinson Crusoe’?
3. Timothy, Julian, Dick, Anne and George are collectively known as who?
4. Which book begins with the line – “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug”?
5. How many lines does a sonnet have – 10, 12 or 14?
6. What is Sherlock Holmes’s address?
7. How many syllables make up a haiku?
8. According to 1001 Arabian Nights, what nationality was Aladdin?
9. What are the names of the Three Musketeers?
10. What’s the next line in this poem?
I wander’d lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,

1 comment:

phil-san said...

Geography

1. Queensland, Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia, West Australia, Victoria
2. Vatican City – 0.17 sq miles
3. Rabat
4. Maine
5. The Nile, 6,825 km
6. Koruna/Crown
7. Romania
8. 3,776m
9. Venezuela – Angel Falls, 979m
10.In the Altlantic Ocean - just off the coast of Africa

Literature

1. (Fair) Verona
2. Daniel Defoe
3. The Famous Five
4. Little Women
5. 14
6. 221B Baker Street
7. 17
8. Chinese
9. Porthos, Athos and Aramis
10.A host of golden daffodils

Not: "And then I popped a lot of pills" as two teams believed...