Post by Lobster on Apr 9, 2020 17:10:51 GMT
I put together a virtual pub quiz last week for friends and family, and thought I might as well share it on here if anyone wants to have a go.
No Googling of course. Answers are here - postimg.cc/TpW6Cd40. Add up how many you get and post your score, or keep it shamefully to yourself. Nobody got higher than 14/20, so it's probably a bit hard.
Round 1 – THE VIRUS ROUND
1. In which Chinese city did COVID-19 begin?
2. In which country is the beer Corona brewed?
3. Which famous singer, whose solo albums include ‘Runaway Horses’ and ‘Real’, began her music career playing drums in the LA punk band The Germs?
4. Which is smaller, a virus or a bacterium?
5. Which word, relating to diet, is an anagram of CORONAVIRUS?
Round 2 - APRIL
6. April gets its name from the Latin verb ‘aperire’, meaning what?
7. What star sign is somebody born on April 3rd?
8. Which cartoon features a news reporter called April O'Neil?
9. What food item did the BBC trick viewers into thinking grew on trees in Switzerland on April Fools’ Day, 1957?
10. Which Scottish band had a UK top 10 hit in 1987 with 'April Skies'?
Round 3 – EASTER AND EGGS
11. In Western Christianity, what name is given to the Sunday before the Easter weekend?
12. What two-letter word is the German for 'egg'?
13. True or false: it is possible for Easter to fall in May.
14. What 'A' is the name for the white of an egg?
15. Which Scottish Premier League club plays home games at Easter Road?
Round 4 – PETS (April is National Pet Month)
16. True or false: pet shops are being classed as “essential stores” by the government and allowed to stay open during the coronavirus lockdown?
17. Are there more UK households with dogs, or with cats?
18. Who played the title role in the 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective?
19. What ‘V’ is the title of the 1993 best-selling album by the Pet Shop Boys, including the hit 'Go West'?
20. In which German city was the first series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet set?
