- I was born on this day in 1956 and played football for the Polish national team for many years. In fact, I played in 4 different world cups and have played in 21 World Cup Final matches tying with Uwe Seeler and Diego Maradona for the third most appearances ever. Who. Am. I?Wladyslaw Zmuda
- Ok, one more Poland related question. Poland is one of only two teams to have score five goals in a World Cup game, the other being Switzerland of all countries. Anyways, which country did Poland lose to 6-5 in the 1938 tournament?Brazil
- Though soon to be the most populous nation on Earth, India has never appeared in the World Cup Finals. Many blame what happened in 1950 the only year they qualified for the finals as the reason it has never caught on there. Tell me, what is the popular urban myth surrounding the reason the Indian football team refused the invitation to the 1950 World Cup Finals. Here's a hint: they refused to wear something that Fifa rules stipulated they must on field.Wear shoes
- There have been 19 World Cups to date, tell me how many have been won by the host country?Six
- Which national team holds the record for most losses in the World Cup final tournament with 24? I'm only giving you one hint, they're from the America'sMexico
- Who were the only team to remain unbeaten in the last World Cup tournament in 2010? Once again, you only get one hint, you won't believe the answer, unless it's your precious.New Zealand
- In 2010, FIFA selected the only candidate deemed a 'high-risk' option in choosing Qatar. Qatar operates what's know as a kafala system which translates more or less to guardianship but really means to take away all imported workers rights, losing their passports and turning them into slaves. Without any safety provisions, these workers have been dying on the World Cup construction sites by the scores. Tell me, plus or minus 250, how many of these people working on World Cup infrastructure in Qatar are projected to have died by the time the games are played in 2022? For reference, eight have died in the Brazil preparations.4000
- Well, the choice of Qatar was not so risky for the members pocketbooks of the FIFA selection committee and neither were the previous three choices of South Africa, Brazil and Russia. Corruption in FIFA is endemic and has always been one of those things we knew but documents discovered in the past week paint the most graphic picture revealed to date. How much, or maybe better, how little do you think disgraced Qatari football official Mohamed Bin Hammam paid in bribes to secure the necessary votes for the 2022 World Cup. In US dollars, how much does it cost to buy the World Cup for your country. The nearest (½ of the teams) will get a point.$5 millionRound 2 is June 6th in history
1. On this day, June 6th in 1664, the city now known as New York was renamed in honor of the Duke of York after British forces seized control of Manhatten. Tell me, what was New York previously known as.New Amsterdam2. Perhaps, no, definitely the most important event that occurred on this day in history was the D-Day invasion of Normandy by the Allied forces, June 6th, 1944. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the landing of mostly British, American and Canadian troops on five different beaches. For the point you need to name three of the five beaches. Bonus points for any additional.Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword3. Ok, because of the importance of the D-day invasion, we get two questions about it. Plus there's 2 points up for grabs in this question. First, we call it D-day today but at the time the armed forces assigned a codename to the Allied invasion of northwest Europe. What was that codename. Second, what does the 'D' in D-day stand for? Two possible points, what was the codename to the operation and what does the d in d-day signify?Operation Overlord / Day4. The United States features four main sports leagues, the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Can you tell me which one was founded under a slightly different name on this day in 1946 and for the full point you'll need the full name of the league.NBA – National Basketball Association5. On this day, June 6th, 1984, one of the most popular games of all time was released. Tetris, how many different shapes do the blocks come in in the original Tetris (tetris, tetra, 4)7 - seven6. Once again, urban legend has it that Levi Strauss made his first pair of jeans on this day in 1853. Tell me, from what southern French city did the twill fabric called denim take its name.Nimes7. Also on this day in 1933, America combined two of their passions as the first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey opening the door to a generation of teenage boys and girls to experience the wonder of Hollyood and discover each others bodies in the privacy of their cars. Tell me what was the price of admission per car and per person at a drive in on June 6th, 1933?25 cents8. Our final question about June 6th leads us into the music round to follow. Who's to say what the first rock and roll song was but, we can say that the first rock and roll record to top the US pop charts was Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley. All you need to do is give me the year in which this hit topped the US pop charts.1955Round 3 - MusicGuitar1. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World2. Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie to YouBass3. Tina Turner - Simply the Best4. Madonna - Like a VirginDrums5. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday6. The Knack - My SharonaKeyboard7. Cindy Lauper - Time After Time8. Toto - Africa
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Pub Quiz / New Guilty Concert - Tanner's June 6th, 2014
Round One - World Cup
Monday, May 12, 2014
Pub Quiz/Concert May 9, 2014 - Troche Kultury
Round 1 updated below. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rabbitfire/476266309075890 right now and like the page for further updates!
Hey, as promised, we've been sifting through the wreckage to come up with a few scraps of paper to refresh our memories as to the questions and answers from last Friday's Pub Quiz. We're proud to announce we've made our first discovery: the questions and answers to round 4, the American Culture round. Thanks again to everyone for coming out, check back in a couple of days for the other rounds as they're bound to turn up. Stay tuned for the next quiz coming in early June!
Round 1 - British Culture
1. What breed of dog is Queen Elizabeth’s favourite? Is it...
a. Alsations b. French poodles c. Welsh corgies d. West Highland terriers
2. Another easy one! What nationality is Prince Philip (the queen’s husband)?
a. Austrian b. German c. Greek d. Hungarian
3. Anne Boleyn, one of King Henry the VIII’ths wives, is reputed to have had 3 breasts, and an extra finger on her left hand! She was otherwise known as the “...of Flanders”
a. ass b. fox c. mare d. wolf
4. Which game was invented by the British/British servicemen whilst in India?
a. Chess b. Darts c. Polo d. Snooker
5. What was John Lennon’s middle name?
a. Craig b. King c. Samuel d. Winston
6.The Scottish actor Sean Connery once worked as...
a. a house painter b. a coffin polisher c. a waiter at the Savoy d. a wrestler
7.In terms of population, which is the 2nd biggest city in England?
a. Birmingham b. Leicester c. Manchester d. Newcastle
8.The world’s first ever commercially produced chocolate bar was made here.
a. Birmingham b. Bristol c. Cardiff d. Derby
Round 4 - American Culture
1. Can you tell me what American comedy sketch show which first aired in 1975 the actor who played Ron Burgundy in the Anchorman movies, Will Ferrell, got his start like so many funny guys such as Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Chris Rock, Mike Myers and Dan Ackroyd. Name the American sketch comedy show which has launched the career of dozens of comedians.
Hey, as promised, we've been sifting through the wreckage to come up with a few scraps of paper to refresh our memories as to the questions and answers from last Friday's Pub Quiz. We're proud to announce we've made our first discovery: the questions and answers to round 4, the American Culture round. Thanks again to everyone for coming out, check back in a couple of days for the other rounds as they're bound to turn up. Stay tuned for the next quiz coming in early June!
Round 1 - British Culture
1. What breed of dog is Queen Elizabeth’s favourite? Is it...
a. Alsations b. French poodles c. Welsh corgies d. West Highland terriers
2. Another easy one! What nationality is Prince Philip (the queen’s husband)?
a. Austrian b. German c. Greek d. Hungarian
3. Anne Boleyn, one of King Henry the VIII’ths wives, is reputed to have had 3 breasts, and an extra finger on her left hand! She was otherwise known as the “...of Flanders”
a. ass b. fox c. mare d. wolf
4. Which game was invented by the British/British servicemen whilst in India?
a. Chess b. Darts c. Polo d. Snooker
5. What was John Lennon’s middle name?
a. Craig b. King c. Samuel d. Winston
6.The Scottish actor Sean Connery once worked as...
a. a house painter b. a coffin polisher c. a waiter at the Savoy d. a wrestler
7.In terms of population, which is the 2nd biggest city in England?
a. Birmingham b. Leicester c. Manchester d. Newcastle
8.The world’s first ever commercially produced chocolate bar was made here.
a. Birmingham b. Bristol c. Cardiff d. Derby
Round 4 - American Culture
1. Can you tell me what American comedy sketch show which first aired in 1975 the actor who played Ron Burgundy in the Anchorman movies, Will Ferrell, got his start like so many funny guys such as Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Chris Rock, Mike Myers and Dan Ackroyd. Name the American sketch comedy show which has launched the career of dozens of comedians.
Saturday Night Live
2. Staying with
the tash theme, while there are dozens of terms used for mustaches
from cookie duster to dirt squirrel, lip toupe, soup strainer and snot
mop, there have been only four American presidents who sported a Mr.
Tickler. I'll give you one point for each American president you can
name who regularly wore a mustache.
Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland,
Theodore Roosevelt, and William H. Taft
3. I mustache you
a few more questions. Getting away from mustaches but staying with
presidents what is the only surname shared by an American President
and a British Prime Minister.
Wilson
4. Staying with
the British/American theme, 50 years ago this past February, a little
band from Liverpool hopped the pond to America so they could become
famous, thus kicking off the British Invasion. Not including their
famous rooftop concert, these Beatles played their last live concert
just two short years later in Candlestick Park. Question four is, in
what US city is Candlestick Park where the Beatles played their last
live show and you can go buy a Ben & Jerry's ice cream in the original shop just off Haight and Ashbury.
San Francisco
5. While the
Oxford English Dictionary went for the culturally relevant word
'selfie' as their choice for 2013 Word of the Year, the American
Dialect Society went in another direction, instead choosing an
existing word that has suddenly found new use in the age of internet
induced cognitive decline. Formerly a simple subordinating
conjunction, this word seems more and more like a preposition as it
is being used to introduce nouns, adjectives or other parts of
speech. Tell me, what was the American Dialect Society's 2013 word of
the year? This past year, the very old word was chosen as it exploded
with new grammatical possibilities in informal online use.
Because
6. Ok, let's make
things a bit easier. How about a multiple choice question. Which of
the following 1980s and 90s U.S. pop culture icons is NOT of Polish
descent?
a. Pat Benatar, b.
Cyndi Lauper, d. Meg Ryan, d. Martha Stewart
7. The US
Declaration of Indepence includes a bit about the Creator endowing
the people with three unalienable rights among others. What are the 3
rights guaranteed by the US Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
Happiness
8. Last year,
Reddit asked this question 'Non-Americans of Reddit, what aspect of
American culture strikes you as strangest. Another multiple choice,
which reply was the top rated:
A)
That the price on things in your stores are not the actual price but
the price without tax and such
B) I myself am an
American. However, I had a European friend come to my American
Highschool; when we all got up to recite the pledge, she had the most
frightened look on her face, she later told me it felt as if she was
watching a cult.
C)How big the
country is and the amount of time you guys are willing to drive. I
had a friend who drove for 16 hours to visit family for the weekend.
It's baffling.
D)Not been able to
drink alcohol until you are 21 but you can join the army and vote at
18.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Pub Quiz - March 26th, 2014
Wow. Another great turnout another amazing night. Hats off to all the teams that came down and managed to answer a few questions last night. We had a new venue, Troche Kultury, some new faces, all new questions, a new DJ to round off the evening but a repeat winner. Congratulations once again to the Irrelephants. We'll be looking for feedback about the new venue and soliciting some input from everyone to see what you'd like to see in future events. Until then, here's the answers to last nights festivities!
Round 1 – Numbers, Words and Letters
1. We'll start off with an easy one. What year when written in Roman numerals uniquely contains one of each numeral written in descending order? Please provide the year that corresponds to one of each of the Roman numerals written in descending order.
MDCLXVI = 1666
2. Write a recognisable and understandable word in the English language having one of each vowel in alphabetic (AEIOU) or reverse alphabetical order (UOIEA).
Facetious, abstemious, arterious, annelidous, anemious, abstentious, acheilous, acherious, acleistous, affectious, aerious, arsenious, bacterious, caesious, caespitosum, caespitosus, fracedinous, gareisoun, gravedinous, majestious, materious, parecious, placentious, tragedious, and vaceious Subcontinental, Unoriental, Uncomplimentary and Unnoticeably.
3. What modern system are I referring to when I say the words – moon, sun, Saturn, Thor, Tiw, Woden and Frig?
The days of the week.
4. What was special about May 4th, 2006, at exactly two minutes and three seconds after one o'clock in the morning. As a hint, this special moment occurred on this day in Europe but on a different day in the US and Canada where it happened on April 5th, 2006 at the same time.
01:02:03 04.05.06
5. What common word has five consecutive vowels. Once again, this would only make sense in the UK while someone in America would use a different word.
Queuing
6. If you were to count the frequency of each of the letters appearing in all of words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, which 5 letters would score highest. What would an analysis of the letter count of words occurring in the OED tell you are the five most common letters?
E A R I O
7. Ok, the flipside to the previous question. What five letter appear least frequently in the Oxford English dictionary words?
Q J Z X V
8. What is the lowest whole number when spelled out has its letters in alphabetic order?
Forty
Round 2 - Name That Tune
1. Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
3. Amy Winehouse - Our Day Will Come
4. Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
5. Lana Del Ray - Video Games
6. Drake feat. Rihanna - Take Care
Round 3 - Movie Trivia – I'll give you a few clues, you name the movie. Could be people involved in the making, symbols, names, places or characters
1. The Overlook Hotel, redrum and an axe The Shining
2. Detroit, ED-209, OCP (Omni Consumer Products), Peter Weller
Robocop
3. Joel and Ethan, the dude, White Russians
The Big Lebowski
4. an ear, a gas mask and a robin
Blue Velvet
5. Viper, Cougar, Maverick, Goose and Iceman
Top Gun
6. McRoyal, adrenaline and a gold watch
Pulp Fiction
7. A bullwhip, a fedora and staff of Ra (You need to be specific for the full point) Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Reece's Pieces, a BMX bike, a phone
ET
9. a Delorean, hoverboard and a clock tower
Back to the Future
10. Beethoven, Moloko plus, Ludovico Technique and droogs
Clockwork Orange
Round 4 - Bite Me
1. What TV cartoon features a character whose catchline is „bite my shiny metal ass”. And for a bonus point point, what is the name of the character?
Futurama – Bender
2. Whose ear did Mike Tyson famously bite a chunk off of during a fight on June 28, 1997 during what has become known as the bite fight?
Evander Holyfield
3. The most famous biter of all time is of course Dracula. This is a two point question. To get a point tell me who was the author of the original Dracula book. For a second point point, tell me the name of the town where Draculas castle is said to be or the name of the most famous and original Dracula actor?
Bram Stoker – Bran/Bela Lugosi
4. The opening theme song to what fictional TV show within a TV cartoon features the line „They fight, they bite. They bite and fight and bite. Fight, fight, bite, bite, bite”
The Itchy and Scratchy Show (from the Simpsons)
5. The bite from what creature is responsible for nearly a million deaths per year?
Mosquito
6. In case you missed it, Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was suspended last year for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanvic in Premiership play last year. Even more surprisingly, it wasn't the first time he had done in during game play but the previous incident happened while he played for a different team in a different league. Who was Luis Suarez playing for in 2010 when he bit a (PSV Eidhoven) player?
Ajax
7. When we bite the bullet, we accept something difficult and try to live with it, put the bit on someone when we try to get money from them and try to do more than we are able when we bite off more than we can chew. Tell me though, what does it mean to bite the big one or bite the dust?
To die
8. What unit of measurement denotes half a byte in computer terminology?
a) a bit b) a microbyte c) a nibble or d) a zebibyte
Round 1 – Numbers, Words and Letters
1. We'll start off with an easy one. What year when written in Roman numerals uniquely contains one of each numeral written in descending order? Please provide the year that corresponds to one of each of the Roman numerals written in descending order.
MDCLXVI = 1666
2. Write a recognisable and understandable word in the English language having one of each vowel in alphabetic (AEIOU) or reverse alphabetical order (UOIEA).
Facetious, abstemious, arterious, annelidous, anemious, abstentious, acheilous, acherious, acleistous, affectious, aerious, arsenious, bacterious, caesious, caespitosum, caespitosus, fracedinous, gareisoun, gravedinous, majestious, materious, parecious, placentious, tragedious, and vaceious Subcontinental, Unoriental, Uncomplimentary and Unnoticeably.
3. What modern system are I referring to when I say the words – moon, sun, Saturn, Thor, Tiw, Woden and Frig?
The days of the week.
4. What was special about May 4th, 2006, at exactly two minutes and three seconds after one o'clock in the morning. As a hint, this special moment occurred on this day in Europe but on a different day in the US and Canada where it happened on April 5th, 2006 at the same time.
01:02:03 04.05.06
5. What common word has five consecutive vowels. Once again, this would only make sense in the UK while someone in America would use a different word.
Queuing
6. If you were to count the frequency of each of the letters appearing in all of words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, which 5 letters would score highest. What would an analysis of the letter count of words occurring in the OED tell you are the five most common letters?
E A R I O
7. Ok, the flipside to the previous question. What five letter appear least frequently in the Oxford English dictionary words?
Q J Z X V
8. What is the lowest whole number when spelled out has its letters in alphabetic order?
Forty
Round 2 - Name That Tune
1. Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
3. Amy Winehouse - Our Day Will Come
4. Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
5. Lana Del Ray - Video Games
6. Drake feat. Rihanna - Take Care
Round 3 - Movie Trivia – I'll give you a few clues, you name the movie. Could be people involved in the making, symbols, names, places or characters
1. The Overlook Hotel, redrum and an axe The Shining
2. Detroit, ED-209, OCP (Omni Consumer Products), Peter Weller
Robocop
3. Joel and Ethan, the dude, White Russians
The Big Lebowski
4. an ear, a gas mask and a robin
Blue Velvet
5. Viper, Cougar, Maverick, Goose and Iceman
Top Gun
6. McRoyal, adrenaline and a gold watch
Pulp Fiction
7. A bullwhip, a fedora and staff of Ra (You need to be specific for the full point) Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Reece's Pieces, a BMX bike, a phone
ET
9. a Delorean, hoverboard and a clock tower
Back to the Future
10. Beethoven, Moloko plus, Ludovico Technique and droogs
Clockwork Orange
Round 4 - Bite Me
1. What TV cartoon features a character whose catchline is „bite my shiny metal ass”. And for a bonus point point, what is the name of the character?
Futurama – Bender
2. Whose ear did Mike Tyson famously bite a chunk off of during a fight on June 28, 1997 during what has become known as the bite fight?
Evander Holyfield
3. The most famous biter of all time is of course Dracula. This is a two point question. To get a point tell me who was the author of the original Dracula book. For a second point point, tell me the name of the town where Draculas castle is said to be or the name of the most famous and original Dracula actor?
Bram Stoker – Bran/Bela Lugosi
4. The opening theme song to what fictional TV show within a TV cartoon features the line „They fight, they bite. They bite and fight and bite. Fight, fight, bite, bite, bite”
The Itchy and Scratchy Show (from the Simpsons)
5. The bite from what creature is responsible for nearly a million deaths per year?
Mosquito
6. In case you missed it, Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was suspended last year for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanvic in Premiership play last year. Even more surprisingly, it wasn't the first time he had done in during game play but the previous incident happened while he played for a different team in a different league. Who was Luis Suarez playing for in 2010 when he bit a (PSV Eidhoven) player?
Ajax
7. When we bite the bullet, we accept something difficult and try to live with it, put the bit on someone when we try to get money from them and try to do more than we are able when we bite off more than we can chew. Tell me though, what does it mean to bite the big one or bite the dust?
To die
8. What unit of measurement denotes half a byte in computer terminology?
a) a bit b) a microbyte c) a nibble or d) a zebibyte
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