Thursday's Pub Quiz Week 1

[Vange Shrimper]

1. Holiday Inn

2. Hyacinth Bucket

3. Don't watch The Simpsons

4. Mobile 'phone

5. Vostok 1

6. Ost Mark?

7. The boy Line-acre

8. The 39 Steps - character name escapes me

9. Port Louis

10. Don't know

The ones in bold are wrong, funnily enough. Well, 8 isn't wrong, just need the name. If you read #6 properly, you then know why the answer can only be BEFORE or AFTER. :D

Can you write the #7 answer properly next time, please?! :D

 

[Southminster_Shrimper]

Nicht - if it were I would have got the ones I don't know. Just not blonde!:minger:

You will be ginger after chewing for 10 mins on that jock strap...

 

[Southminster_Shrimper]

The ones in bold are wrong, funnily enough. Well, 8 isn't wrong, just need the name.

I fail to see how "Dont Know" could be wrong....:D

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

8. The 39 Steps - character name escapes me

Richard Hannay?

 

[Vange Shrimper]

Richard Hannay?

Yep. Well done.

 

[Vange Shrimper]

So it's just no. 6 that someone has to get now.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

So it's just no. 6 that someone has to get now.

What one is that?

 

[Mr. Benedict]

I fail to see how "Dont Know" could be wrong....:D

Silly boy. If a question has a single answer and it isn't "Don't Know", then "Don't Know" must be incorrect! :thump:

 

[Southminster_Shrimper]

Deutsche Mark?

 

[blues_r_best]

After?

...

 

[C C Csiders]

I'll go with before for answer 6.

 

[Vange Shrimper]

6. Was the West German currency introduced in East Germany before or after re-unification in 1990?

People are trying to guess what the currency was. It doesn't even ask that!!

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

So it's just no. 6 that someone has to get now.

Before......

The Deutsche Mark played an important role in re-unification. It was introduced as the official currency of East Germany in July 1990, replacing the East German Mark, in preparation for unification on October 3.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

6. Was the West German currency introduced in East Germany before or after re-unification in 1990?

Before reunification.

 

[Mr. Benedict]

So it's just no. 6 that someone has to get now.

The kind folk above have answered for me now....

 

[SUFC_Al]

6. Was the West German currency introduced in East Germany before or after re-unification in 1990?

People are trying to guess what the currency was. It doesn't even ask that!!

after the re-unification.

 

[Vange Shrimper]

I'll go with before for answer 6.

Right answer.

 

[Southminster_Shrimper]

6. Was the West German currency introduced in East Germany before or after re-unification in 1990?

People are trying to guess what the currency was. It doesn't even ask that!!

Christ, we are one step away from the good ole teacher line of....

"Make sure you read the question first before you answer"

:p

 

[Vange Shrimper]

Here are the results in full:

In which film did the song White Christmas first feature?
Holiday Inn

Which TV character has sisters called Daisy and Rose?
Hyacinth Bucket

What are the first names of the twin girls in Bart`s class in The Simpsons?
Sherri and Teri

What do Germans do with a `handy`?
Make a phone call with it (it is the German name for a mobile phone)

What was the name of Yuri Gagarin`s space ship?
Vostok 1

Was the West German currency introduced in East Germany before or after re-unification in 1990?
Before

Who won the Golden Boot at the 1986 football World Cup?
Gary Lineker

Which character has been played by Robert Donat, Kenneth More and Robert Powell in three versions of a British movie?
Richard Hannay (in The 39 Steps)

What is the capital of Mauritius?
Port Louis

The word HENNA can be made using the periodic symbols of which three elements?
(He) Helium (N) Nitrogen (Na) Sodium