Friday 25 April 2008

British Pub Quiz



Helen hosted a traditional pub quiz. The teams were:
  • The Chinese
  • South Bank Uni
  • The Oldies
  • The Fabulous Three
  • Carlos' Group

The questions were:

1. What colour is the letter ‘L’ in the standard Google logo?

2. What was founded in Bologna, Italy in 1088, making it the first of its kind in Europe?

3. Which is the only vitamin not to be found in an egg?

4. What is the name of the street TVs Desperate housewives live on?

5. Name a planet in our solar system that has no moon?

6. Name Madonna’s 3 children.

7. In which ocean are the canary islands?

8. Which of these three countries has the most Internet users, Brazil, UK or Russia?

9. What is the worlds fastest growing plant

10. What major sporting event happened for the first time in London on 29 March 1981?

11. What is the largest organ of the human body?

12. Who in Greek mythology fell in love with his own reflection?

13. Which chemical element gets it's name from a greek word meaning 'stranger'?

14. What did Harry Beck design in 1931 and is still used in London today?

15. Where on the body are the most sweat glands found?

16. Where in London were the terracotta army put on public display?

For some the answers were beyond Keystage 1:





The lens was manually put out of focus here in case evidence of collusion was filmed and there had to be a resit!:



In the end the winners were The Fabulous Three. Can you beat their score of 17.5 out of 18 (3 points for question 6)?

The answers are here

You can view a video of Helen's excellent comperance (is that a word?) and the prize giving:

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