Most People Fail These Basic Pub Quiz Questions, Will You?
- by Jacob Ormrod
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- in Mind Twisters
There is a whole host of subcultures and place out there that have sort of gathered their own stereotypes and tropes, picking them up as they become more of an understood phenomenon in normal life. Sometimes these things have been around for years and have been picking up the tropes for just as long, but with others we can see them be created before our very eyes. The pub is very much a member of the former, with the public house being an institution in places like England where people still go to drink and get wasted.
One stereotype of the good old English pub is the pub quiz, in which people pay a small amount of money, get into teams and then try their best to come up with a stupid name and get the most questions correct. This also comes with the trope of pub trivia, the sorts of general knowledge information that you can pick up while just chatting with people at the bar. We thought it would be fun to gather some of these pub trivia questions and see how many of you can get them correct!
So, are you ready to see how well you'd do in a pub quiz? Think you've spent enough time in pubs to ace all of this trivia? Well then, let's find out!
How Many Tails Does A Manx Cat Have?
When we think about the amount of species of animal out there in the world, our mind starts to boggle at the possibilities of what exists. Not only do you have the grander name of a species, such as cat, you then have all of the little subcategories that come within that. Can you imagine being an expert on something like this, someone who actually has the memory to put all of these categories and subcategories away inside their head?
Which Sea Creature Has Three Hearts?
If you want to take a look at where the most messed up things that have ever evolved into being live, then all you have to do is watch a documentary on the sort of stuff that lives below the sea. Honestly, every time we take a peek at what lives down there, we immediately want to stay on land for the rest of our lives, never risking coming into contact with any of these beings for the rest of our life.
Whose Face Supposedly Launched 1000 Ships?
We're not saying it should go back to this way, but we feel like there was definitely a lot more poetry in the way that people spoke and wrote things down back in the day. We're obviously talking decades if not centuries ago now, but that doesn't mean it doesn't jar when you look at the sort of things people now say to each other. Back in the day it was the face that launched 1000 ships. Now it's "send nudes."
In The Famous Rhyme, How Many Mice Were Blind?
When you sit down to think about it, it's pretty insane the sorts of things we say to our children, whether it's in the form of a nursery rhyme or lying to them about where money and presents come from when they lose a tooth or Christmas comes rolling round. Not only do we lie to them, but we tell them some of the weirdest lies that actually have a really weird and twisted vibe about them if you ask us.
How Many Bones Does An Adult Human Have?
Believe it or not, but the amount of bones in your body is different when you're born than when you're a fully grown adult, as many of the smaller bones that you have during your youth start to fuse together and turn into the skeleton that you use as an adult. As a general rule, we don't like thinking about whatever is going on inside us, because you very quickly realize that we're all just badly put together jigsaws and that is terrifying.
How Many Pedals Do Most Modern Pianos Have?
Maybe it's just us, but you would think that instruments would just stay the same once they're seemingly perfected. This must be why you get complete traditionalists with stuff like this, who don't believe you should be adding anything onto an instrument or moving away from the equipment that we've been using for decades. If we're being honest, we actually do side with the people who want to add, remove and generally makes things better if it's at all possible.
What Is The National Flower Of Wales?
Wales is one of the many places that we have never been, but more importantly, it's somewhere that apparently has a national flower. Does everywhere have a national flower?! All we're saying is, if we have a national flower, then we have no idea what it is and have never heard it mentioned in our entire lives. Seriously, we don't know what our national anything is! Does that make us bad people? Yeah, it probably does to be honest, but we can deal with it.
Which Australian Animal Eats Eucalyptus Leaves?
The sheer variety of animals in Australia is still astonishing to us, even though we're now adults and should be used to these sorts of facts. If you want to go to somewhere that has an assortment of animals rather than just a general group that are all pretty similar, then you could do much worse than Australia, which seems to be the place to be if you want both cuddly animals and animals that could kill you just by blinking.
On A Boat, What Is The Opposite Of Port?
We never spent much time on boats when we were younger, as that sort of seems like the kind of thing that only people in families with a huge amount of money do, so we know very little about all this sort of stuff. Interesting to think about how an entire new terminology is forced to come about by a chance in society or a new invention, literally having to come up with a new language so that people can continue to understand each other.
What Was Marilyn Monroe's Natural Hair Color?
While she may have been regarded as the most beautiful woman in the world back in the day, she looks a hell of a lot different to the famous women that we consider to be the pinnacle of beauty these days! You only need to take a cursory glance at how social understanding of beauty has changed over the years to see that it's insane to try and change how you look for the time that you live in anyway.
How Many Bones Are There On A Skull And Crossbones Flag?
As human beings, we're essentially made to understand and remember patterns, our brains hardwired to take in certain things, which is exactly what advertisers and marketers take advantage of when they're coming up with marketing campaigns. While the concept of the memorable logo or visual design is something that graphic designers deal with at companies across the globe, there are iconic images that were created centuries ago that still persist in our minds, showing just how important they've always been.
Which Two Metals Make Up Pewter?
One thing that we have never understood and actually find actively annoying is the arbitrary decisions that lead to certain metals being considered more beautiful or precious than others. As if there weren't enough things in this world dividing us, why do we have to start making it so that we can judged based on the sort of metal that we choose to have somewhere on our body. Honestly, can you think of anything even slightly more pathetic than that?
What Sort Of Music Did Louis Armstrong Perform?
There are some creatives out there that will never be forgotten, that made such a change on their chosen artistic pursuit or even on society itself, that their memory will continue to reverberate through the world until the day it ends. To think that this could be one of us one day, that somebody reading this could one day achieve such status, genuinely gives us goosebumps. You never know who will be the next Louis Armstrong, so don't discount anyone.
Which City Does The River Lagan Run Through?
If there's one thing that we know we know nothing about, it's bodies of water. Whenever anyone tried to teach us about this sort of thing when we were in high school, we thought the teachers were insane for having got into their job, choosing that subject as their passion. How can you be passionate about the different types of lakes and rivers out there, or what difference make one turn into the other? We gave up caring at an early stage.
Which Band Sang About An Eggman And A Walrus?
Something that really annoys us about people's interpretation of nonsense lyrics or art in general that is difficult to understand is that they then dismiss it if it's not something they get. Just because you think it's pointless nonsense doesn't mean that it is, or that it doesn't say something perfectly wonderful to somebody else. We are all different beings with entirely different lives and experiences, so to assume that your experiences make you the authority on this sort of thing is arrogant at best.
Paul Newman Ate Fifty Eggs In Which Film?
Whenever we see somebody do something like this in a film, it just makes us think about the concept of method acting and whether or not they actually did sit down to achieve this goal. We know that it's unlikely that they did, but some actors are incredibly stubborn and would probably argue that sitting down to do something like this would actually help their performance, rather than make them hugely sick and sluggish which is what would actually happen.
Which Country Does The Sport Football Come From?
Sure, it's one of the most popular games all around the world, but does that mean you know where the sport was originally invented? There are a lot of hobbies and passions out there that people genuinely love, that they would fight till the end for, and yet their understanding of that hobbies history is limited at best. This seems insane to us, as we personally like to know as much as possible about the things in this life that bring us joy.
Which Is Larger: 50% Or Five Eighths?
We think that Math questions are the worst sort of trivia to end up having to answer, as you either know the answer or you don't. With others, there's a chance that you can figure it out, pull up your entire life's worth of general knowledge to see if you have anything back there that might give you a clue about the answer. Math is universally accepted equations and formulas, so if you don't know it, you just don't know it.
How Many Sides Do Three Triangles And Three Rectangles Have In Total?
Okay, while it is still Math, you should be able to figure this one out by visually imagining the shapes in your head. That being said, perhaps that's something that some people struggle with more than others. It seems ridiculous in the modern world to assume that everyone has the same strengths and abilities when we're very aware at this point that the world is filled with all sorts of human beings and that each one of them comes with their own complexities.
What Is Entomophobia The Fear Of?
The problem with irrational fears is that people already know that their fear is irrational, but that doesn't stop it from being any less real to the person who is going through it at the time. You can remind them how irrational they're being all you want, but they already know this and you're probably just going to make them feel worse about the whole situation. You can't tell them their fear isn't real, just like they can't tell themselves that.
Which Scot Founded The Presbyterian Church?
While we've never been religious, we have always found it really interesting to take a look back into the past to how modern religions were started and how it is they've changed over the years to become what we know now. Seriously, some of the stuff that people have done in the name of religion is absolutely insane, and sadly you don't have to look back into the past to see that idiots are using religion to justify horrible acts.
When Did The French Revolution End?
There's a weird mentality that some people in the modern world have that suggests people in the Western World don't choose to revolt anymore as they've been made docile by the government. However, we would argue that the reason we don't revolt is because we enjoy the luxuries that modern society has handed us, and that to throw the baby out with the bathwater wouldn't help anyone in the long run, it would just make things a hell of a lot worse than they already are.
Which Ocean Surrounds The Maldives?
Relatively speaking, we're not exactly the youngest we could be at this point, but we still haven't been to so many places in the world. There are so many places left to visit, and yet the pessimist inside of us says that we probably won't ever get to visit most of them before we die. So many cultures, languages and lives out there that we will never really understand or get to be a part of. The thought makes us feel weird.
Who Was The Lover Of The Roman Known As Marc Anthony?
They say that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, which we think is a fair and valid point. However, our point is that, whenever we try to sit down and get a real grasp on the historic context of the modern world, it's not long before we start to get pretty bored. We think that if historians expect us to learn from the past, they have to start make the past a lot more interesting to us.
What Happened To The Racehorse Shergar?
The fact that we continue to set up horse racing as a legitimate form of entertainment is absolutely insane to us. We could never bring ourselves to watch the barbaric practise of watching these guys break their legs as human beings whip them, before they erect a tent around them on the track to kill them. We think you should have the courage of your conviction. If you're going to go and see horse racing, you should be fine seeing the injured ones be killed.
Name The Television Doctor Played By Tom Baker, William Hartnell And Patrick Troughton?
Having a character that various different actors appear as is really interesting to us, as it's a look into how different people are able to bring a different performance to what is essentially the same character. Sure, the dialogue has changed, but the character still uses the same foundation and often has the same personality as well, so it's up to the actors to bring their own brand of performance to the character to show off what they can do.
Which Ukrainian Town Suffered An Infamous Nuclear Disaster?
We don't know how people can talk about nuclear weapons or the proliferation of nuclear power in a modern world without getting absolutely terrified when they see what this sort of power has done to various places across the planet. If we're not careful, it's this sort of power that will likely bring about the end of the human race, so to see people talk about the weapons so blandly implies to me that they don't fully understand the implications.
Which Planet Shares Its Name With A Dog?
The fact that there's so much about the universe we live in that we still don't know about seems insane to us. While we never did dedicate a lot of our lives to the pursuit of science or in learning about the worlds that exist outside of our own, we can see why someone would very easily be sucked in by this sort of pursuit, as it seems as if the chance to learn will never end as long as you keep looking.
Who Wrote The Poem Paradise Lost?
If you ask us, poetry needs a serious boost, a real change in how people see it. Often, we hear people describe it as quite boring or difficult to get into, not having the same effect that novels and other forms of writing can have on people, but we don't understand this. There are so many different types of poetry, you just need to dive in and start to find the stuff that does speak to you, that you do enjoy.
Which Poet Wrote "Do Not Go Gently Into The Night"?
Even if you don't like poetry, we think that everyone has to admit when a beautiful line of stanza has been put together. There is something about language, something that speaks to the human spirit when placed in a certain order or context. If we're honest, we still don't understand it to this day, but we let ourselves sit back and enjoy it, let it take over us so that we can feel the power of the words before us
Which Novel Features Jo, Meg And Beth?
As writers, we could only dream about one day creating a book that is so iconic, people still know it's name decades from now, maybe even calling it their favorite book. We want our work to be a close look at the time in which it was created, to give people a window into a life that they'll never be able to experience. If we can manage that and have people still enjoy it, then we have definitely done our job.
Name The Chinese Writer Known For His Philosophical Teachings That Are Regularly Quoted
If you can get to a point where the things you wrote down and said centuries ago are still being quoted as an example of perfect advice and a brilliant outlook on the modern world, then you know that you were coming up with something truly brilliant. It boggles the mind to think that somebody today might have the same intelligence and insight, that their words will one day be held up in the same way that this Chinese's writers are.
Which London Square Is Famous For Its Pigeon Population?
When people complain about animals like pigeons, we always stop to think about how they have just as much right as us to be here. However, as human beings, we seem to believe that we have more right, that as sentient beings these annoying pigeons should realize they're in our way. This is despite the fact that we take up much more room than they do and contribute towards the death of this planet far more than they do too.
Which French Novelist Famously Wrote About A Hunchback?
We bet there are a hell of a lot of people out there that don't realize many of their favorite films are actually an adaptation or a retelling of a literary classic from back before they were born. That is the sort of fame that you can only achieve by truly nailing your craft. If you can come up with a story that is so timeless that people are still using it to make new things hundreds of years later, you've made it.
Which Instrument Has 47 Strings And Seven Pedals?
Yes, that's right, there is an instrument out there that actually has this number of strings and pedals. We've always thought of ourselves as being pretty lazy, which is why we've never been able to properly teach ourselves to play an instrument before. However, if we failed to learn how to play this instrument, we think we'd be able to just point at the instrument and our point would be made about how ridiculous it would be to expect us to learn how to play it.