Quarantine Pub Quiz

Quarantine Pub Quiz:
Round 1: Pandemics and pestilences

1. The plague village of Eyam, which quarantined itself during the
1665 Great Plague, is in which English county? Derbyshire
2. The city of Ragusa, from which the term ‘quarantine’ originates,
is now known as which Adriatic coastal city? Dubrovnik
3. The 1947 novel The Plague, set in the North African town of
Oran, is written by which French novelist and thinker? Albert
Camus
4. The Black Death first reached Europe in which year? 1347
5. Which West African country saw the most deaths as a
consequence of ebola in the 2014-16 outbreak? Liberia
6. The film The Seventh Seal, in which a knight plays chess with
Death on his return to a plague-ravaged Europe, was directed
by which Swedish auteur? Ingmar Bergman
7. A 6th-century plague which killed 40% of Constantinople’s
inhabitants is named for which Byzantine emperor? Justinian
8. Which Bavarian village puts on a play of the Lord’s Passion
every decade to give thanks for avoiding a 17th century plague?
Ironically it’s been postponed due to coronavirus.
Oberammergau
9. A Journal of the Plague Year is a book by which 18th century
novelist? Daniel Defoe
10. To the nearest hundred, how many cases of bubonic
plague are reported globally every year? 600
Round 2: While you weren’t watching
1. Which country and western singer died on Friday aged 81?
Kenny Rogers
2. Which controversial American film director has had his memoir
published, despite it being pulped only months ago by a
different publisher? Woody Allen
3. From which British art gallery were three paintings, including a
Van Dyck, stolen last week? Christ Church Picture Gallery
4. Which World-Cup winning footballer is currently in prison for
allegedly acquiring a false passport? Ronaldinho
5. Dave Johns, a Geordie comedian, was told to apply for Job
Seekers Allowance this week. But ironically, he also starred in a
Palme d’Or winning film on the vagaries of the benefits system.
What film? I, Daniel Blake
6. Which video streaming service launched in the UK on Tuesday?
Disney Plus
7. Which celebrity told the BBC that he has taken up calligraphy as
a hobby to take up his time during self-isolation? Stephen Fry
8. The results of the Democrats Abroad Primary were announced
this week – who won it? Bernie Sanders
9. On February 26th, Bob Weighton of Alton, Hampshire, did
nothing different compared to a usual day but achieved an
incredible accolade. What was it? He became the oldest living
man in the world – he’s 111.
10. The Sunday Times this week named which Manchester
town as the Best Place to Live in the UK? Altrincham
Round 3: General Knowledge
1. Multiply the number of teams in the Italian Serie-A football
league by the number of times Arsenal have won the Premier
League. 60 (20 x 3)
2. The singer Robert Zimmerman is better known by which stage
name? Bob Dylan
3. Three films have won all of the Big 5 Oscars – Best Picture, Best
Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (either
original or adapted) – name one of them. It Happened One
Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Silence of the Lambs
4. The Glass Menagerie and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are stage plays
by which American playwright? Tennessee Williams
5. In the TV series Breaking Bad, Hector, an old wheelchair-bound
man, and Tuco, a psychopathic drug dealer, share what
surname? Salamanca
6. What is the name of the tallest mountain in the Solar System?
Olympus Mons
7. “She played the fiddle in an Irish band/but she fell in love with
an Englishman” are the opening lyrics to which 2017 song?
Galway Girl
8. What was the unofficial title of Germany between 1918 and
1933, named after the city in which its first post-war
constitutional assembly took place? Weimar Republic
9. The Fighting Temeraire and Rain, Steam, and Speed are
paintings by which British artist? JMW Turner
10. Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister to have
done what? Been assassinated
Round 4: Only Connect
1. Which 1999 horror film, a key example of the found footage
genre, was among the first to be marketed using the internet
and listed its actors as ‘missing’ or ‘deceased’ in festival
programmes? The Blair Witch Project
2. Which ball in snooker is worth 4 points when potted? Brown
3. Complete the line of Shakespeare: Rough winds do shake the
darling buds of ____. May
4. What name does Tom Hanks’ character give to a painted
volleyball in the film Castaway? Wilson
5. Prime Ministers of the UK
6. Which 2001 John Le Carré novel set in Nigeria was made into a
feature film starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachael Weisz? The
Constant Gardener
7. Which political figure was assassinated in a hotel kitchen by
Sirhan Sirhan in 1968? Robert Kennedy
8. Which sugary substance from northern England did Edmund
Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing famously eat at the top of Mount
Everest? Kendal Mint Cake
9. Who was the first female president of Ireland? Mary Robinson
10. They’re all members of our friendship group
11.
Round 5: Music
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75xWxxUZbrzB3KSAe6fVql?
si=7y9uS76vQaiSQ1aJTd4KHw
5a) Film and TV
1. Forrest Gump 00:07
2. Grandstand start
3. Lord of the Rings 03:54
4. Magnificent Seven start
5. Thunderbirds 00:14
5b) General music
1. Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
3. I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
4. Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield
5. Children of the Revolution – T. Rex

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