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Title: Quiz Questions
Post by: The squinted eye on November 10, 2008, 02:53:14 PM
Lads anyone know where to get a free pub quiz, cant find any freebies on the net! Just the usual 100 questions etc etc,it would be greatly appreciated if anyoine can email me a copy
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: lurganblue on November 10, 2008, 02:59:12 PM
would your local library not have some books that could help you out?
take pictures of google images and make up your own picture round?
Title: Quiz Questions
Post by: 5 Sams on November 10, 2008, 03:21:56 PM
try this....http://www.pubquizhelp.com/

its got all the categories in a list on the left hand side....all you have to do is compile your questions using the info in each category.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 1
Tom's mother has three children. One is called April; one is called May. What's the third one called?

Question 2
How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?

Question 3
A man buys rice for £1 per kilogram and sells it for 20p per kilogram.  He does this every day for many years. As a result, he becomes a millionaire.  How is this possible?

Question 4
A Liverpool-based hairdresser recently said that he would rather cut the hair of three Londoners than one Liverpudlian.  Why?

Question 5
You're riding a horse.  A lion is chasing you. Unfortunately, there's an elephant in front of you moving at the same pace as you, and you can't overtake it.  There's a hippo to the left running at the same speed, and there's a wall on your right. How do you get to safety?

Question 6
The letters "ough" can be pronounced in eight different ways.  For instance, in the word "rough" they are pronounced "uff". What are the other seven?

Question 7
Fred is lying dead in the middle of a room.  He is surrounded by a pool of water and broken glass.  The only furniture in the room is a table, which is next to Fred.
The room has one door and one small window.  Nobody has been through the door, and the window is 2 metres off the ground.
Fred didn't drown, nor are there any cuts on his body. He didn't commit suicide. How did he die?

Question 8
Four men want to marry a princess.  The king devises a contest to see who should win her hand in marriage.
He puts her in the middle of a square, carpeted room. Each wall is 10m long.  One man stands in each corner of the room, each on their own small box.  The first one to touch the princess's hand will marry her.  The only rules are that the men can't walk on the carpet, or use anything but their body – no ladders, rope swings etc.
One man figured out a way to touch her hand in less than five seconds.  What did he do?

Question 9
A boat has a ladder hanging over the side of it.  It has six rungs, each 10cm apart.  The bottom rung is 10cm above the water.  The tide rises at 20cm every 15 minutes.  High tide peaks in one hour.  When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs will be under water?

Question 10
A man was killed on a Sunday morning.  His wife found the body and called the police.  When they arrived, they questioned the four people who work in the house, who said:
•   The chef: 'I was making breakfast'
•   The maid: 'I was getting the mail'
•   The butler: 'I was setting the table'
•   The gardener: 'I was watering the plants'
The wife had a cast-iron alibi. The police immediately knew who the murderer was.  Who was it, and how did they know?

Question 11
Two fuses each take exactly one hour to burn. Neither burns at a steady rate.  For example, one could take 59 minutes to burn the first centimetre, then burn the rest of the fuse in the last minute.
How could you use these two fuses to measure 45 minutes?

Question 12
Once upon a time, there was a recluse who never left home.  His only visitors were people who brought him food and supplies, but they never came inside.
One stormy night, he had a nervous breakdown, went upstairs and turned off all the lights and went to bed.  Next morning, he found he'd caused the deaths of hundreds of people.  How?

Question 13
Assume there are approximately six billion people on the earth.  If you were to multiply together the number of fingers on every person's left hand, what would you guess the total would be? (If you can't guess the number, estimate how long the number would be).

Question 14
A man leaves home, turns left, goes straight, turns left again, goes straight again and then turns left once more before returning home.  When he gets there, there's another man with a mask on.  What's going on?

Question 15
This is an unusual paragraph.  I'm curious as to how quickly you can find out what's so unusual about it.  It looks so ordinary that you could think nothing was wrong with it.  In fact nothing is wrong with it.  But it is highly unusual.  Study it.  Think about it.  Try to work it out. Any thoughts?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: JUst retired on December 19, 2012, 08:09:49 AM
Question 7. Fred is a goldfish,and the cat knocked over his bowl. 8)
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: johnneycool on December 19, 2012, 08:46:47 AM
Question 3: He was an Irish banker, who royally screwed up until Brian Cowan rode in with the Irish taxpayer and paid the poor lad €5.00 per kilogram of rice he'd still stock off.

Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 19, 2012, 08:49:15 AM
Question 1: Tom
Question 2: None

I'll be back when I've time.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 09:56:27 AM
6:
o (dough)
oo (through)
off (cough)
ouw (bough)
och (lough)
uff (chough)
aw (thought)
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Nally Stand on December 19, 2012, 09:57:45 AM
Q.15 Letter 'e' doesn't appear
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 09:59:00 AM
7:
Somebody fired an ice bullet through the window
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 10:00:15 AM
8:
He called her over.

Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 10:00:35 AM
9:
Six
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: thewobbler on December 19, 2012, 10:00:57 AM
12, he's a lighthouse keeper.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Olly on December 19, 2012, 10:01:47 AM
Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 1
Tom's mother has three children. One is called April; one is called May. What's the third one called?
NOVEMBER

Question 2
How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
BEASTIALITY DIDNT EXIST THEN

Question 3
A man buys rice for £1 per kilogram and sells it for 20p per kilogram.  He does this every day for many years. As a result, he becomes a millionaire.  How is this possible?
TESCOS BOUGHT IT OVER

Question 5
You're riding a horse.  A lion is chasing you. Unfortunately, there's an elephant in front of you moving at the same pace as you, and you can't overtake it.  There's a hippo to the left running at the same speed, and there's a wall on your right. How do you get to safety?
SHOOT THE LION WITH A TRANQUILIZER DART


Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hound on December 19, 2012, 10:03:25 AM
Quote from: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 09:56:27 AM
6:
o (dough)
oo (through)
off (cough)
ouw (bough)
och (lough)
uff (chough)
aw (thought)

up (hiccough) if I pronounce it right!
uh (Middlesbrough) place names might not be allowed, but there's probably a similar word out there

Never heard of "chough". Is that the same sound as rough and tough?


Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 10:04:10 AM
Quote from: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 09:59:00 AM
7:
Somebody fired an ice bullet through the window

Oops - missed the "no cuts on body" bit.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hound on December 19, 2012, 10:05:17 AM
9 - Zero (boat rises too)

10 - the Maid (no post on Sunday)
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 10:05:29 AM
Quote from: Hound on December 19, 2012, 10:03:25 AM
Quote from: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 09:56:27 AM
6:
o (dough)
oo (through)
off (cough)
ouw (bough)
och (lough)
uff (chough)
aw (thought)

up (hiccough) if I pronounce it right!
uh (Middlesbrough) place names might not be allowed, but there's probably a similar word out there

Never heard of "chough". Is that the same sound as rough and tough?




It is indeed. (It's a bird). I shouldn't be let out.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hound on December 19, 2012, 10:12:22 AM
14
The man has gone from the front of his house to the back of his house (or vice versa).
Not sure about the other man with the mask who's at the back of the house.
Confronting a burglar perhaps, but then why not just go out the back door... 
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 10:22:21 AM
Quote from: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 10:00:35 AM
9:
Six

I absolutely, definitely shouldn't be let out or allowed to make any important decisions. I read "how many rungs will be over the water".
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: HiMucker on December 19, 2012, 10:35:25 AM
question 13: 0

you can guarantee that some poor b**tard is missing his left hand and therefore has no fingers.  Multiply any number by zero and you get.......
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: HiMucker on December 19, 2012, 10:39:39 AM
Question 3:  he cooks the rice.  Cooked rice per grain is condsiderably heavier than uncooked rice.  So 1kilo of grain rice yeilds alot more kilos of cooked rice
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: cornerback on December 19, 2012, 10:43:05 AM
Quote from: Hound on December 19, 2012, 10:12:22 AM
14
The man has gone from the front of his house to the back of his house (or vice versa).
Not sure about the other man with the mask who's at the back of the house.
Confronting a burglar perhaps, but then why not just go out the back door...

He leaves "home" not the house... baseball maybe??
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: cornerback on December 19, 2012, 10:44:34 AM
Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 5
You're riding a horse.  A lion is chasing you. Unfortunately, there's an elephant in front of you moving at the same pace as you, and you can't overtake it.  There's a hippo to the left running at the same speed, and there's a wall on your right. How do you get to safety?


Fairgroung ride; get off!
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: seafoid on December 19, 2012, 10:46:28 AM
10 No post on Sunday
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 19, 2012, 10:50:40 AM
Quote from: HiMucker on December 19, 2012, 10:39:39 AM
Question 3:  he cooks the rice.  Cooked rice per grain is condsiderably heavier than uncooked rice.  So 1kilo of grain rice yeilds alot more kilos of cooked rice

Can't be: cooked rice is only 2-3 times the weight of dried rice.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 10:56:43 AM
12:
He's a lighthouse keeper.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: HiMucker on December 19, 2012, 10:58:42 AM
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 19, 2012, 10:50:40 AM
Quote from: HiMucker on December 19, 2012, 10:39:39 AM
Question 3:  he cooks the rice.  Cooked rice per grain is condsiderably heavier than uncooked rice.  So 1kilo of grain rice yeilds alot more kilos of cooked rice

Can't be: cooked rice is only 2-3 times the weight of dried rice.
he bulks it up with flour, rat poison and talcum powder.  Well thats what id heard they do 8)
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: HiMucker on December 19, 2012, 10:59:38 AM
Quote from: cornerback on December 19, 2012, 10:43:05 AM
Quote from: Hound on December 19, 2012, 10:12:22 AM
14
The man has gone from the front of his house to the back of his house (or vice versa).
Not sure about the other man with the mask who's at the back of the house.
Confronting a burglar perhaps, but then why not just go out the back door...

He leaves "home" not the house... baseball maybe??
Id say thats right
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Cold tea on December 19, 2012, 11:01:14 AM
Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 8
Four men want to marry a princess.  The king devises a contest to see who should win her hand in marriage.
He puts her in the middle of a square, carpeted room. Each wall is 10m long.  One man stands in each corner of the room, each on their own small box.  The first one to touch the princess's hand will marry her.  The only rules are that the men can't walk on the carpet, or use anything but their body – no ladders, rope swings etc.
One man figured out a way to touch her hand in less than five seconds.  What did he do?


He asks her to walk over to him and hold his hand.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 11:02:33 AM
3:
He buys in Egyptian pounds or some other pound currency that has a higher exchange rate than 5 to the UK£ and sells in UK currency.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Cold tea on December 19, 2012, 11:03:26 AM
3:  He was richer than a millionare to begin with.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 11:04:00 AM
8:
The floor is not carpeted - just the walls?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 11:06:41 AM
13:
25
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 19, 2012, 11:23:09 AM
Quote from: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 11:02:33 AM
3:
He buys in Egyptian pounds or some other pound currency that has a higher exchange rate than 5 to the UK£ and sells in UK currency.

Yeah that would work - Sudanese or Syrian (GBP£ > 110 SY£) pound would work too. 
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: JohnDenver on December 19, 2012, 11:24:55 AM
3.

I was thinking he cooked the rice before selling it, but surely it doesn't weigh more than 5 times uncooked rice.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: johnneycool on December 19, 2012, 11:49:35 AM
Quote from: JohnDenver on December 19, 2012, 11:24:55 AM
3.

I was thinking he cooked the rice before selling it, but surely it doesn't weigh more than 5 times uncooked rice.

He was a billionaire before he started buying rice.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:09:46 PM
Quote from: johnneycool on December 19, 2012, 11:49:35 AM
Quote from: JohnDenver on December 19, 2012, 11:24:55 AM
3.

I was thinking he cooked the rice before selling it, but surely it doesn't weigh more than 5 times uncooked rice.

He was a billionaire before he started buying rice.

Correct. He was a billionaire, but now he is a millionaire. Now that is thinking outside of the box!

Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: ludermor on December 19, 2012, 12:12:16 PM
Quote from: johnneycool on December 19, 2012, 11:49:35 AM
Quote from: JohnDenver on December 19, 2012, 11:24:55 AM
3.

I was thinking he cooked the rice before selling it, but surely it doesn't weigh more than 5 times uncooked rice.

He was a billionaire before he started buying rice.
He plants the rice and sells on the crop he had cultivated for 20p /kg
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: moysider on December 19, 2012, 12:37:56 PM
Quote from: Hardy on December 19, 2012, 10:00:35 AM
9:
Six

None surely. The boat will float the same as water rises.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Harold Disgracey on December 19, 2012, 12:41:16 PM
3
Three cuts better than one surely!

13
Do you count thumbs as fingers? As mentioned earlier probably zero as not everyone will have a left hand.

15
No e?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:45:40 PM
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on December 19, 2012, 12:41:16 PM
3
Three cuts better than one surely!

13
Do you count thumbs as fingers? As mentioned earlier probably zero as not everyone will have a left hand.

15
No e?

13. Correct. It is zero

15 Correct
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: cornerback on December 19, 2012, 12:56:16 PM

Question 11 seems to be the only one without an answer.

Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 11
Two fuses each take exactly one hour to burn. Neither burns at a steady rate.  For example, one could take 59 minutes to burn the first centimetre, then burn the rest of the fuse in the last minute.
How could you use these two fuses to measure 45 minutes?


Fuse 1: Light at both ends - takes 30mins
Fuse 2: Light at one end (same time as you light Fuse 1); when fuse 1 is finished (at 30mins), light the other end of of fuse 2. Fuse 2 should finish at 45mins.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Lar Naparka on December 19, 2012, 01:12:25 PM
Quote from: The squinted eye on November 10, 2008, 02:53:14 PM
Lads anyone know where to get a free pub quiz, cant find any freebies on the net! Just the usual 100 questions etc etc,it would be greatly appreciated if anyoine can email me a copy
You could try this link. I'm sure you'll find enough here to suit your needs.
http://www.absurdtrivia.com/trivia/general-mixed-trivia/ (http://www.absurdtrivia.com/trivia/general-mixed-trivia/)

Alternatively, do a Google search for "general trivia."
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: moysider on December 19, 2012, 01:40:21 PM

A hunter walks south for one mile. Then he walks west for one mile. He then walks back north for one mile and ends up back where he started from.

What colour is the bear?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: johnneycool on December 19, 2012, 01:48:25 PM
white
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Cold tea on December 19, 2012, 01:48:35 PM
Quote from: cornerback on December 19, 2012, 12:56:16 PM

Question 11 seems to be the only one without an answer.

Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 11
Two fuses each take exactly one hour to burn. Neither burns at a steady rate.  For example, one could take 59 minutes to burn the first centimetre, then burn the rest of the fuse in the last minute.
How could you use these two fuses to measure 45 minutes?


Fuse 1: Light at both ends - takes 30mins
Fuse 2: Light at one end (same time as you light Fuse 1); when fuse 1 is finished (at 30mins), light the other end of of fuse 2. Fuse 2 should finish at 45mins.

How will fuse two finish at 45 minutes, you have put a light to fuse two 30 minutes ago so it has been burning for half an hour at an unsteady rate.  How is it deemed that after 30 minutes of irregular burning lighting the other end will take 45 minutes to burn?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: cornerback on December 19, 2012, 02:05:32 PM
Quote from: Cold tea on December 19, 2012, 01:48:35 PM
Quote from: cornerback on December 19, 2012, 12:56:16 PM

Question 11 seems to be the only one without an answer.

Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 11
Two fuses each take exactly one hour to burn. Neither burns at a steady rate.  For example, one could take 59 minutes to burn the first centimetre, then burn the rest of the fuse in the last minute.
How could you use these two fuses to measure 45 minutes?


Fuse 1: Light at both ends - takes 30mins
Fuse 2: Light at one end (same time as you light Fuse 1); when fuse 1 is finished (at 30mins), light the other end of of fuse 2. Fuse 2 should finish at 45mins.

How will fuse two finish at 45 minutes, you have put a light to fuse two 30 minutes ago so it has been burning for half an hour at an unsteady rate.  How is it deemed that after 30 minutes of irregular burning lighting the other end will take 45 minutes to burn?

Fuse 2 is burning for 30mins (as indicated by Fuse 1 finishing from being burnt at both ends)
Therefore there is still 30mins left on fuse 2 (irregular burning or not)
Light the other end of fuse 2 at this point means it'll be finished in half the time i.e 15mins
30mins + 15 mins = 45mins

I never said i was right but i hope i've explained it better this time.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Cold tea on December 19, 2012, 02:37:05 PM
Thanks I get it now.  :-[
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Hound on December 20, 2012, 10:55:44 AM
Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 8
Four men want to marry a princess.  The king devises a contest to see who should win her hand in marriage.
He puts her in the middle of a square, carpeted room. Each wall is 10m long.  One man stands in each corner of the room, each on their own small box.  The first one to touch the princess's hand will marry her.  The only rules are that the men can't walk on the carpet, or use anything but their body – no ladders, rope swings etc.
One man figured out a way to touch her hand in less than five seconds.  What did he do?

What's the answer to this one?

Calling her over is the best we've got so far, but I'm not sure that's right because once one of them called her they'd all be calling her.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: ardal on December 20, 2012, 11:40:08 AM
Quote from: Hound on December 20, 2012, 10:55:44 AM
Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2012, 12:10:17 AM
Question 8
Four men want to marry a princess.  The king devises a contest to see who should win her hand in marriage.
He puts her in the middle of a square, carpeted room. Each wall is 10m long.  One man stands in each corner of the room, each on their own small box.  The first one to touch the princess's hand will marry her.  The only rules are that the men can't walk on the carpet, or use anything but their body – no ladders, rope swings etc.
One man figured out a way to touch her hand in less than five seconds.  What did he do?

What's the answer to this one?

Calling her over is the best we've got so far, but I'm not sure that's right because once one of them called her they'd all be calling her.

Cut your hand off and throw it at her, or ask her to cut her hand off.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Orior on December 20, 2012, 01:34:24 PM
Question 1
Tom's mother has three children. One is called April; one is called May. What's the third one called?
Tom

Question 2
How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
None. It was Noah who took animals on the ark

Question 3
A man buys rice for £1 per kilogram and sells it for 20p per kilogram.  He does this every day for many years. As a result, he becomes a millionaire.  How is this possible?
He used to be a billionaire

Question 4
A Liverpool-based hairdresser recently said that he would rather cut the hair of three Londoners than one Liverpudlian.  Why?
He'll get more money if he has three customers instead of one

Question 5
You're riding a horse.  A lion is chasing you. Unfortunately, there's an elephant in front of you moving at the same pace as you, and you can't overtake it.  There's a hippo to the left running at the same speed, and there's a wall on your right. How do you get to safety?
Get off the carousel

Question 6
The letters "ough" can be pronounced in eight different ways.  For instance, in the word "rough" they are pronounced "uff". What are the other seven?
oo, as in 'through'
ow, as in 'bough'
or, as in 'thought'
off, as in 'cough'
u, as in 'thorough'
o, as in 'dough'
up, as in 'hiccough'


Question 7
Fred is lying dead in the middle of a room.  He is surrounded by a pool of water and broken glass.  The only furniture in the room is a table, which is next to Fred.
The room has one door and one tiny window. The door is locked; the window is one metre above the ground.
Fred didn't drown, nor are there any cuts on his body. He didn't commit suicide. How did he die?
Fred is a fish. A cat jumped through the window, landed on the table and knocked Fred's fishbowl off the table, breaking the glass. The noise scared the cat, who jumped back out of the window

Question 8
Four men want to marry a princess.  The king devises a contest to see who should win her hand in marriage.
He puts her in the middle of a square, carpeted room. Each wall is 10m long.  One man stands in each corner of the room, each on their own small box.  The first one to touch the princess's hand will marry her.  The only rules are that the men can't walk on the carpet, or use anything but their body – no ladders, rope swings etc.
One man figured out a way to touch her hand in less than five seconds.  What did he do?
He asked her to walk over to him and hold his hand

Question 9
A boat has a ladder hanging over the side of it.  It has six rungs, each 10cm apart.  The bottom rung is 10cm above the water.  The tide rises at 20cm every 15 minutes.  High tide peaks in one hour.  When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs will be under water?
None. As the water rises, the boat rises, so the ladder stays above the waterline

Question 10
A man was killed on a Sunday morning.  His wife found the body and called the police.  When they arrived, they questioned the four people who work in the house, who said:
•   The chef: 'I was making breakfast'
•   The maid: 'I was getting the mail'
•   The butler: 'I was setting the table'
•   The gardener: 'I was watering the plants'
The wife had a cast-iron alibi. The police immediately knew who the murderer was.  Who was it, and how did they know?
The maid. Mail doesn't come on a Sunday

Question 11
Two fuses each take exactly one hour to burn. Neither burns at a steady rate.  For example, one could take 59 minutes to burn the first centimetre, then burn the rest of the fuse in the last minute.
How could you use these two fuses to measure 45 minutes?
Light both ends of Fuse One, and one end of Fuse Two. When Fuse One burns out, you know 30 minutes has passed. The second this happens, light the other end of Fuse Two. It will take Fuse Two a further 15 minutes to burn out – 45 minutes in total.

Question 12
Once upon a time, there was a recluse who never left home.  His only visitors were people who brought him food and supplies, but they never came inside.
One stormy night, he had a nervous breakdown, went upstairs and turned off all the lights and went to bed.  Next morning, he found he'd caused the deaths of hundreds of people.  How?
He owned a lighthouse

Question 13
Assume there are approximately six billion people on the earth.  If you were to multiply together the number of fingers on every person's left hand, what would you guess the total would be? (If you can't guess the number, estimate how long the number would be).
Zero. Since at least one of the six billion people has no fingers on their left hand, the total will be zero (since anything multiplied by zero equals zero)

Question 14
A man leaves home, turns left, goes straight, turns left again, goes straight again and then turns left once more before returning home.  When he gets there, there's another man with a mask on.  What's going on?
He's playing baseball

Question 15
This is an unusual paragraph.  I'm curious as to how quickly you can find out what's so unusual about it.  It looks so ordinary that you could think nothing was wrong with it.  In fact nothing is wrong with it.  But it is highly unusual.  Study it.  Think about it.  Try to work it out. Any thoughts?
It doesn't contain the letter 'e'
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: AQMP on December 20, 2012, 02:53:39 PM
Quote from: Orior on December 20, 2012, 01:34:24 PM

Question 15
This is an unusual paragraph.  I'm curious as to how quickly you can find out what's so unusual about it.  It looks so ordinary that you could think nothing was wrong with it.  In fact nothing is wrong with it.  But it is highly unusual.  Study it.  Think about it.  Try to work it out. Any thoughts?
It doesn't contain the letter 'e'

A measly paragraph without the letter 'e'??  That's easy...I give you "Gadsby" by Ernest Vincent Wright, an entire novel without the letter 'e'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 04:48:53 PM
Here's a good one - Bayern Munich have drawn 13 different sides in European competition; which is the only English team to have won the leg in Germany? 
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Dinny Breen on December 20, 2012, 04:53:59 PM
Norwich?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 04:59:00 PM
Yeah, I'd forgotten completely about it - didn't Jeremy Goss get the winner? 
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: ziggy90 on December 20, 2012, 05:09:16 PM
That was a very good but underated Norwich side. Who was their manager? Mike something, he went to Everton after. ???
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 05:10:50 PM
Mike Walker
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 05:11:41 PM
Here's another goodie: what's the smallest sized city (in area) to have produced a Champions League or Champions Cup winner?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Tony Baloney on December 20, 2012, 05:12:27 PM
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 04:59:00 PM
Yeah, I'd forgotten completely about it - didn't Jeremy Goss get the winner?
Volley from the edge kf the box. I think he scored in both legs.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: dec on December 20, 2012, 05:19:44 PM
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 05:11:41 PM
Here's another goodie: what's the smallest sized city (in area) to have produced a Champions League or Champions Cup winner?

West Bridgford?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: ziggy90 on December 20, 2012, 05:34:19 PM
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 05:10:50 PM
Mike Walker

The very man.

Is it dec's answer?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: PadraicHenryPearse on December 20, 2012, 06:51:39 PM
The princess one - the rule was no one could walk on the carpet. Did he run???
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Orior on December 20, 2012, 08:55:21 PM
Quote from: PadraicHenryPearse on December 20, 2012, 06:51:39 PM
The princess one - the rule was no one could walk on the carpet. Did he run???

He asked her to walk over to him and hold his hand
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Orior on December 20, 2012, 08:55:59 PM
Religious one.

Q. What is man-made and in heaven?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 21, 2012, 09:04:35 AM
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 20, 2012, 05:34:19 PM
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 05:10:50 PM
Mike Walker

The very man.

Is it dec's answer?

It's not dec's answer.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Tony Baloney on December 21, 2012, 10:14:11 AM
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 21, 2012, 09:04:35 AM
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 20, 2012, 05:34:19 PM
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 20, 2012, 05:10:50 PM
Mike Walker

The very man.

Is it dec's answer?

It's not dec's answer.
Porto?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on December 21, 2012, 10:43:30 AM
Yes Tony.  I'd have guessed Dortmund myself. 
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: ziggy90 on December 21, 2012, 12:01:00 PM
They're both smaller than Nottingham?
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Post by: Tony Baloney on December 21, 2012, 12:08:15 PM
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 21, 2012, 12:01:00 PM
They're both smaller than Nottingham?
By the power of google...

Oporto - ~230k
Dortmund - ~580k
Nottingham - ~860k
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: mouview on December 21, 2012, 12:20:48 PM
Quote from: Orior on December 20, 2012, 08:55:59 PM
Religious one.

Q. What is man-made and in heaven?

(An) eave  ?

What year did the Korean war officially end?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: ziggy90 on December 21, 2012, 12:23:06 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 21, 2012, 12:08:15 PM
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 21, 2012, 12:01:00 PM
They're both smaller than Nottingham?
By the power of google...

Oporto - ~230k
Dortmund - ~580k
Nottingham - ~860k

Cheers, I'd never have thought Nottingham was that big.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: moysider on December 21, 2012, 12:33:55 PM
Quote from: mouview on December 21, 2012, 12:20:48 PM
Quote from: Orior on December 20, 2012, 08:55:59 PM
Religious one.

Q. What is man-made and in heaven?

(An) eave  ?

What year did the Korean war officially end?

It has never officially ended.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Tony Baloney on December 21, 2012, 12:34:24 PM
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 21, 2012, 12:23:06 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 21, 2012, 12:08:15 PM
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 21, 2012, 12:01:00 PM
They're both smaller than Nottingham?
By the power of google...

Oporto - ~230k
Dortmund - ~580k
Nottingham - ~860k

Cheers, I'd never have thought Nottingham was that big.
I would assume a large part of that figure is "Greater Nottingham" and the city itself is has less than half million.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Harold Disgracey on December 21, 2012, 01:31:39 PM
Eindhoven  • Municipality/City   217,192
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Orior on December 21, 2012, 01:36:23 PM
Quote from: mouview on December 21, 2012, 12:20:48 PM
Quote from: Orior on December 20, 2012, 08:55:59 PM
Religious one.

Q. What is man-made and in heaven?

(An) eave  ?


Wrong.

Its the holes in Jesus's hands. Made by man, and Jesus ascended body and soul into heaven.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: AQMP on December 21, 2012, 01:46:21 PM
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on December 21, 2012, 01:31:39 PM
Eindhoven  • Municipality/City   217,192

The question said smallest by area

Porto - 41.66 sq km
Nottingham - 74.61 sq km
Eindhoven - 88.84 sq km
Dortmund - 280.4 sq km
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Harold Disgracey on December 21, 2012, 02:00:32 PM
Oops, didn't read the original question, just saw the populations listed by Tony!

What nationality are polar bears?
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: AQMP on December 21, 2012, 02:04:38 PM
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on December 21, 2012, 02:00:32 PM
Oops, didn't read the original question, just saw the populations listed by Tony!

What nationality are polar bears?

Irish

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-13965286

Hope they haven't got wind of The Gathering!!
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Tony Baloney on December 21, 2012, 03:20:11 PM
Quote from: AQMP on December 21, 2012, 01:46:21 PM
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on December 21, 2012, 01:31:39 PM
Eindhoven  • Municipality/City   217,192

The question said smallest by area

Porto - 41.66 sq km
Nottingham - 74.61 sq km
Eindhoven - 88.84 sq km
Dortmund - 280.4 sq km
Oh dear then my answer is wrong based on my not reading the question properly! I answered based on population  :-[
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: CD on November 08, 2013, 08:33:16 AM
I was sent this one the other day.


http://www.gaa-dna.com/fun/gaa-quiz-of-the-week/gaa-sponsors-quiz.html
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: screenexile on November 08, 2013, 09:32:15 AM
Quote from: CD on November 08, 2013, 08:33:16 AM
I was sent this one the other day.


http://www.gaa-dna.com/fun/gaa-quiz-of-the-week/gaa-sponsors-quiz.html

30/32 ... Dammit!!! Fecking Wicklow and Longford!
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: CD on November 08, 2013, 11:48:12 AM
26 for me! Need to follow a bit more Leinster football!
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Tony Baloney on November 08, 2013, 01:39:09 PM
29. Also Wicklow, Longford and another random one.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: AZOffaly on November 08, 2013, 01:46:50 PM
30 for me. Armagh caught me out. As did the Wicklow hotel one.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on November 08, 2013, 03:10:22 PM
Quote from: hardstation on November 08, 2013, 01:50:06 PM
30. Longford and some other nonentity turned me over.

Wow, that was some poor investment by Glennon Bros!
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: AZOffaly on November 08, 2013, 03:28:49 PM
I got Longford Billy. You'd be proud. Sure isn't Pearse Park something like Pearse Park sponsored by Glennons or something. Like The Staples Centre in LA :)
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Estimator on November 08, 2013, 03:40:53 PM
30/32
Kildare and Longford.
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: Billys Boots on November 08, 2013, 03:43:43 PM
Quote from: AZOffaly on November 08, 2013, 03:28:49 PM
I got Longford Billy. You'd be proud. Sure isn't Pearse Park something like Pearse Park sponsored by Glennons or something. Like The Staples Centre in LA :)

Feck knows AZ, it could have changed in the last 10 mins.  The Longford Arms were the jersey sponsors for an eternity, Glennons have been there for the last year or two - who feckin knows, time doesn't really have defined boundaries in Longford football; time doesn't exist as a dimension in Longford hurling. 
Title: Re: Quiz Questions
Post by: 5 Sams on November 09, 2013, 12:17:38 PM
30 here as well. Louth caught me out. I was too heavy on the trigger and hit Armagh :-[