COVID-19 Virtual Pub Quiz

As club meetings have not been possible during the COVID-19 restrictions, Kev has organised a Saturday evening quiz using questions set on a live YouTube stream hosted by Jay's Virtual Pub Quiz.

Go to Jay's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLcSqjJWHJeDWD_SbdorBRw and find the next/current Saturday quiz.
The YouTube live sessions starts at 19:50 with the first question being posed at 20:15.

If you are a SW member would like to take part in future quizzes - follow this link and ask to join the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/350317352996002

Then post your result to the group feed. N.B. total your score for ALL 7 rounds, including the extra fun rounds. Also post your tie breaker guess in case of a draw.

The league table of winners:

Quiz 51 - Saturday 11th Sep 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:

* Tiebreak: How many days did Queen Victoria reign
Answer=23,226

Team Mo - 57 & 21,900
Team Nigel - 53 & 23,425
Team Lynne - 44 & 22,500

Quiz 50 - Saturday 4th Sep 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:

* Tiebreak: When was red arrows first display
Answer= 1965

Team Nigel - 55 & 1983
Team Mo - 52 & 1992
Team Lynne - 44 & 1982

Quiz 49 - Saturday 28th Aug 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:

* Tiebreak: When was red arrows first display
Answer= 1965

Team Mo - 63 & 1975
Team Lynne - 58 & 1965
Team Nigel - 56 & 1974

Quiz 48 - Saturday 21st Aug 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

No video as it went wrong

Result:
Team Kev - 57
Team Nigel - 56
Team Mo - 48
Team Lynne - 41

Quiz 47 - Saturday 14th Aug 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:

* Tiebreak:Length of Southend Pier in metres
Answer= 2,158m
Team Kev - 64 & 150
Team Mo - 61 & 360
Team Nigel - 56 & 2,414
Team Lynne - 53 & 1,857

Quiz 46 - Saturday 7th Aug 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: Which year was Issac Newton Born
Answer= 1642
Team Mo - 49 & 1516
Team Nigel - 43 & 1760
Team Lynne - 42 & 1625
Team Kev - 39 & 1765

Quiz 45 - Saturday 31st July 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
Team Kev -
Team Nigel -
Team Lynne -
Team Mo -

Quiz 44 - Saturday 24th July 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: Ground capacity of Burnley football club
Answer= 21,944
Team Kev - 57 & 32,000
Team Mo - 55 & 13,500
Team Nigel - 55 & 5,400
Team Lynne - 46 & 30,000

Results of Previous quizzes

Quiz 43 - Saturday 17th July 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: How many years does Pluto take to go round the Sun
Answer= 248
Team Kev - 62 & 16
Team Nigel - 55 & 7
Team Lynne - 43 & 99

Quiz 42 - Saturday 10th July 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: Longest tennis match in history in minutes
Answer= 665
Team Mo - 59 & 1,440
Team Nigel - 54 & 325
Team Lynne - 55 & 480

Quiz 41 - Saturday 3rd July 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: Total length of all motorways in GB
Answer= 1,971
Team Kev - 62 & 4,000
Team Nigel - 56 & 2,530
Team Lynne - 53 & 3,250

Quiz 40 - Saturday 26th June 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: Length of Golden Gate Bridge
Answer = 2,737
Team Kev - 60 & 2,180
Team Nigel - 59 & 1,763
Team Lynne - 57 & 1,500
Team Mo - 52 & 450
Team Sue - 51 & 3,200

Quiz 39 - Saturday 19th June 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: Crow fly distance from Lands End to John O'Groats
Answer= 602
Team Kev - 62 & 740
Team Lynne - 59 & 762
Team Mo - 56 & 675
Team Nigel - 54 & 797
Team Sue - 42 & 638

Quiz 38 - Saturday 12th June 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: How many weeks has queens greatest hits been in UK album charts
Answer= 1,055

Team Nigel - 57 & 577
Team Lynne - 54 & 412
Team Mo - 52 & 1,000
Team Kev - 52 & 1,200

Quiz 37 - Saturday 5th June 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: Which year was Financial Times founded
Answer= 1888

Team Kev - 61 & 1801
Team Mo - 59 & 1890
Team Nigel - 57 & 1873
Team Rosie - 54 & 1863
Team Helen - 53 & 1862
Team Sue - 51 & 1885
Team Lynne - 49 & 1890

Quiz 36 - Saturday 29th May 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: How many days did Edward VIII reign before his abduction
Answer= 326

Team Rosie - 60 & 96
Team Kev - 59 & 340
Team Sue - 50 & 120
Team Nigel - 46 & 297
Team Lynne - 36 & 120

Quiz 35 - Saturday 22nd May 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: What is the largest number of spectators at an English football match.
Answer= 85,011

Team Mo - 63 & 110,000
Team Rosie - 62 & 100,000
Team Lynne - 60 & 84,000 *
Team Nigel - 60 & 80,000 *
Team Helen - 60 & 98,000 *
Team Sue - 57 & 87,000
Team Kev - 49 & 30,000

Quiz 34 - Saturday 15th May 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: What is the capacity of Appolo Victoria theatre
Answer= 2,384

Team Kev - 59 & 2,500
Team Nigel - 57 & 1,350
Team Lynne - 54 & 3,000
Team Helen - 53 & 4,360
Team Mo - 51 & 5,000
Team Sue - 48

Quiz 33 - Saturday 8th May 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: which year did Dick Whittington become Mayor of London
Answer= 1397

Team Sue - 60 & 1531
Team Kev - 59 & 1351
Team Lynne - 53 & 1670

Quiz 32 - Saturday 1st May 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: How may competitors in 2018 Winter Olympics
Answer= 2,922

Mo,Jim & Amy - 60 & 4,600
Sue & Jim - 58 & 3,500
Nev & Lynne - 57 & 4,010
Nigel & Sharon - 51 & 9,323

Quiz 31 - Saturday 24th April 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: How many yards in a Marathon
Answer= 46,165 yds

Tony & Helen - 60 & 44,440
Mo,Jim & Amy - 60
Kev,Jue + Family - 57 & 45,000
Nigel & Sharon - 56 & 45,983
Sue & Jim - 55 & 46100
Nev & Lynne - 50 & 46,000

Quiz 30 - Saturday 17th April 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result:
* Tiebreak: How tall is tallest woman in the world in cm.
Answer= 246cm

Rosie,Jon + Family - 62 & 211
Mo,Jim & Amy - 61 & 230
Kev,Jue + Family - 59 & 210
Sue & Jim - 53 & 226 *
Nigel & Sharon - 53 & 223 *
Nev & Lynne - 50 & 220

Quiz 29 - Saturday 10th April 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak: How many artificial sattelites are currently orbiting the earth.
Answer= 2,787

Kev,Jue + Family - 61 & 3,000
Mo,Jim & Amy - 58 & 3,000
Nigel & Sharon - 51 & 3,000
Nev & Lynne - 49 & 25,000
Tony & Helen - 46 & 230
Sue & Jim - 45 & 350

Quiz 28 - Saturday 3rd April 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak: Length of Great wall of China
Answer= 13,171 miles (21,196km)

Mo,Jim & Amy - 65 & 1,538
Kev,Jue + Family - 61 & 1,760
Rosie,Jon + Family - 60 & 231
Nigel & Sharon - 55 & 3,980
Tony & Helen - 52 & 3,200 *
Nev & Lynne - 52 & 1,700 *
Sue & Jim - 49 & 2,791

Quiz 27 - Saturday 27th March 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak: When was Samuel Pepys born.
Answer= 1633

Rosie,Jon + Family - 59 & 1630
Kev,Jue + Family - 57 & 1752
Nigel & Sharon - 52 & 1631
Mo,Jim & Amy - 51 & 1632 *
Tony & Helen - 51 & 1630 *
Sue & Jim - 46 & 1620
Nev & Lynne - 42 & 1605

Quiz 26 - Saturday 20th March 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak: How much has been raised for charity by Jay's quizzes?
Answer= £982,359

Kev,Jue + Family - 61 & £173,000
Rosie,Jon + Family - 61 & £2,000,000
Mo,Jim & Amy - 60 & £230,000
Nigel & Sharon - 55 & £875,000
Tony & Helen - 50 & £150,000
Sue & Jim - 48 & £1,100,000
Nev & Lynne - 47 & £534,321

Quiz 25 - Saturday 13th March 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak: total number of quizzes
Answer= 219

Kev,Jue + Family - 61 & 146
Rosie,Jon + Family - 60 & 200
Tony & Helen - 53 & 350
Mo,Jim & Amy - 52 & 200
Sue & Jim - 47 & 220
Nigel & Sharon - 46 & 350
Nev & Lynne - 44 & 171

Quiz 24 - Saturday 6th March 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak:Number of times Harry Potter is mentioned in the series.
Answer= 18,956

Rosie,Jon + Family - 60 & 2,000
Mo,Jim & Amy - 52 & 2,000
Sue & Jim - 47 & 3,000
Nigel & Sharon - 47 & 300 *
Tony & Helen - 47 & 43 *
Nev & Lynne - 44 & 8,501 *
Kev,Jue + Family - 44 & 1,400 *

Saturday 27th February 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak: Number of New York subway stations Answer= 424

Rosie,Jon + Family - 63 & 117
Kev,Jue + Family - 55 & 154
Tony & Helen - 45 & 145
Mo,Jim - 44 & 150 *
Nigel & Sharon - 44 & 95 *
Sue & Jim - 44 & 75 *
Nev & Lynne - 41 & 50

Saturday 20th February 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak: When was Doomsday book Answer= 1086

Kev,Jue + Family - 64 & 1084
Rosie,Jon + Family - 62 & 1089
Mo,Jim & Amy - 58 & 1069
Nigel & Sharon - 53 & 1086
Nev & Lynne - 51 & 1530
Tony & Helen - 49 & 1067
Sue & Jim - 42

Saturday 13th February 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak: How many Grammys has John Williams won? Answer=25

Kev,Jue + Family - 60 & 19
Mo,Jim & Amy - 59 & 13
Rosie,Jon + Family - 56 & 6
Nigel & Sharon - 52 & 30
Nev & Lynne - 51 & 10 *
Tony & Helen - 51 & 9 *
Sue & Jim - 48

Saturday 6th February 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 69)
* Tiebreak : First Year Nobel prize awarded.
Answer=1901

Rosie, Jon + Family - 63 - 1864
Kev , Jue + Family - 60 - 1948
Mo, Jim & Amy - 53 - 1930
Nigel & Sharon - 52 - 1928
Nev & Lynne - 47 - 1932 *
Tony & Helen - 47 - 1951 *
Sue & Jim - 46

Saturday 30th January 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 69)
* Tiebreak : Height of tallest Lego building, in feet. Answer=115
Mo, Jim & Amy - 55 - 52 *
Rosie, Jon + Family - 55 - 293
Kev , Jue + Family - 52 -120
Nev & Lynne - 50 - 55
Nigel & Sharon - 48 - 260
Sue & Jim - 46 - 61

Tony & Helen - 35 - (new to the quiz and didn't do extra rounds so missed out on a possible extra 19 points )

Saturday 23rd January 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 69)
* Tiebreak : Which year did Samuel Morse send first telegraphic message. Answer=1844

Rosie, Jon + Family 63 - 1856
Mo, Jim & Amy 61 - 1890
Kev , Jue + Family 60 - 1856
Nigel & Sharon 52 - 1901
Nev & Lynne 49 - 1890
Sue & Jim 47

Saturday 16th January 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 69)
* Tiebreak : What year was McDonalds Happy Meal introduced? Answer= 1979
Kev & Jue 62 - 1985
Rosie, Jon & Ben 59 - 1984
Mo, Jim & Amy 52 - 1978
Nigel & Sharon 48 - 1986
Nev & Lynne 46 - 1975
Jim & Sue 45

Saturday 9th January 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
* Tiebreak : What year did Roger Bannister break the 4 minute mile: Answer= 1954
Rosie & Jon 61 - 1964
Kev & Jue 59 - 1954 ✓
Mo, Jim & Amy 55 - 1955
Nigel & Sharon 50 - 1952 *
Nev & Lynne 50 - 1962 *
Jim & Sue 44 - 1959

Saturday 2nd January 2021 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
Tiebreak : According to the Guinness World Records. In KPH, what is the Lunar Speed Record?
Answer=18kph
Kev, Jue, Si, Jo & Manji the dog 55 - 20
Nigel & Sharon 48 - 6
Andy & Amanda 45 - 20,000
Nev & Lynne 42 - 12

Saturday 26th December 2020 - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 59)
Tiebreak : How many days was George Canning prime minister
Answer= 119

Rosie & Jon 53 - 1
Nev & Lynne 42 - 15
Andy & Amanda 39 - 60
Kev & Jue 35 - 100

Saturday 19th December - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
Tiebreak : How many singers in Band Aid
Answer=37
Jack & Julie. 64 - 30
Mo, Jim & Amy 55 - 35
Nigel & Sharon 50 - 20
Andy & Amanda 43 - 22
Kev & Jue 42 - 15
Nev & Lynne 42 - 71

Saturday 12th December - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)
Tiebreak: Last Christmas No.1 with "Christmas" in the title
Answer= 2004 (Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid)
Jack & Julie. 60 - 2003
Mo, Jim & Amy 60 - 2000
Nigel & Sharon 60 - 2016
Nev & Lynne 59 - 1995
Rosie, Jon & Ben 58 - 2006
Andy & Amanda 54 - 1985
Kev & Jue 47 - 2014

Saturday 5th December - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 59)- tiebreak guess : Answer=9,036
Kev, Jue, Jo & Si 50 - 15,000
Jack & Julie. 49 - 10,000
Mo, Jim & Amy 48 - 10,000
Nev & Lynne 42 - 25,000
Nigel & Sharon 41 - 4,500

Saturday 28th November - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68 )- tiebreak guess - answer=12,436
Mo, Jim & Amy 63 - 8,500
Kev, Jue, Jo & Si 61 - 14,634
Rosie & Jon 58 - 14,000
Jack & Julie. 57 - 10,000
Nigel & Sharon 54 - 12,000 2nd tie break 30,000 (nearest)
Andy & Amanda 54 - 12,000 2nd tie break 21,000
Nev & Lynne 54 - 8,000

Saturday 21st November - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68) - tiebreak guess - answer=55
Mo, Jim & Amy 57 - 56
Kev, Jue, Jo & Si 55 - 57
Jack & Julie. 52 - 54
Nev & Lynne 49 - 57
Rosie, Jon & Ben 49 - 58
Andy & Amanda 45 - 55 ✓
Nigel & Sharon 44 - 63

Saturday 14th November - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68) - tiebreak guess - answer=1258
Jack & Julie. 59 - 1000
Mo, Jim & Amy 51 - 326
Rosie, Jon & Ben 50
Sharon & Nigel 48 - 15
Andy & Amanda 47 - 1000
Nev & Lynne. 44 - 500
Kev & Jue. 40 - 11

Saturday 7th November - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68) - tiebreak guess - answer=$3.706 Billion:
Nev & Lynne. 62 - 100 Million
Mo, Jim, Amy 61 - 1.2 Billion
Rosie, Jon & Ben 58 - 3.6 Billion
Jack & Julie. 57 - 1.2 Billion
Andy, Amanda 52 - 42 Million
Kev & Jue. 46 - 1 Billion

Saturday 31st October - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68)- tiebreak guess - answer=135:
Rosie, Jon & Ben 62 - 164
Mo, Jim, Amy & Emma 58 - 57
Jack & Julie. 54 - 100
Andy, Amanda
Nev & Lynne. 50 - 50
Nigel & Sharon 47 - 57
Kev & Jue. 40 - 112

Saturday 24th October - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68) - tiebreak guess - answer=1,816):
Jack & Julie. 56 - 1,500
Mo & Jim. 55 - 2,500
Andy, Amanda 50 - 2,500
Pete & Ros. 48 - 2,000
Nev & Lynne. 48 - 1,500
Nigel & Sharon 44 - 4320
Kev & Jue. 41 - 1,490

Saturday 17th October - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68) - tiebreak guess - answer=11,690):
Rosie, Jon & Ben. 57 - 15,000
Jack & Julie. 50 - 10,500
Mo & Jim. 49 - argument not settled when result announced
Andy, Amanda,Stella & Duncan. 47 - 8,900
Sharon & Nigel 47 - 6,000
Nev & Lynne. 47 - 19,136
Pete & Ros. 42 - 13,000
Kev & Jue. 40 - 6,352

Saturday 10th October - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68) - tiebreak guess):

Rosie & Jonathan 57 - 260
Jack & Julie. 55 - 300
Kev & Jue. 54 - 648
Nev, Lynne, Sam & Tim 53 - 580
Maureen 48 - 200
Nigel & Sharon 47 - 350
Andy & Amanda. 46 - 600

Results of previous quizzes

Saturday 3rd October - Virtual Pub Quiz

Result (out of 68):

Rosie & Jonathan 60
Jack & Julie. 58
Sue & Jim. 57
Nigel & Sharon 54
Ros & Pete. 52
Andy & Amanda. 52
Mo & Jim. 50
Nev & Lynne. 50
Kev & Jue. 49

Saturday 26th September - Virtual Pub Quiz

Below is Jay's video of the questions on 26th Sept.

Results (68 questions):

Rosie & Mr Rosie 59
Nev & Lynne 55
Jack & Julie 54
Sue & Jim 53
Mo & Jim 52
Ros & Pete 50
Nita & Phil 46
Kev & Jue 42
Andy 39

Result:
* Tiebreak: Which year was Issac Newton Born
Answer= 1642
Team Mo - 49 & 1516
Team Nigel - 43 & 1760
Team Lynne - 42 & 1625
Team Kev - 39 & 1765