The Dubliner Pub Quiz

September 21st, 2023

1. The largest folk festival in the world, the Oktoberfest will be held from September 16, 2023 until when?

[1 point] German

October 3rd

2. What are the two official languages of Haiti?

[2 points] General Knowledge

Haitian Creole & French

3. RACY SUSPICION is an anagram of which country and its capital city?

[1 point] Anagram

Cyprus, Nicosia

4. Which year was it?

* captained by Richard Phillips, the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama was captured by Somali pirates

* an outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus ("swine flu") was declared a global pandemic

* after being struck by a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff US Airways Flight 1549 piloted by Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger made a successful crash landing in the Hudson River

* Michael Jackson died at the age of 50

[1 point] Which Year am I ?

2009

5. Genesis 4 narrates life outside the garden, including the birth of Adam and Eve's first three children. What were their names?

[3 points] Religion

Cain, Abel and Seth

6. An old man died, and in his Will he stated that his pearls were to be distributed among his daughters. To make things fair, the distribution must be done in the following way:

The oldest girl should receive one pearl, and a seventh of the remaining pearls.

The second girl should receive two pearls, and a seventh of the remaining pearls.

The third girl should receive three pearls, and a seventh of the remaining pearls.

And so on until all the pearls are exhausted.

How many pearls did the old man have?

How many daughters did the old man have?

How many pearls did each girl get?

[1 point] Math

There were 36 pearls.

There were 6 daughters.

Each daughter got 6 pearls.

7. Song

[1 point] Song

8. Name three of the five capital cities closest to the equator (less than 1° away).

[3 points] Geography

Quito, Ecuador (Latitude: 0.15' S);

Kampala, Uganda (Latitude: 0.19' N);

Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (Latitude: 0.20' N);

Libreville, Gabon (Latitude: 0.23' N);

Yaren, Nauru (Latitude: 0.32' S)

9. What type of animal is a Sacred Ibis?

[1 point] Animal

Bird (a wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)

10. What day of the week was September 11, 2001?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Tuesday

11. Which politician formed the French National Front in 1972?

[1 point] Politics

Jean-Marine Le Pen

12. Which racing team are the two drivers Charles Leclerc (Monaco) & Carlos Sainz (Spain) driving for in the 2023 season?

[1 point] Sports

Scuderia Ferrari

13. The boron group are the chemical elements in group 13 of the periodic table, consisting of boron (B), the artificial radioactive nihonium (Nh) and which four elements? (1/2 point each)

[2 points] Science

Aluminium (Al), Gallium (Ga), Indium (In), Thallium (Tl)

14. Name a year in which Vincent Van Gogh was alive.

[1 point] History

1853 – 1890

15. Whose compositions were first listed in 1862 by Ludwig von Köchel in what is still known as the Köchelverzeichnis?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

16. Name the provinces.

[3 points] Picture Round

British Columbia, Ontario, Quebeck

17. What breed of dog is this?

[1 point] Picture Round

Weimaraner

18. Who are they?

[2 points] Picture Round

Gisele Bündchen & Tom Brady; Emmanuel & Brigitte Macron

19. Where’s this?

[1 point] Picture Round

Honolulu, Hawaii

20. What’s the common link?

[1 point] Picture Round

Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld), Obst, Schroeder, Wagner (Gruppe) --> Basketball players of the German National Team

21. Name the piece and the composer.

[2 points] Picture Round

Morning Mood by Edvard Grieg

22. Name the song and the singer.

'Got a call from an old friend we used to be real close

Said he couldn't go on the American way

Closed the shop, sold a house, bought a ticket to the west coast

Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A. ….'

[2 points] Lyrics

My Life by Billy Joel

23. The UAW (United Auto Workers) in the US are currently striking against the so called "Big Three". Which three automobile manufacturers are nicknamed the "Big Three"?

[3 points] Business

General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler Corporation (now Stellantis North America)

24. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Venus (464 degrees Celsius)

25. From which animal's point of view is the story of Mowgli told in Disney's animated film The Jungle Book?

[1 point] Literature

Panther Bagheera

26. Which American brand of chips was originally made at the Casa de Fritos (now Rancho Del Zocalo) at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, during the early 1960s?

[1 point] Food & Drinks

Doritos

27. At the Oscars 2022, Will Smith hitting Chris Rock overshadowed his Best Actor win. For which movie did he receive the Academy Award?

[1 point] Entertainment

King Richard (he played Richard Williams)

28. Taylor Swift's tour began on March 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona and is scheduled to end on November 23, 2024 in Toronto. What is the name of the tour?

[1 point] Interesting

The Eras Tour

29. This is the title song for which TV series?

[1 point] Song

The Office

30. How many Nobel Prize winners in literature has Ireland had?

[1 point] Irish

4; George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett, and Seamus Heaney

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