The Dubliner Pub Quiz

July 18th, 2024

1. Who was the first German racing driver to make his homosexuality public last weekend?

[1 point] German

Ralf Schumacher

2. FOMO is a unique term introduced in 2004. The acronym stands for the fear of what?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Fear of missing out

3. SMASHED URINAL is an anagram of what well known British novelist?

[1 point] Anagram

Salman Rushdie

4. Which year was it?

* Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman got married

* McDonald's opened restaurants in Russia and Mainland China for the first time

* a U.S. District Court acquitted Imelda Marcos on racketeering and fraud charges

* the Hubble Space Telescope was launched

* Namibia gained independence from South Africa

[1 point] Which Year am I ?

1990

5. In Greek Mythology, who were the parents of the winged horse Pegasus?

[2 points] Mythology

Medusa & Poseidon

6. Find the lowest positive number divisible by all the single digit numbers 1 to 9.

[1 point] Math

2520

The Least Common Multiple (LCM) of a set of numbers is the smallest number that is evenly divisible by all of the numbers in the set. To find the LCM, we need to consider the prime factorization of each number and take the highest power of each prime that appears. Here are the prime factorizations:

1 is not needed in LCM calculation as any number divided by 1 is itself

2 = 2 6 = 2 *3

3 = 3 7 = 7

4 = 2^2 8 = 2^3

5 = 5 9 = 3^2

Now, we take the highest powers of each prime:

- The highest power of 2 is 2^3 (from 8)

- The highest power of 3 is 3^2 (from 9)

- The highest power of 5 is 5 (from 5)

- The highest power of 7 is 7 (from 7)

8 * 9 * 5 * 7 = 2520

7. 'The Craving'. Name the band

[1 point] Song

21 Pilots

8. Colombia borders five countries. Brazil is the longest border with 1,643 km (1,021 mi). Name the other four countries. (1/2 point per country)

[2 points] Geography

Venezuela: 2,050 km (1,270 mi)

Peru: 1,496 km (930 mi)

Ecuador: 590 km (370 mi)

Panama: 225 km (140 mi)

9. Which unusual amphibian reaches adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis? Instead of taking to the land, adults remain aquatic and gilled.

[1 point] Animal

Axolotl

10. Who is currently the second in line to the British throne?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Prince George of Wales

11. At the RNC earlier this week Donald Trump announced his 2024 vice-presidential running mate. What's his name and in which state is he currently a senator?

[2 points] Politics

J.D. Vance; Ohio

12. Since 2018 until 2024 the MVP (most valuable player) of the NBA (National Basketball Association) has not been an American player. The award has gone to three players. What are their nationalities? (1/2 point each)

[1,5 points] Sports

Greece (Giannis Antetokounmpo, '18-'20)

Serbia (Nikola Jokić, '20-'22 & '23-'24)

Cameroon (Joel Embiid, '22-'23)

13. Which chemical elements are contained in quartz?

[2 points] Science

Silicon and oxygen (SiO2)

14. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. In which modern day country was it located?

Bonus: What did the Romans call the inhabitants of the city of Carthage?

[2 points] History

Tunesia;

Bonus: Poeni (on account of their region of origin Phoenicia; adjective - Punic)

15. How many US presidents have been assassinated?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Four (Abraham Lincoln;1865, by John Wilkes Booth), James A. Garfield (1881, by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (1901, by Leon Czolgosz), and

John F. Kennedy (1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald)

16. Where is this?

[1 point] Picture Round

Bologna, Italy

17. Pick the correct flag for each country.

[3 points] Picture Round

B (Cameroon, Senegal), A (Bahrain, Qatar), B (Indonesia/Monaco, Poland)

18. Name the players playing rock/paper/scissors.

[2 points] Picture Round

Lamine Yamal & Nico Williams

19. What type of berry is this?

[1 point] Picture Round

Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry

20. What's the common link?

[1 point] Picture Round

(Naomi) Osaka, (Fred) Perry (the Platypus), (René) Lacoste, (serena/Venus) Williams, German: (Michael) Stich, (Steffi) Graf (Zahl) --> Famous tennis players

21. Name the dog breed.

[1 point] Picture Round

Border Collie

22. Name the song and the band.

You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

When I met you

I picked you out, I shook up and turned you around

Turned you into someone new …

[2 points] Lyrics

Don't You Want Me by The Human League

23. Jens Stoltenberg has been NATO Secretary General since 2014. Who was elected as the new NATO Secretary General on June 26, 2024 at a meeting of the permanent representatives of the 32 NATO countries at the headquarters in Brussels?

[1 point] Politics

Mark Rutte (Prime Minister of the Netherlands since October 14, 2010), who will take office at the beginning of October 2024

24. The Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of which Australian state?

[1 point] General Knowledge

Queensland

25. Who wrote the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels?

[1 point] Literature

Frank Herbert

26. What is the name given to a Japanese type of skewered chicken, which is the literal translation of 'grilled bird'?

[1 point] Food & Drink

Yakitori (Japanese: 焼き鳥)

27. There's a new 2024 Despicable Me film in the cinemas now. What number is it?

Bonus: Who speaks the voice of Gru?

[2 points] Entertainment

Despicable Me 4;

Bonus:

Steve Carell

28. True or False: Goldfish have a memory span of approximately three-seconds.

[1 point] Interesting

False (goldfish can remember things for weeks, months, or even years)

29. 'School's Out'. Name the singer.

[1 point] Song

Alice Cooper

30. Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

[1 point] Irish

Samuel Beckett

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