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Pub Quiz 2023
Pub Quiz 2023
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24. How many new species continue to be discovered every year?
34,000
32,000
18,000
16,000
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28. What is the warmest sea on Earth?
Dead sea
Red sea
Black sea
White sea
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26. What is the sum of the angles of a triangle?
360 degrees
90 degrees
180 degrees
75 degrees
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22. Which astronomer first discovered the sunspots on the surface of the sun?
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
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7. What is the only edible food that never expires?
White rice
Rye
Barley
Honey
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23. Who is considered the founder of the modern study of genetics?
Carl Correns
Gregor Mendel
Hugo de Vries
Erich von Tschermak
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5. What is the fastest snake in the world?
King Cobra
Boomslang
Taipan
Black Mamba
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18. What was the original title of Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride & Prejudice?
Longbourn
Eligible
Vanity & Pride
First Impressions
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15. What year was the first color photograph taken?
1899
1894
1865
1861
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1. Which nut is used to make dynamite?
Walnuts
Pine nuts
Peanuts
Almonds
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20. What year did India gain its independence from Britain?
1938
1949
1942
1947
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16. Who invented the Kodak camera?
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
Henry A. Strong
George Eastman
Johann Zahn
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2. Who invented Coca Cola?
Charles Elmer Hires
John Pemberton
Asa Griggs Candler
John Matthews
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10. What is a group of turkeys called?
A peep
A brood
A clutch
A rafter
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9. What is a tall chef’s hat called?
Skull cap
Bucket hat
Toque
Trilby
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21. In what month is Earth closest to the sun?
January
October
May
April
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30. What is the oldest active volcano on Earth?
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Etna
Mount Saint Helen
Mount Nyiragongo
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3. How many calories per gram are stored in protein?
5
3
2
4
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19. What year did the Cold War officially end?
1989
1990
1988
1991
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27. What mathematician published “The Element” and influenced the study of geometry?
Leonhard Euler
Pierre de Fermat
Archimedes
Euclid
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29. What is the only major city located on two continents?
Reykjavik
Istanbul
Madrid
Moscow
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4. What is the only U.S. state to grow coffee beans?
Hawaii
Louisiana
Florida
California
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12. What was the first car to break the sound barrier?
ThrustSSC
Buugatti Chiron
X-1
Bloodhound
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13. What is the technical term for the “brain” of your computer?
CPU
RAM
Motherboard
Hard drive
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14. What company did the founders of YouTube work for before starting YouTube?
Citi Bank
Stripe
US Bank
PayPal
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6. What does the word “onion” mean in Latin?
Small oyster
White sphere
White oyster
Large pearl
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25. What’s the top number of a fraction called?
Fractional
Denominator
Decimal
Numerator
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8. What condiment was sold in the 1830’s as medicine?
Ketchup
Maple syrup
Ranch dressing
Soy sauce
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11. What car sold more than one million units in 1965 and still holds the record today?
Ford Thunderbird
Buick Riviera
Pontiac Grand Prix
Chevrolet Impala
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17. What was the number of Twitter’s original character limit?
135
280
140
125