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