Quiz Questions

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Created by hughie1986 on Fri 16 Sep 2011.

Following the trend on here, I'll give the first question, answer it and ask another pub quiz question

Simples.


Last Question: by JuliusHMarx 3rd September, 2012 at 11:45

"Who was the last man to walk on the moon?"

Last Answer: by Rava Today at 17:00

"Eugene Cernan, December 1972"

Don't leave home without posting another question Kenny.

How many humans/people are there in the twelve days of Christmas song ?

As in

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me ......... a partridge in a pear tree

On the second ...................... and so on

50?

8 maids a milking
9 ladies dancing
10 lords a leaping
11 pipers piping
12 drummers drumming

don't forget my true love and me.

Also, are there e.g. 30 lords - 10 for each time you sing the words?

you both sort of got it between you , everyone forgets my true love and me .

who's next ?

so what was the final amount? 52 or several hundred?

it depends on if you count them each verse i suppose, i was just meaning if you say the twelve days once

Where is the last place on earth to celebrate New Year's Day?

Hawaii

No, slightly west... and north.

Samoa

No. north Pacific. (that should give it away)

American Samoa ? according to my brother in law

Fiji?

I thnk Samoa is now the first place to celebrate the New Year - the Government changed their calendar so that they are now on the same date a couple of hours ahead of New Zealand. The idea was that it was better for trade to be on the same day as their major trading partners (NZ and Aus) rather than being essentially a day behind.

I Googled this otherwise we'll be here til next.....

(That's a clue)

Is this a trick question and it's china?

I think we have to assume it's not.

Sorry for not getting back to you guys sooner.

The answer I had was Aleutian Islands. Dutch Harbour (Unalaksa) being the last town to celebrate New Year.

The last place?! Bolox - I was trying to think of the first place!
(Which is Christmas Island)

We had that one first... back in December I think.

Fire away with another question.

The original Die Hard film was based on a novel, which was itself a sequel to another novel.

What was first novel?
What was the second novel (the source for Die Hard)?
Who played the John McClane character in the film based on the first novel? (The character in the first film had the same name as in the novel. The character was later renamed for the Die Hard films)

i know

Nothing Lasts Forever was the second novel

Linebreaker wrote:Nothing Lasts Forever was the second novel

I've no idea about the other two... will let Kenny do the honours.

The Detective was the first and the film starred Frank Sinatra ( i had/have? it on video recorded off the tv )

What was the name of the marooned sailor in Treasure Island?

Jack someone?

nope

Joe Burns... John Bull or something like that? I know the pirate guy was Cptn Silver.

nope neither of them

I want to read the novel again now. I've realised that's the type of story I like.

Can you please give us a hint, Sir Kenneth?

erm

cryptic clue

Big Shoot

Someone "Gun" or "Gunn"? James?

yes , - - - Gunn

big or uncle or gentle

Tom?

nope

tick tock

(Big) Ben Gunn?

Sam? Joe?

Linebreaker wrote:(Big) Ben Gunn?

LB your right

Which city claims to be the 'safest' in the world? (the answer will disturb you!)
Extra points for a couple of reasons why they make this ridiculous claim.

Is it rio? And the reason is their olympic bid?

No... but quite close. It's in South America. Keep thinking violence.

Buenos Aries ?

Mexico City?

No and no.

Aaahh.. this coffee tastes good.

Somewhere in Cuba ?

Columbia?