Last minute pub quiz cramming...

[Witchinghour1]

Quiz in 2 hours’ time! I have committed Olympic destinations and locations of countries in Europe to memory. What else might I need to know? Any good facts out there?

My contribution is:

Which 2 tube stations have all vowels in their names?

Answer: South Ealing and Mansion House

People who have won the Tour de France 5 times;
Eddy Merckx
Miguel Indurain
Bernard Hinault
Jaques Anquetil
Lance Armstrong (disqualified several years later)

Chris Froome has won it 4 times

Super facts- I’m onto national flowers now. Really like the South Sudan and shortest flight facts!

Champagne bottle sizes come up regularly at our pub-quiz. Husband (swot) has learnt them by association with the planets (I don't understand either!)
2 - Magnum
4 - Jeroboam
6 - Rehoboam
8 - Methuselah
12 - Salmanazar
16 - Balthazar
20 - Nebuchadnezzar
Useful mnemonic -' Mick Jagger Really Makes Splendid Belching Noises'

Japan is the largest exporter of whisky

Highlights included:

When did the Eden project open?
3 busiest stations in UK
Name of David Beckham’s new academy
The name of the person who commissioned the Taj Mahal
Which 2 continents does the Red Sea sit between?
Largest country in Africa

I have no idea of any of these answers as I left in the last round to rescue the babysitter!