To ask you all to share your favourite quiz questions?!

[stressedmum95]

I stupidly got my weeks mixed up and have just realised I'm supposed to be hosting a zoom quiz tomorrow night (not next week!) I've done a little prep and got a good advertising section together I think (slogans and pictures) but I really need good general knowledge/geography etc

The guy who done last weeks quiz was brilliant (wasn't too hard all questions you knew you should know the answer to iykwim) and I thought at the time how glad I was I didn't have to follow his class act now it turns out I do have to

What is a baby hare called?

I've just heard this one on Jimmy Carr's Tiny Quiz thingy:

Q - Where is St Edmund buried?

A - Bury St Edmunds

Love it.

I did an ace music quiz on zoom last week, using YouTube clips. Just cut them so you don’t get the title in the clip and away you go.

Also did a general knowledge quiz, few facts I used included babies are born with more bones than adults, la Paz is the highest capital city in the world and sharks can blink.

This is from DH, not me (football related).
At football cup final matches (any cup), what item MUST be available but is NEVER used?

What song is playing on the radio alarm clock every morning when Bill Murray wakes up in Groundhog Day

Who was the Third Man?

Answer = Abel
Adam/Cain/Abel

I like this because the smart alecs will ask "Do you want the actor (Orson Welles) or the character (Harry Lime)?"
missing the point entirely.

Sorry, forgot to put the answer - it’s the ribbons in the losing team’s colours.

The is it a fruit or a vegetable thing. Tomatoes, bananas, cucumbers ect

The answer always lies in something to do with seeds. Cant remember though

What word in the English language has 3 double letters in a row....
Bookkeeper

Name the seven dwarves.

What’s the name of Phoebes twin sister in Friends

Sorry forgot the answer. It’s Ursula

HarrySnotter a leveret?

What is the only sequel to have won an Oscar for best picture? Godfather II

Who played brothers in the 1988 comedy Twins? Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito

In what country are babies never born? Vatican

T/F polar bears eat penguins. (F)

How many actors have played Batman in GILMS and can you name any? (Micheal Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Ben fecking Affleck and soon-to-be Robert Pattison)

Name the year: fall of the Berlin wall, first man on the moon, Chernobyl, first Paralympics, first flight across the Channel, opening if Channel Tunnel, Hong Kong handover. Etc.

My favourite music quizzes are where you play the first line of a song, eg "she came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge..." And you get a minute to continue writing as much of the song as possible. Then count your words. Winner has the most words - you can play the song as they sing along

Film questions are always good...
Which female actor has won the most Academy Awards? A ... Katherine Hepburn
Who is the only actor to have played James Bond once...A... George Lazenby
What is the highest grossing Disney Pixar movie? ...A... Incredibles 2
From which movie did this quote come from ..” And I am Iron Man?

A.. Avengers Endgame

Or
Name the tallest Mountain...A .. Mauna Kea ( in Hawaii) Everest is the highest but Mauna Kea has much of its base in the ocean.
What is the world’s driest place? ...A... Antarctica ( because it never rains there!) it rains more in Africa.
The bust of which 20th century figure is found in Antarctica? ...A... Vladimir Lenin
Order the continents in geographical size .... Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australasia/Oceania.

What news story broke the internet in June 2009?

Which country was the first to give women the vote?

Henry Kissinger - Dead or Alive?

David Niven played James Bond once as well.

2009 dunno

New Zealand

Alive!

What is the clavicle otherwise known as? It the collarbone.

Which city is the DVLA in? Swansea

Who is the Goddess of Victory? Nike

What was the name of the Dog in Peter Pan? Nana

What year did the 1st World War begin:1914

How many wives did Henry viii have ?:6 bonus points for naming two: Catherine of Aaragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Cathetine Parr. Another bonus point for how many children he had:3

Which British Prime Minister has won a Nobel Prize for literature?

In 1981, at the Gleneagles golf course, who set the world record for the longest successful golf putt
ever televised? (Hint: It happened in a pro-celebrity tournament)

Terry Wogan

What is the longest month of the year?

October (due to the clocks going back).

These are all great!! Please keep them coming

Which English word has five consecutive vowels? Queueing

I don’t like to brag but I was very proud of one round of my quiz in particular. I recorded the first 20 - 30 seconds of movies and had a few questions relating ie. what was the movie, actor’s name character’s name etc. Obviously you can choose any movies you fancy but needs to be a fairly iconic opening. We did the likes of Love Actually, Matilda, Forrest Gump, Toy Story etc

As in the sound only

Ooh, this is going to be a useful thread. as long as no other MNers in the Quiz Thanks OP

I’ve never used zoom so I don’t know, but can you do an activity round? Things everyone will definitely have at home like how many loo rolls can you balance on your head? Draw a scene from this film (play Jurassic park music) etc. You judge the winner. Used to go to a pub quiz that had a round like that and it was always fab