The Essential Pub Quiz Book: 500 Questions and Answers on General Knowledge

By Hannah Blamires

Do you enjoy pub quizzes? Are you a member of a pub quiz team? Or maybe you would simply like to increase your general knowledge? Whatever your reason for choosing this book, you are certain to enjoy tackling the 500 questions contained inside. What art movement did the American artist Andy Warhol spearhead? What is a collection of giraffes called? Which country other than Norway and Denmark did the Vikings originally hail from? The answers to these questions and more can all be found in The Essential Pub Quiz Book. With sections on a range of topics including sport, art history, geography, countries, cinema, celebrities, food and drink, TV, careers, politics, literature, culture, science, animals, music, cars, social media and gaming, crime and punishment, news headlines, symbolism and religion, fashion, beauty, law and flashbacks to the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s,1990 and 2000s, there really is something for everyone. Whether you are genning up for a quiz night or enjoy learning more about the world around you, this book is guaranteed to teach you something new.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Apex Publishing Limited
• Release date: Oct 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781911476108

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Questions

Sport – 1

In what year during the eighties, was there a nail-biting finish at the Wimbledon men’s singles tennis final between John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg with a 34 point tie-break in the fourth set?

What nationality is the professional snooker player Stephen Hendry?

Who were the 2015 rugby Six Nations championship winners?

How many players are there in a cricket team?

Which female marathon runner was world champion marathon gold medallist in 2005 and set a world record time winning the London marathon in 2003?

What year were the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece - 1896, 1897 or 1900?

How many times has Michael Schumacher been Formula 1 world champion - six, seven or eight times?

What was professional wrestler Shirley Crabtree’s wrestling name?

What year was golfer Colin Montgomerie selected as Ryder Cup European captain - 2009, 2010 or 2011?

In what city was the Ricky Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather welterweight fight staged in December 2007?

Sport - 2

The champion horse Red Rum won the Grand National three times - in 1973, in 1974 and in...?

Which English professional darts player is also known as ‘The Power’?

How many Tours de France did Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurain win during his career - three, four or five?

Who is LeBron James - an American basketball player, a French sailor or an English footballer?

Which 2008 Olympic gold medallist swimmer appeared on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here in 2013?

What is a curling stone made from - ceramic, granite or marble?

Who won the men’s annual university Boat Race in 2014 - Oxford or Cambridge?

Which football player was suspended for nine matches and ordered to pay a fine following a biting incident during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil?

Which American Olympic gold medallist downhill skier dated Tiger Woods in 2013 - Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso or Hilary Lindh?

What colour were English figure skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean’s outfits when performing their winning Bolero routine at the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics - blue, purple or green?

Art

Who painted The Scream in 1894?

What museum currently houses the celebrated Mona Lisa painting by artist Leonardo Da Vinci?

Which English artist won the 1995 Turner prize - Steve McQueen, Damien Hirst or Anish Kapoor?

Which artist controversially exhibited an unmade bed at the Tate Gallery in 1999?

In what Spanish city was Pablo Picasso born?

Which artist painted melted clocks and long limbed animals as a recurring theme?

Where would you most likely find a Banksy - displayed in a museum, outside a nightclub or on the catwalk?

Which famous painting by Johannes Vermeer was made in to a film in 2003?

When was the French Impressionist Claude Monet born - 1840, 1848 or 1852?

What art movement did the American artist Andy Warhol spearhead?

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