Quiz Questions for your Pub Quiz

The theme for this quiz was crystal.

Round 1
1. Punxsutawney Phil has quite the fan base as admirers crowd around Gobbler’s Knob each year to await his arrival to celebrate what?
    A. Groundhog Day
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil

2. A peregrine is what type of bird?
    A. Falcon
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Falcon

3. Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was followed up by what 2008 blockbuster?
    A. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull

4. “Oh my God, they killed Kenny! …You bastards!” is frequently heard on what TV classic?
    A. South Park
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_McCormick

5. In economics, which four countries are known as the BRIC countries, grouped as being at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development?
    A. Brazil, Russia, India, China
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC

6. On Star Trek, what was “The Trouble With Tribbles”?
  A. They are poisonous
  B. They are vicious fighters
  C. They multiply rapidly
  D. They suck oxygen from the air
    A. (C) They multiply rapidly
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trouble_With_Tribbles

7. Pat Sajak recent admitted that he and what lovely letter turner would step out for snootful or two between tapings?
    A. Vanna White
    C. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/pat-sajak-has-hosted-wheel-of-fortune-while-drunk/2012/01/26/gIQATzZJTQ_blog.html?tid=pm_entertainment_pop

8. The month of January was named after which Roman god?
    A. Janus (God of the doorway)
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January

9. The longest serving and first flying space shuttle, which vehicle was lost on re-entry Feb 1, 2003, resulting in the loss of 7 astronauts?
    A. Columbia
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

10. 28th January, 1958, saw the patenting of “moderately famous” toy, made possible by a unique stud-and-tube coupling system?
    A. Lego
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego

Round 2
Read the rest of this entry »