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Merry Christmas

As it will soon be Christmas again, we just wanted to let you know that we've just uploaded a brand new set of festive quizzes for 2009 to go along with all our old favourites from years gone by.  Just follow the link below to find out more;

http://www.quizknight.co.uk/themequizzes_105514.html

What's more, we've got a discount of £1 off any purchase of £5 or more if you quote the promo code "santa" when checking out.  Expires 25th December!

Best wishes for the Festive period!

Kind Regards from
The QuizKnight.co.uk team

Answers to Free Mini Pub Quiz #8

Here's the answers to the last free mini quiz, so let's see how well you did;

1) The Soup Dragons
2) Dennis Taylor
3) Cuba
4) Ashley Peacock
5) Golden Eagle
6) Red
7) PC Plum
8) Uruguay
9) 1984
10)Tatooine
11)Sunderland
12)Tottenham Hotspur
13)Newcastle United
14)Wigan Athletic
15)Manchester United
16)Liverpool
17)Everton
18)Arsenal
19)Aston Villa
20)Chelsea

Tiebreaker – 70 goals

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Free Mini Pub Quiz #9

Hi there, welcome to yet another free mini pub quiz from QuizKnight.co.uk.  This week the quiz comprises one round of general knowledge, followed by a second round titled 'Football Money'.

Round One - General Knowledge

1) Which group had a 1990 hit with 'I'm Free'?
2) Which snooker player won the 1985 World Championship at the Crucible Theatre?
3) What is the largest island in the Caribbean?
4) Which Coronation Street character is played by Steven Arnold?
5) Aquila chrysaetos is the binomial name of which bird of prey?
6) What colour is the maple leaf on the flag of Canada?
7) Who is the resident police officer in the town of 'Balamory'?
8) Which country hosted the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
9) In which year did Tommy Cooper die?
10) In the 'Star Wars' stories what is the name of the home planet of Luke Skywalker?

Round Two - Football Money

Listed below are a number of companies who were shirt sponsors during the 2007/2008 Premiership season - simply name the club they sponsored;

1) Boylesports
2) Mansion
3) Northern Rock
4) JJB Sports
5) AIG
6) Carslberg
7) Chang Beer
8) Emirates
9) 32Red
10) Samsung

Tiebreaker - In total, how many goals were scored at the 1930 FIFA World Cup?

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Answers to Free Mini Pub Quiz #8

Here's the answers to the last free mini quiz, so let's see how well you did;

1) Hertfordshire
2) ‘Money for Nothing’ by Dire Straits
3) Penelope Pitstop
4) Rio
5) Glasgow
6) Frank Winfield
7) Zirconium
8) Rocco
9) (TV) Chefs
10) Scalene
11) Ursula Andress
12) Honor Blackman
13) Maud Adams
14) Teri Hatcher
15) Halle Berry
16) Britt Ekland
17) Jane Seymour
18) Grace Jones
19) Diana Rigg
20) Barbara Bach

Tiebreaker – 43,252

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Free Mini Pub Quiz #8

Hi there, welcome to yet another free mini pub quiz from QuizKnight.co.uk.  This week the quiz comprises one round of general knowledge, followed by a second round to test your knowledge of 'Bond Girls'.

Round One - General Knowledge

1) In which UK county would you find Welwyn Garden City?
2) What was the first video shown on MTV Europe when it was launched in 1987?
3) Who drove the Compact Pussycat in the cartoon ‘Wacky Races’?
4) What is the Spanish word for river?
5) In which city would you find HM Prison Barlinnie?
6) What do the initials F.W stand for in F.W Woolworth?
7) Alphabetically, what is the last chemical element on the Periodic table?
8) What is the first name of Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s son born in 2000?
9) What profession do Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Brian Turner have in common?
10) What is the name for a triangle where the sides are all of different lengths?

Round Two - Bond Girls

Listed below are a number of Bond girls from the famous series of spy movies – one point for naming each actress.

1) Honey Ryder
2) Pussy Galore
3) Octopussy
4) Paris Carver
5) Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson
6) Mary Goodnight
7) Solitaire
8) May Day
9) Tracy di Vicenzo
10) Anya Amasova

Tie break - What is the population of Welwyn Garden City as recorded by the 2001 Census?

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Answers to Free Mini Pub Quiz #7

Here's the answers to the last free mini quiz, so let's see how well you did;

1) India
2) Cumbernauld
3) Alberta
4) Iodine
5) Donegal
6) Toby
7) Teddy bears
8) Luna
9) Tom Clancy
10) Plum
11) Dundalk
12) Tullamore
13) Mullingar
14) Castlebar
15) Ennis
16) Naas
17) Tralee
18) Galway
19) Downpatrick
20) Omagh

Tiebreaker – 2,084 sq mi

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Free Mini Pub Quiz #7

Hello again and welcome to another free mini pub quiz to test your trivia abilities.  First up this time round we have a General Knowledge round followed by a St Pat's Irish themed second round.  Have fun!

Round One - General Knowledge

1) Which country's share index is known as the Nifty?
2) In which town is the Scottish football club Clyde FC based?
3) Edmonton is the capital of which Canadian province?
4) I is the symbol of which chemical element?
5) In which Irish county would you find the most northerly point of mainland Ireland?
6) What is the name of the dog in traditional 'Punch and Judy' shows?
7) What does an arctophile collect?
8) What is the name of the Roman goddess of the moon?
9) Which author wrote the novel 'Patriot Games'?
10) A prune is a dried variety of which fruit?

Round Two - Irish Counties

Can you name the county town of each of the following Irish counties?

1) County Louth
2) County Offaly
3) County Westmeath
4) County Mayo
5) County Clare
6) County Kildare
7) County Kerry
8) County Galway
9) County Down
10) County Tyrone

Tie break - In square miles, how big is County Mayo?

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Answers to Free Mini Pub Quiz #6

Here's the answers to the last free mini quiz, so let's see how well you did;

1) Blue
2) Jimmy Calderwood
3) 1946
4) Honshū
5) Elizabeth Regina
6) South
7) Black
8) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
9) Daphne Fowler
10) Battle of Balaclava
11) Roxy Music
12) Dire Straits
13) Wham!
14) Paul Simon
15) The Smiths
16) Paul Young
17) Men at Work
18) ABBA
19) The Police
20) Kate Bush

Tie break - October 1854

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Free Mini Pub Quiz #6

Hi there readers, hope you're keeping well.  Let's hope that, unlike Liverpool yesterday, you can complete today's challenge without any slip-ups.  So let's get started;

Round One - General Knowledge

1) What is the leftmost colour on the flag of France?
2) Who is the current manager of Aberdeen FC?
3) In which year were both Liza Minnelli and Diane Keaton born?
4) What is the name of the largest island of Japan?
5) On modern British post boxes what do the initials "ER" stand for?
6) Does the Scottish town and port of Campbeltown lie north or south of Glasgow?
7) On the game show 'Deal or No Deal' what colour is the telephone?
8) Which was the last in the Harry Potter series of novels to be published in the 20th Century?
9) On the television programme of the same name which of the 'Eggheads' usually sits second from left?
10) The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during which battle?

Round Two - Ashes to Ashes

Name the recording artists who released these hit albums during the 1980's;

1) Flesh and Blood
2) Love Over Gold
3) Make It Big
4) Graceland
5) Meat Is Murder
6) No Parlez
7) Business as Usual
8) The Visitors
9) Zenyattà Mondatta
10) Hounds of Love

Tie breaker - in which month and year did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?

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Answers to Free Mini Pub Quiz #5

Here's the answers to the last free mini quiz, so let's see how well you did;

1) Ang Lee
2) Manchester
3) Michelin (it’s the name of the Michelin Man)
4) Alan Johnson
5) Australian
6) Derren Brown
7) County Down
8) Squab
9) McFly
10) Venus
11) Anthony Eden
12) Neville Chamberlain
13) Margaret Thatcher
14) Winston Churchill
15) Harold Wilson
16) David Lloyd George
17) James Callaghan
18) Harold MacMillan
19) Harold Wilson
20) Clement Atlee

Tiebreaker – 51 mins 26 secs

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