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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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More 80's Music Questions

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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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Free Mini Pub Quiz #5

Well hello and welcome to another free mini pub quiz from QuizKnight.co.uk - apologies for being a week late releasing it but we got sidetracked with some other projects we're working on at the minute.  Anyway, this week we have a round of general knowledge, followed by a round to test your knowledge of past prime ministers.

Round One - General Knowledge

1) Who directed the 2000 film ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’?
2) In which British city does the Metrolink light rail system operate?
3) Bibendum is the symbol of which famous company?
4) Who did Gordon Brown make Secretary of State for Health in June 2007?
5) What nationality is the tennis player Lleyton Hewitt?
6) Who is the author of the book ‘Tricks of the Mind’?
7) In which county is the highest peak of Northern Ireland?
8) What word is used to describe a young pigeon?
9) Which band released the 2006 album ‘Motion in the Ocean’?
10) Which planet is bigger – Mars or Venus?

Round Two - Yes, Prime Minister

Name the Prime Minister who took office following a General Election win in the following years;

1) 1955
2) 1937
3) 1979
4) 1951
5) 1964
6) 1916
7) 1976
8) 1957
9) 1974
10) 1945

Tie breaker - what is the playing length of the 2006 album 'Motion in the Ocean'?

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Answers to Free Mini Pub Quiz #4

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

1. Sacremento
2. The Bourne Identity
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Violent Storm
5. Atlantic Ocean
6. Dorothy L. Sayers
7. Blue
8. Town Hall / Council House
9. Roberta Flack
10. Tana Ramsay
11. Leeds
12. Manchester
13. Luton
14. Edinburgh
15. Littlehampton
16. Leicester (Enderby)
17. Bournville (near Birmingham)
18. Fochabers
19. London
20. Swindon

Tiebreaker – 1868

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Free Mini Pub Quiz #4

Hi there and welcome to the first free mini pub quiz of 2008.  Hopefully you had a great Christmas and New Year, with a resolution to improve your trivia firmly in place.  Well, let's make a start - this week's quiz is a general knowledge round followed by a headquarters round.

Round One - General Knowledge

1) Which Californian city has a NBA basketball team called the Kings?
2) Which 2002 Matt Damon movie was the first film to be awarded a 12A certificate by the British Board of Film Classification?
3) Who was the third President of the United States?
4) On the Beaufort Scale what category of wind speed comes between storm and hurricane?
5) Which ocean does the Orinoco River flow into?
6) Who wrote the book 'The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club'?
7) In 'Bob the Builder' what colour is the crane named Lofty?
8) What does the German word "rathaus" mean?
9) Which American female singer was the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in two consecutive years (1972 & 1973)?
10) Who in 2007 released a cookery book titled 'Real Family Food'?

Round Two - Headquarters

Can you name the town or city in which you would find the headquarters of each of the following companies?

1) Asda
2) The Co-operative Group
3) Easyjet
4) Royal Bank of Scotland
5) The Body Shop
6) Next
7) Cadbury Trebor Bassett
8) Baxters
9) Barclays plc
10) Nationwide Building Society

Tie break - in which year was the international food company Baxters founded?

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New Year 2008 Quizzes

Hi there,

Just a quick note to let you know that we have a pub quiz and a picture quiz for sale on the website to celebrate the New Year - both are a review of events and people of 2007. 

Just click here to find out more.

Best Wishes

The QuizKnight.co.uk Team

Answers to Free Mini Pub Quiz #3

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

1. United States
2. Counter Terrorist Unit
3. Cynthia Powell
4. Saint Luke
5. Norman Lamont
6. 14th Century (1368)
7. Japan
8. Salvatore Schillaci
9. Steve Cram
10. Ballroom
11. Middlesbrough
12. Dublin
13. Venice
14. Florence
15. San Francisco
16. India
17. Shangai
18. Prague
19. Lucerne
20. London

Tiebreaker – 1906

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