Pub Quiz Questions HQ

The Airship Hindenburg (Round 131)

The Airship Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed following its maiden flight. In which US state was it mooring when it happened?

a) California b) New York c) New Jersey
c) New Jersey

 

Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze are central characters of which controversial novel?
Lolita

 

What did Sir James Dewar invent to help his experiments on cooling gases, like air and oxygen, to such low temperatures that they would liquefy.
Thermos Flask

 

2017 in Movies (Round 1)

Complete the title of the fifth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series: 'Dead Men Tell No...'?

a) One b) Tales c) Lies

b) Tales

 

Brad Pitt plays General Glen McMahon in which film directed by David Michod?

War Machine

 

Once portrayed by David Hasselhoff, which star plays Mitch Buchannon in the Baywatch movie released in 2017?

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

 

Music 2017 Quiz (Round 1)

Which Ed Sheeran hit begins with the lyric: 'The club isn't the best place to find a lover'?

Shape of You

 

Who had a 2017 hit with 'Chained to the Rhythm'?

Katy Perry

 

Coldplay teamed up with Chainsmokers on which 2017 track?

Something Just Like This

 

Which member of One Direction released 'Sign of the Times' in 2017?

Harry Styles

 

What is the name of the new single released by Liam Gallagher in June 2017?

Books Quiz (Round 6)

Can you name these famous books from the characters and author

 

Count Pyotr Kirillovich (Pierre) Bezukhov (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace

 

Ishmael and Queequeg (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick

 

Nick Carraway and Daisy Fay Buchanan (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby

 

Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita

 

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice

General Knowledge Quiz (Round 130)

Which French chemist is renowned for his discovery of the principles of vaccination?

Louis Pasteur

 

Which American rock group recorded "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'"?

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

 

Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez is regular character from the opening seasons of which US drama?

House of Cards

 

Diana, princess of the Amazons is the alter ego of which female super hero?

Wonder Woman

 

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