Trivial Pursuit 2000s

 

 

You may have noticed in the last few weeks, that a version Trivial Pursuit, titled "2000s" started to appear in stores. I had been looking for a new trivia board game to add to my collection and having seen a post from a fellow quizzer on Facebook, advertising that he had written questions for the game, I decided to buy it and have been playing over the weekend with a non-quizzing partner....a reluctant one at that.

 

I am in two minds about my opinion on this....

 

Firstly, the negatives are that the format is not great. Gone are the old Trivial Pursuit Rules that were simple and created longer games. This is very much a "quick fix" sort of game. Although it takes longer to set up that play sometimes!!!

 

The game involves the usual, collecting the wedges, and the categories are pretty much the same as the normal game. But what makes the game so quick is that not only do you collect wedges by merely passing certain squares, but there are a lot of multiple choice and true and false questions, not to mention the difficulty level is lowered. So, even with a non quizzer, some of these games were lasting a matter of mere minutes before we both nearly had full racks.

 

There is a whole element of seeing the category and choosing not to answer, passing onto your opponent. If they get it wrong you win a wedge...

 

Has there ever been a game of trivial pursuit where you can win easily by only answering one question?

 

There are always 2-3 good questions per card which is the one saving grace.

 

Taking my non quiz-fan hat off for the moment....this is probably most suited to families and casual players. My non-quizzing playing partner enjoyed it, the questions were pitched right for her and it did make for a fun few geames but I can't see myself going back to it in a rush!







Buzzer Questions

In terms of size this is island is the seventh largest in Scotland. It is often referred to as “Scotland in miniature”  and is separated from the mainland by the Kilbrannan Sound. Name the Scottish Island that has Brodick as its capital and Goatfell as its highest point?

 

Arran

 

This author was born in 1958 and has since wrote 10 adult novels many of which have been turned into films. He won the Man Booker Prize in 1993 for a novel about a 10 year old boy living in Barrytown although perhaps his most famous novel tells the story of a group of unemployed Irishmen who form a Soul Band. Who is the author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha HA and The Commitments?

 

Roddy Doyle

 

Which American Physicist, born in 1904, and often referred to as “the father of the atomic bomb”, was appointed as director of Eisenhower’s Manhattan Plan in 1941 that sought to create American Nuclear weapons?

 

Robert Oppenheimer

 

Which British Formula 1 Driver who drove for Mclaren, Ferrari and Williams won the World Championship in 1992?

 

Nigel Mansell

 

Which Actress, born in 1944, took her name from a character in the The Great Gatsby and made her film debut in the 1977 Woody Allen film “Annie Hal” although her most famous role was as Reipley in the Alien series?

 

Sigourney Weaver

 

Name the country. This country became a constitutional monarchy in 1952 and its national day falls on December 5^th. Over 90% of the population are Buddhists and chief exports include rice, rubber and precious stones. It has borders with Laos and Cambodia amongst others and has the Baht as currency. Its capital city is Bangkok.

 

Thailand

 

Name the year. Geoffrey Fisher retired as the archbishop of Canterbury, the World Wildlife Fund was founded, Private Eye was published for the first time, Elvis Presley had 4 UK Number 1’s and Yuri Gargarin became the first man in space?

 

1961

 

At 3,776m tall, this mountain is the tallest in its country and was last week announced as a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Its name translates as “wealth” or “abundant” in English and along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku it is considered as one of the “Three Holly Mountains” in its country. Located on Honshu Island, what is the largest mountain in Japan?

 

Mt. Fuji

 

What name is shared by one of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 and a Labour politician born in 1946 who served as both Home and Foreign Secretary under tony Blair?

Jack Straw

 

In April 1974, the radio broadcast of a song by the folk protest singer Zeca Afonso, signalled the start of the Carnation Revolution which took place in which country?

 

Portugal

 

Which long running BBC Radio 4 show was created by Ian Messiter and first broadcast in 1967? The show has had the same host since its inception and guests on the first episode included Derek Nimmo and Clement Freud.  The object of the game is for panellists to talk about a subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation  for an assigned period of time. Name the radio show of which Nicolas Parson has been host from 1967 until the present day?#

 

Just a Minute

 

What number is the tenth lowest prime number, the number that might lead a bingo caller to announced “In Your Prime”, the atomic number of copper, and the number of days in February in a leap year?

29

Quiz Question

Good one for you today...


The famously named striker Gold One Got scored a memorable World Cup qualifying goal for which nation? Faroe Islands

Quiz Book Suggestion

 

I imagine most of the people reading this will have at least heard, or possibly own, the above title. "The Only Quiz Book You Will Ever Need" is something that, if based on the title alone, may be something you would expect to be full of chestnuts and 10,000 pointless questions...but when you consider this is written by some of the finest quiz players in the country it changes to make this an essential quiz book. Other than maybe the likes of "On the Tip of My Tounge" which is a different style, this is perhaps my favourite quiz book in my collection. I certainly have spent more time with and learned more from this than I have with any other quiz book....It ranges from the gettable to the obscure and goes on various themes throughout. Every question is well written and its a great learning tool as well as being great for testing yourself!

 

 



Site Suggestion - Kens Quiz Site

I don't have a links section as such on the blog so tend, from time to time, to post up a few site suggestions of the most useful trivia sites on the internet. One I have been using for years is Kens Quiz Site which can be found HERE

The site is totally free with a wide range of questions available and it must take "Ken" quite some time put it together. All the quizzes are themed so whatever you fancy doing your quiz on its all easy to find with years in the archives. The General Knowledge quizzes are particularly good as they are more often than not very testing and I have much fun trooping through the archives.

Twitter Account

Just to remind any new readers that I post various links to quizzes (and especially links to my periscope music quizzes) up at my Twitter account (@quizaddictblog) so just a reminder if you use Twitter to give me a quick follow and say hi!

Apologies

For a variety of reasons, mainly begin an unexpected move back to Sunderland I have neglected the blog as of late. Suffice to say this will change ongoing and the blog will be back to normal within days.....

Light Speed Quiz Videos

Unfortunately I have missed the last few events on the Lightspeed Quiz Circuit but nevertheless here are some of the videos of the latest couple of events to keep you amused. Always a good occasions with cracking questions all around!

Periscope Quiz Reminder

Just a little reminder to follow me on Periscope (@danielfullard) for some live quizzes I broadcast from time to time.

If you need help working out how to do it let me know either in the comments or via email (fully234@hotmail.com)

Quiz Review - The Blue Bell, Fulwell

 

Blue Bell, Fulwell (Sunderland) - Tuesday Nights 8.30pm

 

 

 

Over the past few weeks, I have been attending the Blue Bell Quiz in Fulwell (Just outside of Sunderland city centre). It's been running  for some time and shamefully in the 2 years I lived in Sunderland I did not get round to attending. But having a few gaps in my diary I made the effort to go along and certainly didnt regret it.

 

The quiz is ran by local quizmaster, and league player, Tony Gillan who used to run the Quiz I attended each Thursday in Sunderland and that I labelled on here as the best quiz in town. So I was very pleased when I turned up and realised Tony was doing it.....

 

 

The quiz is split into 3 rounds. 12 pictures, 10 current affairs and 20 testing General Knowledge questions with a jackpot at the end. Marking is ongoing and the standard of questions is very high. No filler, no chestnuts and a well written set all round that will suit all players. The quizzes I have played so far have been nice and varied and always questions to ponder long and hard over.

 

It is busy too with 16 - 20 teams most weeks and the whole night goes without hitch (nice pub too!). Most notably there are no signs of cheating! The Jackpot round is capped at £100. Always a question to have a guess at and the jackpot cannot be split so if more than one players gets it, it rolls over.

 

 

All in all, the quiz at the Bluebell in Fulwell is one of my favourite Quiz Nights at present. My only slight criticism would be that's its a little on the short size....30 questions in all and 12 pictures. In addition, with the picture round accounting for over 25% of the quiz it means that a bad picture round can be fatal to your chances as the winning score (out of 42) tends to be around the 36-38 mark.

 



 

The Blue Bell also host a Music Quiz on a Monday and a "fun quiz" on a Wednesday but having been to neither I can't really comment but its worth knowing. Don't see many music quizzes around this area so Ill certainly be looking to give that a try!

QU12 2016

Last month I attended the latest Light Speed Quiz event. I will post the videos over the next few days but, and you'll see why, I am starting with this series :)

A slightly different game to the usual...

 

 

 

And the Final.....

 

Music Quizzes - Periscope

Its been a while...

2016 is turning out to be a very busy one for me so I haven't had much time to devote to the blog. I have however, over the past few days, began to get involved in a series of Music Quizzes on Periscope.

Periscope is a live broadcasting tool available on most mobiles and tablets.

If you follow me @danielfullard on Periscope or let me know your Periscope username you'll get notifications as to when the quizzes are.

Tonight's music quiz begins at 7pm and contact me either on here or via email (fully234@hotmail.com) if you need help in getting set up.

Buzzer Quiz Questions

You may or may not have watched the Lightspeed Quiz videos I have been posting up by now. Either way here are the questions I asked at the event. I found it tricky writing sets for a crowd of 16 eager buzzers, and as you will have seen most got answered very quickly indeed.

1.       This country is the world’s largest producer of Uranium. In 1991, it was the last of the Soviet Republics to declare independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the current President of the nation has been in power since. Which nation, the largest landlocked country in the world by area, is also associated with the Sacha Baron Cohen character Borat?

Kazakhstan

2.       On this day in 1835 the first assassination attempt against a serving US President was carried out by Englishman Richard Lawrence. Legend has it that when Lawrence’s pistols misfired, the President attacked him with his cane. Which President, nicknamed “Old Hickory” was the target of this attack?

Andrew Jackson

 

3.       Launched in October 2010, this free mobile app had 400 million users by December 2015. The service was acquired by Facebook in 2012 for $1 billion dollars. Created by Kevin Systrom and with a camera as its logo, which mobile photo sharing service is the 8^th most downloaded app of all time?

Instagram

 

 

4.       What number links –  the number of studio albums released by the Beatles, the number of strikes needed for a perfect game in ten pin bowling, the number of people who have walked on the moon, the number of stars on the flag of Europe, the atomic number of Magnesium and the number of Angry Men in the title of a 1957 film?

12

 

 

5.       Released in January 2016, his latest novel is  “The Noise of Time”.  He has written crime novels under the name Dan Kavanagah. He has been nominated for 4 Booker Prizes  for works including Arthur and George and England England. Which British author won the 2011 Booker Prize for the “Sense of an Ending”?

Julian Barnes

 

 

 

6.       In 1967 this comedy duo won the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, followed by success on New Faces in 1974. In 2009 they celebrated the 20^th anniversary of their most famous TV series and in 2010 they won the Channel 4 series “Celebrity Coach Trip”. Born with the surname Elliot, which Comedy Duo hosted the Children’s game show “To Me to You” based on their most famous catchphrase?

The Chuckle Brothers

 

7.       Winning the 1985 Bafta Award for Best Picture, which Woody Allen film follows the story of Tom Baxter, a character within a movie who pops out of the Cinema screen into the real world and begins a romance with Mia Farrow?

Purple Rose of Cairo

 

8.       This classical composer won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for “On the Transmigration of Souls” which was a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11^th attack.  He is perhaps most known for his operatic works including Doctor Atomic in 2005 and Nixon in China in 1987. Name this American composer born in 1947 who shares a name with an American President?

 

John Adams

 

9.       In  November 2013, this painters work entitled “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” sold for a then record $142 million dollars at auction. His 1944 triptych “Three Studies for Figures at the base of a crucifixtion” sealed his reputation as a bleak chronicler of the human condition. Born in Ireland in 1909, name this painter described by William Kooning as the “most  important painter of the disquieting human figure in the 20^th century”?

Francis Bacon

 

10.   In which decade did the following events occur – the last Emperor of Germany began his reign, Coca Cola was invented, Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island, President Garfield was assassinated and Robert Ford assassinated Jesse James?

 

1880s

 

11.   Which romantic drama series, first aired on BBC One in 2012, follows the story of two childhood sweethearts, who reunite over Facebook following 60 years apart? The programme stars Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi, and the title contains the name of a Dance as well as the town we are currently all sitting in!

Last Tango in Halifax

 

12.   Hitting number 1 in May 1988 as part of a double a side, a cover of which Beatles song gave Billy Bragg his first and to date only UK Number 1 single?

 

Shes Leaving Home

 

13.   Currently the assistant coach at Derby County, who is the only Englishman to win the European Golden Shoe, a feat achieved in the 1999-200 season when  he netted 30 goals for Sunderland? 

 

Kevin Phillips

 

14.    One of the few people to have won an Osacr, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy, who is the only female singer to have had No.1 albums in the USA in six different decades, her first being “People” in 1964 and her latest being “Partners” in 2014 with her first Oscar win coming in 1969 for the film “Funny Girl”?

 

Barbara Streisand

 

15.     Name this island. On average 1.5 million tourists visit this island every year which is a greater amount than the actual population.  The flag of this island country is the only one in the world to contain an outline of the country on it and in 1974 Nikos Sampson led a famous coup here. Popular destinations on the island include Larnaca and Limassol and its capital is Nicosia.

Cyprus

Sunderland Echo Quiz League Set - 4/4

The Final instalment in my set of questions for the Sunderland Echo Quiz League a number of weeks back. Hopefully they have been some use to you....

Round 4

1.       At which battle of May 1455 was King Henry VI captured, leading to Richard Duke of York being declared Lord Protector?	St Albans
2.       Gary Player is one of three golfers to win both the Open and the Senior Open. New Zealander Bob Charles and which American, a five-time Open winner in the 1970s and 1980s are the others?	Tom Watson
3.       Which band, formed in Newcastle, had the highest selling British album of 1972?	Lindisfarne
4.       In March 1990 which was the first Soviet Republic to declare itself independent and in 2015 became the 19th member of the Eurozone?	Lithuania

 

Set B - Round 5

1.       Sir John Simon, Sir Kingsley Wood and John Anderson all held which major cabinet post during World War II?	Chancellor of the Exchequer
2.       Which American model spent 25 years as the face of “Covergirl” magazine, but perhaps more famously, was the subject of her former husband’s song “Uptown Girl”?	Christine Brinkley
3.       Of the seven English cities beginning with the letter L, which comes first alphabetically?	Lancaster
4.       Which sporting figure founded the charity “Livestrong”   in Austin, Texas to help people affected by cancer?	Lance Armstrong

 

Round 6

1.       Who is the only individual to win both a Turner Prize and an Oscar for Best Director?	Steve McQueen
2.       Rugby Union: With 557 points, which Irishman  has scored the most points in the history of the 5 (now 6) Nations?	Ronan O’Gara
3.       Which fictional amusement park, made famous in a film, is situated off the coast of Costa Rica?	Jurassic Park
4.       Michael Fassbender played which prominent Irish republican and short lived Member of Parliament in the 2008 film “ Hunger”?	Bobby Sands

Lightspeed Quiz - January 2016 - Video 3

The third video from the opening round of the January 2016 Lightspeed Quiz event in Halifax. Tough going again...