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The star wars / James bond one in full on super hard mode would be which James Bond film was stated as coming next at the end of the credits of the spy who loved me but was pushed back due to the success of star wars meaning they released xxx instead? 

As in "James bond will return in yyy" but he didn't because of star wars

Spoiler

xxx = moonraker 

yyy = for your eyes only

That's a bit of James bond trivia for you!  And until goldeneye it was the most successful bond film box office wise so it worked

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Films are a weak area for me in quizzes. And we don't have a film specialist in our pub quiz team. We're pretty strong on: 

Art

Literature

History

Science

Geography

pre-80s pop music

Football

But shakey on: 

Sport other than football

Film and TV 

post-80s pop music 

We probably need to recruit... 

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Yeah films can be tough, I could pitch it at more guessable answers rather than if you haven't seen it you haven't got a chance

Answers 

Spoiler

1) frances

2) red

3) teacher

4) cornetto trilogy

5) calgary

6) Mr hamm

7) die hard

😎 moonraker

9) ghost busters 

10) viggo 

 

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Geography from last week from what I can remember 

1) which country translates in English as the rich coast

2) what was the last state to add its star on the American flag

3) in 2019 which country had the most international visitors / tourists

4) measured by number of passengers which is the busiest / largest airport in the world

5) where is Zealand (as in "New Zealand") - but half a point if you get the other one ;)

6) what city was formerly known as New Amsterdam 

7) what's the newest country to be recognised by the UN

😎 what is the world's first recognised national park

9) where is the largest desert in the world? 

 

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58 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

10) viggo 

You sure that’s right ? 
Ian McKellen got nominated for the first one , don’t think Viggo did 

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did a really tough quiz the other day , me and Mrs H emerged  victorious (yay) but all the scores were on the low side as it was only 1 or 2 person teams so you couldn’t rely on other people to get you out of a spot  on weak subjects ... 

couple below if you want to try your luck : (anyone that gets number 2 right is disqualified for using google 😛 )

What is the most common element  found in the earths crust 

There is a pub in Godalming called The Jack Phillips , what was his profession  

guildford Cathedral appeared in what 1976 film 

what’s the longest single (in length) to reach number 1 in the U.K. singles chart 

what was the name of the first man made object to land on the moon

whats the longest river in Europe 

what 60’s band shares it’s name with a street in Tooting 

 

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1 hour ago, villa4europe said:

measured by number of passengers which is the busiest / largest airport in the world

This one has come up a few times before , I think it was even on @mjmooney brain of Britain quiz and they gave the wrong answer , though it may have been worded differently 

answer is

Atlanta

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On the discussion of hard quizzes, there's nothing worse than someone setting a ridiculously hard quiz in an effort to show how brainy they are (I'm not for one second suggesting you were doing that V4E!)

We have a weekly one with work and there's all sorts of a range of abilities in there. We take it in turns to set the questions and most people do it sensibly. Like 5 easy questions 3 tough questions and 2 really hard questions.

Last week it was a guy in my team's turn and the quiz was ridiculous. I came 2nd with 2 out of 10. The winner got 4 :D 

The guy who set it smugly claimed he knew 9 out of the 10 answers.

The first question was "Name any of Harold Godwinson's brothers who died in 1066". I'm sure there will be some VTers who know that but not a single person on this quiz could even guess at a name. So that set the tone :D
4 out of 10 questions I couldn't even make a guess at

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Yeah it's hard to know where to pitch it! Really you want questions that even if people don't know the answer they can still guess at it or better try and find those tip of your tongue questions that piss you off because you know it but get brain freeze, questions where you either know it or you don't are a bit shit 

Last week I was the only person in 8 lads who knew what film was set on the nostromo, that to me is an easy question but if you've never seen it then forget it 

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Yeah to be fair to the guy in question he's a british history enthusiast. So there's a good chance he'd know a lot of those answers and maybe not realise that your average joe wouldn't have a clue. But either he was showing off or he really did have no clue where to pitch it!

5 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

Last week I was the only person in 8 lads who knew what film was set on the nostromo, that to me is an easy question but if you've never seen it then forget it 

See I know the answer to that but I wouldn't think it was an easy question at all. 

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The perennial problem with setting quiz questions - if I know the answer, I think it's too easy. If I don't know the answer, I think it's too hard. 

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2 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

The perennial problem with setting quiz questions - if I know the answer, I think it's too easy. If I don't know the answer, I think it's too hard. 

True. But I think there's also an ability to think "I know the answer to this but I don't think many other people will"

If the question is "Who wrote Harry potter?" then I know that's an easy question because I know it and I know lots of other people will.

If the question is "Which Aston Villa striker scored twice in the 1957 FA Cup Final?" then I'm not going to think that's an easy question just because I know the answer.

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15 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

True. But I think there's also an ability to think "I know the answer to this but I don't think many other people will"

If the question is "Who wrote Harry potter?" then I know that's an easy question because I know it and I know lots of other people will.

If the question is "Which Aston Villa striker scored twice in the 1957 FA Cup Final?" then I'm not going to think that's an easy question just because I know the answer.

True. It's a case of trying to find something that some will know and others won't. Everybody in the pub getting it right and everybody in the pub getting it wrong are equal fails. 

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10 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

True. It's a case of trying to find something that some will know and others won't. Everybody in the pub getting it right and everybody in the pub getting it wrong are equal fails. 

Yeah agreed. Know your audience basically.

The guy in question assuming everyone would know intimate details of British 11th Century history was a massive fail. But again I suspect that was his intention all along

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1 hour ago, Stevo985 said:

Yeah agreed. Know your audience basically.

The guy in question assuming everyone would know intimate details of British 11th Century history was a massive fail. But again I suspect that was his intention all along

Our pub quiz has been going so long, and with largely the same core of teams, that our quizmaster knows everyone's strengths and weaknesses. I've noticed that if we start winning it too regularly, the music and literature questions seem to get replaced by soap operas and rugby league for a while. 

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To me the best questions are those that you know the answer but you can't think of it, so instead you have to take an educated guess giving you a sense of anticipation as the answers are read out, a buzz if you get it right and disappointment if you get it wrong and realise you should have got it right, that's heightened when in a team and the guessing process opens up debate as to what you should go with

That history question is none of that, you might as well go to the bar when the answer is read out, it's not even a case of I haven't got a clue but I'm interested in the answer

Easy example would be what's the biggest selling beer in the world? I don't know but I'm going to guess at it with Heineken then stick around to hear that the answer is bud and then be disappointed that it's something I could have guessed at

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6 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

The first question was "Name any of Harold Godwinson's brothers who died in 1066". I'm sure there will be some VTers who know that but not a single person on this quiz could even guess at a name. So that set the tone :D
4 out of 10 questions I couldn't even make a guess at

I recall that he had a brother who fought against him at the Battle of Stamford Bridge and died, but couldn’t tell you his name without looking him up. 

Think quizzes can be hard to manage. Too easy, everyone gets bored. Too hard/obscure, everyone loses interest.

At work we’ve been doing a load remotely but each week now the quiz master is being asked to do special rounds for people as they are struggling with general knowledge... wouldn’t have much issue with it but they don’t turn up for their round so everyone else is stuck with the f***ing Disney round...

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Just now, cyrusr said:

I recall that he had a brother who fought against him at the Battle of Stamford Bridge and died, but couldn’t tell you his name without looking him up. 

The Norwegian army was led by Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson. 

I'm into all that stuff. 

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