TheJournal.ie's Weekend Pub Quiz Volume IV (there are no questions about you-know-what)

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ROLL UP. ROLL up. It’s time for TheJournal.ie’s weekly pub quiz and we promise you this – there’ll be no mention of the auld, you know, that thing that has us stuck in our gafs.

So, here’s the craic. There’s going to be five rounds – science, sports, entertainment, history and then a bit of general knowledge.

Five questions in each round – bringing the total to 25.

Top tip: If you’re using Facetime, Zoom, Houseparty etc, you’ll be able to share the screen to your friends. It all comes down to if you trust them not to do the quiz on their own and then do it again with a group (do not do this – it is not sound).

Anyway, buckle up and get ready – it’s quizness time.

Right, so. We kick off today's quiz with some science. What Latin verb does the word 'science' come from?

Science

Scientus

Sapiens

Nascio

Scio

ZR is the symbol for which chemical element?

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Zinc

Zirconium

Barium

Lead

In which modern-day country was the physicist and chemist Marie Curie born?

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Hungary

Austria

Poland

Lithuania

What part of the body is the Axilla?

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Space between the toes

Area behind the ear

Bum crack

Armpit

The average woman has seven pints of blood, how many has the average man?

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Round Two is sports. How many players are there in a baseball team?

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Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Which player has scored the most goals in international football?

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Ali Daei (Iran)

Eusebio (Portugal)

George Weah (Liberia)

Johan Cruyff (The Netherlands)

What does a black flag signify in motor racing?

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Race abandoned

Driver disqualified

Crash ahead

False start

In which sport is The Davis Cup contested?

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Golf

Rugby

Darts

Tennis

How many jumps are there in The Grand National?

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Round Three is entertainment. Who is Gordon Sumner better known as?

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Bob Dylan

Alice Cooper

Sting

Elton John

The Hard Rock Cafe is named after a song by what band?

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The Doors

The Rolling Stones

The Beatles

Deep Purple

What kind of dog is Scooby Doo?

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Collie

Great Dane

Labrador

Retreiver

Who played the first James Bond?

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Sean Connery

Roger Moore

George Lazenby

Timothy Dalton

Who recorded 'A Boy Named Sue'?

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The Big Bopper

Johnny Cash

Buddy Holly

Elvis

Round Four. We move on to history. What did the Romans call Ireland?

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Hibernia

Cambria

Caledonia

Iceni

How many colonies signed the American Declaration of Independence?

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Nine

Eleven

Thirteen

Fifteen

In which year did the Act of Union, which united Ireland and Britain, come into effect?

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1798

1801

1810

1821

In which century was the Battle of the Boyne?

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15th

16th

17th

18th

The Irish Brigade fought in which 20th century civil war?

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Mexican

Spanish

Italian

Irish

Final round now, folks. We're doing general knowledge now. Tbilisi is the capital of which country located at the intersection between Europe and Asia?