Eatstudent Quiz Collection
This is going to be a collection of all our weekly quizzes. I'm sure the eatstudent quiz is the absolute highlight of most people's week - on this article you'll be able to see all our past quizzes. You can always find this article from the list of all our news articles (which you can find from a link on the botton of the home page). Feel free to use any or all of these questions if you ever need any quiz questions, and please let us know what you think about the quizzes - too hard, too easy, too much football?
Pub Quiz Questions of the Week - Week 1
1. Who wrote the book Moby Dick?
2. What was the currency of Greece before the Euro?
3. What were the Wright Brothers' first names?
4. Which tasty company is associated with the famous slogan '57 varieties'?
5. Who was the labour party leader before Tony Blair?
6. Which grand slam did Pete Sampras never win?
7. What would be your geographical location if your coordinates were 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude? a) Ghana b) Greenwich or c) The Atlantic Ocean
8. What’s the smallest country in the world?
9. How many scrabble letters have a value of 2?
10. In music, what does adagio mean?
Answers: 1. Herman Melville, 2. Drachma, 3. Orville and Wilbur, 4. Heinz, 5. John Smith (not extra smooth), 6. The French Open, 7. c) The Atlantic Ocean, 8. The Vatican, 9. 2. 'd' and 'g', 10. It indicates that the music should be played slowly.
Pub Quiz Questions of the Week - Week 2
1. How many lines are there in a sonnet?
2. What’s the capital of the US state of Colorado?
3. Who painted 'The Scream'?
4. Who is the only footballer to have won the Champions League with three different clubs?
5. What is the biological name for the kneecap?
6. What is the newsreader called in The Simpsons?
7. What fizzy drink had the advertising slogan ‘obey your thirst’?
8. Which actress’s real name was Norma Baker?
9. Who is the current Pope?
10. In Scrubs what is Turk's real first name?
Answers: 1. 14, 2. Denver, 3. Edvard Munch, 4. Clarence Seedorf (with Ajax, Real Madrid & A.C. Milan), 5. Patella, 6. Kent Brockman, 7. Sprite, 8. Marilyn Monroe, 9. Benedict XVI (or Joseph Ratzinger), 10. Christopher.
Pub Quiz Questions of the Week - Week 3
1. What Charles Dickens novel starts with the opening line ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…"?
2. Who assassinated John Lennon?
3. What are the red properties on the traditional London Monopoly Board?
4. Which two countries share the longest border in the world?
5. What is the French word for ‘mouse’?
6. What is the official language of Brazil?
7. What number is the roman numeral CDXCV?
8. Who lives in Erinsborough?
9. Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?
10. What does HTML stand for?
Answers: 1. A Tale of Two Cities, 2. Mark Chapman, 3. Trafalgar Sq, Strand, Fleet Street, 4. USA and Canada at 8893km, 5. Souris, 6. Portuguese, 7. 495, 8. Neighbours, 9. Jawaharlal Nehru, 10. Hyper text Markup Language.
Pub Quiz Questions of the Week - Week 4
1. Whose assassination is often said to have sparked WW1?
2. Who is replacing Terry Wogan on Radio 2?
3. Apart from Jermain Defoe who else has scored 5 goals in a single premiership game?
4. Which Roman Emperor officially converted the empire to christianity?
5. What act is headlining Glastonbury 2010?
6. In what year was the Wizard of Oz made?
7. Who founded facebook?
8. What (fictional) world champion boxer did Rocky beat in Rocky II?
9. What is the capital of Nigeria?
10. Who is the US vice-president?
Answers: 1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 2. Chirs Evans, 3. Alan Shearer, Andy Cole, 4. Constantine I, 5. U2, 6. 1939, 7. Mark Zuckerberg, 8. Apollo Creed, 9. Abuja, 10. Joe Biden.
Pub Quiz Questions of the Week - Week 5
1.What’s the oldest surviving university in the English speaking world?
2. What famous brand of scooter means ‘wasp’ in Italian?
3. What was Take That’s first top ten hit in the UK charts?
4. What is the common name for calcium carbonate?
5. Who plays the role of prostitute turned killer in the 2003 film ‘Monster’?
6. Which English King did Robin Hood swear allegiance too?
7. Which American city lies at the mouth of the Mississippi river?
8. How many times the have the All Blacks won The Rugby World Cup?
9. What is the German equivalent of the FTSE index?
10. What famous historical discovery was made by Howard Carter in 1922?
Answers: 1. Oxford (founded in the 11th century), 2. Vespa, 3. 'It Only Takes a Minute', 4. Chalk, 5. Charlize Theron, 6. Richard the Lionheart, 7. New Orleans, 8. Once, 9. The DAX, 10. He discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Pub Quiz Questions of the Week - Week 6
1. What country was the last African cup of Nations held, in 2008?
2. Who said 'An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind'?
3. What is the name of the Irish First Minister’s wife who was recently involved in a sex scandal?
4. By what % has VAT risen since the 1st January?
5. What is the Japanese name for Japan?
6. What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
7. In what state was Barack Obama born?
8. Which English King thought he could hold back the tide from coming in?
9. What book starts with this line: ‘Call me Ishmael’?
10. What are the first names of the three Bronte sisters?
Answers: 1. Ghana, 2. Ghandi, 3. Iris Robinson, 4. 2.5%, 5. Nippon, 6. Colombo, 7. A state of panic...Actually it was Hawaii, 8. Cnut (bet he got teased at school!), 9. Moby Dick, 10. Emily, Anne & Charlotte.