Here are the answers for the pub quiz that was held at Bryggan on the 28th of March, the answers marked in bold are the correct answers:
Current Events
1) This past Sunday the clocks went forward. We’ve left winter time and sprung into summer time also known as daylight savings time. This means that the evening daylight lasts longer. What do researchers consider to be the best for the public health? a) winter time all year around b) summer time all year around b) to keep it as it is d) to let the EU decide
2) Last week a self-driving Uber car struck and killed a person while crossing a street. This appears to be the first reported fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian. Where did this happen? a) Phoenix b) Pittsburgh c) Toronto d) Detroit
3) The death of human rights activist Marielle Franco has unleashed a wave of anger across which country? a) France b) Spain c) Cuba d) Brazil
4) President Trump has dismissed Rex Tillerson from his administration and announced that his choice of replacement would be Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A director and former Tea Party congressman. Which is the position in question?a) chief of staff b) secretary of defence c) secretary of state d) White house counsel
5) A former Russian spy was poisoned on British soil which has caused tensions to rise between Russia and Britain to a level that has not been seen since the heights of the Cold War. What is the term for the soviet military poison that was used? a) Polonium b) Novichok c) VX d) Medovukha
6) It’s been revealed that the voter-profiling company that worked on the 2016 Trump campaign used private information including contacts and “likes” from the facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission. The CEO has now been suspended after the release of a video which caught him bragging about winning the election for Trump, what’s the name of the company? a) Cambridge Analytica b) Equifax c) Oxford Data Control d) London Telemetrics
7) According to a UN report Finland is now the happiest country in the world. Which country is the unhappiest in the world? a) Burundi b) Malawi c) Haiti d) Venezuela
8) The British physicist Stephen Hawking recently passed away. What is the name of the best-selling book that he wrote which brought science to a mass audience? a) The fabric of cosmos b) Our infinite universe c) A brief history of time d) Creating a new science
9) Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl is considered to be the symbol of a new generation of palestinian resistance. She was recently sentenced to 8 months in prison for (fill in the blank) an Israeli soldier? a) throwing rocks at b) slapping c) stabbing d) mocking
10) The Swedish and North Korean foreign ministers recently met to discuss different topics such as the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. These discussions might help facilitate a meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea. What is the name of the North Korean foreign minister? a) Kim Yo-Jong b) Ri Yong-Ho c) Ping Deng-Song d) Ryu So-Yeon
11) More than 800 000 people packed the streets of Washington D.C to take part in a student-led demonstration in support of tighter gun control. What was the name of the March? a)march for young people b) march for change c) march for our students d) march for our lives
12) Which country has appointed the first-ever Minister of Loneliness to tackle the isolation misery affecting its citizens? a) Japan b) Kenya c) Canada d) The United Kingdom
Music and politics
1) This song by an American hip hop duo is about the issue of LGBT rights. Its lyrics advocate for inclusion while criticising the damaging impact of homophobia and false stereotypes. What year did same-sex marriage become legalized in its entirety in all fifty states in the US? Name the duo, song and the year: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Same Love, 2015
2) The song you’ll hear next is said to be about the harmful effects of the Vietnam war on Americans and how the US neglected returning Vietnam war veterans. Before the war, Vietnam was colonized for a long time by a European country and didn’t become fully independent until the 1950s, which country? Name the artist, song and country: Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA, France
3) This next piece, by a famous composer, happens to be the anthem of the Council of Europe and the European Union and is used at formal events such as the signing of treaties. The European Union consists of seven institutions which are the principal decision-making bodies. One of these institutions is the European Central Bank, in which city is it located? Name the composer, the piece and the city: Beethoven, Symphony no. 9, Frankfurt
4) What we are about to listen to is a song that became an anthem for the Civil Rights and Women’s Rights movements. What’s the name of the movement that spread worldwide in October 2017 as a hashtag used on social media to help demonstrate the widespread occurrence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace? Name the artist, song and movement: Aretha Franklin, Respect, MeToo
5) This is considered to be one of the most well-known and respected songs worldwide and it’s about envisioning a world of peace and unity. Something that’s also well known is the Nobel Prize which is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available and consists of five different prizes for different fields, one of them being peace. Who received the nobel peace prize in 2017? Name the artist, song and the nobel peace prize laureate: John Lennon, Imagine, ICAN
6) While performing at a concert one of the members of this band made a comment about the forthcoming US invasion of Iraq in which she said she was ashamed that President Bush was from her home state of Texas. Controversy erupted which resulted in their music being cut off from radio stations. This song is about how they felt about the banning of their songs and freedom of speech. Freedom of speech or expression is recognized as a human right. Over the years Sweden has had several internationally recognised human rights advocates. What’s the name of the Swedish diplomat and businessman who rescued thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust? Name the band, song and name of the diplomat: Dixie Chicks, Not ready to make nice, Raoul Wallenberg.
7) One of this band’s most popular songs describes the violence that has riddled Northern Ireland over many years, which in the song is mainly illustrated by the incident where British troops shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders. Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom. What year did the division take place? Name the band, song and year: U2, Sunday bloody Sunday, 1921
8) The following song is an attack on the treatment of working-class people in England in the 1970s by the UK government. It was released during Queen Elizabeth IIs silver jubilee and the lyrics as well as the cover art were considered controversial at the time which meant that the BBC refused to play the song. Queen Elizabeth is not only queen of the united kingdom, she also holds the position as head of the commonwealth. How many countries are a member of the Commonwealth? Name the band, song and the number of members: Sex Pistols, God save the queen, 53
9) This anti-war rock protest song depicts a story that describes the distrust and paranoia on both sides of the Cold War. At the end of the Cold War the Soviet Union dissolved. The first republic to break free from the Soviet Union was Lithuania but which republic was the last to declare independence? Name the band, song and the country: Nena, 99 Luftballons, Kazakhstan.
10) The following is a protest song released in 1992 against police brutality that was written six months after an incident had occurred which resulted in the L.A. riots. Name the band, song and the incident: Rage against the machine, Killing in the name, the beating of Rodney King
Guess the flag
Montenegro
Tonga
Azerbaijan
Bermuda
Ecuador
Armenia
North Korea
Iceland
Monaco
Argentina
South Korea
Malaysia
Rwanda
Hong Kong
New Zealand