Number 42 Sample Pub Quiz

Round 7: 1 to 10

This is Round 7 of the Number 42 Sample Quiz! The total sample quiz consists of 10 rounds, with a total of 100 quiz questions. Round 7 is our ‘1 to 10’ round. Each answer is a number between 1 and 10. The best part? Each number is featured just once. Information you can use to your advantage! Let’s get solving!

We’ll kick off the round with a sports question. How many players are on a volleyball team?

6

Drawings show that a game very similar to volleyball was being played as early as the 16th century at the English court of Queen Elizabeth. But officially the American William G. Morgan is considered to be the inventor of volleyball.

Time for some geography. How many countries does Germany border?

9

Germany covers a territory of 357,022 km² and borders the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the east, Austria and Switzerland in the south and France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands in the west.

How many main characters formed the group of friends on the popular series How I met your Mother?

5

The series is about Ted Mosby and his friends Barney, Marshall, Lilly and Robin.

Which number can be found in the title of this film?

7

The shot comes from one of the most iconic scenes in the movie “Seven.”

How many legs does a crab normally have if you include the front legs with the claws on them?

10

Crabs are members of the order of ‘decapods’, which is Greek for ‘ten legged’.

Not a big fan of crabs? Let’s see if a cow question is more to your liking. How many stomach compartments does a cow have?

4

Cattle have a stomach with four compartments, the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum, with the rumen being the largest compartment.

How many different colours are in the Polish flag?

2

The Polish flag is divided into two equal planes. The top is white, the bottom is red. Nice detail: The flag of Monaco and that of Indonesia have the same colors in the reverse order.

How many of his own paintings did Vincent van Gogh manage to sell during his lifetime?

1

The painting ‘The red vineyard’ is the only one he sold during his lifetime. Nowadays it can be admired in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Like with many great artists, his work only became popular after his death.

How many members made up the band the Police’ in the most famous composition?

3

For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting (lead singer, bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums).

How many planets (not counting dwarf planets) are in our solar system?

8

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. After a close examination in 2006, poor Pluto was demoted to the status of dwarf planet.

Well done! You just made it through round 7 of the sample quiz. Time for one more?

Round 6

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