Creative pub quiz 3

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Question 1

Multiple Choice

1 point

To escape the war many artists dashed to Cornwall. They formed a collective later known as the St. Ives school. Who was NOT part of this collective?

A.Ben Nicholson

B.Patrick Heron

C.Barbara Hepworth

D.Richard Long

Question 2

Multiple Choice

1 point

Whose artwork was hung upside-down by mistake for many years at the Tate Modern?

A.Jackson Pollock

B.Rothko

C.Barnet Newman

D.Donal Judd

Question 3

Multiple Choice

1 point

What year did the Tate Modern first open to the public?

A.1998

B.1999

C.2000

D.2001

Question 4

Multiple Choice

1 point

Which UK artist has recently sold for the highest sum at auction?

A.Francis Bacon - Study of Lucien Freud

B.David Hockney - Artist by pool (two figures)

C.Banksy - Devolved parliament

D.Damien Hirst - Diamond skull

Question 5

Multiple Choice

1 point

Tapies is one of my favourite artists. Which city is he from?

A.Paris

B.Mexico city

C.Bucharest

D.Barcelona

Question 6

Multiple Choice

1 point

On to dogs! My big dog is called Archie, what else is he known as?

A.Duke Archibald the second

B.Garibaldi

C.Arch

D.Anything you like as he is totally deaf

Question 7

Multiple Choice

1 point

Which trade were French bulldogs originally associated with?

A.Baguette making

B.Lace making

C.Onion stringing

D.Cognac making

Question 8

Multiple Choice

1 point

Which common physical characteristic does the chow share with giraffes, polar bears, and Jersey cattle?

A.They have fur not hair.

B.They regurgitate their food.

C.They have blue eyes.

D.They have a black tongue.

Question 9

Multiple Choice

1 point

The collective noun for a group of cats is:

A.Caggle

B.Covey

C.Clutch

D.Clowder

Question 10

Multiple Choice

1 point

What was the name of Bill Sikes’s dog (also an English Bull Terrier) in Oliver Twist?

A.Archie

B.Bull's eye

C.Bruiser

D.Angel

Question 11

Multiple Choice

1 point

On to typography... My favourite letterform is the lower case letter 'g'. What typographic reason might this be?

A.Because I love the word giggle and there's three in there.

B.Because it's a keyhole letter.

C.Because it's the deepest letter in a typeface.

D.Because it sets the height needed for leading (line spacing).

Question 12

Multiple Choice

1 point

What is a font?

A.The style of the characters in an alphabet.

B.A historical reference to a typographer's job case.

C.A delivery mechanism for letterforms.

D.The identifying name given to a complete character set.

Question 13

Multiple Choice

1 point

What is a typeface?

A.Your facial expression after staring at a computer for eight hours.

B.The system used to deliver the characters.

C.The design of the letterforms.

D.The commercial name given to a complete set of heavy metal characters.

Question 14

Multiple Choice

1 point

What is an interrobang?

A.A glyph used to convey incredulous disbelief, as in: WHAT

B.The denotation for percussion at the end of a crescendo in classical music.

C.An accent applied to letterforms in languages such as Spanish.

D.The typographers term for footnotes.

Question 15

Multiple Choice

1 point

Is there ever a reason to use Comic Sans?

A.Never. It is an aberration.

B.Nope. Straight to the naughty corner - no pudding.

C.Only if you have something really funny to say.

D.No. Do not pass Go. Do not collect £100.

Question 16

Multiple Choice

1 point

Safer ground - Cocktail hour! What spirit is NOT in a Long Island Iced Tea?

A.Rum

B.Gin

C.Vodka

D.Whisky

Question 17

Multiple Choice

1 point

What drink links Guinness, Orange juice, Gin and lemon sorbet?

A.Triple sec

B.Champagne

C.Soda water

D.Vodka

Question 18

Multiple Choice

1 point

If I have the juice of a lime, a handful of mint, white rum, some sugar and some soda water - what cocktail am I making?

A.Breakfast

B.Cuba Libre

C.Daiquiri

D.Mojito

Question 19

Multiple Choice

1 point

What cocktail did Ernest Hemingway make famous?

A.Cuba Libre

B.Martini - straight up, with an olive

C.Daiquiri

D.Mojito

Question 20

Multiple Choice

1 point

Kirsch is a fruit brandy traditionally made from which fruit?

A.Cherries

B.Peaches

C.Pear

D.Elderberries

Question 21

Numerical Answer

1 point

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