Rusty's Puzzle Journal

This week, 10 general knowledge questions revolving around January. Most of them came out to be history-based, but ah well! 1) What do Spainards eat one of on every strike of the clock at midnight on New Year's? 2) January is named after a God from which civilization? 3) ‎3rd January 1924: Howard Carter famously discovers what near Luxor? 4) ‎Captain Scott reached the South Pole in January 1912. Which country's expedition team beat him by over a month? 5) ‎In 1771, which country ceded the Falkland Islands to the British? 6) ‎Which fictional detective was born 6th January 1854, with his first appearance being in the 1887 book A Study in Scarlet? 7) ‎What is the most common colour of garnet, the January birthstone? 8) ‎How many times does 31 go into 527? 9) ‎The Norwegian diplomat Jan Egeland was Under-Secretary-General of which organisation from 2003-2006? 10) ‎For how many days was Lady Jane Grey Queen of England? If you wish to play along, send your answers  t...

Week 3, and all you have to do is name the songs and artists which have given us the 10 music videos below: Next week: January General Knowledge! If you wish to play along, send your answers  to  me via Twitter (@Rustythewolf) or email me (rustythewolf28@gmail.com)! Good luck, and until next time! ~Rusty

Week 2, and this time it's a classic pub quiz round! 10 questions about a bit of everything visual media. 1) Which sitcom had every episode name start with "The one where..."? 2) ‎What was the highest grossing film in 2017 that wasn't part of a franchise, a reboot, or a remake? 3) ‎Mr Peanutbutter and Princess Carolyn are recurring characters in which Netflix show? 4) ‎Who directed Jaws? 5) The villages of which fictional TV county are described as "idyllic, picturesque but deadly", and has a homicide rate equivalent to Chile's? 6) ‎Which boy band got their name from the protagonist of a 1980's sci-fi film? 7) ‎What was the nickname for Richard Hammond's Opel Kadett in the Top Gear Botswana Special? 8) ‎Adjusted for inflation, which 1939 film is the highest grossing of all time, having racked up $1,685,052,200 USD? 9) ‎Which show written by new Doctor Who head writer Chris Chibnall starred the new Doctor Jodie Whittaker and a previou...

Every week this year I shall be writing a pub quiz round. This week's theme is "Lower ", as in what people want their scales to read after Christmas. Three answers and a metric, all you have to do is pick out the lowest numerical answer. 1) Films in the Rocky franchise, the Star Trek franchise, the X-Men franchise 2) ‎Number of letters in the Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Rusian Cyrillic alphabet 3) ‎In Earth hours, a day on Mercury, a day on Jupiter, a day on Neptune 4) ‎Scrabble score for WHITE, PURPLE, ORANGE 5) ‎The year of the Battle of Agincourt, the Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Culloden 6) ‎In kilometres, length of the Amazon river, width of Russia, radius of Mars 7) ‎Height in metres of Darth Vader, Shaquille O'Neal, Will Ferrell 8) ‎Age in years they were when they died; Hitler, JFK, Rasputin 9) ‎Number of Disney theme parks, Number of Lego theme parks, Number of Universal theme parks 10) ‎UK Number 1's for Queen, ABBA, Take That ...