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 (3888), 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 T