The Beast's Pub Trivia

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Welcome to the Beast's Pub in The Castle...

It's Perpetually Trivia Night!!

Questions will be posted on occasion by me, others may post as well. But you must later confirm who was correct.

Prizes "may" be awarded... if I feel generous...

Our First Question:

Mythbusters examined diving on a grenade to save overs.

True or false, a Canadian soldier did this and received a posthumous gallantry award.
 
There are five basic tastes which include salty, sweet, bitter and sour. What is the last taste?
 
True or False:

In Canada saying you're sorry is not considered an admission of guilt, legally.
 
True or False:

In Canada saying you're sorry is not considered an admission of guilt, legally.

I would say true, we are wired similarly in Ireland and say sorry when others bump into us.

There is a law against selling fresh raw milk cheeses in Canada - true or false?
 
I would say true, we are wired similarly in Ireland and say sorry when others bump into us.

There is a law against selling fresh raw milk cheeses in Canada - true or false?
I would say true

True or False - In the UK it is illegal to pay with your phone at a drive-thru?
 
False?

The oldest whiskey distillery in the world is located in Northern Ireland. True or false?
It is partly true. Unless you turn your engine off and put your hand brake on you cannot have your phone in your hand behind the wheel of the vehicle!

I would think the oldest distillery would be located in Ireland but whether that is north or south I would be unsure about. I am going to say true.
 
It is partly true. Unless you turn your engine off and put your hand brake on you cannot have your phone in your hand behind the wheel of the vehicle!

I must remember that the next time I am getting a Maccers in Blighty.

I would think the oldest distillery would be located in Ireland but whether that is north or south I would be unsure about. I am going to say true.

It’s true, in Bushmills, Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland.
 
Correct

That I do not know. My brain keeps trying to tell me zloty but I know that is Polish

It’s forint, the abbreviation is HUF

Off the coast of which Irish county did the IRA murder Lord Mountbatten by placing a bomb under his fishing boat?
 
It’s forint, the abbreviation is HUF

Off the coast of which Irish county did the IRA murder Lord Mountbatten by placing a bomb under his fishing boat?

I believe it was Sligo. I saw The Queen :)

In honor of MTV turning 40, what was the first music video it played?
 
I believe it was Sligo. I saw The Queen :)

In honor of MTV turning 40, what was the first music video it played?

It was! Mullaghmore in Co. Sligo. Absolutely horrendous, along with all the senseless bloodshed and loss of life that followed for decades.

Uhm…..no idea. I will go for something by Madonna?
 
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