Welcome back, ye faithful quizzers.
How was your Christmas? Did you have a Happy New Year? No? Well, never mind. Even if you had a miserable break and nobody loves you, at least you’ve got the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. The JOE Friday Pub Quiz loves you.
Round one this week is Missing Words – just chose the correct word that’s missing from the well-known phrase or sentence – followed as ever by Sport. Round three is Coming Up in 2018, where we’ll be testing your knowledge of things that are coming up in 2018 – psychics need not apply.
The picture round this week is Spot the City – just choose the correct location on the map for the given city – and we’re finishing up with a round on your friend and mine, Alan Partridge.
It’s good to be back, baby! Let’s quiz.
ROUND ONE: MISSING WORDS. Which word completes the name of the actor who played young medium Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense?
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Which word completes this quote from Muhammad Ali?
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Which word completes the title of this song by Prince?
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Which word completes the title of this Martin Scorsese film?
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Which word completes this Latin phrase commonly found on US currency?
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ROUND TWO: SPORT. Crystal Palace brought Manchester City’s winning streak to an end when the two teams met at Selhurst Park on New Year’s Eve. What was the score?
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Andy Murray had to pull out of which major tennis tournament this week?
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Who is the only manager to have won the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup?
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Which cricket world record does Shoaib Akhtar hold?
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Which Premier League team has been managed by Roberto Di Matteo, Roy Hodgson and Tony Pulis?
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ROUND THREE: COMING UP IN 2018. Where will the 2018 Winter Olympics be held?
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry in 2018, but which venue has been chosen for the wedding?
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Who will Russia face in the first game of the 2018 World Cup?
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The 100th anniversary of the end of which war will be commemorated in 2018?
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Which BBC crime drama has been confirmed to return in 2018?
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ROUND FOUR: SPOT THE CITY (PICTURE ROUND). Where is Manchester?
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Where is Marseille?
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Where is Washington, D.C.?
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Where is Marrakesh?
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Where is Sydney?
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ROUND FIVE: ALAN PARTRIDGE. Which of these is NOT one of the TV shows Alan pitches to BBC executive Tony Hayers?
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Which model of car did Alan refuse to drive?
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From which fair city does Alan’s friend Michael hail?
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What’s the name of Alan’s 1995 Christmas special?
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Which name does Alan shout over and over in the car park of the Choristers Country Club?
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