Candy Keynes sweep the LPI Pub Quiz

Could you have done better? 

In what was perhaps a form of pathetic fallacy, the Leeds Policy Institute Pub Quiz opened its doors at the accommodating halls of the Library Pub amidst the rainy and windy weather of last night, a tell-tale sign for the difficulty of the questions to come. 

Despite the yellow weather warning issued by the Met Office, six teams assembled themselves into groups of five to seven willing victims, ready to take on the first quiz of the academic year. 

At LPI, we have a very traditional attitude towards the traditional pub quiz. We think that one is not meant to win a pub quiz. Instead, they are meant to survive it. A good pub quiz is meant to be challenging, gruelling, something that picks your brain, forces you to contemplate (and maybe even makes you ask why you came here in the first place). 

We also like paper-based pub quizzes. Phones take away from the moment, and writing your answers on a hydrated, beer-stained piece of paper is excellent for camaraderie and team building. It also allows for longer rounds, where members can go back to the questions that they particularly struggled with. 

The six teams made a noble effort, but the aptly named Candy Keynes took the winners pedestal with a total of 45 out of 57 points. We wanted to publish the results of all the other teams, with a nice stacked bar breakdown of each round. Unfortunately, our quizmaster (the person writing this article), forgot that it was his job to log the results digitally and so this data was lost in transit. 

We promise that in future iterations of quizzes (and by extension of these articles) we will provide more photos of the event, and data on team performance. One thing we do know is that the average mark for the quiz was 27 (so it was quite hard). To balance our karmic debt for subjecting you all to such a demonic quiz, we thought it was only right to host a £ 300 bar tab during the event. 

Now, now, that’s enough talk about the event. Time for the questions and answers. How many can you get right?

Round 1: Questions

1)  What animal is the Leeds Policy Institute Logo?

2)  In what year was the EU established?

3)  Who was the longest serving British Prime Minister in history?

4)  What was the highest rate of UK inflation during COVID-19 (answers to closest 1%)

5)  How many homes does Labour plan to build?

6)  How many signatures are there on the online petition to repeal the Digital ID Cards (closest 100,000)

7)  What year did the Bank of England gain independence?

8)  What was the length of Liz Truss’ tenure as Prime Minister

9)  What is the largest civil service department?

10)  Who authored the Leviathan?

11)  What is the top selling book of all time?

12)  What is the most valued company in the world as of today?

13)  In the novel, 1984, what was the name of the authoritarian government?

14)  Which of these countries has the highest interest rate on government borrowing (bond yield)? United Kingdom, France, Greece.

15)  Who was the shortest male UK Prime Minister since Churchill by height?

Round 2: Logos and Albums

*Teams must identify both the album and artist/band to gain a full point. Half points awarded if teams can only identify one of the two. 

Round 3: Foreheads

Now time for the answers:

Round 1: 

1)  Owl

2)  1993

3)  Sir Robert Walpole

4)  11.1% (11% is fine)

5)  1.5 million

6)  2,784,883 (2.7 million)

7)  1997

8)  49 days

9)  DWP

10)  Thomas Hobbes

11)  Bible

12)  Nvidia

13)  Ingsoc

14)  United Kingdom

15)  Rishi Sunak

Round 2: 

Logos:

1)  PwC

2)  European Union

3)  Adidas

4)  Palantir

5)  Nvidia

6)  Dominos

7)  M&S

8)  B&M

9)  Barclays

10)  Mitsubishi

11)  Michelin

12)  Sainsbury’s

13)  Bank of England

14)  Toyota

15)  LSE Group

Albums:

1)  OK Computer – Radiohead

2)  Blue Album – Weezer (but we accept weezer self titled)

3)  Brat – Charli cxc

4)  Nevermind – Nirvana

5)  Dark side of the moon – Pink Floyd

6)  Voulez Vouz – Abba

7)  Currents - Tame Impala

8)  Rumours – Fleetwood Mac

9)  Grace – Jeff Buckley

10)  Loveless – My Bloody Valentine

11)  The Queen is Dead – The Smiths

12)  Demon Days – Gorillaz

13)  1989 - Taylor Swift

14)  My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West (we accept ye)

15)  Abbey Road – The Beatles

Round 3: 

1)  Andrew Bailey

2)  Margeret Thatcher

3)  Kier Starmer

4)  Nigel Farage

5)  Christine Lagarde

6)  Jerome Powell

7)  Tony Blair

8)  Theresa May

9)  Melania Trump

10)  John Maynard Keynes

11)  Ed Miliband

12)  Sadiq Khan

We thank you all for playing and hope to see you in the next one!