Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7436 by pjh

Question: Q: Which river flows through more countries than any other?
Answer: A: The Danube
Notes: *: 10: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Categories: Geography (5) General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 7435 by pjh

Question: Q: The Danube flows through which 10 countries?
Answer: A: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Categories: MultiAnswer10 (8) Geography (8) General Knowledge (8)

Pub quiz question 7434 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Bridgette; Valérie; Carla and Cécilia; Bernadette; Danielle?
Answer: A: French "First Ladies" 1981-2022
Categories: Connections (7) Politics (6) People (7) France (4)

Pub quiz question 7433 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska; Rudolph Valentino; Mahler; Tchaikovsky; Liszt?
Answer: A: Subjects of Ken Russell biopics
Categories: Connections (8) Literature (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7432 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: 23 July to 22 August; Peugeot; eggs (in the UK); English and Scottish crown?
Answer: A: Lion symbols
Notes: *: Leo zodiac sign, car maker, food quality mark; royal emblems
Categories: Connections (6) Logos (4) Royalty (4) Food (5)

Pub quiz question 7431 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Stidda; 'Ndrangheta; Camorra; Sacra Corona Unita?
Answer: A: Italian organised crime groups (mafia/mob gangs)
Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7) Italy (4) General Knowledge (7) Crime (4)

Pub quiz question 7430 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Radio series(1978); novel(1979) TV series(1981); film(2005)?
Answer: A: Timeline of "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy"
Categories: Connections (4) Entertainment (4) Literature (4) Radio (4) Television (4) Film/Movies (4) General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 7429 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Thames at Southwark; Colorado river at Lake Havasu City?
Answer: A: Spanned by "London Bridge"s
Notes: *: Latter built in 1830s and sold in 1968 and rebuild completed in 1971
Categories: Buildings (6) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7428 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Freedom of the Church(1); remarriage of widows(8); fish weirs(33); application of justice(40)?
Answer: A: Clauses of the Magna Carta
Notes: *: Signed 15 June 1215
Categories: Religion (7) Politics (7) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7427 by pjh

Question: Q: What was launched the night Grace Archer died?
Answer: A: ITV
Notes: *: Character in "The Archers" radio show. Died 22 Sep. 1955.
Categories: Entertainment (7) Television (5) Radio (6)

Pub quiz question 7426 by pjh

Question: Q: Which off-Broadway musical ran from 1960 to 2002?
Answer: A: The Fantasticks
Notes: *: World's longest running musical
Categories: Entertainment (7) 1990s (7) 1980s (7) 1970s (7) 1960s (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 7425 by pjh

Question: Q: Which artist said that his masterpiece was the Rosaire Chapel in Vence?
Answer: A: Henri Matisse
Categories: Buildings (6) Art (6) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7424 by pjh

Question: Q: What does something "pavonine" resemble?
Answer: A: A peacock
Categories: Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7423 by pjh

Question: Q: What gift scheme was launched by publisher Harold Raymond?
Answer: A: National Book Tokens
Notes: *: 1932
Categories: Literature (6) General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 7422 by pjh

Question: Q: The Talmud was written in Hebrew and which other language?
Answer: A: Aramaic
Categories: Language (7) Religion (6)

Pub quiz question 7421 by pjh

Question: Q: Who (maybe) said, "If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker?"
Answer: A: Albert Einstein
Notes: *: On realising the consequences of his contribution to making atomic bombs possible.
Categories: Science (6) People (7) Physics (5)

Pub quiz question 7420 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose pet was a black labrador called Connie Paulgrave?
Answer: A: Vladimir Putin
Categories: Politics (6) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7419 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Angela Berners-Wilson (1994) and Libby Lane (2014)?
Answer: A: First female priest and bishop of the Church Of England
Categories: Connections (7) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 7418 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Sidney Nolan; Peter Carey; Mick Jagger and Heath Ledger?
Answer: A: Ned Kelly
Notes: *: Painted him; wrote True History Of The Kelly Gang; portrayed him on film
Categories: Connections (8) Art (8) Entertainment (9)

Pub quiz question 7417 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Edier; Môhne; Sorpe?
Answer: A: Rivers/dams attacked in the Dam Busters' Operation Chastise
Categories: Connections (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7416 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Fanya Kaplan; Violet Gibson; Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore?
Answer: A: Unsuccessful female assassins
Notes: *: Of Lennin, Mussolini, Gerald Ford
Categories: Connections (8) Politics (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 7415 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Sidereal; Atomic; Ephemeris; Universal; Dynamical?
Answer: A: Time/Timekeeping systems
Categories: Connections (6) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 7414 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: VS Naipaul; Trevor McDonald; Brian Lara; Nicki Minaj?
Answer: A: Born in Trinidad
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8) Music (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 7413 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Willow; marsh; great; blue; coal; crested; bearded?
Answer: A: Tits seen in the UK
Categories: Connections (8) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 7412 by pjh

Question: Q: What did Orson Welles describe as "the biggest electric train set any boy ever had"?
Answer: A: RKO Studios
Categories: Entertainment (7)