Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 8101 by pjh

Question: Q: The 1814 Treaty of Ghent ended a war between which states?
Answer: A: Britain and the US.
Categories: 1800s (8) War (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 8100 by pjh

Question: Q: Which literary work ends "Shantih, shantih, shantih"?
Answer: A: The Waste Land
Notes: *: By T.S. Eliot
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 8099 by pjh

Question: Q: Who failed to jump over Snake River Canyon in Idaho in 1974?
Answer: A: Evel Knievel.
Categories: 1970s (4) People (4)

Pub quiz question 8098 by pjh

Question: Q: The Myers-Briggs test identifies 16 different types of what?
Answer: A: Personalities.
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 8097 by pjh

Question: Q: Andrew Wiles solved which 300- year-old mathematical mystery?
Answer: A: Fermat's Last Theorem.
Categories: Science (7) Mathematics (3)

Pub quiz question 8096 by pjh

Question: Q: Who famously said "non", and to what, in 1963 and 1967?
Answer: A: De Gaulle, to UK joining EEC.
Categories: 1960s (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 8095 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Former palace in Oxfordshire; Three Days of Peace And Music; a beagle's best friend?
Answer: A: Woodstock
Notes: *: Woodstock Palace; 1969 Woodstock Festival; Woodstock in Peanuts strip.
Categories: Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 8094 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: JVC; Hitachi; Sharp; Hafnia; Holsten; Gulf Air?
Answer: A: First football shirt sponsors
Notes: *: Arsenal; Liverpool; Man U; Everton; Spurs; Chelsea.
Categories: Connections (9) Sports (8) Football (8)

Pub quiz question 8093 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Rufus; Beauclerk; Curtmantle; Lackland; Longshanks?
Answer: A: Nicknames of medieval kings of England
Notes: *: William II; Henry I; Henry II; John; Edward I.
Categories: Connections (8) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 8092 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: RMT leader 2002-2014; Designer of St Paul’s Cathedral; Jim Callaghan's daughter; Howard Beale in the film Network?
Answer: A: Their surnames are birds
Notes: *: (Bob) Crow; (Christopher) Wren; (Margaret) Jay; (actor Peter) Finch.
Categories: Connections (6) People (6)

Pub quiz question 8091 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Point Marroqui and Point Cires?
Answer: A: Strait of Gibraltar.
Categories: Connections (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 8090 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Shawcross (UK); Jackson (US); Rudenko (USSR); de Menthon (France)?
Answer: A: Chief allied prosecutors at Nuremburg trial.
Categories: Connections (9) Politics (9) War (8)

Pub quiz question 8089 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Antipholus and Dromio (x2); founders of Rome; Weasleys; Schwarzenegger and DeVito?
Answer: A: Fictional twins
Notes: *: Comedy Of Errors; Romulus and Remus; in Potter stories; in film Twins.
Categories: Connections (8) Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 8088 by pjh

Question: Q: Spycatcher was whose controversial autobiography?
Answer: A: Peter Wright.
Categories: People (7) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 8087 by pjh

Question: Q: Which US athlete was unbeaten over 122 races between 1977 and 1987?
Answer: A: Ed Moses.
Categories: People (8) 1970s (7) 1980s (7) Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 8086 by pjh

Question: Q: Which food giant has its HQ at Vevey in Switzerland?
Answer: A: Nestlé.
Categories: Business (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 8085 by pjh

Question: Q: Which cult 1979 film shows a gang's journey home to Coney Island?
Answer: A: The Warriors.
Categories: Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8)

Pub quiz question 8084 by pjh

Question: Q: The battle fought in Westonzoyland in 1685 is better known as what?
Answer: A: Battle of Sedgemoor.
Categories: 1600s (8) Politics (8) War (8)

Pub quiz question 8083 by pjh

Question: Q: Which job title has three consecutive pairs of double letters?
Answer: A: Book keeper.
Categories: Language (2)

Pub quiz question 8082 by pjh

Question: Q: In 1996 the Austrian Robert Kalina won a competition to design what?
Answer: A: Euro banknotes.
Categories: 1990s (8) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 8081 by pjh

Question: Q: Which country has the world's largest proven oil reserves, according to OPEC?
Answer: A: Venezuela.
Notes: *: Saudi Arabia is second, followed by Canada, Iran then Iraq
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 8080 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ganymede; Titan; Callisto; Io; ours; Europa; Triton; Titania?
Answer: A: Largest moons in the solar system.
Categories: Connections (7) Astronomy (4)

Pub quiz question 8079 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Wernham Hogg manager; plays River Song; partners Whitehouse; opposes Hislop?
Answer: A: London boroughs
Notes: *: (David) Brent; (Alex) Kingston (in Doctor Who); (Harry) Enfield; (Paul) Merton (on HIGNFY).
Categories: Connections (6) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 8078 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Crisp-skinned duck; dog; striped silk fabric; capital (formerly)?
Answer: A: Named after Peking
Notes: *: Pekiing duck; Pekingese; pekin; now Beijing.
Categories: Connections (4) Language (4)

Pub quiz question 8077 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Rugby World Cup final venue; Cornish eco attraction; Kolkata cricket ground?
Answer: A: Eden
Notes: *: Eden Park; Eden Project; Eden Gardens.
Categories: Connections (5) Geography (6)