Questions by pjh

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)

Pub quiz question 8076 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Seiche; bore; eagre; tsunami?
Answer: A: Types of wave.
Categories: Connections (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 8075 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: O (65%); C (18%); H (10%); N (3%); Ca (1.5%); P (1.2%)?
Answer: A: Approx elemental chemical composition of human body, by mass.
Categories: Connections (6) Science (5) Biology (4)

Pub quiz question 8074 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ireland; South Africa; Pakistan; Fiji; Nigeria; Zimbabwe?
Answer: A: Countries that have left or been suspended from Commonwealth.
Categories: Connections (7) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 8073 by pjh

Question: Q: Who was the target of the 1825 Decembrist uprising?
Answer: A: Nicholas I of Russia.
Categories: 1800s (7) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 8072 by pjh

Question: Q: Which writer's life could be summed up as Shanghai to Shepperton?
Answer: A: JG Ballard.
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 8071 by pjh

Question: Q: Which country won Eurovision four times in the 1990s?
Answer: A: Ireland.
Categories: Music (6) Eurovision (3) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 8070 by pjh

Question: Q: How did the ancient philosopher Empedocles reputedly die?
Answer: A: Throwing himself into Mount Etna.
Categories: General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 8069 by pjh

Question: Q: What does the "sim" in sim card stand for?
Answer: A: Subscriber identity module.
Categories: Language (7) Acronyms/Abbreviations (5)

Pub quiz question 8068 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose mother and sister are cured of leprosy in a biblical epic?
Answer: A: Ben-Hur's.
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 8067 by pjh

Question: Q: What is made in a chessel?
Answer: A: Cheese (a mould).
Categories: Food (5) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 8066 by pjh

Question: Q: Which trophy did the NY Yacht Club successfully defend 24 times over 132 years?
Answer: A: The America's Cup.
Categories: Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 8065 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Take My Breath Away; If You Leave Me Now; Cry Me A River; More Than A Feeling?
Answer: A: Hits by bands named after cities
Notes: *: Berlin; Chicago; (Julie) London; Boston.
Categories: Connections (6) Music (5)

Pub quiz question 8064 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: West Nile virus; dengue fever; malaria; yellow fever?
Answer: A: Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes.
Categories: Connections (5) Biology (5)

Pub quiz question 8063 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Frogs; Birds; Clouds; Wasps?
Answer: A: Plays by Aristophanes.
Categories: Connections (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 8062 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Gumdrop; Charlie Brown; Columbia; Yankee Clipper; Odyssey; Kitty Hawk?
Answer: A: Command modules of Apollos 9-14.
Categories: Connections (8) Science (8) Astronomy (7)

Pub quiz question 8061 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Holography; ballpoint pen; Rubik's cube?
Answer: A: Invented by Hungarians
Notes: *: Dennis Gabor; Laszlo Biro; Erno Rubik.
Categories: Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 8060 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Samson; Annet; St Helen's; Tean; Great Ganilly?
Answer: A: Uninhabited Isles of Scilly.
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 8059 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Victoria (originally King's); St Stephen's; Central; Clock?
Answer: A: Towers at the Palace of Westminster.
Categories: Connections (5) Buildings (5)

Pub quiz question 8058 by pjh

Question: Q: Which chart did Oliver and Olivia top in both 2009 and 2010?
Answer: A: Most popular baby names in England and Wales.
Categories: Language (6) Names (6) 2010s (6)

Pub quiz question 8057 by pjh

Question: Q: A pangram is a sentence containing what?
Answer: A: Every letter of the alphabet.
Categories: Language (6)