Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 8006 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Matt Damon; Bill Gates; Robert Frost; Mark Zuckerberg; Pete Seeger?
Answer: A: Left Harvard without graduating.
Categories: Connections (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 8005 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Odysseus's dog; Greek goddess of victory; fearsome female warrior?
Answer: A: Mythology-inspired companies
Notes: *: Argos; Nike; Amazon
Categories: Connections (5) Mythology (3) Business (3)

Pub quiz question 8004 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Dora; Little Hans; Wolf Man; Rat Man; the Judge?
Answer: A: Pseudonyms of patients in case histories of Sigmund Freud.
Categories: Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 8003 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Manchurian Candidate; M*A*S*H; Pork Chop Hill; The Steel Helmet?
Answer: A: Korean War-themed films.
Categories: Connections (6) Film/Movies (5)

Pub quiz question 8002 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ancient capital of the Old Kingdom; home of Elvis Presley?
Answer: A: Memphis
Notes: *: Memphis in ancient Egypt; Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
Categories: Connections (4)

Pub quiz question 8001 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Caracal; margay; colocolo; kodkod; ocelot; serval?
Answer: A: Members of the cat family.
Categories: Connections (7) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 8000 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Golden Flautist; Rendell detective; five-line poem; Frank Pakenham?
Answer: A: Irish counties
Notes: *: (James) Galway; (Inspector) Wexford; Limerick; (Lord) Longford.
Categories: Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7999 by pjh

Question: Q: Balado near Kinross is the venue for which music festival?
Answer: A: T in the Park.
Categories: Music (5) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7998 by pjh

Question: Q: Rohit Sharma (stumped Shah) was whose last victim?
Answer: A: Shane Warne
Notes: *: 2011 IPL
Categories: Sports (6) Cricket (5)

Pub quiz question 7997 by pjh

Question: Q: The complaint pertussis is better known as what?
Answer: A: Whooping cough.
Categories: Biology (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 7996 by pjh

Question: Q: Tickle in 1971 was the first of what?
Answer: A: Mr Men series of books by Roger Hargreaves.
Categories: General Knowledge (6) Literature (5) Children (3)

Pub quiz question 7995 by pjh

Question: Q: Who succeeded to the English throne in 1422 at the age of nine months?
Answer: A: Henry VI.
Categories: Royalty (7) 1400s (6)

Pub quiz question 7994 by pjh

Question: Q: "Yes, the surface is fine and powdery" – whose words?
Answer: A: Neil Armstrong on the moon (after "leap for mankind").
Categories: Quotations (6) Astronomy (5) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 7993 by pjh

Question: Q: Joe Dallesandro's crotch appears on the cover of which album?
Answer: A: Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones).
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 7992 by pjh

Question: Q: Juba is the capital of which new (in 2011) nation?
Answer: A: South Sudan.
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7991 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Britten's comic May King; lowest male singing voice; Schubert's Piano Quintet in A major?
Answer: A: Fish in music: (Albert) Herring; bass; Trout quintet.
Categories: Connections (7) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 7990 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Maldon; Hawaiian black lava; Himalayan pink; Kala namak?
Answer: A: Types of table salt.
Categories: Connections (6) Food (3)

Pub quiz question 7989 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Desserts; dog; reward; mined; live; tug; mood; trams?
Answer: A: Spell other words backwards: stressed; god; drawer; denim; evil; gut; doom; smart.
Categories: Connections (7) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 7988 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ray Bolger; Bert Lahr; Jack Haley; Terry?
Answer: A: Dorothy's companions in Wizard Of Oz film (1939)
Notes: *: Scarecrow; Cowardly Lion; Tin Man; Toto.
Categories: Connections (6) Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5)

Pub quiz question 7987 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Palatinate; The Beaver; The Saint; Felix; Cherwell; Varsity; Nouse?
Answer: A: UK university newspapers
Notes: *: Durham; LSE; St Andrews; Imperial; Oxford; Cambridge; York.
Categories: Connections (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 7986 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Capetian; Valois; Bourbon?
Answer: A: Ruling royal houses of France.
Categories: Connections (8) Royalty (7) France (8)

Pub quiz question 7985 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Bristol; Warwick; Falkirk; Christchurch in England and NZ?
Answer: A: Stand on (different) Avon rivers.
Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7984 by pjh

Question: Q: Dr Steelhammer is the nickname of which sportsman?
Answer: A: Wladimir Klitschko.
Notes: *: Ukranian boxer, 1996 to 2017
Categories: People (7) Boxing (6) Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 7983 by pjh

Question: Q: Skomer, Skokholm and Grassholm islands lie off which UK national park?
Answer: A: Pembrokeshire Coast.
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 7982 by pjh

Question: Q: Which TV series featured the sinister Cigarette Smoking Man?
Answer: A: The X-Files.
Categories: Entertainment (3) Television (3) SciFi (3)