Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7976 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Pomp and circumstance; sweet revenge; green-eyed monster; beast with two backs?
Answer: A: Lines from Shakespeare's Othello.
Categories: Connections (8) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 7975 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Devon river; McQueen film; “Toxic” singer; Stephenson's locomotive?
Answer: A: Projectiles
Notes: *: Dart; Bullitt; Spears; Rocket.
Categories: Connections (8) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7974 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: King George IV; Sir Charles Napier; Sir Henry Havelock?
Answer: A: Statues on three of the four plinths in Trafalgar Square.
Categories: Connections (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7973 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Harlequin; bryony; eyed; orange; 7-spot; 11-spot; 22-spot?
Answer: A: Ladybirds.
Categories: Connections (8) Language (8)

Pub quiz question 7972 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Birmingham and Brentford (via 166 locks)?
Answer: A: The Grand Union canal (main line).
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7971 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: An indentation on a bottle; a bet; a shallow boat; a kick?
Answer: A: Punt.
Categories: Connections (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7970 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ben-Hur; Titanic; The Return Of The King?
Answer: A: Films to have won 11 Oscars each.
Categories: Connections (8) Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7)

Pub quiz question 7969 by pjh

Question: Q: Which 1970s rock group was named after a Willard Manus novel?
Answer: A: Mott The Hoople.
Categories: Music (8) Entertainment (9)

Pub quiz question 7968 by pjh

Question: Q: What did Lotterer, Fässler and Tréluyer win over 355 laps in June 2011?
Answer: A: Le Mans 24-hour race.
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 7967 by pjh

Question: Q: Stalin described whose wife as a "syphilitic whore"?
Answer: A: Lenin.
Categories: Politics (6) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7966 by pjh

Question: Q: Which magazine was launched in 1992 by Richard Ingrams?
Answer: A: The Oldie.
Categories: Literature (7) 1990s (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7965 by pjh

Question: Q: Which Leeds brewery closed in 2011 after 189 years?
Answer: A: Tetley's.
Categories: Drink (8) 2010s (8) Business (8)

Pub quiz question 7964 by pjh

Question: Q: Blast was the manifesto for which artistic movement?
Answer: A: Vorticism
Notes: *: A modernist movement of British art and poetry in the early 20th century
Categories: Art (8)

Pub quiz question 7963 by pjh

Question: Q: What is the burial place of Arjumand Banu Begum?
Answer: A: Taj Mahal.
Notes: *: Born 1593, died 1631
Categories: Geography (7) People (7) 1600s (7)

Pub quiz question 7962 by pjh

Question: Q: “Nansen” passports were issued by which organisation?
Answer: A: The League of Nations, in 1942, to stateless refugees.
Categories: Politics (8) 1940s (8) War (8)

Pub quiz question 7961 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Black Narcissus; The Devils; Sister Act; The Sound Of Music?
Answer: A: Films featuring nuns.
Categories: Connections (8) Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7960 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) and Lindum Colonia (Lincoln)?
Answer: A: Fosse Way Roman road.
Categories: Connections (9)

Pub quiz question 7959 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Britten's fisherman; tuneless Dublin twins?
Answer: A: Grimes
Notes: *: Peter Grimes; John and Edward Grimes.
Categories: Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7958 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Julius Caesar; Thomas Cromwell; Citizen Camembert; Khasi of Kalabar?
Answer: A: Played by Kenneth Williams in Carry On films.
Categories: Connections (6) Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 7957 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: O (65%); C (18%); H (10%); N (3%); Ca (1.5%); P (1.1%)?
Answer: A: Chemical composition of the average human (% by mass).
Categories: Connections (7) Chemistry (7) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 7956 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Quakers; Tonga; Tribbiani, Bing, Geller et al?
Answer: A: Friends
Notes: *: Society of Friends; Friendly Islands; Friends in TV comedy.
Categories: Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 7955 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: 9 French peasants' revolt; French revolutionary group; '45 supporters?
Answer: A: Jac-
Notes: *: Jacquerie; Jacobins; Jacobites.
Categories: Language (8) Connections (8) France (7)

Pub quiz question 7954 by pjh

Question: Q: Who managed both the Beatles and the Stones?
Answer: A: Allen Klein.
Categories: People (8) Music (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 7953 by pjh

Question: Q: The Three Gorges Dam spans which river?
Answer: A: Yangtze.
Categories: Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7952 by pjh

Question: Q: Rachel Stevens and Russell Watson won which title in 2009?
Answer: A: Rear of the Year.
Categories: Entertainment (8) People (8)