Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7951 by pjh

Question: Q: What's the shortest verse in the Bible?
Answer: A: “Jesus wept”
Notes: *: John 11:35, KJV
Categories: Religion (3) Quotations (5)

Pub quiz question 7950 by pjh

Question: Q: Which breakaway state tried to secede from Nigeria in 1967?
Answer: A: Biafra.
Categories: Geography (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7949 by pjh

Question: Q: Who contest the Old Farm derby?
Answer: A: Ipswich and Norwich.
Categories: Sports (8) Football (5)

Pub quiz question 7948 by pjh

Question: Q: 'LO' (capitalised) in 1969 is regarded as the first what?
Answer: A: Internet message.
Notes: *: Was supposed to be “LOGIN” but the network crashed after the first two letters
Categories: Computing (5) General Knowledge (6)

Pub quiz question 7947 by pjh

Question: Q: Who was serving a 3,653-day sentence in the gulag?
Answer: A: Ivan Denisovich.
Notes: *: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn novel “One day in the life of …”
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 7946 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Sun Tzu; Clausewitz; Jomini; Liddell Hart?
Answer: A: Military theorists.
Categories: Connections (8) People (8) War (4)

Pub quiz question 7945 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Inner core; outer core; mantle; crust?
Answer: A: Main layers of the earth.
Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7944 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Erica Jong; BA Baracus; Dennis Bergkamp?
Answer: A: Fear of flying
Notes: *: Novel; in A-Team; footballer.
Categories: Connections (7) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7943 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Angelo Maggio; Danny Ocean; Nathan Detroit; Tony Rome; Joseph Ryan?
Answer: A: Film roles of Frank Sinatra.
Categories: Connections (7) Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 7942 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Private Pike; Fawlty; wise; diet guru?
Answer: A: Herbs
Notes: *: (Ian) Lavender; Basil; sage; Rosemary (Conley).
Categories: Connections (4) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 7941 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Donetsk (Ukraine); Brasov (Romania); Varna (Bulgaria); Volgograd (Russia)?
Answer: A: Cities formerly named after Stalin.
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7940 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: La Coupe des Mousquetaires and Coupe Suzanne Lenglen?
Answer: A: Men's and women's singles trophies at French Open tennis.
Categories: Tennis (3) Sports (4) People (6) Connections (6)

Pub quiz question 7939 by pjh

Question: Q: Which singer started out as a babysitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin?
Answer: A: Little Eva.
Categories: People (8) Music (6) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7938 by pjh

Question: Q: What is Britain's oldest public museum?
Answer: A: Ashmolean, Oxford.
Categories: Art (7) Geography (7) Buildings (6)

Pub quiz question 7937 by pjh

Question: Q: Oulu in Finland is the home of which mime contest?
Answer: A: World Air Guitar championship.
Categories: Geography (6) Music (6) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7936 by pjh

Question: Q: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is a vaccine against what?
Answer: A: TB.
Categories: Biology (4) Science (5)

Pub quiz question 7935 by pjh

Question: Q: Who were the parents of Telemachus?
Answer: A: Penelope and Odysseus.
Categories: Mythology (5)

Pub quiz question 7934 by pjh

Question: Q: The Kármán Line marks the boundary between what?
Answer: A: Atmosphere and space.
Categories: Astronomy (5) Science (6) Physics (5)

Pub quiz question 7933 by pjh

Question: Q: In US politics, what was (informally named) HUAC?
Answer: A: House Un-American Activities Committee.
Notes: *: Correctly called HCUA - House Committee on Un-American Activities
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (7) America (6) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7932 by pjh

Question: Q: Father Lankester Merrin is the titular character of which film?
Answer: A: The Exorcist.
Categories: People (7) Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) Horror (3)

Pub quiz question 7931 by pjh

Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for Malaysia?
Answer: A: MAL
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (7) Road signs (6) Transport (6)

Pub quiz question 7930 by pjh

Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for United States of Americca?
Answer: A: USA
Categories: General Knowledge (4) Geography (4) Road signs (6) Transport (6)

Pub quiz question 7929 by pjh

Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for Zimbabwe?
Answer: A: ZW
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (6) Road signs (6) Transport (6)

Pub quiz question 7928 by pjh

Question: Q: ZW is the international car registration code for which country?
Answer: A: Zimbabwe
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (6) Road signs (6) Transport (6)

Pub quiz question 7927 by pjh

Question: Q: What is the international car registration code for Vietnam?
Answer: A: VN
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (6) Road signs (6) Transport (6)