Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7651 by pjh

Question: Q: What is South African Denise Darvall's place in medical history?
Answer: A: Donor in first successful human heart transplant.
Notes: *: 1967. The recipient lived for 18 days.
Categories: Science (6) Biology (5) People (7) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 7650 by pjh

Question: Q: Which island was visited by Raphael Hythloday?
Answer: A: Utopia.
Notes: *: Published 1516
Categories: Literature (6) 1500s (6)

Pub quiz question 7649 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose hypothetical cat is simultaneously alive and dead?
Answer: A: Schrödinger's.
Categories: Science (4) Physics (4)

Pub quiz question 7648 by pjh

Question: Q: Which vessel was commanded by Charlie Allnut?
Answer: A: African Queen.
Notes: *: Novel 1935, film 1951
Categories: 1930s (6) 1950s (6) Literature (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 7647 by pjh

Question: Q: Where was the “Cult of the Supreme Being” declared as the state religion?
Answer: A: France (1794).
Notes: *: It lasted just under 3 months
Categories: 1700s (7) Religion (7)

Pub quiz question 7646 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: 1st (23 years and 11 months); 2nd (3y 3m); 3rd (1y 4m ); 4th (6m); 5th (1y 6m); 6th (3y 6m)?
Answer: A: Length of Henry VIII's marriages.
Categories: Royalty (4) General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 7645 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes; The Story Of Tracy Beaker; The Lampitt Chronicles?
Answer: A: Books by Wilsons
Notes: *: Angus; Jacqueline; AN.
Categories: Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 7644 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Bonanno; Gambino; Colombo; Genovese; Lucchese?
Answer: A: Mafia “Five Families” of New York.
Categories: War (6) America (7) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7643 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Windsor; half Windsor; four in hand; Pratt?
Answer: A: Tie knots.
Categories: Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7642 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: 1968 Czech reforms; 1967 Flower Power; 1978-9 industrial unrest?
Answer: A: Seasons
Notes: *: Prague Spring; Summer of Love; Winter of Discontent.
Categories: 1960s (7) 1970s (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7641 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ben Macdui; Sca Fell; Garnedd Ugain; Slieve Commedagh?
Answer: A: Second highest peaks in Scotland, England, Wales; NI.
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 7640 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin; Adrien Brody?
Answer: A: Acting Oscars for: The Piano; The Pianist.
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 7639 by pjh

Question: Q: Which opera is set in Catfish Row?
Answer: A: Porgy And Bess.
Categories: Art (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 7638 by pjh

Question: Q: Who spent 26 weeks on top of the US singles charts in 2009?
Answer: A: Black Eyed Peas.
Categories: 2000s (5) Music (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 7637 by pjh

Question: Q: What opened on Pushkin Square, Moscow, on 31 January 1990?
Answer: A: McDonald's.
Categories: Business (4) 1990s (4) Russia (4)

Pub quiz question 7636 by pjh

Question: Q: Which national anthem is mentioned in 1 Samuel 10:24?
Answer: A: God Save The King.
Categories: Religion (5) Royalty (5) Music (4)

Pub quiz question 7635 by pjh

Question: Q: Žydrūnas Savickas held which brawny title in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014?
Answer: A: World's Strongest Man.
Categories: 2000s (4) Sports (4)

Pub quiz question 7634 by pjh

Question: Q: What's the longest river in France?
Answer: A: Loire.
Categories: Geography (5) France (5)

Pub quiz question 7633 by pjh

Question: Q: Which disease was declared eradicated by the WHO in 1980?
Answer: A: Smallpox.
Categories: 1980s (4) Science (4) Biology (4)

Pub quiz question 7632 by pjh

Question: Q: Who are the “United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing”?
Answer: A: The Shakers.
Categories: Religion (4) Names (4)

Pub quiz question 7631 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Pushkin play; Rimsky-Korsakov opera; Shaffer play?
Answer: A: “Mozart and Salieri” story.
Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Music (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 7630 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Andrew Johnson; Chester Arthur; Theodore Roosevelt; Lyndon Johnson?
Answer: A: Succeeded assassinated presidents.
Categories: Connections (6) Politics (6) America (6)

Pub quiz question 7629 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Art Blakey; Swindon glamour model; Hermes?
Answer: A: Messenger
Notes: *: led the Jazz Messengerss; Melinda Messenger; messenger of the gods.
Categories: Connections (6) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7628 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Malcolm Nash; Tilak Raj; Daan van Bunge; Stuart Broad?
Answer: A: Hit for six sixes in an over, by Sobers; Shastri; Gibbs; Singh.
Categories: Connections (7) Cricket (4) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 7627 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Staples Corner (London) and Hook Moor (near Leeds)?
Answer: A: M1 motorway.
Categories: Connections (5) Geography (5)