Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7626 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Ramillies; Oudenarde; Malplaquet; Blenheim?
  2. Answer: A: Marlborough victories in war of the Spanish succession.
  3. Notes: *: 1701-13
  4. Categories: Connections (7) War (7) Politics (7) 1700s (7)
Pub quiz question 7625 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Dahlia; buddleia; camellia; fuchsia; poinsettia?
  2. Answer: A: Plants named after people
  3. Notes: *: Dahl; Buddle; Kamel; Fuchs; Poinsett.
  4. Categories: Connections (6) Language (6) Biology (6) People (6)
Pub quiz question 7624 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What began as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, 1911?
  2. Answer: A: IBM – changed name in 1924.
  3. Categories: Business (5) Acronyms/Abbreviations (5) 1910s (7) 1920s (7)
Pub quiz question 7623 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Ruby and sapphire are varieties of which mineral?
  2. Answer: A: Corundum.
  3. Categories: Science (6) General Knowledge (6)
Pub quiz question 7622 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who are Edward Tudor and Tom Canty in a Twain story?
  2. Answer: A: The Prince And The Pauper.
  3. Categories: Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 7621 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which TV presenter had a spirit guide called Sam?
  2. Answer: A: Derek Acorah.
  3. Categories: Religion (4) People (7) Television (6)
Pub quiz question 7620 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What took place at the Oval on 16 March 1872?
  2. Answer: A: First FA Cup final.
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Football (3) 1800s (7)
Pub quiz question 7619 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Whose relics toured Britain in Autumn 2009?
  2. Answer: A: St Thérèse.
  3. Categories: Religion (7) 2000s (7)
Pub quiz question 7618 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Jonas Savimbi led which rebel movement?
  2. Answer: A: UNITA in Angola.
  3. Notes: *: Founded 1966
  4. Categories: War (7) 1960s (7)
Pub quiz question 7617 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Where is the unfinished 105-storey Ryugyong hotel?
  2. Answer: A: Pyongyang (North Korea).
  3. Notes: *: Started 1987, stil incomplete as of 2022
  4. Categories: Buildings (5) Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 7616 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Guineas; Derby; Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (in 2009)?
  2. Answer: A: Horse races won by “Sea The Stars”.
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Sports (7) Horse Racing (3)
Pub quiz question 7615 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: A cod cod; an abstract expressionist; a cricket dynasty?
  2. Answer: A: Pollock
  3. Notes: *: The fish; Jackson Pollock; Graeme, Shaun Pollock et al.
  4. Categories: Connections (6) Language (8)
Pub quiz question 7614 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Dennis Tito; Mark Shuttleworth; Anousheh Ansari; Guy Laliberté?
  2. Answer: A: Space tourists.
  3. Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Astronomy (7)
Pub quiz question 7613 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Sgt Pepper (Beatles); Stanley Road (Paul Weller); Stop The Clocks (Oasis)?
  2. Answer: A: Album covers by Peter Blake.
  3. Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Music (8) Entertainment (8)
Pub quiz question 7612 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Led the Liberals; Dzhugashvili; Fe and C?
  2. Answer: A: Steel
  3. Notes: *: David Steel; Stalin (named after Steel); made of iron and carbon.
  4. Categories: Connections (6) Politics (6) Science (6)
Pub quiz question 7611 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Daleks; Survivors; Blake's Seven?
  2. Answer: A: Created by Terry Nation.
  3. Categories: Connections (4) SciFi (4) Television (4)
Pub quiz question 7610 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Camus; Gordimer; Mahfouz; Soyinka; Coetzee?
  2. Answer: A: African-born Nobel laureate writers.
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Literature (7)
Pub quiz question 7609 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which pioneering animal died on 14 February 2003?
  2. Answer: A: Dolly the Sheep.
  3. Categories: Science (4) Biology (4) 2000s (4)
Pub quiz question 7608 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Egremont Crab Fair is the home to which world championship?
  2. Answer: A: Gurning.
  3. Categories: Sports (6) General Knowledge (5)
Pub quiz question 7607 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which spice derives from a crocus?
  2. Answer: A: Saffron.
  3. Categories: Food (4) Biology (4) General Knowledge (4)
Pub quiz question 7606 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What happened to two imperial regents and their scribe, Prague, 1618?
  2. Answer: A: Defenestrated.
  3. Notes: *: Thought to be what prompted the Thirty years war
  4. Categories: War (5) 1600s (5)
Pub quiz question 7605 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which is the closest star to the solar system?
  2. Answer: A: Proxima Centauri
  3. Notes: *: 4.3 light years away
  4. Categories: Science (4) Astronomy (4)
Pub quiz question 7604 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which film is memorably set in the Park Hyatt hotel in Tokyo?
  2. Answer: A: Lost in Translation.
  3. Notes: *: 2003
  4. Categories: Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (4) 2000s (4)
Pub quiz question 7603 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Alessandro Moreschi was the last of what sort of performer?
  2. Answer: A: Castrato singer.
  3. Notes: *: 1858-1922
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (6)
Pub quiz question 7602 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was upset by her absence from the index of John Major's autobiography?
  2. Answer: A: Edwina Currie.
  3. Categories: Politics (4) Literature (4)