Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7601 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Yap; Chuuk; Pohnpei; Kosrae?
Answer: A: The Federated States of Micronesia
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7600 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: David Nicholls; Yevgeny Zamyatin; Rider Haggard?
Answer: A: Pronoun-titles novels
Notes: *: Us; We; She
Categories: Connections (7) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 7599 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Olympus Mons; Ascraeus Mons; Elysium Mons; Arsia Mons; Pavonis Mons?
Answer: A: Volcanoes on Mars
Categories: Connections (7) Science (7) Astronomy (5)

Pub quiz question 7598 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Beauchamp-Feuillet; Benesh; Laban; Eshkol-Wachman?
Answer: A: Dance/movement notation systems
Categories: Connections (8) Language (8)

Pub quiz question 7597 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Dustbin, Cookham; The Resurrection, Cookham; Swan Upping at Cookham?
Answer: A: Works by Stanley Spencer
Categories: Connections (9) Art (8)

Pub quiz question 7596 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Eagle, Vaz, Milliband?
Answer: A: Siblings in the House of Commons
Notes: *: Maria and Angela; Keith and Valerie; Ed and David.
Categories: Connections (7) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7595 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Peter Llewelyn Davies; Alice Liddell; Christopher Milne
Answer: A: Inspired characters in children’s literature
Notes: *: Peter Pan; Alice; Christopher Robin.
Categories: Connections (5) Literature (4) Children (5)

Pub quiz question 7594 by pjh

Question: Q: What film was inspired by a 1947 motorbike rally in Hollister, CA?
Answer: A: Marlon Brando’s The Wild one
Notes: *: Filmed 1953
Categories: Film/Movies (6) 1940s (7) 1950s (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7593 by pjh

Question: Q: Who introduced the idea of introvert and extrovert personalities?
Answer: A: Carl Jung
Categories: People (7) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 7592 by pjh

Question: Q: Jürgen Hingsen was a perennial runner-up to which athlete?
Answer: A: Daley Thompson
Notes: *: 1980-84
Categories: Sports (6) 1980s (5)

Pub quiz question 7591 by pjh

Question: Q: What “prove the upper classes have still the upper hand”?
Answer: A: Stately Homes of England
Notes: *: Song by Noël Coward from the musical Operette. 1938
Categories: Music (6) Art (7) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 7590 by pjh

Question: Q: Who is the only US president to have killed someone in a duel?
Answer: A: Andrew Jackson
Notes: *: 1806
Categories: 1800s (7) America (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7589 by pjh

Question: Q: What brand started in 1884 at Kirkgate Market, Leeds?
Answer: A: Marks & Spencer
Categories: 1800s (7) Business (7)

Pub quiz question 7588 by pjh

Question: Q: At her trial, who said “I was 13 when I had a voice from God”?
Answer: A: Joan of Arc
Categories: Religion (7) People (7) Quotes (7)

Pub quiz question 7587 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Walter the Softy; Donald Duck; Hercule Poirot; 2nd, 3rd and 11th incarnations of the Doctor?
Answer: A: Fictional bow tie wearers
Categories: Connections (7) Entertainment (7) Literature (7) Television (7) Cartoons (7)

Pub quiz question 7586 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Bombare; Flageolet; Gedeckt; Trumpet; Twenty-Second; Vox Humana?
Answer: A: Types of organ stop
Categories: Connections (8) Music (8) Language (8)

Pub quiz question 7585 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Farsi; Urdu; Hebrew; Arabic?
Answer: A: Languages read from right to left
Categories: Connections (7) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 7584 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Carlisle United; Grimsby Town; Workington; Huddersfield Town; Liverpool?
Answer: A: Football teams managed by Bill Shankly
Categories: Connections (8) Sports (7) Football (6)

Pub quiz question 7583 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Josh Earnest; Jay Carney; Robert Gibbs?
Answer: A: White House press secretaries under Barack Obama
Categories: Connections (8) Politics (7) America (7)

Pub quiz question 7582 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Sviatoslav, pianist; Charles, seismologist; Gerhard, painter; Hans, conductor?
Answer: A: Surname of Richter
Categories: Connections (7) People (7) Music (8) Science (8) Art (8)

Pub quiz question 7581 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: England (10); Wales (3); Scotland (2); Northern Ireland (none)?
Answer: A: National Parks in the UK
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7580 by pjh

Question: Q: Which unexpected bestseller is set at the University of Missouri?
Answer: A: “Stoner” by John Williams
Notes: *: First published 1965
Categories: Literature (7) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 7579 by pjh

Question: Q: Who has sung on three versions of Do They know It’s Christmas?
Answer: A: Bono
Categories: Music (6) People (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7578 by pjh

Question: Q: Where did “mud angels” save flood-damaged art in 1966?
Answer: A: Florence
Categories: Geography (8) 1960s (7) Art (8)

Pub quiz question 7577 by pjh

Question: Q: What should have been prepared on 23 November 2014?
Answer: A: Christmas pudding
Notes: *: 'Stir-up Sunday’ - The last Sunday before the season of Advent.
Categories: Food (5) Christmas (5)