Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7576 by pjh

Question: Q: Which drink is named after a Resistance hero, later mayor of Dijon?
Answer: A: Kir royale
Notes: *: After Canon Félix Kir
Categories: War (7) Drink (7)

Pub quiz question 7575 by pjh

Question: Q: As in the Twelve Days of Christmas originally, what is a “colly” bird?
Answer: A: Black as coal dust
Notes: *: Or Blackbirds
Categories: Christmas (6) Language (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 7574 by pjh

Question: Q: Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last ruler of what?
Answer: A: Byzantine Empire
Notes: *: January 1449- May 1453
Categories: Politics (7) 1400s (6) Geography (9)

Pub quiz question 7573 by pjh

Question: Q: What festive feature was denounced as a “social evil” in an 1877 letter to the Times?
Answer: A: Christmas Cards
Categories: Christmas (4) 1800s (6)

Pub quiz question 7572 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Atlanta, GA; Simi Valley, CA; College Station, TX; Little Rock, AR; Dallas, TX; Hoffman Estates, IL?
Answer: A: Presidential libraries
Notes: *: Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; George Bush; Bill Clinton; George W Bush; Barak Obama. Donald Trump’s hasn’t been built.
Categories: Connections (8) Politics (8) America (7) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7571 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Righteous Brothers; Jimmy Young; Robson & Jerome; Gareth Gates?
Answer: A: Had No. 1 hit singles with Unchained Melody
Categories: Connections (4) Music (4)

Pub quiz question 7570 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Fila Brasileiro; Japanese Tosa; Dogo Argentino?
Answer: A: Dogs banned in the UK (along with pit bull terriers.)
Categories: Connections (7) Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 7569 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Swimming (2.91%); cycling (77.67%); running (19.42%)?
Answer: A: Olympic triathlon (with percentage of overall distance covered)
Categories: Connections (7) Sports (7) Olympics (3)

Pub quiz question 7568 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Portsmouth; Abu Dhabi; New York; Singapore; Montreal?
Answer: A: (Mainly) island cities
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7567 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: For the monarchy, 1905; for prohibition 1919; against EU membership, 1972 and 1994?
Answer: A: Norwegian referendums
Categories: Connections (8) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7566 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Water polo goalkeeper; Royal Military Police; Cathoic cardinal?
Answer: A: Red headwear
Categories: Connections (6) Sports (7) Politics (7) Religion (7)

Pub quiz question 7565 by pjh

Question: Q: Who was the target of Operation Neptune Spear?
Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
Categories: War (5) Politics (5) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7564 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose 1986 debut album featured advertising slots between tracks?
Answer: A: Sigue Sigue Spitnick’s “Flaunt It”
Notes: *: 1986
Categories: Music (6) Entertainment (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 7563 by pjh

Question: Q: In cricket, what is mankading?
Answer: A: Running out non-striking batsman
Categories: Sports (7) Cricket (3)

Pub quiz question 7562 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose PhD was on the Difference betweeen the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature?
Answer: A: Karl Marx
Categories: Literature (6) People (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7561 by pjh

Question: Q: Cross Fell is the highest point in which range of hills?
Answer: A: The Pennines
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 7560 by pjh

Question: Q: “Well, here’s to us” is whose only line in the Bond films in which he appeared?
Answer: A: Richard Keil/“Jaws”
Notes: *: At the end of Moonraker. 1979
Categories: Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) People (3)

Pub quiz question 7559 by pjh

Question: Q: Which emperor is buried in Farnborough, Hampshire?
Answer: A: Napoleon III of France, in St. Michael’s Abbey
Notes: *: 1852 to 1870
Categories: People (7) Politics (7) 1800s (7) Death (7)

Pub quiz question 7558 by pjh

Question: Q: Where are winning poets chaired and crowned?
Answer: A: The National Eisteddfod of Wales
Categories: Literature (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7557 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Berlioz dramatic symphony; Tchaikovsky overture; Prokofiev ballet?
Answer: A: Works based on Romeo And Juliet
Categories: Connections (6) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 7556 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Virgin, Child and 11 angels; Richard II, John the Baptist, Edward the Confessor and Saint Edmund?
Answer: A: Depicted on the Wilton Diptych
Categories: Connections (7) Art (5)

Pub quiz question 7555 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Charm; exaltation; murder; dole; murmuration; skein?
Answer: A: Collective nouns for birds
Notes: *: Finches; larks; crows; doves; starlings; geese.
Categories: Connections (5) Language (4) Biology (4)

Pub quiz question 7554 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Johnson; Warner; Saatchi; Lehman?
Answer: A: Brothers who founded companies
Notes: *: Johnson & Johnson; Warner Bros; Saatchi & Saatchi; Lehman Brothers
Categories: Connections (3) People (3) Business (3)

Pub quiz question 7553 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Rwanda and Mozambique (in the Commonwealth)?
Answer: A: Members with no historical lins to Britain
Categories: Connections (7) Politics (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7552 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Gregor Samsa; David Hedison; Jeff Goldblum?
Answer: A: Turned into insects
Notes: *: Kafka’s Metamorphosis; The Fly film (1958) and remake (1986)
Categories: Connections (3) Film/Movies (3)