Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7526 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The 120 Days of Sodom and Venus in Furs?
Answer: A: Sadism and masochism - the origins of the words
Categories: Connections (7) Literature (7) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 7525 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Falkirk; Tewkesbury; Salisbury; Bristol?
Answer: A: They all stand on (different) River Avons
Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7524 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Richard II; Richard III; Henry VIII, twice; James I?
Answer: A: Married Annes
Notes: *: Anne of Bohemia; Anne Neville; Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves; Anne of Denmark
Categories: Connections (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 7523 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Freddy's Revenge; Dream Warriors; The Dream Master; The Dream Child?
Answer: A: A Nightmare On Elm Street instalments
Categories: Connections (4) Film/Movies (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 7522 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Pinot noir; pinot meunier; chardonnay?
Answer: A: Grape blend of (most) champagnes
Categories: Connections (7) Drink (5)

Pub quiz question 7521 by pjh

Question: Q: Eamon Dunphy and Roddy Doyle have been whose "ghosts?"
Answer: A: Roy Keane
Notes: *: They were ghostwriters
Categories: People (7) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 7520 by pjh

Question: Q: Which ill-fated aircraft was designated LZ129?
Answer: A: Hindenburg airship
Categories: Transport (6) Germany (4) Science (7)

Pub quiz question 7519 by pjh

Question: Q: Richard Doll and Austin Bradford Hill demonstrated which connection?
Answer: A: The link between smoking and lung cancer
Categories: Connections (6) Science (6) Leisure (6)

Pub quiz question 7518 by pjh

Question: Q: Where were the first Olympics in the southern hemisphere?
Answer: A: Melbourne, 1956
Categories: 1950s (6) Sports (6) Australia (2) Olympics (5)

Pub quiz question 7517 by pjh

Question: Q: Which Hollywood star was born Natalia Zacharenko?
Answer: A: Natalie Wood
Categories: Entertainment (7) Names (7) Film/Movies (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7516 by pjh

Question: Q: Which British fabric has an orb trademark?
Answer: A: Harris Tweed
Categories: Business (7) Logos (7)

Pub quiz question 7515 by pjh

Question: Q: Odysseus and Ajax quarrelled over whose armour?
Answer: A: Achilles
Categories: Mythology (5) Religion (5)

Pub quiz question 7514 by pjh

Question: Q: What book takes place "the summer the electrocuted the Rosenbergs"?
Answer: A: The Bell Jar
Notes: *: Sylvia Plath
Categories: Literature (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7513 by pjh

Question: Q: Which winner of three Wimbledon singles titles was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1959?
Answer: A: John McEnroe
Categories: Sports (5) Tennis (5) People (5) 1950s (5)

Pub quiz question 7512 by pjh

Question: Q: In golf, what is known as the "19th Hole?'
Answer: A: The clubhouse bar
Categories: Language (2) Golf (1) Sports (2)

Pub quiz question 7511 by pjh

Question: Q: The sculpture 'Anyanwu' (1954-55) has been called the magnum opus of which Nigerian modernist?
Answer: A: Ben Enwonwu
Categories: 1950s (8) Art (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7510 by pjh

Question: Q: Which lingerie firm lost its royal warrant after June Kenton published her 2017 autobiography 'Storm in a D-Cup?'
Answer: A: Rigby & Peller
Categories: Royalty (7) Business (7) 2010s (7)

Pub quiz question 7509 by pjh

Question: Q: The Event Horizon Telescope has produced an image of which supermasssive black hole at the Milky Way's centre?
Answer: A: Sagittarius A*
Categories: Science (6) Physics (5) Astronomy (3)

Pub quiz question 7508 by pjh

Question: Q: Greece's first female minister of culture and sports, which singer married the film director Jules Dassin in 1966?
Answer: A: Melina Mercouri
Categories: Film/Movies (8) People (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7507 by pjh

Question: Q: Which two-word term describes the process of baking a pastry case without the filling?
Answer: A: Blind-baking
Categories: Food (3) Language (3)

Pub quiz question 7506 by pjh

Question: Q: The Battle of Coral Balmoral (1968) was an Australian victory in which war?
Answer: A: Vietnam War
Categories: 1960s (7) Politics (7) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7505 by pjh

Question: Q: The magazine Kamal Sandesh is the national mouthpiece of which Indian political party?
Answer: A: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Categories: Politics (8) India (5)

Pub quiz question 7504 by pjh

Question: Q: The actor Jack Smethust was best known for his role as Eddie Booth in which 1970s sitcom?
Answer: A: Love Thy Neighbour
Categories: 1970s (7) Comedy (6) Television (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 7503 by pjh

Question: Q: Which play, based on a Susan Hill novel, is the second longest-running play in the West End?
Answer: A: The Woman in Black
Notes: *: Mousetrap is the longest-running.
Categories: Art (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 7502 by pjh

Question: Q: In 2018, which K-pop group had its first UK Top 40 hit single with 'Idol?'
Answer: A: BTS
Categories: Music (6) Entertainment (6) 2010s (7)