Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7501 by pjh

Question: Q: The Restoration of the Stuart monarchy took place when which king returned from exile?
Answer: A: Charles II in 1660
Categories: 1600s (7) History (7) Royalty (6)

Pub quiz question 7500 by pjh

Question: Q: Loyly is a public sauna and restaurant complex in which capital city's Hernesaari district?
Answer: A: Helsinki
Categories: Geography (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 7499 by pjh

Question: Q: 'Maverick' is the subtitle of the 2022 sequel to which 1986 film starring Tom Cruise?
Answer: A: Top Gun
Categories: Film/Movies (2) 1980s (2) 2020s (2)

Pub quiz question 7498 by pjh

Question: Q: 'Man in Black' is a 1976 autobiography by which country music legend?
Answer: A: Johnny Cash
Categories: Music (3) People (3) Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 7497 by pjh

Question: Q: The fifth and final volume of which novel by Victor Hugo is titled 'Jean Valjean'?
Answer: A: Les Misérables
Categories: Literature (3) Art (3)

Pub quiz question 7496 by pjh

Question: Q: The Swiss town of Meiringen has a museum dedicates to which Arthur Conan Doyle character?
Answer: A: Sherlock Holmes
Categories: Literature (1)

Pub quiz question 7495 by pjh

Question: Q: In the Nato phonetic alphabet, which month comes after "Mike" and before "Oscar"?
Answer: A: November
Categories: Language (1)

Pub quiz question 7494 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: (as of 2022) Denmark and UK (2); Norway (5); Spain and Morocco (6); Sweden (16)?
Answer: A: Regnal numbers of their current monarchs
Notes: *: 2: Margarethe II, Elizabeth II 5: Harald V 6: Felipe VI, Mohammed VI 16: Carl XVI Gustaf
Categories: Connections (7) Royalty (3) People (5)

Pub quiz question 7493 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Kodkod; margay; oncilla; caracal; serval?
Answer: A: Wild cats
Categories: Connections (7) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 7492 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Key; Lucifer; Blue Poles; Convergence; Autumn Rhythm; The Deep?
Answer: A: Paintings by Jackson Pollock
Categories: Connections (8) Art (4) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7491 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Thomas Becket; John "Red" Comyn; Giuliano de' Medici; Oscar Romero?
Answer: A: Killed in a church/cathedral
Notes: *: Canterbury; Dumfries; Florence; San Salvador
Categories: Connections (7) History (6) Religion (4)

Pub quiz question 7490 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: West Indies in England, 1939; India in Pakistan, 1984; New Zealand in Sri Lanka 1987; West Indies in India, 2014?
Answer: A: Abandoned cricket tours
Categories: Connections (8) Sports (7) Cricket (4)

Pub quiz question 7489 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Gal; dyne; erg; barye; kayser?
Answer: A: Units in centimetre-gram-second system
Notes: *: acceleration; force; energy; pressure; wavenumber
Categories: Connections (9) Science (7) Physics (6)

Pub quiz question 7488 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: John Lennon; Culture Club; Massive Attack; Radiohead?
Answer: A: "Karma" songs
Notes: *: Instant K!; K Chameleon; Kcoma; K Police
Categories: Connections (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 7487 by pjh

Question: Q: Who or what is the Red Lady of Paviland?
Answer: A: 33,000-year-old human skeleton
Categories: History (8) Science (8)

Pub quiz question 7486 by pjh

Question: Q: London, in Ontario, stands on what river?
Answer: A: Thames (More technically the fork of Thames River and North Thames River)
Notes: *: Not to be confused with the River Thames where London, England, is.
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7485 by pjh

Question: Q: Who (first) asked why a raven was like a writing desk?
Answer: A: Alice In Wonderland's Mad Hatter. (Or Lewis Carroll, if you're feeling generous)
Categories: Literature (4) Quotes (4)

Pub quiz question 7484 by pjh

Question: Q: The Cathedral of the Intercession on the Moat is better known as what?
Answer: A: St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
Categories: Religion (8) Buildings (7) Russia (6)

Pub quiz question 7483 by pjh

Question: Q: International rules football is a hybrid of which two sports?
Answer: A: Australian rules and Gaelic football
Categories: Sports (8) Football (7)

Pub quiz question 7482 by pjh

Question: Q: Excluding overseas territories, what's the most southerly city in the EU?
Answer: A: Limassol, Cyprus
Categories: Geography (8) General Knowledge (8)

Pub quiz question 7481 by pjh

Question: Q: Edward Russell's manslaughter trial in December 1935 was the last to take place where?
Answer: A: House of Lords
Categories: Politics (7) 1930s (7) Crime (8)

Pub quiz question 7480 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Bornholm disease; Lyme disease; Ebola virus; Lassa Fever?
Answer: A: Conditions named after places.
Categories: Connections (5) Language (4) Biology (4)

Pub quiz question 7479 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: NorthEast United; Delhi Dynamos; Kerala Blasters; Atlético de Kolkata?
Answer: A: Teams in new (well, in 2014, anyway,) Indian football league.
Categories: Connections (8) Football (3) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 7478 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Merlin Lowther; Andrew Bailey; Chris Salmon Victoria Cleland?
Answer: A: Chief cashiers at the Bank of England
Categories: Connections (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7477 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Steiner House and Goldman * Salatsch Building, Vienna; Villa Müller, Prague?
Answer: A: Designs by modernist architect Adolf Loos
Categories: Connections (8) Buildings (8)