Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7451 by pjh

Question: Q: "Where shall I go? What shall I do?" - what was the response?
Answer: A: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
Notes: *: Gone With The Wind.
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) Quotes (7)

Pub quiz question 7450 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Fall Guy; Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air; A Fine Romance; Frasier; Minder and New Tricks?
Answer: A: Star sang the TV theme tune
Notes: *: Lee Majors; Will Smith; Judi Dench; Kelsey Grammer; Dennis Waterman
Categories: Entertainment (3) Television (3)

Pub quiz question 7449 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Baltimore: Seattle; Philadelphia; Atlanta; Arizona (hint: In US sport)
Answer: A: NFL teams named after birds
Notes: *: Raves' Seahawks; Eagles; Falcons; Cardinals
Categories: Connections (8) Sports (6) American Football (4)

Pub quiz question 7448 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Spinner; Allotter; Inflexable?
Answer: A: Fates in Greek Myth
Notes: *: Cloth; Lachesis; Atropos
Categories: Connections (9) Mythology (7)

Pub quiz question 7447 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Leo McKern; Kenneth Williams; Donald Pleasence; James Frain; Mark Rylance?
Answer: A: Played Thomas Cromwell on screen
Categories: Connections (8) Entertainment (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7446 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Jamestown; Georgetown; Edinburgh of the Seven Seas?
Answer: A: Main settlements in Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7445 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Malala Yousafzai(17); Lawrence Bragg(25)?
Answer: A: Youngest Nobel laureates
Notes: *: Peace; Physics
Categories: Connections (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7444 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: White Lodge, Richmond in 1894; 4 Rue du Champ d'Entraînement, Paris,in 1972?
Answer: A: Duke of Windor
Notes: *: Birth/death dates
Categories: Connections (8) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7443 by pjh

Question: Q: Who took the name Sebastian Melmoth while living in exile?
Answer: A: Oscar Wilde
Categories: People (7) Crime (7)

Pub quiz question 7442 by pjh

Question: Q: Which two rivals agree that they can't bake a pie?
Answer: A: Annie Oakley and Frank Butler
Notes: *: "Anything you can do" song
Categories: Music (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 7441 by pjh

Question: Q: Edmund Burke called which city the "great toyshop of Europe?"
Answer: A: Birmingham
Categories: Geography (6) Quotes (6)

Pub quiz question 7440 by pjh

Question: Q: Who shot the villainous bailiff Gessler?
Answer: A: William Tell
Categories: History (6) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7439 by pjh

Question: Q: What is a blue straggler?
Answer: A: A star
Categories: Science (6) Astronomy (4) Physics (6)

Pub quiz question 7438 by pjh

Question: Q: Tsar Alexander I is a silent role in which opera?
Answer: A: Prokoviev's War and Peace
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 7437 by pjh

Question: Q: In the first world war, what was a "Blighty one"?
Answer: A: Minor wound, allowing repatriation from
Notes: *: From the fact that the hospital one would be sent to was in England
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7436 by pjh

Question: Q: Which river flows through more countries than any other?
Answer: A: The Danube
Notes: *: 10: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Categories: Geography (5) General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 7435 by pjh

Question: Q: The Danube flows through which 10 countries?
Answer: A: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Categories: MultiAnswer10 (8) Geography (8) General Knowledge (8)

Pub quiz question 7434 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Bridgette; Valérie; Carla and Cécilia; Bernadette; Danielle?
Answer: A: French "First Ladies" 1981-2022
Categories: Connections (7) Politics (6) People (7) France (4)

Pub quiz question 7433 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska; Rudolph Valentino; Mahler; Tchaikovsky; Liszt?
Answer: A: Subjects of Ken Russell biopics
Categories: Connections (8) Literature (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7432 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: 23 July to 22 August; Peugeot; eggs (in the UK); English and Scottish crown?
Answer: A: Lion symbols
Notes: *: Leo zodiac sign, car maker, food quality mark; royal emblems
Categories: Connections (6) Logos (4) Royalty (4) Food (5)

Pub quiz question 7431 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Stidda; 'Ndrangheta; Camorra; Sacra Corona Unita?
Answer: A: Italian organised crime groups (mafia/mob gangs)
Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7) Italy (4) General Knowledge (7) Crime (4)

Pub quiz question 7430 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Radio series(1978); novel(1979) TV series(1981); film(2005)?
Answer: A: Timeline of "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy"
Categories: Connections (4) Entertainment (4) Literature (4) Radio (4) Television (4) Film/Movies (4) General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 7429 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Thames at Southwark; Colorado river at Lake Havasu City?
Answer: A: Spanned by "London Bridge"s
Notes: *: Latter built in 1830s and sold in 1968 and rebuild completed in 1971
Categories: Buildings (6) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7428 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Freedom of the Church(1); remarriage of widows(8); fish weirs(33); application of justice(40)?
Answer: A: Clauses of the Magna Carta
Notes: *: Signed 15 June 1215
Categories: Religion (7) Politics (7) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7427 by pjh

Question: Q: What was launched the night Grace Archer died?
Answer: A: ITV
Notes: *: Character in "The Archers" radio show. Died 22 Sep. 1955.
Categories: Entertainment (7) Television (5) Radio (6)