Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7232 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was locked in the Tower for secretly marrying Elizabeth I's lady-in-waiting Elizabeth Throckmorton?
Answer: A: Sir Walter Raleigh
Categories: 1500s (7) Royalty (6)

Pub quiz question 7231 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose final words to the axeman were: 'This is a sharp medicine but it is a physician for all diseases?
Answer: A: Sir Walter Raleigh's
Categories: 1600s (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7230 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Scottish garment has a name based on the Middle English term for fold or pleat?
Answer: A: Kilt
Categories: Fashion (1) Language (1) Geography (1)

Pub quiz question 7229 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country celebrated the 500th anniversary of its whisky production in 1994?
Answer: A: Scotland
Categories: Drink (3) 1990s (3) 1400s (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 7228 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Scottish island boasts the historic site of Skara Bræ?
Answer: A: Mainland Orkney
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 7227 by pjh2

Question: Q: What creature appears rampant on Scotland's coat of arms?
Answer: A: Lion
Categories: History (5) Nature (5)

Pub quiz question 7226 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King was crowned in Scotland in 1651?
Answer: A: Charles II
Categories: Royalty (6) 1600s (6)

Pub quiz question 7225 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Scotland's first First Minister?
Answer: A: Donald Dewar
Notes: *: 7 May 1999 - 11 October 2000
Categories: Politics (8) 1990s (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 7224 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK Chancellor holds the record for the longest budget speech, which lasted 4 hr 45 min?
Answer: A: Gladstone
Notes: *: 1853
Categories: Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7223 by pjh2

Question: Q: What, collectively, are Ockham, Biggin, Lambourne and Bovingdon?
Answer: A: Names of the holding stacks serving Heathrow airport.
Categories: Transport (7) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7222 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ex-Labour MP was arrested in 2012 in the Houses of Parliament and in 2013 in the House of Commons after getting drunk in the bars there?
Answer: A: Eric Joyce
Categories: 2010s (8) Politics (7) Sleaze (8)

Pub quiz question 7221 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are the names of Denis Thatcher's twins?
Answer: A: Carol and Mark
Categories: Names (1) Politics (1)

Pub quiz question 7220 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who divorced Margaret Kempson in 1948 and married Margaret Roberts in 1951?
Answer: A: Denis Thatcher
Categories: People (2) Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 7219 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who arrived at a Tory event in Blackpool with the words 'I don't know what reception I'm at but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic'?
Answer: A: Denis Thatcher
Categories: Politics (4) People (4)

Pub quiz question 7218 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who supposedly wrote Private Eye's Dear Bill letters?
Answer: A: Denis Thatcher
Categories: People (4) Politics (4) Media (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 7217 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the last person outside the royal family to be awarded a hereditary title?
Answer: A: Denis Thatcher
Notes: *: Baronetcy
Categories: Royalty (7) Politics (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7216 by pjh2

Question: Q: What two word title did Denis Thatcher almost always refer to Maggie by when communicating with the press?
Answer: A: The Boss
Categories: Names (6) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7215 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is St George said to have killed with a lance called Ascalon?
Answer: A: A dragon
Categories: Religion (1) Mythology (1)

Pub quiz question 7214 by pjh2

Question: Q: What three martyred saints share a name and a day in February?
Answer: A: Saints Valentine
Categories: Religion (1)

Pub quiz question 7213 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is depicted on medallions as the patron saint of travellers?
Answer: A: Saint Christopher
Categories: Religion (2)

Pub quiz question 7212 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to Saints who died in the service of the Lord, as opposed to Confessors who died natural deaths?
Answer: A: Martyrs
Categories: Religion (3)

Pub quiz question 7211 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English county was the birthplace of Saint Boniface, the Apostle of Germany?
Answer: A: Devon
Categories: Religion (6) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7210 by pjh2

Question: Q: What national holiday is celebrated in Britain on St Stephen's Day?
Answer: A: Boxing Day
Categories: Religion (6)

Pub quiz question 7209 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which newspaper proprietor was nicknamed the Bouncing Czech?
Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
Categories: Names (1) Sleaze (1) Media (1)

Pub quiz question 7208 by pjh2

Question: Q: What holy city was Robert Maxwell buried in?
Answer: A: Jerusalem
Notes: *: Died 1991
Categories: People (2) 1990s (2) Media (2) Sleaze (2)