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Pub quiz question 7537 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Desperate Remedies; HMS Victory; South Australian wine; Bane?
Answer: A: Thomas/Tom Hardy
Notes: *: Wrote novel; captained at Trafalgar; founded company; played in The Dark Knight Rises
Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Entertainment (8) Business (8) War (8)

Pub quiz question 1213 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which boxer of the past was nicknamed "The Cinderella Man?"
Answer: A: James J. Braddock
Categories: Boxing (5) People (8) Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 7283 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Arthur Bliss; Malcolm Williamson; Peter Maxwell Davies; Judith Weir?
Answer: A: Masters of The Queen's Music
Notes: *: 1953-75, 1975-2003, 2004-16, 2014-(still current in 2022.)
Categories: Music (5) Royalty (5) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 3887 by pjh2

Question: Q: In Tom Sawyer, what was the name of the Judge of the town and father to Becky (Rebecca)?
Answer: A: Judge Thatcher
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 1593 by pjh2

Question: Q: Hydrophobophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: A: Fear of rabies.
Categories: Phobias (8)

Pub quiz question 7547 by pjh

Question: Q: In what game did Jumpman try to rescue the Lady?
Answer: A: Donkey Kong
Notes: *: First came out in 1981. Jumpman was renamed to Mario, and Lady to Pauline
Categories: Computing (4) Games (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 5538 by pjh2

Question: Q: An okta is a unit of measurement of what?
Answer: A: Cloud cover
Categories: Science (6) Physics (6)

Pub quiz question 3337 by pjh2

Question: Q: What fishing industry results in the deaths of thousands of dolphins?
Answer: A: Tuna fishing
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Pub quiz question 8734 by pjh

Question: Q: Which Central American country has a name which translates to English as “The Saviour”?
Answer: A: El Salvador
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Pub quiz question 2290 by pjh2

Question: Q: The fear of shell ish is known as what?
Answer: A: Ostraconophobia
Categories: Phobias (8)