Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 8014 by pjh

Question: Q: Which astronomical event is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry?
Answer: A: Appearance of Halley's Comet.
Categories: Science (4) Astronomy (3)

Pub quiz question 8013 by pjh

Question: Q: What does a boucherie chevaline specialise in?
Answer: A: Horsemeat.
Categories: Food (6) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 8012 by pjh

Question: Q: Which psychological condition was defined after a 1973 Swedish bank robbery?
Answer: A: Stockholm syndrome.
Categories: 1970s (6) Science (6) Crime (8)

Pub quiz question 8011 by pjh

Question: Q: Which barefoot preacher cried, "Woe to the bloody city of Lichfield"?
Answer: A: George Fox
Notes: *: 1650s
Categories: 1600s (8) Religion (8) People (9)

Pub quiz question 8010 by pjh

Question: Q: The Watsons is an unfinished novel by which author?
Answer: A: Jane Austen.
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 8009 by pjh

Question: Q: The Laban system analyses what?
Answer: A: Human movement/dance.
Categories: Entertainment (9)

Pub quiz question 8008 by pjh

Question: Q: Which charity was founded by Eglantyne Jebb and Dorothy Buxton?
Answer: A: Save the Children.
Categories: Business (8)

Pub quiz question 8007 by pjh

Question: Q: What did George Holliday videotape on 3 March 1991 in LA?
Answer: A: Rodney King police beating.
Categories: People (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 8006 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Matt Damon; Bill Gates; Robert Frost; Mark Zuckerberg; Pete Seeger?
Answer: A: Left Harvard without graduating.
Categories: Connections (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 8005 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Odysseus's dog; Greek goddess of victory; fearsome female warrior?
Answer: A: Mythology-inspired companies
Notes: *: Argos; Nike; Amazon
Categories: Connections (5) Mythology (3) Business (3)

Pub quiz question 8004 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Dora; Little Hans; Wolf Man; Rat Man; the Judge?
Answer: A: Pseudonyms of patients in case histories of Sigmund Freud.
Categories: Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 8003 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: The Manchurian Candidate; M*A*S*H; Pork Chop Hill; The Steel Helmet?
Answer: A: Korean War-themed films.
Categories: Connections (6) Film/Movies (5)

Pub quiz question 8002 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ancient capital of the Old Kingdom; home of Elvis Presley?
Answer: A: Memphis
Notes: *: Memphis in ancient Egypt; Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
Categories: Connections (4)

Pub quiz question 8001 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Caracal; margay; colocolo; kodkod; ocelot; serval?
Answer: A: Members of the cat family.
Categories: Connections (7) Biology (6)

Pub quiz question 8000 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Golden Flautist; Rendell detective; five-line poem; Frank Pakenham?
Answer: A: Irish counties
Notes: *: (James) Galway; (Inspector) Wexford; Limerick; (Lord) Longford.
Categories: Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7999 by pjh

Question: Q: Balado near Kinross is the venue for which music festival?
Answer: A: T in the Park.
Categories: Music (5) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7998 by pjh

Question: Q: Rohit Sharma (stumped Shah) was whose last victim?
Answer: A: Shane Warne
Notes: *: 2011 IPL
Categories: Sports (6) Cricket (5)

Pub quiz question 7997 by pjh

Question: Q: The complaint pertussis is better known as what?
Answer: A: Whooping cough.
Categories: Biology (4) Science (4)

Pub quiz question 7996 by pjh

Question: Q: Tickle in 1971 was the first of what?
Answer: A: Mr Men series of books by Roger Hargreaves.
Categories: General Knowledge (6) Literature (5) Children (3)

Pub quiz question 7995 by pjh

Question: Q: Who succeeded to the English throne in 1422 at the age of nine months?
Answer: A: Henry VI.
Categories: Royalty (7) 1400s (6)

Pub quiz question 7994 by pjh

Question: Q: "Yes, the surface is fine and powdery" – whose words?
Answer: A: Neil Armstrong on the moon (after "leap for mankind").
Categories: Quotations (6) Astronomy (5) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 7993 by pjh

Question: Q: Joe Dallesandro's crotch appears on the cover of which album?
Answer: A: Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones).
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 7992 by pjh

Question: Q: Juba is the capital of which new (in 2011) nation?
Answer: A: South Sudan.
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7991 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Britten's comic May King; lowest male singing voice; Schubert's Piano Quintet in A major?
Answer: A: Fish in music: (Albert) Herring; bass; Trout quintet.
Categories: Connections (7) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 7990 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Maldon; Hawaiian black lava; Himalayan pink; Kala namak?
Answer: A: Types of table salt.
Categories: Connections (6) Food (3)