Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7988 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ray Bolger; Bert Lahr; Jack Haley; Terry?
Answer: A: Dorothy's companions in Wizard Of Oz film (1939)
Notes: *: Scarecrow; Cowardly Lion; Tin Man; Toto.
Categories: Connections (6) Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5)

Pub quiz question 7987 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Palatinate; The Beaver; The Saint; Felix; Cherwell; Varsity; Nouse?
Answer: A: UK university newspapers
Notes: *: Durham; LSE; St Andrews; Imperial; Oxford; Cambridge; York.
Categories: Connections (8) Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 7986 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Capetian; Valois; Bourbon?
Answer: A: Ruling royal houses of France.
Categories: Connections (8) Royalty (7) France (8)

Pub quiz question 7985 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Bristol; Warwick; Falkirk; Christchurch in England and NZ?
Answer: A: Stand on (different) Avon rivers.
Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7984 by pjh

Question: Q: Dr Steelhammer is the nickname of which sportsman?
Answer: A: Wladimir Klitschko.
Notes: *: Ukranian boxer, 1996 to 2017
Categories: People (7) Boxing (6) Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 7983 by pjh

Question: Q: Skomer, Skokholm and Grassholm islands lie off which UK national park?
Answer: A: Pembrokeshire Coast.
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 7982 by pjh

Question: Q: Which TV series featured the sinister Cigarette Smoking Man?
Answer: A: The X-Files.
Categories: Entertainment (3) Television (3) SciFi (3)

Pub quiz question 7981 by pjh

Question: Q: Who contested the Winter War of 1939-40?
Answer: A: USSR and Finland.
Categories: Geography (7) War (6) 1940s (7)

Pub quiz question 7980 by pjh

Question: Q: Who wrote the 1798 Essay on the Principle of Population?
Answer: A: Thomas Malthus.
Categories: Literature (8) Science (8) Politics (8) 1700s (8)

Pub quiz question 7979 by pjh

Question: Q: The grave of Florence Lawrence (d 1938) describes her as the first what?
Answer: A: Movie star.
Categories: 1930s (8) Entertainment (8) People (8)

Pub quiz question 7978 by pjh

Question: Q: Who was Julian Clary's canine companion?
Answer: A: Fanny the Wonderdog.
Categories: Entertainment (6) People (6)

Pub quiz question 7977 by pjh

Question: Q: Which wireless technology is named after a Viking king of Denmark?
Answer: A: Bluetooth (Harold Bluetooth).
Categories: Science (7) Computing (4) People (6)

Pub quiz question 7976 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Pomp and circumstance; sweet revenge; green-eyed monster; beast with two backs?
Answer: A: Lines from Shakespeare's Othello.
Categories: Connections (8) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 7975 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Devon river; McQueen film; “Toxic” singer; Stephenson's locomotive?
Answer: A: Projectiles
Notes: *: Dart; Bullitt; Spears; Rocket.
Categories: Connections (8) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7974 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: King George IV; Sir Charles Napier; Sir Henry Havelock?
Answer: A: Statues on three of the four plinths in Trafalgar Square.
Categories: Connections (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7973 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Harlequin; bryony; eyed; orange; 7-spot; 11-spot; 22-spot?
Answer: A: Ladybirds.
Categories: Connections (8) Language (8)

Pub quiz question 7972 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Birmingham and Brentford (via 166 locks)?
Answer: A: The Grand Union canal (main line).
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7971 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: An indentation on a bottle; a bet; a shallow boat; a kick?
Answer: A: Punt.
Categories: Connections (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 7970 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ben-Hur; Titanic; The Return Of The King?
Answer: A: Films to have won 11 Oscars each.
Categories: Connections (8) Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7)

Pub quiz question 7969 by pjh

Question: Q: Which 1970s rock group was named after a Willard Manus novel?
Answer: A: Mott The Hoople.
Categories: Music (8) Entertainment (9)

Pub quiz question 7968 by pjh

Question: Q: What did Lotterer, Fässler and Tréluyer win over 355 laps in June 2011?
Answer: A: Le Mans 24-hour race.
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 7967 by pjh

Question: Q: Stalin described whose wife as a "syphilitic whore"?
Answer: A: Lenin.
Categories: Politics (6) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7966 by pjh

Question: Q: Which magazine was launched in 1992 by Richard Ingrams?
Answer: A: The Oldie.
Categories: Literature (7) 1990s (7) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7965 by pjh

Question: Q: Which Leeds brewery closed in 2011 after 189 years?
Answer: A: Tetley's.
Categories: Drink (8) 2010s (8) Business (8)

Pub quiz question 7964 by pjh

Question: Q: Blast was the manifesto for which artistic movement?
Answer: A: Vorticism
Notes: *: A modernist movement of British art and poetry in the early 20th century
Categories: Art (8)