Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7638 by pjh

Question: Q: Who spent 26 weeks on top of the US singles charts in 2009?
Answer: A: Black Eyed Peas.
Categories: 2000s (5) Music (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 7637 by pjh

Question: Q: What opened on Pushkin Square, Moscow, on 31 January 1990?
Answer: A: McDonald's.
Categories: Business (4) 1990s (4) Russia (4)

Pub quiz question 7636 by pjh

Question: Q: Which national anthem is mentioned in 1 Samuel 10:24?
Answer: A: God Save The King.
Categories: Religion (5) Royalty (5) Music (4)

Pub quiz question 7635 by pjh

Question: Q: Žydrūnas Savickas held which brawny title in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014?
Answer: A: World's Strongest Man.
Categories: 2000s (4) Sports (4)

Pub quiz question 7634 by pjh

Question: Q: What's the longest river in France?
Answer: A: Loire.
Categories: Geography (5) France (5)

Pub quiz question 7633 by pjh

Question: Q: Which disease was declared eradicated by the WHO in 1980?
Answer: A: Smallpox.
Categories: 1980s (4) Science (4) Biology (4)

Pub quiz question 7632 by pjh

Question: Q: Who are the “United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing”?
Answer: A: The Shakers.
Categories: Religion (4) Names (4)

Pub quiz question 7631 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Pushkin play; Rimsky-Korsakov opera; Shaffer play?
Answer: A: “Mozart and Salieri” story.
Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Music (8) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 7630 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Andrew Johnson; Chester Arthur; Theodore Roosevelt; Lyndon Johnson?
Answer: A: Succeeded assassinated presidents.
Categories: Connections (6) Politics (6) America (6)

Pub quiz question 7629 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Art Blakey; Swindon glamour model; Hermes?
Answer: A: Messenger
Notes: *: led the Jazz Messengerss; Melinda Messenger; messenger of the gods.
Categories: Connections (6) People (7)

Pub quiz question 7628 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Malcolm Nash; Tilak Raj; Daan van Bunge; Stuart Broad?
Answer: A: Hit for six sixes in an over, by Sobers; Shastri; Gibbs; Singh.
Categories: Connections (7) Cricket (4) Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 7627 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Staples Corner (London) and Hook Moor (near Leeds)?
Answer: A: M1 motorway.
Categories: Connections (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 7626 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Ramillies; Oudenarde; Malplaquet; Blenheim?
Answer: A: Marlborough victories in war of the Spanish succession.
Notes: *: 1701-13
Categories: Connections (7) War (7) Politics (7) 1700s (7)

Pub quiz question 7625 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Dahlia; buddleia; camellia; fuchsia; poinsettia?
Answer: A: Plants named after people
Notes: *: Dahl; Buddle; Kamel; Fuchs; Poinsett.
Categories: Connections (6) Language (6) Biology (6) People (6)

Pub quiz question 7624 by pjh

Question: Q: What began as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, 1911?
Answer: A: IBM – changed name in 1924.
Categories: Business (5) Acronyms/Abbreviations (5) 1910s (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 7623 by pjh

Question: Q: Ruby and sapphire are varieties of which mineral?
Answer: A: Corundum.
Categories: Science (6) General Knowledge (6)

Pub quiz question 7622 by pjh

Question: Q: Who are Edward Tudor and Tom Canty in a Twain story?
Answer: A: The Prince And The Pauper.
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 7621 by pjh

Question: Q: Which TV presenter had a spirit guide called Sam?
Answer: A: Derek Acorah.
Categories: Religion (4) People (7) Television (6)

Pub quiz question 7620 by pjh

Question: Q: What took place at the Oval on 16 March 1872?
Answer: A: First FA Cup final.
Categories: Sports (7) Football (3) 1800s (7)

Pub quiz question 7619 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose relics toured Britain in Autumn 2009?
Answer: A: St Thérèse.
Categories: Religion (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 7618 by pjh

Question: Q: Jonas Savimbi led which rebel movement?
Answer: A: UNITA in Angola.
Notes: *: Founded 1966
Categories: War (7) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 7617 by pjh

Question: Q: Where is the unfinished 105-storey Ryugyong hotel?
Answer: A: Pyongyang (North Korea).
Notes: *: Started 1987, stil incomplete as of 2022
Categories: Buildings (5) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7616 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Guineas; Derby; Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (in 2009)?
Answer: A: Horse races won by “Sea The Stars”.
Categories: Connections (7) Sports (7) Horse Racing (3)

Pub quiz question 7615 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: A cod cod; an abstract expressionist; a cricket dynasty?
Answer: A: Pollock
Notes: *: The fish; Jackson Pollock; Graeme, Shaun Pollock et al.
Categories: Connections (6) Language (8)

Pub quiz question 7614 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Dennis Tito; Mark Shuttleworth; Anousheh Ansari; Guy Laliberté?
Answer: A: Space tourists.
Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Astronomy (7)