Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7588 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: At her trial, who said “I was 13 when I had a voice from God”?
  2. Answer: A: Joan of Arc
  3. Categories: Religion (7) People (7) Quotes (7)
Pub quiz question 7587 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Walter the Softy; Donald Duck; Hercule Poirot; 2nd, 3rd and 11th incarnations of the Doctor?
  2. Answer: A: Fictional bow tie wearers
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Entertainment (7) Literature (7) Television (7) Cartoons (7)
Pub quiz question 7586 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Bombare; Flageolet; Gedeckt; Trumpet; Twenty-Second; Vox Humana?
  2. Answer: A: Types of organ stop
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Music (8) Language (8)
Pub quiz question 7585 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Farsi; Urdu; Hebrew; Arabic?
  2. Answer: A: Languages read from right to left
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Language (6)
Pub quiz question 7584 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Carlisle United; Grimsby Town; Workington; Huddersfield Town; Liverpool?
  2. Answer: A: Football teams managed by Bill Shankly
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Sports (7) Football (6)
Pub quiz question 7583 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Josh Earnest; Jay Carney; Robert Gibbs?
  2. Answer: A: White House press secretaries under Barack Obama
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Politics (7) America (7)
Pub quiz question 7582 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Sviatoslav, pianist; Charles, seismologist; Gerhard, painter; Hans, conductor?
  2. Answer: A: Surname of Richter
  3. Categories: Connections (7) People (7) Music (8) Science (8) Art (8)
Pub quiz question 7581 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: England (10); Wales (3); Scotland (2); Northern Ireland (none)?
  2. Answer: A: National Parks in the UK
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)
Pub quiz question 7580 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which unexpected bestseller is set at the University of Missouri?
  2. Answer: A: “Stoner” by John Williams
  3. Notes: *: First published 1965
  4. Categories: Literature (7) 1960s (7)
Pub quiz question 7579 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who has sung on three versions of Do They know It’s Christmas?
  2. Answer: A: Bono
  3. Categories: Music (6) People (7) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 7578 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Where did “mud angels” save flood-damaged art in 1966?
  2. Answer: A: Florence
  3. Categories: Geography (8) 1960s (7) Art (8)
Pub quiz question 7577 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What should have been prepared on 23 November 2014?
  2. Answer: A: Christmas pudding
  3. Notes: *: 'Stir-up Sunday’ - The last Sunday before the season of Advent.
  4. Categories: Food (5) Christmas (5)
Pub quiz question 7576 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which drink is named after a Resistance hero, later mayor of Dijon?
  2. Answer: A: Kir royale
  3. Notes: *: After Canon Félix Kir
  4. Categories: War (7) Drink (7)
Pub quiz question 7575 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: As in the Twelve Days of Christmas originally, what is a “colly” bird?
  2. Answer: A: Black as coal dust
  3. Notes: *: Or Blackbirds
  4. Categories: Christmas (6) Language (6) Music (6)
Pub quiz question 7574 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last ruler of what?
  2. Answer: A: Byzantine Empire
  3. Notes: *: January 1449- May 1453
  4. Categories: Politics (7) 1400s (6) Geography (9)
Pub quiz question 7573 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What festive feature was denounced as a “social evil” in an 1877 letter to the Times?
  2. Answer: A: Christmas Cards
  3. Categories: Christmas (4) 1800s (6)
Pub quiz question 7572 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Atlanta, GA; Simi Valley, CA; College Station, TX; Little Rock, AR; Dallas, TX; Hoffman Estates, IL?
  2. Answer: A: Presidential libraries
  3. Notes: *: Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; George Bush; Bill Clinton; George W Bush; Barak Obama. Donald Trump’s hasn’t been built.
  4. Categories: Connections (8) Politics (8) America (7) Geography (8)
Pub quiz question 7571 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: The Righteous Brothers; Jimmy Young; Robson & Jerome; Gareth Gates?
  2. Answer: A: Had No. 1 hit singles with Unchained Melody
  3. Categories: Connections (4) Music (4)
Pub quiz question 7570 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Fila Brasileiro; Japanese Tosa; Dogo Argentino?
  2. Answer: A: Dogs banned in the UK (along with pit bull terriers.)
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 7569 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Swimming (2.91%); cycling (77.67%); running (19.42%)?
  2. Answer: A: Olympic triathlon (with percentage of overall distance covered)
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Sports (7) Olympics (3)
Pub quiz question 7568 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Portsmouth; Abu Dhabi; New York; Singapore; Montreal?
  2. Answer: A: (Mainly) island cities
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Geography (8)
Pub quiz question 7567 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: For the monarchy, 1905; for prohibition 1919; against EU membership, 1972 and 1994?
  2. Answer: A: Norwegian referendums
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 7566 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Water polo goalkeeper; Royal Military Police; Cathoic cardinal?
  2. Answer: A: Red headwear
  3. Categories: Connections (6) Sports (7) Politics (7) Religion (7)
Pub quiz question 7565 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was the target of Operation Neptune Spear?
  2. Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
  3. Categories: War (5) Politics (5) People (7)
Pub quiz question 7564 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Whose 1986 debut album featured advertising slots between tracks?
  2. Answer: A: Sigue Sigue Spitnick’s “Flaunt It”
  3. Notes: *: 1986
  4. Categories: Music (6) Entertainment (7) 1980s (7)