Questions by pjh

Pub quiz question 7563 by pjh

Question: Q: In cricket, what is mankading?
Answer: A: Running out non-striking batsman
Categories: Sports (7) Cricket (3)

Pub quiz question 7562 by pjh

Question: Q: Whose PhD was on the Difference betweeen the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature?
Answer: A: Karl Marx
Categories: Literature (6) People (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7561 by pjh

Question: Q: Cross Fell is the highest point in which range of hills?
Answer: A: The Pennines
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 7560 by pjh

Question: Q: “Well, here’s to us” is whose only line in the Bond films in which he appeared?
Answer: A: Richard Keil/“Jaws”
Notes: *: At the end of Moonraker. 1979
Categories: Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) People (3)

Pub quiz question 7559 by pjh

Question: Q: Which emperor is buried in Farnborough, Hampshire?
Answer: A: Napoleon III of France, in St. Michael’s Abbey
Notes: *: 1852 to 1870
Categories: People (7) Politics (7) 1800s (7) Death (7)

Pub quiz question 7558 by pjh

Question: Q: Where are winning poets chaired and crowned?
Answer: A: The National Eisteddfod of Wales
Categories: Literature (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7557 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Berlioz dramatic symphony; Tchaikovsky overture; Prokofiev ballet?
Answer: A: Works based on Romeo And Juliet
Categories: Connections (6) Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 7556 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Virgin, Child and 11 angels; Richard II, John the Baptist, Edward the Confessor and Saint Edmund?
Answer: A: Depicted on the Wilton Diptych
Categories: Connections (7) Art (5)

Pub quiz question 7555 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Charm; exaltation; murder; dole; murmuration; skein?
Answer: A: Collective nouns for birds
Notes: *: Finches; larks; crows; doves; starlings; geese.
Categories: Connections (5) Language (4) Biology (4)

Pub quiz question 7554 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Johnson; Warner; Saatchi; Lehman?
Answer: A: Brothers who founded companies
Notes: *: Johnson & Johnson; Warner Bros; Saatchi & Saatchi; Lehman Brothers
Categories: Connections (3) People (3) Business (3)

Pub quiz question 7553 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Rwanda and Mozambique (in the Commonwealth)?
Answer: A: Members with no historical lins to Britain
Categories: Connections (7) Politics (6) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7552 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Gregor Samsa; David Hedison; Jeff Goldblum?
Answer: A: Turned into insects
Notes: *: Kafka’s Metamorphosis; The Fly film (1958) and remake (1986)
Categories: Connections (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 7551 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Writer’s cramp; water on the knee; spare ribs’ butterflies in stomach; broken heart?
Answer: A: Operation Game ailments
Categories: Connections (3) Games (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 7550 by pjh

Question: Q: Liv Ullmann appeared in 10 films by which director?
Answer: A: Ingmar Bergman
Categories: Film/Movies (6) People (6) 1970s (7)

Pub quiz question 7549 by pjh

Question: Q: What “era” began on 21 August 1935 at LA’s Palomar Ballroom?
Answer: A: Swing/big band
Notes: *: Benny Goodman concert
Categories: Music (5) 1930s (5)

Pub quiz question 7548 by pjh

Question: Q: Which football club has the highest average attendance in Europe?
Answer: A: Borussia Dortmund
Notes: *: Germany
Categories: Sports (6) Football (5)

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 7546 by pjh

Question: Q: Kutschera was renamed Rainer in which musical?
Answer: A: The Sound Of Music
Notes: *: Maria’s maiden name before she married Von Trapp
Categories: People (6) Entertainment (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 7545 by pjh

Question: Q: Satire died/became obsolete the day what happened, according to Tom Lehrer?
Answer: A: Henry Kissinger won the Nobel peace prize
Notes: *: 1973
Categories: Politics (4) 1970s (4) People (6)

Pub quiz question 7544 by pjh

Question: Q: Which city is served by the Luas tram system?
Answer: A: Dublin
Categories: Geography (5) Transport (5) Travel (5)

Pub quiz question 7543 by pjh

Question: Q: Sir Hudson Lowe was whose “jailer”?
Answer: A: Napoleon
Notes: *: On St Helena
Categories: People (6) War (6) 1800s (6)

Pub quiz question 7542 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Eddie; Skeleton Uncle Sam; Dropout Bear Buffalo Man?
Answer: A: Music mascots
Notes: *: Iron Maiden; Grateful Dead; Kanye West; Jamiroquai
Categories: Connections (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 7541 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Arthur of Brittany; Edward V and Richard of Shewsbury?
Answer: A: (Probably) Murdered by royal uncles
Notes: *: King John; Richard III
Categories: Connections (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 7540 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Methane(1); ethane(2); propane(3); butane(4); penane(5)?
Answer: A: Alkanes
Notes: *: Number of carbon atoms
Categories: Connections (3) Chemistry (2) Science (2)

Pub quiz question 7539 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Aristide Bruant; May Belfort; Jane Avris; Cha-U-Kao; Louse Weber?
Answer: A: Entertainers painted by Toulouse-Lautrec
Categories: Connections (8) Entertainment (8)