Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7316 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Texel; Vlieland; Terschelling; Ameland; Schiermonnikoog?
Answer: A: West Frisian Islands (off The Netherlands.)
Categories: Connections (9) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7315 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Doc Martin; Wycliffe; Poldark; The Camomile Lawn?
Answer: A: TV series set in Cornwall
Categories: Connections (6) Television (6) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 7314 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Nibali; Contador; Hinault; Gimondi; Merckx; Anquetil?
Answer: A: Cyclists who have won all three grand tours
Categories: Connections (8) Sports (8) General Knowledge (9)

Pub quiz question 7313 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Cammell Laird; Swan Hunter; Yarrow; Harland; Wolff?
Answer: A: UK shipbuilders
Categories: Connections (5) General Knowledge (6)

Pub quiz question 7312 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Rumpy; Riser; Stumpy; Stubby; Longy
Answer: A: Classifications of Manx cats
Categories: Connections (7) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 7311 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton?
Answer: A: They were the three that died in the gunfight at the OK Corral
Notes: *: October 26, 1881
Categories: Connections (7) History (6)

Pub quiz question 7310 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Only named character in Jesus's parables, and Mary and Martha's brother?
Answer: A: Both called Lazarus in the Bible.
Notes: *: The first in Luke 16:19–31 (the beggar), the second in Luke 10:38–42 and John 11:1–46 (the one who was resurrected)
Categories: Connections (7) Religion (3)

Pub quiz question 7309 by pjh2

Question: Q: What currency was worth 400 quintillion (1×10^20) pengö in 1946?
Answer: A: 1 Hungarian forint
Notes: *: Due to hyperinflation between 1945 and 1946. The forint was introduced on 1 August 1946.
Categories: Politics (6) History (7) 1940s (7)

Pub quiz question 7308 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are made by C Bechstein?
Answer: A: Pianos
Categories: Music (3) General Knowledge (3)

Pub quiz question 7307 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Portugal's oldest university?
Answer: A: Coimbra
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 7306 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is Prince Myshkin in a Dostoevsky novel?
Answer: A: The Idiot
Notes: *: In the novel of the same name.
Categories: Literature (6) General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 7305 by pjh2

Question: Q: What culinary record is held by the Carolina Reaper?
Answer: A: World's hottest chilli pepper
Categories: Food (4) General Knowledge (6)

Pub quiz question 7304 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which cricket ground has a Shane Warne stand?
Answer: A: Ageas Bowl, (Hampshire)
Categories: Cricket (4) Sports (6) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 7303 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose motto is "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man"?
Answer: A: The fictional town of Springfield (in "The Simpsons")
Categories: Entertainment (5) Geography (6) Television (5)

Pub quiz question 7302 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Albert Pierrepoint; Peter Taylor; Winston Churchill; JMW Turner?
Answer: A: Played on screen by Timothy Spall
Notes: *: Pierrepoint (2005), The Damned United (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Mr. Turner(2014)
Categories: Entertainment (7) Politics (8) Art (8) Connections (6)

Pub quiz question 7301 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Van Winkle; Jim Beam; Maker's Mark; Wild Turkey
Answer: A: Brands of bourbon whiskey
Categories: Drink (2) Connections (3)

Pub quiz question 7300 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Bismarck; Raleigh; Pyonyang?
Answer: A: "North X" capitals
Notes: *: N. Dakota, N. Carolina; N. Korea
Categories: Geography (6) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7299 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: British Airways, originally; Merlin Entertainments; EDF Energy, and until 2020 Coca Cola?
Answer: A: Names of the London Eye
Categories: London, UK (3) Landmarks (3) Advertising (6) Connections (7)

Pub quiz question 7298 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Capital; shaft; base; pedestal?
Answer: A: Parts of an (architectural) column.
Categories: Buildings (2) Connections (2) General Knowledge (2)

Pub quiz question 7297 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Pyramus and Thisbe; murder of Gonzage; almost all of The Taming Of The Shrew?
Answer: A: Shakespeare's plays with plays.
Notes: *: Midsummer NIght's Dream and Halmlet in the case of the first two
Categories: Literature (5) Connections (5)

Pub quiz question 7296 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Running; bombing; ducking; pushing; smoking; petting?
Answer: A: Things generally banned in swimming pools on the celebrated poster
Categories: Swimming (1) Sports (1) General Knowledge (1) Connections (1)

Pub quiz question 7295 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Yucatán ('you-ka-taan') Channel separates which countries?
Answer: A: Mexico and Cuba
Categories: Geography (7) General Knowledge (8)

Pub quiz question 7294 by pjh2

Question: Q: In law enforcement (in the UK) what is the PNC?
Answer: A: Police National Computer
Categories: Crime (4) General Knowledge (4) Acronyms/Abbreviations (4)

Pub quiz question 7293 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aubrey Graham raps under what mononym?
Answer: A: Drake
Categories: Music (8) General Knowledge (8) Pseudonyms (7)

Pub quiz question 7292 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which conflict began at the Marco Polo bridge?
Answer: A: Sino-Japanese war
Notes: *: 1936
Categories: Politics (7) History (6) China (5) 1930s (7) Geography (7)