Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7082 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which cathedral was destroyed by the Great Fire of London?
Answer: A: St Paul's Cathedral
Categories: Buildings (3) Religion (2) History (3)

Pub quiz question 7081 by pjh2

Question: Q: What great catastrophe is commemorated by The Monument?
Answer: A: The Great Fire of London
Categories: London, UK (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 7080 by pjh2

Question: Q: What began on Sunday 2 September 1666 at the house of Thomas Farynor?
Answer: A: The Great Fire of London
Categories: History (4) London, UK (4)

Pub quiz question 7079 by pjh2

Question: Q: What historic tragedy have Dr Who and Ra's al Ghul from Batman Begins both claimed responsibility for?
Answer: A: The Great Fire of London
Categories: History (7) Entertainment (6) Television (6)

Pub quiz question 7078 by pjh2

Question: Q: What valuable objects have been kept in the Tower of London since 1303 when they were stolen from Westminster Abbey?
Answer: A: The Crown Jewels
Categories: Royalty (1) Buildings (1) Religion (1)

Pub quiz question 7077 by pjh2

Question: Q: What garments gave Bill Clinton's cat its name?
Answer: A: Socks
Notes: *: White House 1991 through 2001 (Clintons left) to 2009
Categories: Politics (3) 1990s (3) 2000s (3)

Pub quiz question 7076 by pjh2

Question: Q: What London building was the home of the first London Zoo way back in the 13th century?
Answer: A: The Tower of London
Categories: Buildings (7) Nature (8)

Pub quiz question 7075 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ordered the building of the Tower of London's original White Tower?
Answer: A: William the Conqueror
Categories: Royalty (7) Buildings (7)

Pub quiz question 7074 by pjh2

Question: Q: What animal's savaging of Bill Clinton when he was eight did he describe as 'the awfullest beating I ever took?'
Answer: A: Sheep
Notes: *: 1954/5
Categories: Nature (7) Politics (7) 1950s (7)

Pub quiz question 7073 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President changed his name from William Jefferson Blythe to that of his stepfather?
Answer: A: Bill Clinton
Categories: Politics (6) 1990s (5)

Pub quiz question 7072 by pjh2

Question: Q: What charge were Lady Jane Grey and Catherine Howard beheaded in the Tower of London on?
Answer: A: Treason
Categories: Crime (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 7071 by pjh2

Question: Q: What building boasts Traitors Gate which was opened to bring prisoners in from the Thames?
Answer: A: The Tower of London
Categories: Buildings (3) Royalty (3) Crime (3)

Pub quiz question 7070 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the square building with turrets at the centre of the Tower of London complex?
Answer: A: The White Tower
Categories: Buildings (4) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 7069 by pjh2

Question: Q: What heavenly body was represented by the Inca god Inti?
Answer: A: The Sun
Categories: Religion (2) Astronomy (2)

Pub quiz question 7068 by pjh2

Question: Q: What empire arose in the Peruvian highlands around AD1200?
Answer: A: The Inca Empire
Categories: History (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 7067 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was 'that woman' Bill Clinton claimed he didn't have sexual relations with?
Answer: A: Monica Lewinsky
Notes: *: 1998
Categories: 1990s (1) Politics (2) Sleaze (2)

Pub quiz question 7066 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President said he didn't inhale when asked if he'd smoked pot?
Answer: A: Bill Clinton
Notes: *: 1992
Categories: Politics (1) 1990s (1)

Pub quiz question 7065 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first left-hander to serve two terms as US President?
Answer: A: Bill Clinton
Categories: 1990s (7) Politics (9)

Pub quiz question 7064 by pjh2

Question: Q: What archaeological site is known as the Lost City of the Incas?
Answer: A: Machu Picchu
Categories: History (6)

Pub quiz question 7063 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Labour MP Terry Fields jailed for refusing to pay in 1990?
Answer: A: Poll Tax (Community Charge)
Categories: Politics (1) 1990s (1)

Pub quiz question 7062 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the administrative and political centre of the Incas?
Answer: A: Cusco
Categories: History (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7061 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which nation's Conquistadors took over from the Incas?
Answer: A: Spain's
Categories: Geography (1) Military (1)

Pub quiz question 7060 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Prime Minister generated riots with the Poll Tax?
Answer: A: Margaret Thatcher
Notes: *: 1990
Categories: Politics (1) Crime (1) 1990s (1)

Pub quiz question 7059 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the Incas believe happened to them after death?
Answer: A: Reincarnation
Categories: Religion (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 7058 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the official name for what was called the Poll Tax?
Answer: A: Community Charge
Notes: *: 1990
Categories: Politics (5) 1990s (5) Names (5)