Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4781 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city staged the premier of 'Gone with the Wind' which black actress Hattie McDaniel couldn't attend due to Georgia's segregation laws?
Answer: A: Atlanta
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (5) Geography (5) Film/Movies (5) Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 4780 by pjh2

Question: Q: What charge did the Christian Institute organisation attempt to bring against the BBC for screening 'Jerry Springer: The Opera?'
Answer: A: Blasphemy
Categories: Art (4) Entertainment (4) Religion (4)

Pub quiz question 4779 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does Shawntel confess she wants to be, to the disgust of her redneck husband in 'Jerry Springer: The Opera?'
Answer: A: Pole Dancer
Categories: Art (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 4778 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which musical movie's researchers had problems finding 'corn as high as an elephant's eye?'
Answer: A: Oklahoma's
Categories: Film/Movies (6) Art (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 4777 by pjh2

Question: Q: What instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
Answer: A: Violin
Categories: Art (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 4776 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who accepted the title of Poet Laureate after Philip Larkin turned it down?
Answer: A: Ted Hughes
Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1984-1999
Categories: Literature (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 4775 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Philharmonic orchestra is based a the Musikverein concert hall?
Answer: A: Vienna Philharmonic
Categories: Art (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 4774 by pjh2

Question: Q: What title is given to a poet appointed by the Government to compose poems for state occasions?
Answer: A: Poet Laureate
Categories: Literature (2) Royalty (2)

Pub quiz question 4773 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the plural of Poet Laureate?
Answer: A: Poets Laureate
Categories: Literature (3) Language (5) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 4772 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which concert hall is the base for the London Symphony Orchestra?
Answer: A: Barbican Arts Centre
Categories: Buildings (7) Geography (7) Art (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 4771 by pjh2

Question: Q: What future Poet Laureate wrote: 'Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough?'
Answer: A: John Betjeman
Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1972-1984
Categories: Literature (4) 1970s (4) 1980s (4) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 4770 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which credit card was 'your flexible friend?'
Answer: A: Access
Categories: Advertising (4) Business (4)

Pub quiz question 4769 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US TV show host became the subject of a musical?
Answer: A: Jerry Springer
Categories: Art (3) Television (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 4768 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Poet Laureate's most famous works include 'The Charge of the Light Brigade?'
Answer: A: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1850-1896
Categories: Literature (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 4767 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which musical did the Daily Mail claim included 3,168 mentions of the word 'fuck' when it is actually only mentioned 96 times by a choir of 33 people?
Answer: A: Jerry Springer: The Opera
Notes: *: 96 x 33 = 3,168
Categories: Media (4) Art (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 4766 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was given to the O'Hara plantation in 'Gone with the Wind' which author Margaret Mitchell originally called Fountenoy Hall?
Answer: A: Tara
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (7) Film/Movies (7) Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 4765 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is attached to a small orchestra of around 40 players?
Answer: A: Chamber orchestra
Categories: Art (5) Music (5) Language (5)

Pub quiz question 4764 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which bank is/was known as the 'World's Local Bank?'
Answer: A: HSBC
Categories: Advertising (6) Business (6)

Pub quiz question 4763 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which bank offered to give 'a little Xtra help?'
Answer: A: Halifax
Categories: Advertising (2) Business (2)

Pub quiz question 4762 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became Poet Laureate in 1943 while stipulating that: 'No formal effusions from me shall be considered a necessity?'
Answer: A: William Wordsworth
Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1843-1850
Categories: Literature (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 4761 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the 'Listening Bank?
Answer: A: Midland
Categories: Advertising (6) Business (6)

Pub quiz question 4760 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which company's hair products were (in fact still are) hyped: 'Because I'm Worth It?'
Answer: A: L'Oréal's
Categories: Advertising (3) Business (3)

Pub quiz question 4759 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which young pop star's perfume was sold with the slogan: 'Do you dare?'
Answer: A: Britney Speares
Categories: Advertising (4) Music (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 4758 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American swimmer won eight medals at the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: A: Michael Phelps
Categories: Sports (7) Swimming (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 4757 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won the 200m freestyle gold medal at the 1993 world championships to become Britain's first swimming world champion?
Answer: A: Karen Pickering
Categories: Swimming (7) Sports (7) 1990s (7)