Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4731 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many pieces does each player start a game of chess with?
Answer: A: Sixteen
Categories: Leisure (5)

Pub quiz question 4730 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which chess piece has a horses head?
Answer: A: Knight
Categories: Leisure (3)

Pub quiz question 4729 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of your opponent's pieces has to be in checkmate to win a game of chess?
Answer: A: King
Categories: Leisure (3)

Pub quiz question 4728 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which month did the 2004 Olympics take place in?
Answer: A: August
Categories: Olympics (4) Sports (4)

Pub quiz question 4727 by pjh2

Question: Q: What distance brought Kelly Holmes her second gold medal at the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: A: 1500m
Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) Athletics (7)

Pub quiz question 4726 by pjh2

Question: Q: What form of Olympic coverage did the BBC offer for the first time in 2004?
Answer: A: Online/Internet
Categories: Sports (6) Olympics (6)

Pub quiz question 4725 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who collected Britain's first athletics gold of the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: A: Kelly Holmes
Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) Athletics (6)

Pub quiz question 4724 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nation came 2nd to the USA in the 2004 Olympics medal table?
Answer: A: China
Categories: Geography (6) Sports (6) Olympics (6)

Pub quiz question 4723 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city stages the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: A: Athens
Categories: Geography (3) Sports (3) Olympics (3)

Pub quiz question 4722 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the stage name of Laurence Tureaud, the pro-wrestler who played Clubber Lang in Rocky III?
Answer: A: Mr T
Categories: Sports (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 4721 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many times must the referee slap the mat for a pinfall to count in professional wrestling?
Answer: A: Three
Categories: Sports (2)

Pub quiz question 4720 by pjh2

Question: Q: What pro-wrestling term means turning an opponent upside down and then dropping to a sitting or kneeling position so his head hits the mat?
Answer: A: Piledriver
Categories: Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 4719 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the pro-wrestling name of Shirley Crabtree?
Answer: A: Big Daddy
Notes: *: 1952-1987
Categories: Sports (5) Names (5) 1950s (5) 1960s (5) 1970s (5) 1980s (5)

Pub quiz question 4718 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Junior Wimbledon winner was calling herself Solitaire when she won ITV's Celebrity Wrestling?
Answer: A: Annabel Croft
Notes: *: 2005
Categories: Sports (6) Names (6) 2000s (6) Television (6) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 4717 by pjh2

Question: Q: What team faced The Warriors in ITV's 2005 Celebrity Wrestling series?
Answer: A: The Crusaders
Categories: Sports (7) 2000s (7) Television (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 4716 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Captain Matthew Webb acknowledged as being the first man to do?
Answer: A: Swim the Channel
Categories: Sports (3)

Pub quiz question 4715 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose channel swim was Matt Lucas talking about when he urged fans to 'Sponsor my mate?'
Answer: A: David Walliams
Categories: Sports (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 4714 by pjh2

Question: Q: What endurance test was Gertrude Ederle the first woman to complete?
Answer: A: Swimming the Channel
Categories: Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 4713 by pjh2

Question: Q: What, to the nearest whole hour, is the record for swimming the channel?
Answer: A: Seven hours
Notes: *: Bulgarian Petar Stoychev on 24 August 2007, in 6 hours 57 minutes 50 seconds
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 4712 by pjh2

Question: Q: What watch did Mercedes Gleitze wear when she became the first British woman to swim the channel?
Answer: A: Rolex Oyster
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 4711 by pjh2

Question: Q: What stroke was Vicky Keith the first person to use for a successful channel swim?
Answer: A: Butterfly
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 4710 by pjh2

Question: Q: Product/Company
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Answer: A: Nescafé Gold Blend
Categories: Advertising (6)

Pub quiz question 4709 by pjh2

Question: Q: Service/Product
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Answer: A: Yellow Pages
Categories: Advertising (5)

Pub quiz question 4708 by pjh2

Question: Q: Product
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Answer: A: Cinzano
Categories: Advertising (7)

Pub quiz question 4707 by pjh2

Question: Q: Organisation
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Answer: A: Conservative Party
Categories: Advertising (5) Politics (5)