Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 5040 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What possible murder weapon was added to the 50th anniversary edition of Cluedo?
  2. Answer: A: Poison
  3. Notes: *: 1999
  4. Categories: Leisure (5) Games (5) 1990s (5)
Pub quiz question 5039 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What crime-based boardgame was invented by Anthony Earnest Pratt?
  2. Answer: A: Cluedo
  3. Notes: *: Patent filed 1944, at Waddingtons 1945, patent granted 1947, first produced 1949
  4. Categories: Games (3) Leisure (3) 1940s (3)
Pub quiz question 5038 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which version of Cluedo requires players to help Chief Wiggum discover who killed Mr Burns?
  2. Answer: A: The Simpsons version
  3. Notes: *: 2000
  4. Categories: Games (3) Leisure (3) Entertainment (3) Television (3) Cartoons (3) 2000s (3)
Pub quiz question 5037 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British pub game gave birth to ten-pin bowling?
  2. Answer: A: Skittles
  3. Categories: Leisure (2)
Pub quiz question 5036 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What three-letter word is the alternative name for a skittle?
  2. Answer: A: Pin
  3. Categories: Leisure (2)
Pub quiz question 5035 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the standard number of pins for a game of British pub skittles?
  2. Answer: A: Nine
  3. Categories: Leisure (3)
Pub quiz question 5034 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many points have been gained if a player scores a beaver at skittles?
  2. Answer: A: None
  3. Categories: Leisure (6)
Pub quiz question 5033 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to the projectile in a game of pub hood skittles?
  2. Answer: A: Cheese
  3. Categories: Leisure (6)
Pub quiz question 5032 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which premiership star popped up alongside Sharon Stone in Basic instinct 2?
  2. Answer: A: Stan Collymore
  3. Notes: *: 2006
  4. Categories: Film/Movies (4) Football (4) Sports (4) Entertainment (4) 2000s (4)
Pub quiz question 5031 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which sports star made his movie mark in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
  2. Answer: A: Vinnie Jones
  3. Notes: *: 1998
  4. Categories: Film/Movies (2) Entertainment (2) 1990s (2)
Pub quiz question 5030 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who scored ten World Cup goals before advertising crisps on television?
  2. Answer: A: Gary Lineker
  3. Categories: Advertising (3) Football (3) Sports (3)
Pub quiz question 5029 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which sports star played Gideon Jackson in the movie Freedom Road?
  2. Answer: A: Muhammad Ali
  3. Notes: *: 1979
  4. Categories: Boxing (4) Sports (5) Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5) 1970s (5)
Pub quiz question 5028 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which soccer star played Carlos Rey in Escape to Victory?
  2. Answer: A: Ossie Ardiles
  3. Notes: *: 1981
  4. Categories: Sports (8) Football (8) Film/Movies (8) Entertainment (8) 1980s (8)
Pub quiz question 5027 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which football hero played Corporal Luis Fernandez in Escape to Victory?
  2. Answer: A: Pelé
  3. Notes: *: 1981
  4. Categories: Film/Movies (8) Entertainment (8) 1980s (8) Football (8) Sports (8)
Pub quiz question 5026 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which English racecourse stages the Derby?
  2. Answer: A: Epsom
  3. Categories: Sports (2) Leisure (2) Geography (2)
Pub quiz question 5025 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which horse won the 1981 Derby by a record ten lengths, two years before disappearing
  2. Answer: A: Shergar
  3. Categories: 1980s (2) Sports (2) Leisure (2)
Pub quiz question 5024 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which month sees the running of the Epsom Derby?
  2. Answer: A: June
  3. Categories: Sports (4) Leisure (4)
Pub quiz question 5023 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who became the youngest Derby winner at the age of 18 in 1954?
  2. Answer: A: Lester Piggot
  3. Categories: 1950s (5) Sports (5) Leisure (5)
Pub quiz question 5022 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Why did Alex Greaves make news in the 1996 Epsom Derby?
  2. Answer: A: First female jockey
  3. Categories: 1990s (7) Sports (7) Leisure (7)
Pub quiz question 5021 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many furlongs are covered in the Derby?
  2. Answer: A: 12
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Leisure (7)
Pub quiz question 5020 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What colour is the bottom strip on the flag of Egypt?
  2. Answer: A: Black
  3. Categories: Flags (5) Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 5019 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which warm Atlantic current keeps many northern European ports free of winter ice?
  2. Answer: A: The Gulf Stream
  3. Categories: Geography (2)
Pub quiz question 5018 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to the continuous strong winds between South Africa and South America?
  2. Answer: A: Roaring Forties
  3. Categories: Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 5017 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What area of the Atlantic is said to be responsible for the disappearance of ships and aircraft?
  2. Answer: A: Bermuda Triangle
  3. Categories: Geography (2)
Pub quiz question 5016 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which was the first ocean to be crossed by ship and by plain?
  2. Answer: A: Atlantic Ocean
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Technology (4)
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