Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4556 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which thriller writer took a rest from his usual genre to scribe 'The Phantom of Manhattan,' a follow up to 'The Phantom of the Opera?'
Answer: A: Frederick Forsyth
Notes: *: 1999
Categories: Literature (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 4555 by pjh2

Question: Q: What word beginning with M describes the old town or market in a Tunisian city?
Answer: A: Medina
Categories: Geography (7) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 4554 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour is the dragon on the flag of Wales?
Answer: A: Red
Categories: Flags (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4553 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who gave the Asian community 90 days to leave Uganda in 1972?
Answer: A: Idi Amin, (the then military leader and president)
Categories: 1970s (4) Politics (4) History (4) Military (4)

Pub quiz question 4552 by pjh2

Question: Q: What large apes is Uganda's Kigezi Game Reserve best known for?
Answer: A: Gorillas
Categories: Nature (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4551 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which river can ocean-going ships travel the entire length of in Brazil?
Answer: A: Amazon
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4550 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which magazine refers to sexual affairs as 'Ugandan discussions?'
Answer: A: Private Eye
Notes: *: Coined 1973
Categories: Media (4) Language (4) 1970s (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4549 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which lake, partly in Uganda, was named in 1862 as the source of the Nile?
Answer: A: Lake Victoria
Categories: Geography (6) Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 4548 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the capital of Uganda, known as the city of seven hills, even though it now covers more than 20?
Answer: A: Kampala
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4547 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Uganda's main export?
Answer: A: Coffee
Categories: Drink (3) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4546 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which river flows past the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: A: Seine
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4545 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which river's source is about a mile north of the village of Kemble in the Cotswolds?
Answer: A: Thames
Categories: Geography (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 4544 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which exotic bloom is the national flower of Singapore?
Answer: A: Orchid
Categories: Nature (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4543 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Europe's longest river?
Answer: A: Volga
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4542 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sea does the Danube empty into?
Answer: A: Black Sea
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4541 by pjh2

Question: Q: What French river shares its name with a type of fishing net?
Answer: A: Seine
Categories: Geography (6) Language (3)

Pub quiz question 4540 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which popular cocktail was created at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore in, or around, 1915?
Answer: A: Singapore Sling
Categories: Drink (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 4539 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which eastern island city-state has a name meaning Lion Town?
Answer: A: Singapore
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4538 by pjh2

Question: Q: What can children buy in British shops that is banned in Singapore?
Answer: A: Chewing gum
Categories: Food (7) Geography (7) Business (7)

Pub quiz question 4537 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which is the world's largest container port?
Answer: A: Singapore
Categories: Geography (6) Business (6)

Pub quiz question 4536 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city-state's Rugby Sevens international tournament takes place at the Padang?
Answer: A: Singapore's
Categories: Geography (6) Sports (6) Rugby (6)

Pub quiz question 4535 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which famous Jamaican, who died in 1981, had the middle name Nesta?
Answer: A: Bob Marley
Categories: Music (2) Entertainment (2) Geography (2) 1980s (2)

Pub quiz question 4534 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most popular spirit produced in Jamaica?
Answer: A: Rum
Categories: Geography (3) Drink (3)

Pub quiz question 4533 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most famous drink from Jamaica's Blue Mountains?
Answer: A: Coffee
Categories: Drink (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4532 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Jamaica the world's leading exporter of during its first 200 years of British rule?
Answer: A: Sugar
Categories: Food (4) Geography (4)