Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4531 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which holiday islands off the coast of Africa introduced bananas to Jamaica in the 16th century?
Answer: A: Canary Islands
Categories: Food (5) Geography (5) History (5)

Pub quiz question 4530 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the better-known name for the Hellenic Republic?
Answer: A: Greece
Categories: Names (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4529 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country boasts the town of Corinth which gave its name to currents and a canal?
Answer: A: Greece
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4528 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which author build a home called Goldeneye in Jamaica?
Answer: A: Ian Flemming
Categories: Literature (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4527 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country has been called the 'Cradle of Western Civilization' and the 'Birthplace of Democracy?'
Answer: A: Greece
Categories: Geography (2) Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 4526 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which cheese is served with a classic Greek Salad?
Answer: A: Feta
Categories: Food (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4525 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which popular Greek disk is mostly smoked fish roe?
Answer: A: Taramasalata
Categories: Geography (5) Food (5)

Pub quiz question 4524 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to local porters who help climbers on Everest?
Answer: A: Sherpas
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4523 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which mountain is known in Nepal as Sagarmatha or 'Forehead of the Sky?'
Answer: A: Everest
Categories: Geography (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 4522 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which star of 'Never on a Sunday' became Greek Minister of Culture?
Answer: A: Melina Mercouri
Notes: *: Never on a Sunday: 1960, Minister 1981/89, 1993/4
Categories: Politics (8) Geography (8) 1980s (8) 1990s (8)

Pub quiz question 4521 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many of the world's 100 highest mountains above 7,200 metres / 23,622 feet are in Asia?
Answer: A: All of them
Categories: Nature (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4520 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which planet boasts the tallest mountain in the Solar System?
Answer: A: Mars
Categories: Geography (6) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 4519 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which motorway separates Sheffield from Rotherham?
Answer: A: M1
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4518 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US mountain has the highest visible base-to-summit elevation on Earth?
Answer: A: Mount McKinley
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 4517 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which African mountain was formerly known as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze?
Answer: A: Mount Kilimanjaro
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4516 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Sheffield theatre is a famous snooker venue?
Answer: A: The Crucible
Categories: Snooker (1) Sports (1) Geography (1)

Pub quiz question 4515 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Yorkshire city gave its name to silver plating?
Answer: A: Sheffield
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 4514 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city named a stadium after its Hillsborough district but built the stadium in the district of Owlerton?
Answer: A: Sheffield
Categories: Geography (3) Sports (3) Football (2)

Pub quiz question 4513 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which northern city has more trees per person than any other city in Europe?
Answer: A: Sheffield
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4512 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which northern city's residents are know in neighbouring towns as Dee-dars?
Answer: A: Sheffield's
Categories: Geography (6) Language (6)

Pub quiz question 4511 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the capital of Tunisia?
Answer: A: Tunis
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 4510 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which mountain range runs through Morocco and Algeria into Tunisia?
Answer: A: The Atlas Mountains
Categories: Geography (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 4509 by pjh2

Question: Q: What often splashes down the clothes of unwary visitors when they bite into the Tunisian dish called 'Brik?'
Answer: A: Egg
Categories: Food (5) Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4508 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country takes modern tourists to its ancient city of Carthage?
Answer: A: Tunisia
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4507 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's city of Kairouan is said to have given us the word caravan, meaning a string of camels?
Answer: A: Tunisia's
Categories: Geography (6) Language (6)