Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4431 by pjh2

Question: Q: A 41,000-year-old jaw bone was discovered in which seaside town?
Answer: A: Torquay
Categories: Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 4430 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the Man Utd/Sunderland final score on Saturday (5/11/11)?
Answer: A: Man Utd 1 - 0 Sunderland
Categories: Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 4429 by pjh2

Question: Q: Reality TV's Kim Kardashian and the basketball player Kris Humphries are to divorce after she filed on 31 Oct '11. How long, if that is the word, had they been married?
Answer: A: 72 days (10 weeks/2.5 months)
Categories: Current Affairs (6)

Pub quiz question 4428 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who strongly denies he is the father of Mariah Yeater's child?
Answer: A: Justin Bieber
Categories: Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 4427 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is delighted to be the father of Tinglan Hong's child?
Answer: A: Hugh Grant
Categories: Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 4426 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who's knickers fetched £9,375 at auction (Nov 2011)?
Answer: A: Queen Victoria's.
Categories: Current Affairs (6)

Pub quiz question 4425 by pjh2

Question: Q: Company
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Answer: A: Kodak
Categories: Logos (6)

Pub quiz question 4424 by pjh2

Question: Q: Company
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Answer: A: Chanel
Notes: *: Perfume
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Pub quiz question 4423 by pjh2

Question: Q: Organisation
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Answer: A: British Rail
Categories: Logos (5)

Pub quiz question 4422 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which European country reached a peak towards the end of the 16th century under the Jagiellonian dynasty?
Answer: A: Poland
Categories: Geography (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 4421 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which war was known as the Great War and The War to End All Wars?
Answer: A: World War I
Categories: 1910s (2) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 4420 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country was the birthplace of scientist Marie Curie?
Answer: A: Poland
Categories: Geography (4) History (4)

Pub quiz question 4419 by pjh2

Question: Q: What boots, originally made from hessian, were popularised by a 19th century statesman and soldier?
Answer: A: Wellington boots
Categories: Fashion (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 4418 by pjh2

Question: Q: What title is Arthur Wellesley better known by?
Answer: A: The Duke of Wellington
Categories: History (5) Names (5)

Pub quiz question 4417 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who battled to stem the powers of British trade unions while praising the Polish equivalent?
Answer: A: Margaret Thatcher
Categories: Politics (2) History (2) 1990s (2)

Pub quiz question 4416 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which European country joined the NATO alliance in 1999 along with Hungary and the Czech Republic?
Answer: A: Poland
Categories: 1990s (7) History (7) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 4415 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which leader of Solidarność (soli-dar-nosht - Solidarity) became President of Poland in 1990?
Answer: A: Lech Wałęsan (Lek Var-wen-sa)
Categories: Politics (2) History (2) 1990s (2)

Pub quiz question 4414 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country lost the highest proportion of its citizens in World War II?
Answer: A: Poland
Categories: 1930s (4) 1940s (4) History (4) Politics (4) Military (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4413 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which public school did the future 1st Duke of Wellington fail to excel at?
Answer: A: Eton
Categories: History (6)

Pub quiz question 4412 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was known as the Iron Duke?
Answer: A: The Duke of Wellington
Categories: History (3) Names (3)

Pub quiz question 4411 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the alternative name for Apsley house, the residence of the Duke of Wellington?
Answer: A: Number One, London
Categories: History (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4410 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which titled military leader became Tory Prime Minister in 1928?
Answer: A: The Duke of Wellington
Categories: History (8) Politics (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 4409 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which rock star was a co-founder of the Rainforest Foundation?
Answer: A: Sting
Notes: *: 1989
Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 4408 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British rock star has been known to sell his own outrageous clothes on behalf of his AIDS foundation?
Answer: A: Elton John
Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4)

Pub quiz question 4407 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who handed Pope John Paul II his trademark sunglasses after asking: "Holy Father, do you want a pair of fly shades?"
Answer: A: Bono
Notes: *: 2005(?)
Categories: Religion (4) Entertainment (6) Music (6) 2000s (6)