Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4815 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the London theatre district between the Strand to the south, Oxford Street to the north, Regent Street to the west and Kingsway to the east?
Answer: A: The West End
Categories: London, UK (3) Geography (3) Art (3)

Pub quiz question 4814 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Agatha Christie whodunit holds the West End longest-run record?
Answer: A: The Mouse Trap
Categories: Art (3) London, UK (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 4813 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Victor Hugo-based entertainment became the world's longest-running musical in 2006?
Answer: A: Les Misérables
Categories: Art (4) London, UK (4) Entertainment (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 4812 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which musical's movie premier was preceded by a parade of horse drawn surreys with fringes on top?
Answer: A: Oklahoma's
Categories: Entertainment (5) Art (5) Film/Movies (5)

Pub quiz question 4811 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only American state with its official song taken from a Rogers and Hammerstein musical?
Answer: A: Oklahoma
Categories: Art (3) Entertainment (3) Politics (3) Geography (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 4810 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the longest running musical in West End history at the time it closed in 2002?
Answer: A: Cats
Categories: 2000s (6) Art (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 4809 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which West End prince-and-pauper musical tells the tale of Liverpudlian siblings Mickey and Eddie?
Answer: A: Blood Brothers
Categories: Art (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 4808 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1955 musical movie was filmed in Arizona because its title state was so heavily developed?
Answer: A: Oklahoma!
Categories: Art (4) 1950s (5) Entertainment (5) Geography (5) Film/Movies (5)

Pub quiz question 4807 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were the Society of West End Theatre Awards renamed in 1984 in honour of a British Actor?
Answer: A: The Laurence Olivier Awards
Categories: Art (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 4806 by pjh2

Question: Q: What musical begins with Curly McLain singing 'Oh what a Beautiful Mornin'?'
Answer: A: Oklahoma!
Categories: Music (4) Entertainment (4) Art (4) Film/Movies (4)

Pub quiz question 4805 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical is based on Lynn Rigss' play 'Green Grow the Lilacs?'
Answer: A: Oklahoma!
Categories: Art (6) Literature (6) Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8)

Pub quiz question 4804 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the tomboy main character in 'Little Women?'
Answer: A: Josephine (jo) March
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 4803 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which novel by Louisa May Alcott tells about the lives and loves of four sisters?
Answer: A: Little Women
Categories: Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 4802 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which war do the girls in 'Little Women' grow up during?
Answer: A: American Civil War
Categories: Literature (4) Military (4)

Pub quiz question 4801 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which book does each girl receive as a Christmas present at the start of 'Little Women?'
Answer: A: A Bible
Categories: Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4800 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the sequel to 'Little Women?'
Answer: A: Good Wives
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 4799 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does Jo in 'Little Women' sell to raise money for her mother to visit her father?
Answer: A: Her hair
Categories: Literature (6)

Pub quiz question 4798 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which major comedy star played Garp in the movie adaptation of John Irving's 'The World According to Garp?'
Answer: A: Robin Williams
Notes: *: Book 1978, Film 1982
Categories: 1970s (3) 1980s (3) Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3) Literature (3)

Pub quiz question 4797 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which movie starring Tobey Maguire and Michael Caine won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for John Irving?
Answer: A: The Cider House Rules
Notes: *: Book 1985, Film 1999
Categories: Film/Movies (4) Entertainment (4) 1980s (4) 1990s (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4796 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sport most frequently features in John Irving novels?
Answer: A: Wrestling
Categories: Film/Movies (5) Entertainment (5) Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 4795 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which author's 'A Widow for One Year' was adapted into the movie 'The Door in the Floor?'
Answer: A: John Irving's
Notes: *: Book 1998, Film 2004
Categories: Literature (7) Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7) 1990s (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 4794 by pjh2

Question: Q: What John Irving novel with an armadillo on its cover tells the story of an extremely short boy with a very high pitched voice?
Answer: A: A Prayer for Owen Meany
Notes: *: Book 1989
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 4793 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is by far the most famous painting in the Louvre?
Answer: A: Mona Lisa
Categories: Art (2)

Pub quiz question 4792 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which zoo animals were set free in the title of John Irving's first novel?
Answer: A: Bears
Notes: *: Setting Free the Bears (1968)
Categories: Literature (6) 1960s (6)

Pub quiz question 4791 by pjh2

Question: Q: What armless statue in the Louvre is described as 'the most famous work of art of the ancient Greek Era?'
Answer: A: Venus de Milo
Categories: Art (3)