Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4790 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 'opera' was the subject of controversy when screened in 2005 by BBC Two?
Answer: A: Jerry Springer: The Opera
Categories: Art (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 4789 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the largest museum in the world?
Answer: A: The Louvre
Categories: Buildings (6) Art (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4788 by pjh2

Question: Q: What novel is said to have boosted the number of visitors to the Louvre by 22% in 2005?
Answer: A: The Da Vinci Code
Categories: Literature (4) Art (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 4787 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which hugely successful movie was based on a book by Margaret Mitchell?
Answer: A: Gone with the Wind
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (4) Film/Movies (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4786 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which museum inspired a setting in the Lara Croft video game 'Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness?'
Answer: A: The Louvre
Categories: Art (6) Computing (6) Leisure (6) Buildings (6)

Pub quiz question 4785 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which war provides the background for 'Gone with the Wind?'
Answer: A: American Civil War
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: Military (3) Literature (3) 1930s (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 4784 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which classic movie's lead rôle did Gary Cooper turn down with the words '[it] will be the biggest flop in Hollywood history?'
Answer: A: Gone with the Wind
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (4) Film/Movies (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4783 by pjh2

Question: Q: What large musical ensemble took its name from the space between the auditorium and stage in an ancient Greek theatre?
Answer: A: Orchestra
Categories: Music (4) Art (4) Language (4)

Pub quiz question 4782 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which eight words from 'Gone with the Wind' were voted the number one movie quote by the 'American Film Institute?'
Answer: A: Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (4) Film/Movies (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4781 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city staged the premier of 'Gone with the Wind' which black actress Hattie McDaniel couldn't attend due to Georgia's segregation laws?
Answer: A: Atlanta
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (5) Geography (5) Film/Movies (5) Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 4780 by pjh2

Question: Q: What charge did the Christian Institute organisation attempt to bring against the BBC for screening 'Jerry Springer: The Opera?'
Answer: A: Blasphemy
Categories: Art (4) Entertainment (4) Religion (4)

Pub quiz question 4779 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does Shawntel confess she wants to be, to the disgust of her redneck husband in 'Jerry Springer: The Opera?'
Answer: A: Pole Dancer
Categories: Art (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 4778 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which musical movie's researchers had problems finding 'corn as high as an elephant's eye?'
Answer: A: Oklahoma's
Categories: Film/Movies (6) Art (6) Entertainment (6)

Pub quiz question 4777 by pjh2

Question: Q: What instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
Answer: A: Violin
Categories: Art (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 4776 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who accepted the title of Poet Laureate after Philip Larkin turned it down?
Answer: A: Ted Hughes
Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1984-1999
Categories: Literature (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 4775 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Philharmonic orchestra is based a the Musikverein concert hall?
Answer: A: Vienna Philharmonic
Categories: Art (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 4774 by pjh2

Question: Q: What title is given to a poet appointed by the Government to compose poems for state occasions?
Answer: A: Poet Laureate
Categories: Literature (2) Royalty (2)

Pub quiz question 4773 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the plural of Poet Laureate?
Answer: A: Poets Laureate
Categories: Literature (3) Language (5) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 4772 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which concert hall is the base for the London Symphony Orchestra?
Answer: A: Barbican Arts Centre
Categories: Buildings (7) Geography (7) Art (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 4771 by pjh2

Question: Q: What future Poet Laureate wrote: 'Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough?'
Answer: A: John Betjeman
Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1972-1984
Categories: Literature (4) 1970s (4) 1980s (4) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 4770 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which credit card was 'your flexible friend?'
Answer: A: Access
Categories: Advertising (4) Business (4)

Pub quiz question 4769 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US TV show host became the subject of a musical?
Answer: A: Jerry Springer
Categories: Art (3) Television (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 4768 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Poet Laureate's most famous works include 'The Charge of the Light Brigade?'
Answer: A: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1850-1896
Categories: Literature (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 4767 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which musical did the Daily Mail claim included 3,168 mentions of the word 'fuck' when it is actually only mentioned 96 times by a choir of 33 people?
Answer: A: Jerry Springer: The Opera
Notes: *: 96 x 33 = 3,168
Categories: Media (4) Art (4) Entertainment (4)

Pub quiz question 4766 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was given to the O'Hara plantation in 'Gone with the Wind' which author Margaret Mitchell originally called Fountenoy Hall?
Answer: A: Tara
Notes: *: Book: 1936, Film 1939
Categories: 1930s (7) Film/Movies (7) Literature (7)