Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4765 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is attached to a small orchestra of around 40 players?
  2. Answer: A: Chamber orchestra
  3. Categories: Art (5) Music (5) Language (5)
Pub quiz question 4764 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which bank is/was known as the 'World's Local Bank?'
  2. Answer: A: HSBC
  3. Categories: Advertising (6) Business (6)
Pub quiz question 4763 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which bank offered to give 'a little Xtra help?'
  2. Answer: A: Halifax
  3. Categories: Advertising (2) Business (2)
Pub quiz question 4762 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who became Poet Laureate in 1943 while stipulating that: 'No formal effusions from me shall be considered a necessity?'
  2. Answer: A: William Wordsworth
  3. Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1843-1850
  4. Categories: Literature (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 4761 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which was the 'Listening Bank?
  2. Answer: A: Midland
  3. Categories: Advertising (6) Business (6)
Pub quiz question 4760 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which company's hair products were (in fact still are) hyped: 'Because I'm Worth It?'
  2. Answer: A: L'Oréal's
  3. Categories: Advertising (3) Business (3)
Pub quiz question 4759 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which young pop star's perfume was sold with the slogan: 'Do you dare?'
  2. Answer: A: Britney Speares
  3. Categories: Advertising (4) Music (4) Entertainment (4)
Pub quiz question 4758 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which American swimmer won eight medals at the 2004 Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: Michael Phelps
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Swimming (7) 2000s (7)
Pub quiz question 4757 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who won the 200m freestyle gold medal at the 1993 world championships to become Britain's first swimming world champion?
  2. Answer: A: Karen Pickering
  3. Categories: Swimming (7) Sports (7) 1990s (7)
Pub quiz question 4756 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which congenitally bald Brit won Olympic gold and bronze at the 1980 Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: Duncan Goodhew
  3. Categories: Sports (2) Swimming (2) Olympics (2) 1980s (2)
Pub quiz question 4755 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the sport of Mark Spitz who won a record seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: Swimming
  3. Categories: Sports (3) Olympics (3) 1970s (3)
Pub quiz question 4754 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Britain's David Wilkie the first elite male swimmer to wear in a major competition when he donned his for the 1970 Commonwealth Games?
  2. Answer: A: Swimming cap
  3. Categories: Swimming (4) Sports (4)
Pub quiz question 4753 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which surgically enhanced Olympic gold medal swimmer appeared on Gladiators as Amazon?
  2. Answer: A: Sharon Davies
  3. Categories: Swimming (5) Sports (5) Television (5) Names (5) Olympics (5)
Pub quiz question 4752 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What colour is the triangle on a Bass label, Britain's oldest trademark?
  2. Answer: A: Red
  3. Notes: *: It was the first trademark to be registered under the UK's Trade Mark Registration Act 1875, as trade mark number 1
  4. Categories: Leisure (2) Logos (2) History (2) Drink (3)
Pub quiz question 4751 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which northern city first brewed Boddingtons?
  2. Answer: A: Manchester
  3. Categories: Geography (3) Leisure (3) Drink (3)
Pub quiz question 4750 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which brewery's 'Old Peculier' takes its name from the Peculier of Masham in Yorkshire?
  2. Answer: A: Theakston's
  3. Categories: Leisure (6) Drink (5)
Pub quiz question 4749 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which East Anglia brewery's beers include 'Broadside?'
  2. Answer: A: Adnams
  3. Categories: Leisure (5) Drink (5)
Pub quiz question 4748 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which brewery became sponsors of the Football League Cup in 2003?
  2. Answer: A: Carling
  3. Categories: Business (6) Sports (6) Football (6) Leisure (6) Drink (6)
Pub quiz question 4747 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the first name of Mr Tetley who gave his name to the brewery?
  2. Answer: A: Joshua
  3. Categories: Names (8) Drink (8) Leisure (8)
Pub quiz question 4746 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Swiss player first became the world's top-ranked men's singles tennis player in February 2004?
  2. Answer: A: Roger Federer
  3. Categories: Sports (4) Tennis (4)
Pub quiz question 4745 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which London venue stages the third tennis Grand Slam event played each year?
  2. Answer: A: Wimbledon
  3. Categories: London, UK (2) Tennis (2) Sports (2)
Pub quiz question 4744 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Wimbledon championship offers the largest financial prize?
  2. Answer: A: Men's Singles
  3. Categories: Tennis (4) Sports (4)
Pub quiz question 4743 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was attached to Aorangi Park, to the north of Wimbledon's Centre Court, in honour of a British loser?
  2. Answer: A: Henman Hill
  3. Categories: Tennis (4) Sports (4)
Pub quiz question 4742 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which tennis legend boycotted Wimbledon in the early 1990s mainly because of the strict 'mostly white' dress code?
  2. Answer: A: Andre Agassi
  3. Categories: Tennis (6) Sports (6)
Pub quiz question 4741 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Australian was Wimbledon Men's Singles Champion immediately prior to Roger Federer beginning his winning streak in 2003?
  2. Answer: A: Lleyton Hewitt
  3. Categories: Tennis (8) Sports (8)
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