Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4381 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ruler brought the whole of Greece together following the internal struggles between Athenians and Spartans?
Answer: A: Alexander the Great
Categories: History (5) Military (5)

Pub quiz question 4380 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was John Rolfe farming in Virginia when he met and married Pocahontas?
Answer: A: Tobacco
Categories: History (5)

Pub quiz question 4379 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the 'agora' in an ancient Greek City?
Answer: A: Marketplace
Categories: Language (7)

Pub quiz question 4378 by pjh2

Question: Q: What were the dried leaves presented to Columbus by Arawak Indians which he threw away after noting their 'distinct fragrance?'
Answer: A: Tobacco
Categories: Biology (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 4377 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was Britain's first holiday resort with a no-smoking beach?
Answer: A: Bournemouth
Notes: *: 1997
Categories: Politics (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 4376 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the first country in Europe to place an outright ban on smoking in the workplace?
Answer: A: Ireland
Notes: *: 29 March 2004
Categories: Politics (4) Geography (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 4375 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King of England wrote his famous attach on tobacco in 1604?
Answer: A: James I
Categories: Royalty (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 4374 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country were Stonehenge's bluestones quarried in?
Answer: A: Wales
Categories: Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 4373 by pjh2

Question: Q: how many stones make up each of Stonehenge's trilithons?
Answer: A: Three
Categories: General Knowledge (3)

Pub quiz question 4372 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the main tourist attraction next to the A303 between Winterbourne Stoke and Amesbury?
Answer: A: Stonehenge
Categories: Geography (5) General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 4371 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which historic English monument and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in 1986?
Answer: A: Stonehenge
Categories: 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 4370 by pjh2

Question: Q: What ancient English monument was sold for £6,000 at a 1914 auction in Salisbury?
Answer: A: Stonehenge
Categories: 1910s (4) General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 4369 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which virus killed more people a the end of World War I than died in the fighting?
Answer: A: Influenza/flu
Categories: 1910s (3) Biology (3) Military (3)

Pub quiz question 4368 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which organisation owns Stonehenge?
Answer: A: English Heritage
Categories: Business (7)

Pub quiz question 4367 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was given to the area between fighting fronts during World War II?
Answer: A: No man's land
Categories: Language (2) Military (2) 1910s (2)

Pub quiz question 4366 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Lord featured on the famous World War I 'Your Country Needs You' poster?
Answer: A: Lord Kitchener
Categories: Politics (5) 1910s (5) Military (5)

Pub quiz question 4365 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 1914 assassination by Gavrilo Princip sparked World War I and is the name of a Scottish rock band?
Answer: A: Archduke Franz Ferdinand's
Categories: 1910s (7) Music (7) Military (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 4364 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which neutral country's invasion prompted Britain to declare war on Germany in 1914?
Answer: A: Belgium's
Categories: 1910s (7) Politics (7) Military (7)

Pub quiz question 4363 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US Vice-President shot a Texas attorney while out hunting quail in 2006
Answer: A: Dick Cheney
Categories: Politics (4) History (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 4362 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actor starred alongside Una Stubbs, Joan Simms and Barbara Windsor in a children's TV show about a scarecrow that lived in Ten Acre Field, and had interchangeable heads?
Answer: A: Jon Pertwee
Notes: *: Worzel Gummidge
Categories: Children (4) Television (4)

Pub quiz question 4361 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was assassinated the day before the first episode of Dr Who?
Answer: A: John F Kennedy
Notes: *: Kennedy assassinated November 22, 1963
Categories: History (6) Politics (3) 1960s (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)

Pub quiz question 4360 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which one-legged Treasure Island character was the quatermaster under Captain Flint, and later had a parrot also called Captain Flint in mockery of his former captain?
Answer: A: Long John Silver
Categories: Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4359 by pjh2

Question: Q: John Altman played the role of which character in Eastenders?
Answer: A: Nasty Nick Cotton
Categories: 2000s (5) 1990s (5) 1980s (5) Soaps (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 4358 by pjh2

Question: Q: Character
Image: i:
Answer: A: Tim "Barnacle Boy" Barnacle Cook
Notes: *: Younger version
Categories: Cartoons (10) 1990s (10) 2000s (10) 2010s (10) Children (10) Spongebob (6)

Pub quiz question 4357 by pjh2

Question: Q: Character
Image: i:
Answer: A: Tim "Barnacle Boy" Barnacle Cook
Categories: Cartoons (7) 1990s (7) 2000s (7) 2010s (7) Children (7) Spongebob (6)