Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4740 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which other country is classed as part of England when it comes to the national cricket Team?
Answer: A: Wales
Categories: Geography (3) Sports (3) Cricket (3)

Pub quiz question 4739 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many lions are there on an England Cricket Badge?
Answer: A: Three
Categories: Cricket (2) Sports (2)

Pub quiz question 4738 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who played against England in the first ever cricket Test Match and the first ever One-Day International?
Answer: A: Australia
Categories: Cricket (5) Sports (5) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4737 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 1999 series loss to new Zealand found them at the bottom of the International Cricket Council rankings?
Answer: A: England's
Categories: Cricket (5) Sports (6)

Pub quiz question 4736 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the first team to challenge England and Australia's Test cricket supremacy?
Answer: A: West Indies
Categories: Cricket (7) Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 4735 by pjh2

Question: Q: Why was England's 1929 Test Match against South Africa, the longest ever, called off after nine days?
Answer: A: England's ship had to leave
Categories: Sports (8) Cricket (8)

Pub quiz question 4734 by pjh2

Question: Q: What very final sounding name is given to a chess game which white must win to take the match, but which black only has to draw?
Answer: A: Armageddon
Categories: Leisure (8)

Pub quiz question 4733 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which game have computer programs 'Deep Fritz,' 'Deep Junior,' and 'Deep Blue' played against champions?
Answer: A: Chess
Categories: Leisure (6)

Pub quiz question 4732 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many pawns are on the board at the start of a game of chess?
Answer: A: Sixteen
Categories: Leisure (5)

Pub quiz question 4731 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many pieces does each player start a game of chess with?
Answer: A: Sixteen
Categories: Leisure (5)

Pub quiz question 4730 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which chess piece has a horses head?
Answer: A: Knight
Categories: Leisure (3)

Pub quiz question 4729 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of your opponent's pieces has to be in checkmate to win a game of chess?
Answer: A: King
Categories: Leisure (3)

Pub quiz question 4728 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which month did the 2004 Olympics take place in?
Answer: A: August
Categories: Olympics (4) Sports (4)

Pub quiz question 4727 by pjh2

Question: Q: What distance brought Kelly Holmes her second gold medal at the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: A: 1500m
Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) Athletics (7)

Pub quiz question 4726 by pjh2

Question: Q: What form of Olympic coverage did the BBC offer for the first time in 2004?
Answer: A: Online/Internet
Categories: Sports (6) Olympics (6)

Pub quiz question 4725 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who collected Britain's first athletics gold of the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: A: Kelly Holmes
Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) Athletics (6)

Pub quiz question 4724 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nation came 2nd to the USA in the 2004 Olympics medal table?
Answer: A: China
Categories: Geography (6) Sports (6) Olympics (6)

Pub quiz question 4723 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city stages the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: A: Athens
Categories: Geography (3) Sports (3) Olympics (3)

Pub quiz question 4722 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the stage name of Laurence Tureaud, the pro-wrestler who played Clubber Lang in Rocky III?
Answer: A: Mr T
Categories: Sports (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 4721 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many times must the referee slap the mat for a pinfall to count in professional wrestling?
Answer: A: Three
Categories: Sports (2)

Pub quiz question 4720 by pjh2

Question: Q: What pro-wrestling term means turning an opponent upside down and then dropping to a sitting or kneeling position so his head hits the mat?
Answer: A: Piledriver
Categories: Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 4719 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the pro-wrestling name of Shirley Crabtree?
Answer: A: Big Daddy
Notes: *: 1952-1987
Categories: Sports (5) Names (5) 1950s (5) 1960s (5) 1970s (5) 1980s (5)

Pub quiz question 4718 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Junior Wimbledon winner was calling herself Solitaire when she won ITV's Celebrity Wrestling?
Answer: A: Annabel Croft
Notes: *: 2005
Categories: Sports (6) Names (6) 2000s (6) Television (6) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 4717 by pjh2

Question: Q: What team faced The Warriors in ITV's 2005 Celebrity Wrestling series?
Answer: A: The Crusaders
Categories: Sports (7) 2000s (7) Television (7) Entertainment (7)

Pub quiz question 4716 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Captain Matthew Webb acknowledged as being the first man to do?
Answer: A: Swim the Channel
Categories: Sports (3)