Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7032 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did former UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson call 'a national obsession?'
Answer: A: The National Health Service
Categories: Politics (3) Quotations (3)

Pub quiz question 7031 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was UK Prime Minister when the National Health Service was launched in 1948?
Answer: A: Clement Atlee
Categories: Politics (5) 1940s (5)

Pub quiz question 7029 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was attached to Germany's World War II submarines?
Answer: A: U-boats
Categories: Names (1) 1940s (1) 1930s (1) Military (1)

Pub quiz question 7028 by pjh2

Question: Q: What year saw the end of World War II?
Answer: A: 1945
Categories: 1940s (1) Military (1)

Pub quiz question 7027 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the nickname of Arthur Harris who was in charge of the World War II Allied air campaign against Germany?
Answer: A: Bomber
Categories: Names (3) 1940s (3) Military (3)

Pub quiz question 7026 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK Prime Minister's Munich Agreement wasn't worth the paper it was written on?
Answer: A: Neville Chamberlain's
Notes: *: 29/30 September 1938
Categories: Politics (4) 1930s (4) Military (4)

Pub quiz question 7025 by pjh2

Question: Q: What defensive line was supposed to keep the Germans out of France in World War II?
Answer: A: Maginot Line
Notes: *: Started in 1930, largely completed by 1939
Categories: Military (6) 1930s (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7024 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the official name for the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk?
Answer: A: Operation Dynamo
Notes: *: 1940
Categories: Names (7) 1940s (7) Military (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7023 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's Antonine Wall was the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire?
Answer: A: Scotland's
Categories: Geography (2) Military (2) History (2)

Pub quiz question 7022 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which modern country included ancient Caledonia and its population of Picts?
Answer: A: Scotland
Categories: Geography (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 7021 by pjh2

Question: Q: What island was connected to mainland Scotland by a bridge opened in 1995?
Answer: A: Skye
Categories: Geography (4) 1990s (4)

Pub quiz question 7020 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was James I of England's Scottish title?
Answer: A: James VI
Categories: Royalty (6) History (6)

Pub quiz question 7019 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name beginning with J was the most popular for boys for its 12th year running in the UK in 2006?
Answer: A: Jack
Categories: 2000s (3) Names (3)

Pub quiz question 7018 by pjh2

Question: Q: What language did Kink Robert the Bruce hold his parliaments in?
Answer: A: Gaelic
Categories: Language (5) History (5) Royalty (5) Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 7017 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the four-letter Gaelic name for Scotland?
Answer: A: Alba
Categories: Language (6) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 7016 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which TV soap's characters are said to have resulted in Alfie, Aleesha and Demi rising and falling in the UK's favourite names for babies chart?
Answer: A: Eastenders
Categories: Entertainment (2) Television (2) Names (2) Soaps (2)

Pub quiz question 7015 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name beginning with J replaced Emily as Britain's favourite name for girls born in 2005?
Answer: A: Jessica
Categories: Names (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 7014 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the only new entry in the 2005 list of favourite boys names, probably thanks to Tony and Cherie Blair?
Answer: A: Leo
Categories: Names (4) Politics (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 7013 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which star of 'Pirates of the Caribbean - the Black Pearl' is blamed for her first name shooting into the UK top 40 for girls born in 2005?
Answer: A: Kiera Knightley
Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) 2000s (5) Names (5)

Pub quiz question 7012 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which boy's name's new-found popularity in 2005 is said to have been die to England's success in the Ashes cricket tournament?
Answer: A: Freddie
Notes: *: Flintoff
Categories: 2000s (6) Sports (6) Cricket (5) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 7011 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Britain's first blind cabinet minister?
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Notes: *: 1997
Categories: Politics (1) 1990s (1)

Pub quiz question 7010 by pjh2

Question: Q: What service did Ruby, Teddy, Lucy and Sadie perform for David Blunkett?
Answer: A: Guide Dogs
Categories: Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 7009 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK Home Secretary had a relationship with Kimberly Quinn (previously Fortier)?
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Notes: *: 2001-2004
Categories: 2000s (4) Politics (4) Sleaze (4)

Pub quiz question 7008 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London Club did David Blunkett allegedly receive free membership to?
Answer: A: Annabel's
Categories: Politics (6) London, UK (6) Sleaze (6)

Pub quiz question 7007 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became the youngest ever councillor on Sheffield City Council at the age of 22 in 1970?
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Categories: Politics (7) 1970s (7)