Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4540 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which popular cocktail was created at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore in, or around, 1915?
Answer: A: Singapore Sling
Categories: Drink (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 4539 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which eastern island city-state has a name meaning Lion Town?
Answer: A: Singapore
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4538 by pjh2

Question: Q: What can children buy in British shops that is banned in Singapore?
Answer: A: Chewing gum
Categories: Food (7) Geography (7) Business (7)

Pub quiz question 4537 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which is the world's largest container port?
Answer: A: Singapore
Categories: Geography (6) Business (6)

Pub quiz question 4536 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city-state's Rugby Sevens international tournament takes place at the Padang?
Answer: A: Singapore's
Categories: Geography (6) Sports (6) Rugby (6)

Pub quiz question 4535 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which famous Jamaican, who died in 1981, had the middle name Nesta?
Answer: A: Bob Marley
Categories: Music (2) Entertainment (2) Geography (2) 1980s (2)

Pub quiz question 4534 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most popular spirit produced in Jamaica?
Answer: A: Rum
Categories: Geography (3) Drink (3)

Pub quiz question 4533 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most famous drink from Jamaica's Blue Mountains?
Answer: A: Coffee
Categories: Drink (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4532 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Jamaica the world's leading exporter of during its first 200 years of British rule?
Answer: A: Sugar
Categories: Food (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4531 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which holiday islands off the coast of Africa introduced bananas to Jamaica in the 16th century?
Answer: A: Canary Islands
Categories: Food (5) Geography (5) History (5)

Pub quiz question 4530 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the better-known name for the Hellenic Republic?
Answer: A: Greece
Categories: Names (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4529 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country boasts the town of Corinth which gave its name to currents and a canal?
Answer: A: Greece
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4528 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which author build a home called Goldeneye in Jamaica?
Answer: A: Ian Flemming
Categories: Literature (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4527 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country has been called the 'Cradle of Western Civilization' and the 'Birthplace of Democracy?'
Answer: A: Greece
Categories: Geography (2) Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 4526 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which cheese is served with a classic Greek Salad?
Answer: A: Feta
Categories: Food (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4525 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which popular Greek disk is mostly smoked fish roe?
Answer: A: Taramasalata
Categories: Geography (5) Food (5)

Pub quiz question 4524 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to local porters who help climbers on Everest?
Answer: A: Sherpas
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4523 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which mountain is known in Nepal as Sagarmatha or 'Forehead of the Sky?'
Answer: A: Everest
Categories: Geography (3) Nature (3)

Pub quiz question 4522 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which star of 'Never on a Sunday' became Greek Minister of Culture?
Answer: A: Melina Mercouri
Notes: *: Never on a Sunday: 1960, Minister 1981/89, 1993/4
Categories: Politics (8) Geography (8) 1980s (8) 1990s (8)

Pub quiz question 4521 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many of the world's 100 highest mountains above 7,200 metres / 23,622 feet are in Asia?
Answer: A: All of them
Categories: Nature (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4520 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which planet boasts the tallest mountain in the Solar System?
Answer: A: Mars
Categories: Geography (6) Science (6)

Pub quiz question 4519 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which motorway separates Sheffield from Rotherham?
Answer: A: M1
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4518 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US mountain has the highest visible base-to-summit elevation on Earth?
Answer: A: Mount McKinley
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 4517 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which African mountain was formerly known as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze?
Answer: A: Mount Kilimanjaro
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4516 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Sheffield theatre is a famous snooker venue?
Answer: A: The Crucible
Categories: Snooker (1) Sports (1) Geography (1)