Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4131 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Chicago see the USA's first example of in 1884?
Answer: A: Skyscraper
Categories: Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4130 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of the Great Lakes touches Chicago?
Answer: A: Lake Michigan
Categories: Geography (5)

Pub quiz question 4129 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Chicago's main international airport?
Answer: A: O'Hare
Categories: Geography (7) Travel (7)

Pub quiz question 4128 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is known as America's Windy City?
Answer: A: Chicago
Categories: Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4127 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Sinatra call "That toddlin' town?"
Answer: A: Chicago
Categories: Geography (3) Entertainment (3) Music (3)

Pub quiz question 4126 by pjh2

Question: Q: how many guns did the 15 members of the Great Train Robbery gang use between them in the raid?
Answer: A: None
Notes: *: 1963
Categories: 1960s (5) History (5)

Pub quiz question 4125 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was MP for Sedgefield at the start of the 21st Century?
Answer: A: Tony Blair
Categories: Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 4124 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are Tony Blair's middle names?
Answer: A: Charles Lynton
Categories: Names (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 4123 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who led the Labour Party immediately before Tony Blair?
Answer: A: John Smith
Notes: *: Technically Margaret Beckett was Leader (May '94-Jul '94) after Smith's death until Blair's election as leader since there was automatic promotion in the party's constitution for the deputy leader in such circumstances.
Categories: Politics (5) 1990s (5)

Pub quiz question 4122 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is Tony Blair's birth sign?
Answer: A: Taurus
Categories: Politics (4) Superstitions (4)

Pub quiz question 4121 by pjh2

Question: Q: What word completed Tony Blair's statement: "You only require two things in life; your sanity and your ....?"
Answer: A: Wife
Categories: Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 4120 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the train robber who was the main subject of the film Buster, starring Phil Collins?
Answer: A: Ronald Edwards
Notes: *: Train robbery in 1963, film in 1988
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) History (7) 1960s (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 4119 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country did train robber Ronnie Biggs move to when police discovered his Australian address?
Answer: A: Brazil
Categories: Geography (3) History (3)

Pub quiz question 4118 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which rock start is Tony Blair said to have modelled himself on during his schooldays?
Answer: A: Mick Jagger
Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (5) Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 4117 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Great Train Robber asked in 2001 if he could be allowed home to enjoy a pint in a Margate pub?
Answer: A: Ronnie Biggs
Notes: *: Train robbery in 1963
Categories: 2000s (4) History (4)

Pub quiz question 4116 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Jack Mills driving to make headline news in 1963?
Answer: A: A train
Notes: *: The Great Train Robbery
Categories: History (4) 1960s (4)

Pub quiz question 4115 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English county did the Great Train Robbery take place in?
Answer: A: Buckinghamshire
Notes: *: 1963
Categories: 1960s (7) Geography (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 4114 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which state's ballot counting, said by some to be ballot rigging, held up the 2000 UK Presidential election result for more than a month?
Answer: A: Florida's
Categories: Politics (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 4113 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 2004 US election campaign slogans included "Stronger at home, respected in the World?"
Answer: A: George W Bush's
Categories: Politics (3) 2000s (3) Quotations (3)

Pub quiz question 4112 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was given to the hanging bits of paper which confused American vite counters in 2000?
Answer: A: Chads
Categories: 2000s (4) Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 4111 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who's more articulate quotes include "I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it?"
Answer: A: George W Bush's
Categories: Politics (7) Quotations (7)

Pub quiz question 4110 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was George W Bush's main competitor in the 2004 US Presidential election?
Answer: A: John F Kerry
Categories: Politics (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 4109 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Bill Clinton's main competitor in the 1996 US Presidential election?
Answer: A: Bob Dole
Categories: Politics (8) 1990s (8)

Pub quiz question 4108 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which world record stood at 2.45 metres at the start of the 21st century?
Answer: A: High jump
Categories: Sports (3) 2000s (3) Athletics (3)

Pub quiz question 4107 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which athletic event saw the Western Roll and Straddle mostly replaced by the Fosbury Flop
Answer: A: High jump
Categories: Sports (2) Athletics (2)