Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7006 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which politician was the subject of the play 'Who's the Daddy?'
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Notes: *: 2005
Categories: Entertainment (8) 2000s (8) Politics (8) Sleaze (7)

Pub quiz question 7005 by pjh2

Question: Q: What city became capital of Cuba in 1519?
Answer: A: Havana
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 7004 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959?
Answer: A: Fidel Castro
Categories: Politics (3) 1950s (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 7003 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Welsh band charged just 17p per head for their 1991 Cuba gig attended by Fidel Castro?
Answer: A: The Manic Street Preachers
Categories: Music (5) Entertainment (5) 1990s (5) Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 7002 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Argentinian Marxist, who became a bedroom poster icon of the 1960s, was one of Fidel Castro's closest advisers?
Answer: A: Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
Categories: Politics (5) 1960s (5)

Pub quiz question 7001 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the first name of Fidel Castro's Younger brother who became President of Cuba's Council of State during Castro's 2006 Illness?
Answer: A: Raúl
Categories: 2000s (8) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7000 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Caribbean island did Columbus originally name Juana?
Answer: A: Cuba
Categories: History (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6999 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which expedition leader was narrowly beaten to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1912?
Answer: A: Robert Falcon Scott
Categories: History (2) 1910s (2)

Pub quiz question 6998 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was explorer Ernest Shackleton's country of birth?
Answer: A: Ireland
Categories: History (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 6997 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which explorer's final words were: "I am just going outside and may be some time?"
Answer: A: Captain Lawrence Oates'
Notes: *: 17 March 1912
Categories: History (5) Quotations (5) 1910s (5)

Pub quiz question 6996 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which explorer was a Liberal Unionist candidate for Dundee at the 1906 general election?
Answer: A: Ernest Shackleton
Categories: Politics (7) 1900s (7)

Pub quiz question 6995 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ships failed to live up to its name when it was crushed by Antarctic ice in 1915?
Answer: A: Endurance
Categories: History (6) 1910s (6)

Pub quiz question 6994 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who led the 'Discovery Expedition' to the Antarctic in 1901?
Answer: A: Robert Falcon Scott
Categories: 1900s (8) History (8)

Pub quiz question 6993 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which saint is said to have landed in Ireland in AD432?
Answer: A: St. Patrick
Categories: Religion (2) History (2) Geography (2)

Pub quiz question 6992 by pjh2

Question: Q: What shortage killed one million Irish people in the 1840s?
Answer: A: Potatoes
Categories: Food (1) History (1)

Pub quiz question 6991 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's parliament passed the Act of Union in 1801?
Answer: A: Ireland's
Categories: Politics (1) Geography (1)

Pub quiz question 6990 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country did the Romans call Hibernia?
Answer: A: Ireland
Categories: History (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6989 by pjh2

Question: Q: What replaced the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 2001?
Answer: A: The Police Service of Northern Island
Categories: Crime (4) Politics (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 6988 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was suspended in Northern Ireland in 1972?
Answer: A: Home Rule
Categories: Politics (5) 1970s (5)

Pub quiz question 6987 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British author did Ayatollah Khomeini sentence to death?
Answer: A: Salman Rushdie
Notes: *: 14 February 1989
Categories: Literature (1) Religion (1) 1980s (1)

Pub quiz question 6986 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which European country was Ayatollah Khomeini's home for the final years of his exile?
Answer: A: France
Categories: Religion (5) Geography (5) Politics (5)

Pub quiz question 6985 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country saw the 1979-1980 hostage crisis which ended as Ronald Regan took his oath of office?
Answer: A: Iran
Categories: 1970s (6) 1980s (6) Politics (6) Military (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 6984 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose body was exposed to the world in 1989 as fanatical mourners ripped shreds from his shroud?
Answer: A: Ayatollah Khomeini's
Categories: Religion (6) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 6983 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the meaning of 'Imam', the title by which the Ayatollah Khomeini was known in Iran?
Answer: A: Leader
Categories: Language (7) Religion (7)

Pub quiz question 6982 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country was at war with Iran from 1980 to 1988?
Answer: A: Iraq
Categories: Military (6) Politics (6) 1980s (6) Geography (6)