Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4056 by pjh2

Question: Q: What vegetable has types called butterhead, boston, bibb and iceberg?
Answer: A: Lettuce
Categories: Food (2) Nature (2)

Pub quiz question 4055 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the commonest vegetable to take its name from a European capital city?
Answer: A: Brussels sprouts
Categories: Nature (2) Food (2) Language (2)

Pub quiz question 4054 by pjh2

Question: Q: Sunday was the 10th anniversary of what?
Answer: A: September 11 attacks on the US; 9/11
Categories: Current Affairs (3)

Pub quiz question 4053 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country is David Cameron currently visiting?
Answer: A: Russia
Categories: Current Affairs (4)

Pub quiz question 4052 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which comedian swam 140miles of the Thames for charity, raising nearly £1M (September 2011)
Answer: A: David Walliams
Categories: Current Affairs (4)

Pub quiz question 4051 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of the hurricane that hit the UK (in the middle of September '11)?
Answer: A: Katia
Categories: Current Affairs (6)

Pub quiz question 4050 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the final score in the Sunderland v Chelsea match on Saturday 10th Sep 2011?
Answer: A: Sunderland 1 - 2 Chelsea
Categories: Current Affairs (6)

Pub quiz question 4049 by pjh2

Question: Q: The minimum wage is rising from £5.93 to how much on October 1st 2011?
Answer: A: £6.08
Categories: Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 4048 by pjh2

Question: Q: Jenny Bessant, along with her husband and two kids, have been barred for life from The Nutley Arms in East Sussex, for suggesting that the landlord serve what?
Answer: A: Diet/sugar-free Lemonade
Notes: *: The landlord claims she was rude about it.
Categories: Current Affairs (9)

Pub quiz question 4047 by pjh2

Question: Q: September 2011 - which presenter of Top Gear has signed up with TomTom to be a new voice for their sat-navs?
Answer: A: Jeremy Clarkson
Categories: Entertainment (7) Current Affairs (4)

Pub quiz question 4046 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who won Celebrity Big Brother 2011?
Answer: A: Paddy Doherty
Notes: *: He is best known as one of the interviewed gypsies in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
Categories: Television (5) Entertainment (5) Current Affairs (5)

Pub quiz question 4045 by pjh2

Question: Q: What English name is given to the 2004 German film 'Der Untergang' which depicts the last 10 days of Hitler, and from which one scene has been parodied thousands of time on Youtube by changing the subtitles to completely different subjects?
Answer: A: Downfall
Categories: 2000s (7) Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7)

Pub quiz question 4044 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British TV and radio quiz show, that started in 1972, is still going, and has been variously presented by Magnus Magnusson, Peter Snow, Clive Anderson and John Humphrys?
Answer: A: Mastermind
Categories: Entertainment (3) Television (3) Radio (3) 1970s (3)

Pub quiz question 4043 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the a gigantic beast in Labyrinth, whom Sarah found being tortured by goblins and ended up being one of her travelling companions?
Answer: A: Ludo
Notes: *: 1986
Categories: Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8)

Pub quiz question 4042 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1980s SitCom, starring Ronnie Corbett, revolved around 40-something Timothy Lumsden, a librarian who still lives with his domineering mother Phyllis and his henpecked father Sydney who's catchphrase was "Language Timothy!"?
Answer: A: Sorry!
Notes: *: 1981-1982, 1985-1988
Categories: SitComs (4) Comedy (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 4041 by pjh2

Question: Q: From which 1980s musical are "I know him so well" and "One night in Bangkok" from?
Answer: A: Chess
Notes: *: Premiered in 1986 in London
Categories: Entertainment (3) 1980s (3) Music (3)

Pub quiz question 4040 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the country house of the English Prime Minister called?
Answer: A: Chequers
Categories: Politics (5) General Knowledge (5)

Pub quiz question 4039 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1985 comedy mystery film starring Tim Curry as Wadsworth the butler, involved 6 blackmail victims including a Senator's wife who accepted bribes, a Psychiatrist who had an affair with a patient and a black widow, and the death of Mr Boddy, their blackmailer?
Answer: A: Clue
Categories: 1980s (7) Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7)

Pub quiz question 4038 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which play by Agatha Christie opened in London in 1952, and with over 24,000 performances so far, is still running?
Answer: A: Mousetrap
Categories: 1950s (5) Literature (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 4037 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which bus comany runs the CityLink ([N]58), QuayLink (Q1/Q2) and The Loop (93/94) routes in Newcastle and Gateshead?
Answer: A: Go North East
Categories: Newcastle, UK (4) Gateshead, UK (4)

Pub quiz question 4036 by pjh2

Question: Q: According to Mintel's annual British Lifestyles survey, adults living where are the happiest people in Britian?
Answer: A: Yorkshire
Categories: Current Affairs (5)

Pub quiz question 4035 by pjh2

Question: Q: An inquest into the death of which criminal, who died in Jul '10, started at Newcastle Crown Court (Mon 5th September 2011)?
Answer: A: Raoul Moat
Categories: Current Affairs (7)

Pub quiz question 4034 by pjh2

Question: Q: UK Road sign
Image: i:
Answer: A: One way traffic
Categories: Road signs (3)

Pub quiz question 4033 by pjh2

Question: Q: UK road sign
Image: i:
Answer: A: Cycles only
Categories: Road signs (3)

Pub quiz question 4032 by pjh2

Question: Q: UK Road sign
Image: i:
Answer: A: Slippery road
Categories: Road signs (3)