Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4415 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which leader of Solidarność (soli-dar-nosht - Solidarity) became President of Poland in 1990?
Answer: A: Lech Wałęsan (Lek Var-wen-sa)
Categories: Politics (2) History (2) 1990s (2)

Pub quiz question 4414 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country lost the highest proportion of its citizens in World War II?
Answer: A: Poland
Categories: 1930s (4) 1940s (4) History (4) Politics (4) Military (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 4413 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which public school did the future 1st Duke of Wellington fail to excel at?
Answer: A: Eton
Categories: History (6)

Pub quiz question 4412 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was known as the Iron Duke?
Answer: A: The Duke of Wellington
Categories: History (3) Names (3)

Pub quiz question 4411 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the alternative name for Apsley house, the residence of the Duke of Wellington?
Answer: A: Number One, London
Categories: History (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4410 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which titled military leader became Tory Prime Minister in 1928?
Answer: A: The Duke of Wellington
Categories: History (8) Politics (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 4409 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which rock star was a co-founder of the Rainforest Foundation?
Answer: A: Sting
Notes: *: 1989
Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 4408 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British rock star has been known to sell his own outrageous clothes on behalf of his AIDS foundation?
Answer: A: Elton John
Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4)

Pub quiz question 4407 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who handed Pope John Paul II his trademark sunglasses after asking: "Holy Father, do you want a pair of fly shades?"
Answer: A: Bono
Notes: *: 2005(?)
Categories: Religion (4) Entertainment (6) Music (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 4406 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former Beatle organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh?
Answer: A: George Harrison
Categories: 1970s (5) Entertainment (5) Music (5)

Pub quiz question 4405 by pjh2

Question: Q: What shook building in Yorkshire and the West Midlands on 23rd September 2002?
Answer: A: An earthquake
Categories: History (2) 2000s (2)

Pub quiz question 4404 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who's life is commemorated by the Garland Appeal which has aims including 'fighting cancer through the healing power of music?'
Answer: A: Linda McCartney's
Categories: Entertainment (8) Music (8)

Pub quiz question 4403 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which rock star was Bob Geldof's Live Aid co-organiser?
Answer: A: Midge Ure
Notes: *: 1984
Categories: Entertainment (3) Music (3) 1980s (3)

Pub quiz question 4402 by pjh2

Question: Q: What ocean suffered the 2004 earthquake which triggered a tsunami which killed more than 250,000 people?
Answer: A: Indian Ocean
Categories: 2000s (3) History (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4401 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US city lost 3,000 people in a 1906 earthquake?
Answer: A: San Francisco
Categories: Geography (4) History (4)

Pub quiz question 4400 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Indonesian island lost almost 5,000 people to a 2006 earthquake?
Answer: A: Java
Categories: Geography (6) History (6)

Pub quiz question 4399 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US state suffered the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful in North America's history?
Answer: A: Alaska
Categories: 1960s (7) History (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 4398 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's city of Bam was destroyed by an earthquake in 2003?
Answer: A: Iran's
Categories: Geography (8) History (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 4397 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Jimmy Carter's Vice-President?
Answer: A: Walter (Fritz) Mondale
Notes: *: 1976-1980
Categories: Politics (8) History (8) 1970s (8) 1980s (8)

Pub quiz question 4396 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who served as Vice-President to Bill Clinton and gained over half a million votes more than George W Bush when Bush was elected President in 2000?
Answer: A: Al Gore
Categories: Politics (5) History (5) 2000s (5)

Pub quiz question 4395 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country left the European Union following an 1985 referendum?
Answer: A: Greenland
Categories: Politics (5) Geography (5) 1980s (5)

Pub quiz question 4394 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the only person to have become Vice-President and President of the USA without being elected to either position?
Answer: A: Gerald Ford
Notes: *: Vice Presidency, 1973–74; Presidency, 1974–77
Categories: Politics (7) History (7) 1970s (7)

Pub quiz question 4393 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US Vice-President achieved instant promotion when J.F.Kennedy died?
Answer: A: Lyndon B Johnson
Notes: *: Friday, November 22, 1963
Categories: Politics (4) History (4) 1960s (4)

Pub quiz question 4392 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the popular name for the European Economic Community?
Answer: A: The Common Market
Categories: Politics (2) Business (2)

Pub quiz question 4391 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country had bagged the most seats in the European Parliament at the start of 2007?
Answer: A: Germany
Categories: Politics (3) Geography (3) 2000s (3)