Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4390 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US Vice-President couldn't spell potato and is wrongly attributed the quote 'It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it?'
  2. Answer: A: Dan Quayle
  3. Categories: Politics (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 4389 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What F word did Tony Blair fight to have removed from the European Constitution?
  2. Answer: A: Federal
  3. Notes: *: May, 2003
  4. Categories: 2000s (5) Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 4388 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Greek goddess gave her name to the city of Athens?
  2. Answer: A: Athena
  3. Categories: Mythology (2) Geography (2)
Pub quiz question 4387 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country joined the EEC along with Ireland and the UK in 1973?
  2. Answer: A: Denmark
  3. Categories: 1970s (6) Geography (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 4386 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which hill in Athens does the Parthenon stand on?
  2. Answer: A: The Acropolis
  3. Categories: Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 4385 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which greek island was the centre of the Minoan civilisation?
  2. Answer: A: Crete
  3. Categories: Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 4384 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country began negotiations to join the European Union in 2005 and expected to be accepted in 2010?
  2. Answer: A: Croatia
  3. Notes: *: Currently it's now going to be 1 July 2013
  4. Categories: Geography (8) Politics (8) 2000s (8) 2010s (8)
Pub quiz question 4383 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the world's biggest selling cigarette brand at the start of the 21st Century?
  2. Answer: A: Marlboro
  3. Categories: Business (3)
Pub quiz question 4382 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which sea did Plato describe the ancient Greeks living by 'Like frogs around a pond?"
  2. Answer: A: Aegean
  3. Categories: History (6)
Pub quiz question 4381 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which ruler brought the whole of Greece together following the internal struggles between Athenians and Spartans?
  2. Answer: A: Alexander the Great
  3. Categories: History (5) Military (5)
Pub quiz question 4380 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was John Rolfe farming in Virginia when he met and married Pocahontas?
  2. Answer: A: Tobacco
  3. Categories: History (5)
Pub quiz question 4379 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the 'agora' in an ancient Greek City?
  2. Answer: A: Marketplace
  3. Categories: Language (7)
Pub quiz question 4378 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What were the dried leaves presented to Columbus by Arawak Indians which he threw away after noting their 'distinct fragrance?'
  2. Answer: A: Tobacco
  3. Categories: Biology (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 4377 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which was Britain's first holiday resort with a no-smoking beach?
  2. Answer: A: Bournemouth
  3. Notes: *: 1997
  4. Categories: Politics (6) 1990s (6)
Pub quiz question 4376 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the first country in Europe to place an outright ban on smoking in the workplace?
  2. Answer: A: Ireland
  3. Notes: *: 29 March 2004
  4. Categories: Politics (4) Geography (4) 2000s (4)
Pub quiz question 4375 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which King of England wrote his famous attach on tobacco in 1604?
  2. Answer: A: James I
  3. Categories: Royalty (7) History (7)
Pub quiz question 4374 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What country were Stonehenge's bluestones quarried in?
  2. Answer: A: Wales
  3. Categories: Geography (2)
Pub quiz question 4373 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: how many stones make up each of Stonehenge's trilithons?
  2. Answer: A: Three
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (3)
Pub quiz question 4372 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the main tourist attraction next to the A303 between Winterbourne Stoke and Amesbury?
  2. Answer: A: Stonehenge
  3. Categories: Geography (5) General Knowledge (5)
Pub quiz question 4371 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which historic English monument and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in 1986?
  2. Answer: A: Stonehenge
  3. Categories: 1980s (6)
Pub quiz question 4370 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What ancient English monument was sold for £6,000 at a 1914 auction in Salisbury?
  2. Answer: A: Stonehenge
  3. Categories: 1910s (4) General Knowledge (4)
Pub quiz question 4369 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which virus killed more people a the end of World War I than died in the fighting?
  2. Answer: A: Influenza/flu
  3. Categories: 1910s (3) Biology (3) Military (3)
Pub quiz question 4368 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which organisation owns Stonehenge?
  2. Answer: A: English Heritage
  3. Categories: Business (7)
Pub quiz question 4367 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was given to the area between fighting fronts during World War II?
  2. Answer: A: No man's land
  3. Categories: Language (2) Military (2) 1910s (2)
Pub quiz question 4366 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Lord featured on the famous World War I 'Your Country Needs You' poster?
  2. Answer: A: Lord Kitchener
  3. Categories: Politics (5) 1910s (5) Military (5)
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