Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4090 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former London market now better known as an entertainment and shopping complex, was the birthplace of JMW Turner?
Answer: A: Covent Garden
Categories: Art (6) London, UK (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 4089 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which pioneering pilots are commemorated by a marble statue at Heathrow Airport?
Answer: A: John Alcock and Arthur Brown
Notes: *: The first two aviators to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919
Categories: Art (6) London, UK (6)

Pub quiz question 4088 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Queen is depicted with her daughters in a great bronze statue by Westminister Bridge?
Answer: A: Boudica/Boadicea
Categories: Royalty (6) Art (6) London, UK (6)

Pub quiz question 4087 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London tourist attraction's famous fourth plinth became the site for Marc Quinn's sculpture of naked and pregnant Alison Lapper in 2005?
Answer: A: Trafalgar Square
Categories: London, UK (2) 2000s (2) Geography (2) Art (2)

Pub quiz question 4086 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which children's writer was ninth on the 2006 list of the world's highest earning entertainers?
Answer: A: JK Rowling
Categories: Literature (2) 2000s (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 4085 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who, in 2004, became the first person to become a US dollar billionaire by writing books?
Answer: A: JK Rowling
Categories: Literature (2) 2000s (2)

Pub quiz question 4084 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which children's writer's name was given to newly discovered asteroid 43844 in 2006?
Answer: A: JK Rowling's
Categories: Literature (4) Science (4) 2000s (4) Astronomy (4)

Pub quiz question 4083 by pjh2

Question: Q: What writer invented a middle initial to go with her real first one as her publisher feared boys wouldn't books by a woman?
Answer: A: Joanne Rowling (JK Rowling)
Categories: Literature (3) Names (3)

Pub quiz question 4082 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who produced two booklets for Comic Relief under the names of Newt Scamander and Kennilworthy Whisp?
Answer: A: JK Rowling
Categories: Literature (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 4081 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the well known (author) wife of anæsthetist Dr Neil Murray?
Answer: A: JK Rowling
Categories: Literature (7)

Pub quiz question 4080 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Antony Gormley sculpture welcomes drivers on the A1 to Tyneside?
Answer: A: The Angel of the North
Categories: Art (3) Gateshead, UK (3) Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 4079 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which BBC building in Portland Place boasts Eric Gill's sculptures Prospero and Ariel above the front door?
Answer: A: Broadcasting House
Categories: Art (4)

Pub quiz question 4078 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which fictional character's Hyde Park statue was installed in the night at the request of JM Barrie who thought this would retain its magical appeal?
Answer: A: Peter Pan's
Categories: Art (4) Literature (4)

Pub quiz question 4077 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which great English artist painted 'The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last birth to be broken up' in 1839?
Answer: A: JMW Turner
Categories: Art (3)

Pub quiz question 4076 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which London church is the final resting place of JMW Turner?
Answer: A: St Paul's Cathedral
Categories: Art (4) London, UK (4)

Pub quiz question 4075 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English Artist was known as 'the painter of light?'
Answer: A: JMW Turner
Categories: Art (6)

Pub quiz question 4074 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does the M in JMW Turner's name stand for?
Answer: A: Mallord
Categories: Names (8) Art (8)

Pub quiz question 4073 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which great British artist died at the home of his mistress, Sophia Booth, in 1851?
Answer: A: JMW Turner
Categories: Art (8)

Pub quiz question 4072 by pjh2

Question: Q: What country introduced the paperless toilet with built in bidet and warm air dryer in 1980?
Answer: A: Japan
Categories: Science (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 4071 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Addis create the first artificial example of in the 1930s using the same machine they used to manufacture toilet brushes?
Answer: A: Christmas tree
Categories: Christmas (2) Science (5) 1930s (6)

Pub quiz question 4070 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was first manufactured commercially in 1857 by Joseph Gayetty with his name proudly printed on each sheet?
Answer: A: Toilet paper
Categories: Science (8)

Pub quiz question 4069 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was pioneered by Sir John Harington, Elizabeth I's godson?
Answer: A: The WC
Categories: Science (7)

Pub quiz question 4068 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was often referred to in polite company as TP before Trivial Pursuit was introduced?
Answer: A: Toilet Paper
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (4) Science (4) General Knowledge (4)

Pub quiz question 4067 by pjh2

Question: Q: What colour toilet paper became trendy in 2004 when introduced by the Portuguese Renova company?
Answer: A: Black
Categories: 2000s (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 4066 by pjh2

Question: Q: What find the Stone Fish a place in the record books?
Answer: A: Most poisonous fish
Categories: Nature (6) Science (6) Biology (6)