Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 9348 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many brains do Octopus have?
  2. Answer: A: 9
  3. Notes: *: Main one located in their head, and one each for their tenticles
  4. Categories: Biology (3)
Pub quiz question 9347 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the common name for the larva of a housefly?
  2. Answer: A: Maggot
  3. Categories: Biology (2) Science (2)
Pub quiz question 9346 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the capital of Iceland?
  2. Answer: A: Reykjavík
  3. Categories: Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 9345 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many films have Al Pacino and Robert De Niro appeared in together?
  2. Answer: A: Four
  3. Notes: *: The Godfather Part 2 (1974), Heat (1995), Righteous Kill (2008), The Irishman (2019)
  4. Categories: Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5)
Pub quiz question 9344 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Tennis Grand Slam is played on a clay surface?
  2. Answer: A: The French Open (aka Roland Garros)
  3. Categories: Tennis (3) Sports (4)
Pub quiz question 9343 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the capital of Finland?
  2. Answer: A: Helsinki
  3. Categories: Geography (3)
Pub quiz question 9342 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many of Henry VIII's wives were called Catherine?
  2. Answer: A: 3 (or 2 if you’re insisting on the ‘correct’ spelling)
  3. Notes: *: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr
  4. Categories: 1500s (5) Royalty (2)
Pub quiz question 9341 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: When was the movie the Titanic released?
  2. Answer: A: 1997
  3. Categories: Entertainment (4) Film/Movies (3) 1990s (3)
Pub quiz question 9340 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who wrote the book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car?
  2. Answer: A: Ian Fleming
  3. Categories: Entertainment (5) Literature (5)
Pub quiz question 7316 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Texel; Vlieland; Terschelling; Ameland; Schiermonnikoog?
  2. Answer: A: West Frisian Islands (off The Netherlands.)
  3. Categories: Connections (9) Geography (8)
Pub quiz question 7315 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Doc Martin; Wycliffe; Poldark; The Camomile Lawn?
  2. Answer: A: TV series set in Cornwall
  3. Categories: Connections (6) Television (6) Entertainment (7)
Pub quiz question 7314 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Nibali; Contador; Hinault; Gimondi; Merckx; Anquetil?
  2. Answer: A: Cyclists who have won all three grand tours
  3. Categories: Connections (8) Sports (8) General Knowledge (9)
Pub quiz question 7313 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Cammell Laird; Swan Hunter; Yarrow; Harland; Wolff?
  2. Answer: A: UK shipbuilders
  3. Categories: Connections (5) General Knowledge (6)
Pub quiz question 7312 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Rumpy; Riser; Stumpy; Stubby; Longy
  2. Answer: A: Classifications of Manx cats
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Biology (7)
Pub quiz question 7311 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton?
  2. Answer: A: They were the three that died in the gunfight at the OK Corral
  3. Notes: *: October 26, 1881
  4. Categories: Connections (7) History (6)
Pub quiz question 7310 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Only named character in Jesus's parables, and Mary and Martha's brother?
  2. Answer: A: Both called Lazarus in the Bible.
  3. Notes: *: The first in Luke 16:19–31 (the beggar), the second in Luke 10:38–42 and John 11:1–46 (the one who was resurrected)
  4. Categories: Connections (7) Religion (3)
Pub quiz question 7309 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What currency was worth 400 quintillion (1×10^20) pengö in 1946?
  2. Answer: A: 1 Hungarian forint
  3. Notes: *: Due to hyperinflation between 1945 and 1946. The forint was introduced on 1 August 1946.
  4. Categories: Politics (6) History (7) 1940s (7)
Pub quiz question 7308 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What are made by C Bechstein?
  2. Answer: A: Pianos
  3. Categories: Music (3) General Knowledge (3)
Pub quiz question 7307 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is Portugal's oldest university?
  2. Answer: A: Coimbra
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (7) Geography (7)
Pub quiz question 7306 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who is Prince Myshkin in a Dostoevsky novel?
  2. Answer: A: The Idiot
  3. Notes: *: In the novel of the same name.
  4. Categories: Literature (6) General Knowledge (7)
Pub quiz question 7305 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What culinary record is held by the Carolina Reaper?
  2. Answer: A: World's hottest chilli pepper
  3. Categories: Food (4) General Knowledge (6)
Pub quiz question 7304 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which cricket ground has a Shane Warne stand?
  2. Answer: A: Ageas Bowl, (Hampshire)
  3. Categories: Cricket (4) Sports (6) Names (6)
Pub quiz question 7303 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Whose motto is "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man"?
  2. Answer: A: The fictional town of Springfield (in "The Simpsons")
  3. Categories: Entertainment (5) Geography (6) Television (5)
Pub quiz question 7302 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Albert Pierrepoint; Peter Taylor; Winston Churchill; JMW Turner?
  2. Answer: A: Played on screen by Timothy Spall
  3. Notes: *: Pierrepoint (2005), The Damned United (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Mr. Turner(2014)
  4. Categories: Entertainment (7) Politics (8) Art (8) Connections (6)
Pub quiz question 7301 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What links: Van Winkle; Jim Beam; Maker's Mark; Wild Turkey
  2. Answer: A: Brands of bourbon whiskey
  3. Categories: Drink (2) Connections (3)
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