Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 3715 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the square root of 4?
Answer: A: Two
Categories: Mathematics (1) Science (1)

Pub quiz question 3714 by pjh2

Question: Q: Iceberg and Dorothy Perkins are examples of what?
Answer: A: Rose
Categories: Nature (2) Biology (2)

Pub quiz question 3713 by pjh2

Question: Q: Ivor Allchurch is associated with which sport?
Answer: A: Football
Categories: Sports (5)

Pub quiz question 3712 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which film ends with 'tomorrow is another day?'
Answer: A: Gone with the Wind
Categories: Literature (3) Film/Movies (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 3711 by pjh2

Question: Q: A revolving firework is named after which saint?
Answer: A: Catherine
Categories: General Knowledge (3) Religion (3)

Pub quiz question 3710 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who murdered Abel?
Answer: A: Cain
Categories: Religion (2) Literature (2)

Pub quiz question 3709 by pjh2

Question: Q: In 1974, parts of Somerset and Gloucestershire were made which new county?
Answer: A: Avon
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 3708 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Italian phrase used in English means in the fresh or cool air?
Answer: A: Al fresco
Categories: Language (3)

Pub quiz question 3707 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which TV series did the characters Edina and Saffron appear?
Answer: A: Absolutely Fabulous
Categories: Entertainment (3) Comedy (2) Television (3)

Pub quiz question 3706 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Ben won an Oscar for Best Actor in Gandhi?
Answer: A: Kingsley
Categories: Entertainment (3) Film/Movies (3)

Pub quiz question 3705 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many degrees in a right angle?
Answer: A: 90
Categories: Mathematics (3)

Pub quiz question 3704 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which group had a No. 1 with 'Hey Jude?'
Answer: A: The Beatles
Categories: Music (3) Entertainment (3)

Pub quiz question 3703 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's credit rating got downgraded on Friday (5th Aug 2011)
Answer: A: USA
Categories: Current Affairs (5)

Pub quiz question 3702 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11. Which comedian crashed, for the second time, their McLaren F1 - hitting a tree and a road sign before catching fire, even though they said they were driving at an "embarrassingly low-speed and therefore not related to my handling of the car."
Answer: A: Rowan Atkinson
Categories: Current Affairs (2)

Pub quiz question 3701 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, The death of Mark Duggan was said to be the cause of riots in which area of London?
Answer: A: Tottenham
Categories: Current Affairs (4)

Pub quiz question 3700 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11. In the latest tragedy to hit Norway, what killed one person and left another 4 injured?
Answer: A: A Polar Bear
Categories: Current Affairs (3)

Pub quiz question 3699 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Dragon's Den star quickly retracted the reward for £50,000 to anyone who broke the arms of whoever was threatening his daughter on Twitter, and replaced it with a reward of £30,000 for information leading to an arrest?
Answer: A: Duncan Bannatyne
Categories: Entertainment (7) Current Affairs (6)

Pub quiz question 3698 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which of the three people convicted for the death of Peter Connelly/Baby P was released less than halfway through his six-year jail sentence?
Answer: A: Jason Owen
Categories: Crime (8) Current Affairs (5)

Pub quiz question 3697 by pjh2

Question: Q: 11:00 8th August 2011, Summarise any of the three e-petitions that are more popular than the one calling for the restoration of capital punishment.
Answer: A: Cheaper petrol and diesel,(18,191). Petition to retain the ban on Capital Punishment View (17,608). Keep Formula 1 Free To Air in the UK View (12,892)
Notes: *: Restore Capital Punishment View (9,933)
Categories: Politics (8) Current Affairs (7) Sports (9)

Pub quiz question 3696 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which ex-president of Egypt went on trial, along with his two sons, for corruption and the premediated killing of peaceful protestors?
Answer: A: Muhammad (Hosni Sayyid) Mubarak
Categories: Politics (8) Current Affairs (5)

Pub quiz question 3695 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug'11, Which country's president was pictured trying to bend a frying pan?
Answer: A: Russia (Putin)
Categories: Current Affairs (6) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 3694 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Which weatherman said he should be to blame, not Michael Fish for dismissing the Great Storm of 1987?
Answer: A: Bill Giles
Categories: Current Affairs (5) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 3693 by pjh2

Question: Q: Aug '11, Paul Daniels took himself to hospital after being attacked by which fellow entertainer?
Answer: A: Sooty
Notes: *: Daniels got hit in the eye with a bit of pizza that was meant to be thrown
Categories: Entertainment (7) Current Affairs (4)

Pub quiz question 3692 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which soap is set in Borsetshire?
Answer: A: The Archers
Categories: Radio (4) Entertainment (4) Soaps (4)

Pub quiz question 3691 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who left EastEnders for France with two of her three children?
Answer: A: Cindy Beale
Categories: Soaps (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)