Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7275 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Thales of Miletus correctly predict?
Answer: A: A solar eclipse
Notes: *: The one that stopped the battle between King Alyattes of Lydia and King Cyaxares of Media, apparently on May 28, 585.
Categories: Science (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 7274 by pjh2

Question: Q: In 1981, which team was the South African Breweries XI?
Answer: A: England rebel cricket tourists. Accept English team.
Categories: Sports (5) Cricket (3) 1980s (6)

Pub quiz question 7273 by pjh2

Question: Q: What arrived in Britain at Weymouth in 1348?
Answer: A: The Black Death/bubonic plague
Categories: Biology (5) Science (7) History (5) 1300s (6)

Pub quiz question 7263 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does ZIP in ZIP code - the 'postcode' in the US stand for?
Answer: A: Zone Improvement Plan
Categories: Language (5) Acronyms/Abbreviations (5)

Pub quiz question 7262 by pjh2

Question: Q: In shipping, what does RMS stand for?
Answer: A: Royal Mail Ship
Categories: Travel (7) Acronyms/Abbreviations (7) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 7261 by pjh2

Question: Q: What Roman road linked London to Wroxeter?
Answer: A: Watling Street
Categories: History (4) Travel (4) Geography (4)

Pub quiz question 7260 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did the ancient Romans call the town which is now the capital city of England?
Answer: A: Londinium
Categories: History (1) Geography (1)

Pub quiz question 7259 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Queen of the Iceni led a revolt against the Romans in AD61?
Answer: A: Boudica/Boadicea
Categories: History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 7258 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future conquerors made their first visits to Britain in 55BC?
Answer: A: Romans
Categories: History (2)

Pub quiz question 7257 by pjh2

Question: Q: What county did the Roman invasion of 43AD begin in?
Answer: A: Kent
Categories: History (6) Geography (6)

Pub quiz question 7256 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the modern name for the Roman city of Verulamium?
Answer: A: St Albans
Categories: Geography (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 7255 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ship sank as RMS Carpathia rescued roughly 700 of the former's survivors?
Answer: A: RMS Titanic
Notes: *: Sank 1912
Categories: History (1) 1910s (1) Travel (1)

Pub quiz question 7254 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the longest, widest, tallest passenger ship ever built when she was launched in 1882?
Answer: A: RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2)
Categories: 1800s (2) History (2) Travel (2)

Pub quiz question 7253 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ship was found abandoned between Portugal and the Azores in 1882?
Answer: A: Mary Celeste
Categories: History (4) Travel (4) 1800s (4)

Pub quiz question 7252 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only remaining classic clipper, which can be seen at Greenwich?
Answer: A: Cutty Sark
Categories: Travel (5) History (5) 1800s (5)

Pub quiz question 7251 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of Jacques Cousteau's most famous research vessel?
Answer: A: Calypso
Categories: Travel (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 7250 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Cunard ocean liner was sunk by German torpedoes on 7 May 1915?
Answer: A: RMS Lusitania
Categories: 1910s (7) Travel (7) History (7)

Pub quiz question 7249 by pjh2

Question: Q: What woman's name was the last word spoken by Napoleon?
Answer: A: Josephine
Notes: *: Died: May 5, 1821
Categories: History (1) 1800s (1)

Pub quiz question 7248 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US President once wore a Nazi uniform in a movie?
Answer: A: Ronald Reagan
Notes: *: Desperate Journey, 1942
Categories: Entertainment (3) Politics (3) 1940s (3)

Pub quiz question 7247 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does Caerphilly's ancient castle have that people travel all over the way to Pisa to see?
Answer: A: A leaning tower
Categories: Buildings (2) History (1) Geography (1)

Pub quiz question 7246 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which saint died in the last 6th or early 7th century after founding a monastery in what is now Pembrokeshire?
Answer: A: St David
Categories: Religion (4) History (4)

Pub quiz question 7245 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country was separated from England by Offa's Dyke?
Answer: A: Wales
Categories: Geography (2) History (2)

Pub quiz question 7244 by pjh2

Question: Q: What annual Welsh event is thought to have developed from a music and poetry festival staged in the 12th century by Rhys ap Gruffydd?
Answer: A: Eisteddfod
Categories: History (8) 1200s (8)

Pub quiz question 7243 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country's tribes included the Silures and Ordovices, who managed to resist Roman rule for several years?
Answer: A: Wales'
Categories: History (6) Military (7)

Pub quiz question 7242 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country was missing from the map on the cover of the 2004 'Eurostat Statistical Compendium' of all the facts and figures about Europe?
Answer: A: Wales
Categories: Politics (6) 2000s (6) History (5)