Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7291 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where did the Solomonic dynasty rule until 1974?
Answer: A: Ethiopia
Categories: 1970s (8) Geography (8) Royalty (7) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 7290 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the world's fastest swimming bird?
Answer: A: Gentoo penguin
Notes: *: Up to 22mph (36km/h.) Sailfish can reach 68 mph (110 km/h) but only over short distances.
Categories: Nature (7) General Knowledge (8) Sports (8)

Pub quiz question 7289 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was cursed by Béla Guttmann?
Answer: A: Benfica football club in 1962, when he left as manager.
Notes: *: After winning the 1962 European Cup Final against Real Madrid, Guttmann reportedly approached the Benfica board of directors and asked for a modest pay rise. They refused. He said as he left "[n]ot in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever be European champions again." As of 2022, while they've reached the finals 8 times, they've yet to win (twice lost on penalties.) The Uner-19's won theirs in 2022.
Categories: 1960s (7) Football (4) Sports (6) Superstitions (8)

Pub quiz question 7288 by pjh2

Question: Q: Greenway in Devon was the holiday home of which writer?
Answer: A: Agatha Christie
Categories: Literature (6) General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 7287 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Peanut; strawberry; jerusalem artichoke?
Answer: A: Misnomer foods - they aren't what their names imply.
Notes: *: Strictly speaking: not a nut (legume,) not a berry (an 'accessory fruit' - the actual fruit are the seeds,) not an artichoke (it's actually a type of sunflower)
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Food (6) Connections (6)

Pub quiz question 7286 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Crown; demy; royal; elephant; imperial; atlas?
Answer: A: Traditional paper sizes
Categories: Connections (9) General Knowledge (9)

Pub quiz question 7285 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Street Dance; Pudsey: The Movie; One Chance?
Answer: A: Films based on or starring Britain's Got Talent winners
Notes: *: George William Sampson (street dancer, winner of BGT 2008,) Pudsey the Dog (canine, winner 2012,) Paul Potts (tenor, winner 2007)
Categories: Connections (6) Television (6) Film/Movies (6) Entertainment (7) 2000s (8) 2010s (9)

Pub quiz question 7284 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Victoria Embankment, London; Place de la Concorde, Paris; Central Park, New York City?
Answer: A: They all feature a "Cleopatra's Needle" Egyptian obelisk.
Categories: Connections (5) Buildings (5) London, UK (8) New York, US (8) France (8)

Pub quiz question 7283 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Arthur Bliss; Malcolm Williamson; Peter Maxwell Davies; Judith Weir?
Answer: A: Masters of The Queen's Music
Notes: *: 1953-75, 1975-2003, 2004-16, 2014-(still current in 2022.)
Categories: Music (5) Royalty (5) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7282 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Ulyanov; Bronstein; Dzhugashvili; Skryabin?
Answer: A: Russian revolutionaries: Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Molotov
Categories: Russia (4) History (7) General Knowledge (9) Connections (8)

Pub quiz question 7281 by pjh2

Question: Q: What links: Beauly; Cromarty; Dornoch; Pentland; Lorn; Moray?
Answer: A: Scottish Firths
Categories: Connections (8) Geography (7) General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 7280 by pjh2

Question: Q: Crewe's (the place) "Whitby Morrison" is the leading maker of what vehicle?
Answer: A: Ice-cream vans
Categories: General Knowledge (7) Transport (7)

Pub quiz question 7279 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which controversial work was privately printed in Florence in 1928?
Answer: A: Lady Chatterley's Lover
Categories: Literature (6) 1920s (6) General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 7278 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which UK group has had the most top-40 hits without a No 1?
Answer: A: Depeche Mode
Notes: *: They had 42 Top-40 songs in the Official Singles Chart, and the closest they got was No 4 (3 times.) They've never had a No 1.
Categories: Music (6) 1980s (6) 1990s (6) 2000s (6) 2010s (6) General Knowledge (7)

Pub quiz question 7277 by pjh2

Question: Q: Pasiphae was the mother of which monster?
Answer: A: The Minotaur
Categories: General Knowledge (6) Mythology (5)

Pub quiz question 7276 by pjh2

Question: Q: Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" was a tribute to whom?
Answer: A: Abraham Lincoln
Categories: History (7) Washington, US (7) Politics (4)

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)