Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7216 by pjh2

Question: Q: What two word title did Denis Thatcher almost always refer to Maggie by when communicating with the press?
Answer: A: The Boss
Categories: Names (6) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 7215 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is St George said to have killed with a lance called Ascalon?
Answer: A: A dragon
Categories: Religion (1) Mythology (1)

Pub quiz question 7214 by pjh2

Question: Q: What three martyred saints share a name and a day in February?
Answer: A: Saints Valentine
Categories: Religion (1)

Pub quiz question 7213 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is depicted on medallions as the patron saint of travellers?
Answer: A: Saint Christopher
Categories: Religion (2)

Pub quiz question 7212 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to Saints who died in the service of the Lord, as opposed to Confessors who died natural deaths?
Answer: A: Martyrs
Categories: Religion (3)

Pub quiz question 7211 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English county was the birthplace of Saint Boniface, the Apostle of Germany?
Answer: A: Devon
Categories: Religion (6) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 7210 by pjh2

Question: Q: What national holiday is celebrated in Britain on St Stephen's Day?
Answer: A: Boxing Day
Categories: Religion (6)

Pub quiz question 7209 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which newspaper proprietor was nicknamed the Bouncing Czech?
Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
Categories: Names (1) Sleaze (1) Media (1)

Pub quiz question 7208 by pjh2

Question: Q: What holy city was Robert Maxwell buried in?
Answer: A: Jerusalem
Notes: *: Died 1991
Categories: People (2) 1990s (2) Media (2) Sleaze (2)

Pub quiz question 7207 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which newspaper proprietor once said 'You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England?'
Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
Categories: Sleaze (4) Media (4)

Pub quiz question 7206 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which football club, who won the 1986 League Cup, was saved from bankruptcy by Robert Maxwell?
Answer: A: Oxford United
Categories: 1980s (5) Sports (4) Football (3) Sleaze (5)

Pub quiz question 7205 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future Labour MP for Buckingham was born Ján Ludvík Hoch?
Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
Notes: *: Full birth name was 'Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch', MP 1964–1970
Categories: Politics (7) Sleaze (7) 1960s (7) Names (7)

Pub quiz question 7204 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the yacht from which Robert Maxwell fell to his death?
Answer: A: Lady Ghislaine (now Lady Mona K)
Notes: *: Died 1991
Categories: Sleaze (8) Names (8) 1990s (8)

Pub quiz question 7203 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 2005 funeral was attended by five kings, four queens and 70 presidents and prime ministers?
Answer: A: Pope John Paul II's
Notes: *: Died 2005
Categories: Religion (1) Politics (1) Royalty (1) 2000s (1)

Pub quiz question 7202 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nationality was Pope John Paul II?
Answer: A: Polish
Categories: Geography (2) Religion (1)

Pub quiz question 7201 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name was adopted in 2005 by Joseph Alois Ratzinger when he became the first German Pope since Adrian VI in 1523?
Answer: A: Pope Benedict XVI
Categories: Religion (3) 2000s (3)

Pub quiz question 7200 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who did Mehmet Ali Ağca attempt to assassinate in 1981?
Answer: A: Pope John Paul II
Categories: Religion (4) Crime (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 7199 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was pope immediately prior to John Paul II?
Answer: A: Pope Paul VI
Notes: *: 1978
Categories: Religion (7) 1970s (7)

Pub quiz question 7198 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first Pope with two names, and the first the use 'The First' as part of his title?
Answer: A: Pope John Paul I
Categories: Religion (6) Names (8)

Pub quiz question 7197 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where was a third of an acre of maze planted in the 1690's that's still an attraction today?
Answer: A: Hampton Court Palace
Categories: Buildings (1) Royalty (1) Leisure (1)

Pub quiz question 7196 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which King appropriated Hampton Court Palace in the 16th century?
Answer: A: Henry VIII
Categories: Royalty (2) Buildings (2)

Pub quiz question 7195 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who gave birth to Edward VI at Hampton Court where her ghost is still said to wander?
Answer: A: Jane Seymour
Categories: Royalty (2) People (2)

Pub quiz question 7194 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Palace boasts the last medieval Great Hall built for English monarchy?
Answer: A: Hampton Court Palace
Categories: Buildings (4) Royalty (4)

Pub quiz question 7193 by pjh2

Question: Q: What ancient building is now the main tourist attraction in East Molesey, Surrey?
Answer: A: Hampton Court Palace
Categories: Buildings (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 7192 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Archbishop of York when he rebuilt Hampton Court in the 16th century?
Answer: A: Thomas Wolsey
Categories: Religion (6) Buildings (6)