Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6756 by pjh2

Question: Q: Najibullah was the last communist leader of which country?
Answer: A: Afghanistan
Categories: Politics (7) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 6755 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who are the parents of Blue Ivy Carter?
Answer: A: Jay-Z and Beyoncé
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6754 by pjh2

Question: Q: Simon Thurley is head of which conservation body?
Answer: A: English Heritage
Categories: General Knowledge (8)

Pub quiz question 6753 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose neighbours were the Leadbetters?
Answer: A: The Goods in 'The Good Life' TV series
Notes: *: 1975
Categories: 1970s (6) Entertainment (6) Television (6) SitComs (6)

Pub quiz question 6752 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which sport is a goal worth six points and a 'behind' one?
Answer: A: Australian rules football
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 6751 by pjh2

Question: Q: There are almost 600,000 what in the Antartic?
Answer: A: Emperor penguins
Notes: *: According to a satellite census carried out from space in 2012
Categories: Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6750 by pjh2

Question: Q: Skagboys is the prequel to which novel?
Answer: A: Trainspotting
Notes: *: Irvine Welsh, 2012
Categories: Literature (7) 2010s (8)

Pub quiz question 6749 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British PM became a national hero in Bulgaria?
Answer: A: William Gladstone
Notes: *: 1876
Categories: Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 6748 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects diastole and systole?
Answer: A: Phases of the cardiac cycle
Categories: Connections (8) Biology (7)

Pub quiz question 6747 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects The Lost Weekend, Under the Volcano, Leaving Las Vegas, When A Man Loves A Woman?
Answer: A: Films with an alcoholism theme
Categories: Connections (8) Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8)

Pub quiz question 6746 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Pondichéry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé, Chandernagor?
Answer: A: Former French territories in India
Categories: Connections (9) Politics (9) Geography (9)

Pub quiz question 6745 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Hart(1), Adler (5 and 6), Hertz(7), Jakobovits(9), Sacks(10)?
Answer: A: Chief Rabbis
Categories: Connections (9) Religion (8)

Pub quiz question 6744 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Lord of The Isles, Earl of Chester, Duke of Rothesay, Baron of Renfrew?
Answer: A: Titles held by Prince Charles
Categories: Connections (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6743 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Phil Collins, Mariah Carey and Westlife, Steve Brookstein?
Answer: A: Had hits with 'Against All Odds'
Categories: Connections (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6742 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: A: Golden Gate strait
Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6741 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was purportedly filmed at Bluff Creek, California in 1967?
Answer: A: Bigfoot
Categories: 1960s (7) Superstitions (7)

Pub quiz question 6740 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is/did Tito Vilanova [going to] succeed?
Answer: A: Pep Guardiola
Notes: *: As FC Barcelona manager, 2012
Categories: Sports (7) Football (7)

Pub quiz question 6739 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where do the La Quebrada cliff divers perform?
Answer: A: Acapulco, Mexico
Categories: Leisure (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 6738 by pjh2

Question: Q: Pete Cashmore founded which website?
Answer: A: Mashable
Categories: Computing (7) Business (8)

Pub quiz question 6737 by pjh2

Question: Q: The Kursaal amusement part is in which town?
Answer: A: Southend-on-Sea
Categories: Leisure (8) Geography (8)

Pub quiz question 6736 by pjh2

Question: Q: "No wire hangers, ever!" is a line from which film?
Answer: A: Mommie Dearest
Notes: *: Book 1978, Film 1981
Categories: Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8) 1970s (8) 1980s (8)

Pub quiz question 6735 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which notorious group is lead by Joseph Kony?
Answer: A: Lords Resistance Army, Uganda
Categories: Politics (8) Military (8)

Pub quiz question 6734 by pjh2

Question: Q: What unfinished work was commissioned by Count von Walsegg?
Answer: A: Motzart's Requiem?
Categories: Art (8) Music (8)

Pub quiz question 6733 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects labrador duck, carolina parakeet, heath hen, great auk, passenger pigeon?
Answer: A: Extinct birds
Categories: Connections (7) Nature (7)

Pub quiz question 6732 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Thames House and Vauxhall Cross?
Answer: A: British Intelligence HQ's
Notes: *: MI5, MI6
Categories: Connections (6) Politics (6) Military (6)