Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7141 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which future Prime Minister with no experience in Finance left the Liberals to become Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924?
  2. Answer: A: Winston Churchill
  3. Categories: Politics (5) 1920s (5) People (5)
Pub quiz question 7140 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which future Prime Minister was once war correspondent for the Morning Post?
  2. Answer: A: Winston Churchill
  3. Categories: 1920s (6) Media (6) Entertainment (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 7139 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the full legal surname of Winston Churchill?
  2. Answer: A: Spencer-Churchill
  3. Categories: Names (7) Politics (7) People (7)
Pub quiz question 7138 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which palace was the birthplace of Winston Churchill?
  2. Answer: A: Blenheim
  3. Categories: Buildings (7) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 7137 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who topped the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists in October 2001?
  2. Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
  3. Categories: Politics (2) People (2) 2000s (2) Military (2)
Pub quiz question 7136 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the subject of a $25 million reward offered by the US State Department in 2001?
  2. Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
  3. Categories: People (1) Military (1) Politics (1) 2000s (1)
Pub quiz question 7135 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Osama bin Laden's country of birth?
  2. Answer: A: Saudi Arabia
  3. Notes: *: March 10, 1957
  4. Categories: People (5) Geography (5) 1950s (5)
Pub quiz question 7134 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who's abdication handed the throne to George VI?
  2. Answer: A: Edward VIII's
  3. Notes: *: 11 December 1936 - after just over 11 months
  4. Categories: Royalty (1) 1930s (2) People (1) Sleaze (1)
Pub quiz question 7133 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who did Sudanese-American author Kola Boof claim kept her against her will as his mistress?
  2. Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
  3. Categories: Literature (7) People (7)
Pub quiz question 7132 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which country did Osama bin Laden head for when expelled from Sudan?
  2. Answer: A: Afghanistan
  3. Notes: *: 1995
  4. Categories: People (6) 1990s (6) Military (6)
Pub quiz question 7131 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who has 'farty pants,' according to the 509th edition of South Park?
  2. Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
  3. Categories: People (7) Entertainment (7) Cartoons (7) Television (7)
Pub quiz question 7130 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name did George V adopt in 1917 when he realised Saxe-Coburg-Gotha sounded a bit too German?
  2. Answer: A: Windsor
  3. Categories: 1910s (2) Names (2) Military (2) Royalty (2)
Pub quiz question 7129 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was George II sitting on at the time of his death?
  2. Answer: A: A toilet
  3. Notes: *: 1760 at the age of 77
  4. Categories: People (6) Royalty (6) History (6)
Pub quiz question 7128 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which King's insanity was the subject of the film 'The Madness of King George?'
  2. Answer: A: George III's
  3. Categories: History (7) People (7) Royalty (7)
Pub quiz question 7127 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was George VI's nickname amongst members of his family?
  2. Answer: A: Bertie
  3. Categories: Names (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 7126 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is attached to the English workers who sabotaged machines as part of their protest against the Industrial Revolution?
  2. Answer: A: Luddites
  3. Categories: History (6) Science (6) Names (8)
Pub quiz question 7125 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What brought a halt to production across Britain in 1842?
  2. Answer: A: The General Strike
  3. Categories: History (2) Politics (2)
Pub quiz question 7124 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003?
  2. Answer: A: Saddam Hussein
  3. Categories: Politics (2) Military (2) 1970s (2) 1980s (2) 1990s (2) 2000s (2)
Pub quiz question 7123 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What century saw the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
  2. Answer: A: 18th (1760-1820/40)
  3. Categories: History (5)
Pub quiz question 7122 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the youngest age at which children could work under the terms of the 1833 Factory Act?
  2. Answer: A: Nine
  3. Categories: History (8) Politics (8)
Pub quiz question 7121 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What powered almost all if England's textile mills in the Industrial Revolution?
  2. Answer: A: Steam
  3. Categories: Science (1) History (1)
Pub quiz question 7120 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US gangster described himself as a used furniture dealer on his business card?
  2. Answer: A: Al Capone
  3. Categories: Crime (1)
Pub quiz question 7119 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Saddam Hussein's political party?
  2. Answer: A: Ba'ath
  3. Categories: Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 7118 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What future leader brought compulsory free education to Iraq?
  2. Answer: A: Saddam Hussein
  3. Categories: Politics (3)
Pub quiz question 7117 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What date in 1929 saw the shooting of seven members of Bugs Moran's gang in Chicago?
  2. Answer: A: 14 February
  3. Categories: Crime (4) 1920s (4)
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