Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7091 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the next Englishwoman to marry the heir to the throne after Lady Anne Hyde in 1659?
  2. Answer: A: Diana Spencer/Princess of Wales
  3. Categories: 1980s (2) Royalty (6)
Pub quiz question 7090 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did HMS Conqueror conveniently lose after it sank the General Belgrano?
  2. Answer: A: Its (navigational) log book
  3. Notes: *: 1982
  4. Categories: Politics (7) Military (7) 1980s (7)
Pub quiz question 7089 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Princess Diana's maiden name?
  2. Answer: A: Spencer
  3. Categories: Royalty (1) 1980s (1)
Pub quiz question 7088 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who interviewed Princess Diana for Panorama?
  2. Answer: A: Martin Bashir
  3. Notes: *: 1995
  4. Categories: Royalty (4) 1990s (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)
Pub quiz question 7087 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who talked to Princess Diana in what became known as the 'Squidgygate affair?'
  2. Answer: A: James Gilbey
  3. Notes: *: Recorded 'New Year's Eve 1989', publicised 1992
  4. Categories: Sleaze (5) Royalty (5) 1990s (5)
Pub quiz question 7086 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which movie star danced with Princess Diana at a 1985 White house reception?
  2. Answer: A: John Travolta
  3. Categories: Royalty (2) Entertainment (2) 1980s (2)
Pub quiz question 7085 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What title is given to the UK government minister who puts together the annual budget?
  2. Answer: A: Chancellor of the Exchequer
  3. Categories: Politics (1) Names (1)
Pub quiz question 7084 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What disaster swept London the year before the Great Fire?
  2. Answer: A: The Great Plague/Black Death
  3. Categories: London, UK (2) History (2)
Pub quiz question 7083 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What became Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales' title after her divorce?
  2. Answer: A: Diana, Princess of Wales
  3. Notes: *: 1996
  4. Categories: Royalty (6) Names (6) 1990s (6)
Pub quiz question 7082 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which cathedral was destroyed by the Great Fire of London?
  2. Answer: A: St Paul's Cathedral
  3. Categories: Buildings (3) Religion (2) History (3)
Pub quiz question 7081 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What great catastrophe is commemorated by The Monument?
  2. Answer: A: The Great Fire of London
  3. Categories: London, UK (3) History (3)
Pub quiz question 7080 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What began on Sunday 2 September 1666 at the house of Thomas Farynor?
  2. Answer: A: The Great Fire of London
  3. Categories: History (4) London, UK (4)
Pub quiz question 7079 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What historic tragedy have Dr Who and Ra's al Ghul from Batman Begins both claimed responsibility for?
  2. Answer: A: The Great Fire of London
  3. Categories: History (7) Entertainment (6) Television (6)
Pub quiz question 7078 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What valuable objects have been kept in the Tower of London since 1303 when they were stolen from Westminster Abbey?
  2. Answer: A: The Crown Jewels
  3. Categories: Royalty (1) Buildings (1) Religion (1)
Pub quiz question 7077 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What garments gave Bill Clinton's cat its name?
  2. Answer: A: Socks
  3. Notes: *: White House 1991 through 2001 (Clintons left) to 2009
  4. Categories: Politics (3) 1990s (3) 2000s (3)
Pub quiz question 7076 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What London building was the home of the first London Zoo way back in the 13th century?
  2. Answer: A: The Tower of London
  3. Categories: Buildings (7) Nature (8)
Pub quiz question 7075 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ordered the building of the Tower of London's original White Tower?
  2. Answer: A: William the Conqueror
  3. Categories: Royalty (7) Buildings (7)
Pub quiz question 7074 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What animal's savaging of Bill Clinton when he was eight did he describe as 'the awfullest beating I ever took?'
  2. Answer: A: Sheep
  3. Notes: *: 1954/5
  4. Categories: Nature (7) Politics (7) 1950s (7)
Pub quiz question 7073 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US President changed his name from William Jefferson Blythe to that of his stepfather?
  2. Answer: A: Bill Clinton
  3. Categories: Politics (6) 1990s (5)
Pub quiz question 7072 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What charge were Lady Jane Grey and Catherine Howard beheaded in the Tower of London on?
  2. Answer: A: Treason
  3. Categories: Crime (5) Royalty (5)
Pub quiz question 7071 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What building boasts Traitors Gate which was opened to bring prisoners in from the Thames?
  2. Answer: A: The Tower of London
  3. Categories: Buildings (3) Royalty (3) Crime (3)
Pub quiz question 7070 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to the square building with turrets at the centre of the Tower of London complex?
  2. Answer: A: The White Tower
  3. Categories: Buildings (4) Royalty (4)
Pub quiz question 7069 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What heavenly body was represented by the Inca god Inti?
  2. Answer: A: The Sun
  3. Categories: Religion (2) Astronomy (2)
Pub quiz question 7068 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What empire arose in the Peruvian highlands around AD1200?
  2. Answer: A: The Inca Empire
  3. Categories: History (4) Geography (4)
Pub quiz question 7067 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was 'that woman' Bill Clinton claimed he didn't have sexual relations with?
  2. Answer: A: Monica Lewinsky
  3. Notes: *: 1998
  4. Categories: 1990s (1) Politics (2) Sleaze (2)
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