Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 7066 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US President said he didn't inhale when asked if he'd smoked pot?
  2. Answer: A: Bill Clinton
  3. Notes: *: 1992
  4. Categories: Politics (1) 1990s (1)
Pub quiz question 7065 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first left-hander to serve two terms as US President?
  2. Answer: A: Bill Clinton
  3. Categories: 1990s (7) Politics (9)
Pub quiz question 7064 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What archaeological site is known as the Lost City of the Incas?
  2. Answer: A: Machu Picchu
  3. Categories: History (6)
Pub quiz question 7063 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Labour MP Terry Fields jailed for refusing to pay in 1990?
  2. Answer: A: Poll Tax (Community Charge)
  3. Categories: Politics (1) 1990s (1)
Pub quiz question 7062 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the administrative and political centre of the Incas?
  2. Answer: A: Cusco
  3. Categories: History (8) Politics (8)
Pub quiz question 7061 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which nation's Conquistadors took over from the Incas?
  2. Answer: A: Spain's
  3. Categories: Geography (1) Military (1)
Pub quiz question 7060 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Prime Minister generated riots with the Poll Tax?
  2. Answer: A: Margaret Thatcher
  3. Notes: *: 1990
  4. Categories: Politics (1) Crime (1) 1990s (1)
Pub quiz question 7059 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did the Incas believe happened to them after death?
  2. Answer: A: Reincarnation
  3. Categories: Religion (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 7058 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the official name for what was called the Poll Tax?
  2. Answer: A: Community Charge
  3. Notes: *: 1990
  4. Categories: Politics (5) 1990s (5) Names (5)
Pub quiz question 7057 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What household tax was retained in Northern Ireland but replaced in the rest of Britain by the so-called Poll Tax?
  2. Answer: A: Rates
  3. Notes: *: 1990
  4. Categories: Politics (2) 1990s (2)
Pub quiz question 7056 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What London tourist attraction saw the biggest Poll Tax riot?
  2. Answer: A: Trafalgar Square
  3. Notes: *: 1990
  4. Categories: London, UK (7) Politics (7) 1990s (7)
Pub quiz question 7055 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first person to challenge Margaret Thatcher's leadership in the midst of the Poll Tax debacle?
  2. Answer: A: Michael Heseltine
  3. Notes: *: 1990
  4. Categories: Politics (8) 1990s (8)
Pub quiz question 7054 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first US president to hold a televised news conference?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy
  3. Categories: Entertainment (6) Television (6) Politics (6) 1960s (6)
Pub quiz question 7053 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which UK Prime Minister denied an affair with his caterer Claire Latimer?
  2. Answer: A: John Major
  3. Notes: *: 1993 - he was actually having an affair with Edwina Currie
  4. Categories: 1990s (5) Politics (5) Sleaze (5)
Pub quiz question 7052 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What animal is said to have nurtured the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus?
  2. Answer: A: Wolf
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Mythology (4)
Pub quiz question 7051 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the Flavian Amphitheatre now called by tourists in Rome?
  2. Answer: A: The Colosseum
  3. Categories: Buildings (3) Geography (3) History (3) Names (3)
Pub quiz question 7050 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did the Romans consider to be their most important road?
  2. Answer: A: Appian Way (Via Appia)
  3. Categories: Travel (5) Geography (5) History (5)
Pub quiz question 7049 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to the ancient Christian and Jewish underground burial chambers in and around Rome?
  2. Answer: A: Catacombs
  3. Categories: Buildings (5) Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 7048 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which construction in Rome is the best preserved Roman building and the oldest important building in the world with its roof intact?
  2. Answer: A: The Pantheon
  3. Categories: Buildings (5) History (5) Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 7047 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which ancient Roman building's night time lighting is changed from white to gold when someone anywhere in the world has the death penalty commuted?
  2. Answer: A: The Colosseum's
  3. Categories: Buildings (7) Geography (7) Politics (7) Crime (7)
Pub quiz question 7046 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What colour suit did Martin Bell invariably wear when he ousted Neil Hamilton in the 1987 election?
  2. Answer: A: White
  3. Categories: Politics (1) 1980s (1)
Pub quiz question 7045 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which MP's wife, Lolicia, didn't pay for his stay at the Paris Ritz?
  2. Answer: A: Johnathan Aitken's
  3. Notes: *: 1990s
  4. Categories: 1990s (7) Sleaze (7) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 7044 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is money handed to Neil Hamilton in the Cash for Questions scandal said to have been contained in?
  2. Answer: A: Brown envelopes
  3. Notes: *: 1994-1996
  4. Categories: Politics (2) Sleaze (2) 1990s (2)
Pub quiz question 7043 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who resigned as Heritage Secretary following an affair with Antonia de Sancha?
  2. Answer: A: David Mellor
  3. Notes: *: 1992
  4. Categories: Politics (5) Sleaze (5) 1990s (5)
Pub quiz question 7042 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who did a judge ask about with the words "Is he in need of cold, unloving, rubber-insulated sex in a seedy hotel room?"
  2. Answer: A: Jeffrey Archer
  3. Notes: *: Mr Justice Caulfield, 1987
  4. Categories: Sleaze (7) 1980s (7) Politics (7)
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