Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6656 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the name of the hall in Asgard where Odin feasted with heroes killed in battle?
Answer: A: Valhalla
Categories: Mythology (4)

Pub quiz question 6655 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which long-serving full-back joined West Ham United from Arsenal in 2000?
Answer: A: Nigel Winterburn
Categories: Sports (5) Football (5) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6654 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Scottish engineer fave the first public demonstration of television?
Answer: A: John Logie Baird
Categories: Entertainment (6) Television (6)

Pub quiz question 6653 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American silent film comedian starred in 'Safety Last' and 'The Freshman?'
Answer: A: Harold Lloyd
Notes: *: Safety last 1923, Freshman 1925
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 6652 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many pounds are there in a long hundredweight?
Answer: A: 112
Categories: Science (5)

Pub quiz question 6651 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which star of 'Mary Poppins' and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' died in 2000 at the age of 83?
Answer: A: David Tomlinson
Notes: *: Mary Poppins 1964, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1960s (7) 1970s (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6650 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which country is the Wellard Ship Canal?
Answer: A: Canada
Categories: Geography (7)

Pub quiz question 6649 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which contagious disease is also called infectious parotitis?
Answer: A: Mumps
Categories: Biology (6) Nature (6)

Pub quiz question 6648 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the weather conditions of a particular place over a period of time?
Answer: A: Climate
Categories: Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6647 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which motoring organisation is represented by the initals AA?
Answer: A: Automobile Association
Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (2) Business (2)

Pub quiz question 6646 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many successive matches had Vincent Spadea lost before he knocked Greg Rusedski out of the 2000 Wimbledon?
Answer: A: Twenty two
Categories: Sports (8) Tennis (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 6645 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which German field marshal was known as the Desert Fox?
Answer: A: Erwin Rommel
Categories: Military (5)

Pub quiz question 6644 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which dame played a countess in the film version of Noel Cowards 'Relative Values?'
Answer: A: Dame Julie Andrews
Notes: *: 2000
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 6643 by pjh2

Question: Q: For which football club did Bobby Charlton play most of his matches?
Answer: A: Manchester United
Notes: *: 1956–1973 Manchester United, 1973–1975 Preston North End, 1976 Waterford
Categories: 1950s (3) 1960s (3) 1970s (3) Sports (3) Football (3)

Pub quiz question 6642 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many lines are there in a sonnet?
Answer: A: Fourteen
Categories: Literature (5)

Pub quiz question 6641 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which common adolescent skin complaint is caused by inflammation of the sebaceous glands?
Answer: A: Acne
Categories: Biology (2)

Pub quiz question 6640 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which precious metal has the chemical symbol Ag?
Answer: A: Silver
Categories: Chemistry (3)

Pub quiz question 6639 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the largest country in South America?
Answer: A: Brazil
Categories: Geography (3)

Pub quiz question 6638 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was the nickname of the American frontierswoman born Martha jane Canary?
Answer: A: Calamity Jane
Notes: *: 1852-1903
Categories: People (6) Names (6)

Pub quiz question 6637 by pjh2

Question: Q: With which sport is Mickey Mantle associated?
Answer: A: Baseball
Categories: Sports (7)

Pub quiz question 6636 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which singer and actress plays novelist Jacqueline Susann in the film 'Isn't She Great?'
Answer: A: Bette Midler
Notes: *: 2000
Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6) Film/Movies (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 6635 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American jazz singer was born Ruth Lee Jones?
Answer: A: Dinah Washington
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6634 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American Lyricist wrote the words to the songs 'Moon River' and 'That Old Black Magic?'
Answer: A: Johnny Mercer
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6633 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country had a player dismissed in each of their group games in Euro 2000?
Answer: A: Yugoslavia
Categories: Sports (7) Football (7) 2000s (7)

Pub quiz question 6632 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which organ is affeted by nephritis or Bright's disease?
Answer: A: Kidney
Categories: Biology (6)