Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6631 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to the scientific study or exploration of caves?
Answer: A: Speleology
Categories: Science (6) Language (7)

Pub quiz question 6630 by pjh2

Question: Q: Broxbourn is a local government district of which English county?
Answer: A: Hertfordshire
Categories: Geography (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 6629 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which country was baritone Peter Dawson born?
Answer: A: Australia
Categories: Geography (8) Entertainment (8) Music (8)

Pub quiz question 6628 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English poet wrote 'V' and 'The Gaze of the Gorgon?'
Answer: A: Tony Harrison
Categories: Literature (8) Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8)

Pub quiz question 6627 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 16th century English dramatist wrote 'The Spanish Tragedy?'
Answer: A: Thomas Kyd
Categories: Literature (8)

Pub quiz question 6626 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who plays Harold Steptoe in the classic comedy series Steptoe and Son?
Answer: A: Harry H Corbett
Notes: *: 1962-1974
Categories: Entertainment (4) Television (4) SitComs (4) Comedy (4) 1960s (4) 1970s (4)

Pub quiz question 6625 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sitcom featured the DIY show 'Tool Time?'
Answer: A: Home Improvement
Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5) SitComs (5)

Pub quiz question 6624 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who had a UK top ten hit single in 1954 with 'Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea?'
Answer: A: Max Bygraves
Categories: 1950s (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6623 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which character in the drama series Northern Exposure was played by Barry Corbin?
Answer: A: Maurice Minnifield
Notes: *: 1990 to 1995
Categories: Entertainment (7) Television (7) Drama (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 6622 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who played the President's girlfriend in the 1995 film 'The American President?'
Answer: A: Annette Bening
Categories: Film/Movies (7) Entertainment (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 6621 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Absolutely Fabulous actress appeared as Mrs Smiling in the nineties TV adaptation of 'Cold Comfort Farm?'
Answer: A: Joanna Lumley
Notes: *: 1995
Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5) 1990s (5)

Pub quiz question 6620 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who played Isaac Davis in the 1979 film Manhattan?
Answer: A: Woody Allen
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 1970s (6)

Pub quiz question 6619 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who played Rowdy Yates in the western TV series Rawhide?
Answer: A: Clint Eastwood
Notes: *: 1959 - 1965
Categories: Entertainment (5) Television (5) 1950s (5) 1960s (5)

Pub quiz question 6618 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former 'Monty Python' actor appeared in the 1990 film 'Nuns on the Run?'
Answer: A: Eric Idle
Categories: 1990s (6) Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6)

Pub quiz question 6617 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former Olympic and World Skating Champion starred in the 1995 TV movie 'The Ice Princess?'
Answer: A: Katarina Witt
Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 6616 by pjh2

Question: Q: Mike Flowers Pips hit the top five in early 1996 with an easy listening version of which Oasis Song?
Answer: A: Wonderwall
Categories: 1990s (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6615 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who played Jean Pargetter in the sitcom 'As Time Goes By?'
Answer: A: Judi Dench
Notes: *: 1992-2005
Categories: Entertainment (6) Television (6) 1990s (6) 2000s (6) SitComs (6)

Pub quiz question 6614 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which former Eastenders stars released the song 'Better Believe It' in aid of the 1995 Children In Need appeal?
Answer: A: Sid Owen and Patsy Palmer
Categories: 1990s (6) Soaps (6) Entertainment (6) Television (6)

Pub quiz question 6613 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1995 film starred Tim Daly as a perfume developer and Sean young as his female alter-ego?
Answer: A: Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde
Categories: Entertainment (8) Film/Movies (8) 1990s (8)

Pub quiz question 6612 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who played Maggie Prentice in the TV series 'Next of Kin?'
Answer: A: Penelope Kieth
Notes: *: 1995-1997
Categories: Entertainment (6) Television (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 6611 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which band hit the UK top ten in the winter of 1995/6 with 'A Winter's Tale?'
Answer: A: Queen
Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6) 1990s (6) Christmas (6)

Pub quiz question 6610 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which ripping 1966 Alfred Hitchcock folm starred Paul Newman and Julie Andrews?
Answer: A: Torn curtain
Categories: Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 6609 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who had a UK top ten hit single in 1986 with 'What Have You Done For Me Lately?'
Answer: A: Janet Jackson
Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 6608 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' actress starred in the 1995 British Film 'Angels and Insects?'
Answer: A: Kristin Scott Thomas
Categories: Entertainment (6) Film/Movies (6) 1990s (6)

Pub quiz question 6607 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who had a UK top ten hit single in 1981 with 'Get Down On It?'
Answer: A: Kool and the Gang
Categories: Entertainment (3) Music (3) 1980s (3)